About
Carmela is a filmmaker and artist specializing in stop motion animation, fabrication, and screenwriting. She received her BFA in film and animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2024.
Carmela adores the weird and the wonderful. Her work explores narrative storytelling, intertwining intimacy with the absurd.
Selected Awards
2025 - Art Gym Create Award and Residency
2025 - Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant
2025 - Sam Koji Hale Puppet Film Scholarship
2024 - USA Climbing Collegiate Ambassador of the Year
2024 - SAIC Graduating Student Leadership Award
2024 - World Less Traveled Film Award
2022 - SAIC Artist and Leadership Award
2020 - National Association of Women Artists Scholarship
2020 - Micheal Colby Scholarship
2020 - SAIC Creative Honors Scholarship