Chip Gubera is an American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

. He also teaches digital media technology at the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

in the IT Program.

Personal life

Chip Gubera currently lives in

Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth ...

, where he teaches digital media technology in the

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

Program at the

. He also freelances as a

visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production. The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...

motion graphics Motion graphics (sometimes mograph) are pieces of animation or digital footage which create the illusion of motion or rotation, and are usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects. Motion graphics are usually displayed via electr ...

artist and a music composer.

Film

In the last 10 years Chip Gubera has directed and/or produced five

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

s and over 30 short films, 17 of which have been accepted at film festivals around the world. Eight of these films have won awards at festivals worldwide and three have had distribution. A short film titled ''Song of the Dead'' was released in 2004 on ''

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'' magazine's Blood Drive hosted by

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

. From the short film came the feature-length zombie-musical also titled ''Song of the Dead''. ''Song of the Dead'', Gubera's first feature film starring Reggie Bannister ('' Phantasm'' series and '' Bubba Ho-Tep''), has currently been screened at several national and international festivals and has won awards in the US, Spain, and Argentina. Gubera directed two feature films with the

starring Mexican masked wrestler Mil Máscaras. The film was entitled ''Academy of Doom''. He replaced

Jeff Burr Jeff Burr (July 18, 1963) is an American film director, writer, and producer best known for his work in horror sequels, such as ''Stepfather II'', '' The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'', ''Puppet Master 4'' and '' 5'', and '' Pumpkinhead II''. Ea ...

as director of ''

Mil Mascaras Vs. The Aztec Mummy ''Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy'' (also known as ''Mil Mascaras: Resurrection'') is a 2007 Mexican-American lucha libre film starring the legendary Mexican wrestler and cult film star Mil Máscaras. It has the distinction of being the first lu ...

'' in 2008. Both of these films screened at festivals around the world. In the summer of 2009, both ''Song of the Dead'' and ''Mil Mascaras Vs. The Aztec Mummy'' found a limited US theatrical release. In 2010 ''Mil Mascaras Vs. The Aztec Mummy'' was screened to an enthusiastic audience at the Fantasia Film Festival. Gubera won Best Visual Effects at the St. Louis Filmmaker's Showcase 2010 for a short film called ''A Christmas Prayer''. The film mixed live action with animated sets. In 2011, Gubera's home town of Joplin, Missouri, was destroyed by a massive tornado. He documented the event with a feature documentary called ''Joplin, Missouri - A Tornado Story''. The film was narrated by Cost to Cost AM radio host George Noory. The film picked up a number of honors including winning Best Feature Documentary at the 2012 St. Louis Filmmaker's Showcase and being nominated for a 2013 Mid-America Emmy. In the Summer of 2014, Gubera produced and directed the horror feature film '' Slasher.com''. The film is currently in post productio

The film stars R. A. Mihailoff, R.A. Mihailoff, Jewel Shepard, Delious Kennedy from the R&B group All-4-One, Ben Kaplan and Morgan Carter.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gubera, Chip Living people University of Missouri faculty 1975 births