Christopher Wiersema

Christopher Wiersema (he/him) is a Vermont based award-winning media artist, educator, and arts administrator, working in experimental film, documentary practice, and community media. He is the founder and director of the Vermont Youth Documentary Lab. Originally from the Chicagoland area, his work has focused on landscape, everyday life, labor, and personal and cultural memory, and has been screened at ID/Identities (Istanbul, Turkey); Bring Your Own Beamer (Caracas, Venezuela); the New Newness and Signal to Noise (Chicago, Illinois); and the Portland Experimental Film Festival (Portland, Oregon); and featured on Vermont Public, Indiana Public Media, and Democracy Now! Christopher received a BA in Alternative Forms of Film & Video from Columbia College Chicago, a Graduate Certificate in Media Management from The New School, and an MFA in Film from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His most recent project, Rough Blazing Star, is the 2024 winner of the Vermont Public Award for Best Documentary at the Made Here Film Festival in Burlington, Vermont.