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Alex Nibley

Faculty Member

Professor Alex Nibley

Biography

Alex Nibley grew up own Provo, Utah with a fascination for the performing arts. He left Utah for the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where he studied acting, directing and arts administration. He eventually became a teacher in the Conservatory and an associate director.

Alex later went to Los Angeles, where he studied film analysis and screenwriting with renowned cinema educator Franišek “Frank” Daniel. He returned to Utah and began teaching Frank Daniel’s approach to filmmaking at UVU in 2002. Over the next two decades, in what would become the Digital Media Department, Alex created the Film Production Analysis curriculum, the Writing For Digital Media major emphasis, and the Writing for Entertainment Media Minor.

Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Utah in Film Radio & Television and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theater. In addition to his academic work, he continues to work as an actor, writer and director in various media.

Education

Certificate of completion in Story Editing., Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), 2014

Major: Story Editing

While I received no credential from this mentorship with the world's foremost professor of cinema, it provided the core of the courses I developed at UVU, and for that reason I have included it here., Private Mentorship, 1996

Major: Screenwriting

MFA, American Conservatory Theater, 1987

Major: Acting

BA, University of Utah, 1985

Major: Film, Radio & Television/Mass Communication

Teaching

DGM 1510

Film Production Analysis, Spring 2024

DGM 4511

Film Production Analysis II, Spring 2024

DGM 497R

Independent Study, Spring 2024

DGM 250R

Special Topics in Digital Cinema, Spring 2024

DGM 457R

Storytelling for Digital Media III, Spring 2024

Presentations

Nibley, Alex , Utah Valley University Teaching & Learning Symposium, "Problem Student or Problem Teacher? : Teaching Creative Subjects to the Neurodiverse", UVU Office of Teaching and Learning, Orem, Utah. (March 30, 2023)
Nibley, Alex (Presenter & Author), Utah Digital Media Arts Festival, "Storytelling Through Digital Media", UVU College of Engineering and Technology, UVU Campus Classroom Building. (May 10, 2022)
Nibley, Alex , FilmQuest International Film Festival, "Lord of the Rings Analysis ", FilmQuest, Provo, Utah. (September, 2021)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Nibley, Alex , "Violation" .
Nibley, Alex , "Loyal" .
Nibley, Alex , "Smallsword: Becoming el Zorro" . Deep Lake Media.

Awards

Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series Invitation

Fulton Library Roots of Knowledge - April 4, 2023

Invited to give a Roots of Knowledge address next spring. "Each year, faculty address specific themes, people, or objects found in the stained-glass windows through their unique lens and expertise. We host this lecture series to help fulfill our mission to facilitate interdisciplinary and multicultural education that inspires investment in the story of humanity. This mission is directly inspired by the artwork. We see you as someone whose work embodies our values and would provide a valuable perspective on the content and themes of this ambitious artwork."