An Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and immersive media artist, Carol Dalrymple draws on the rhythms of nature and the tapestry of human experience. As founder of the co-creation studio Edge of Discovery, she fosters creative partnerships that amplify grassroots voices to reimagine the way stories are told and shared. Through her use of mixed reality and emerging technologies she brings hidden narratives to life, blending community collaboration with bold visual storytelling.
Carol Dalrymple is an Emmy-award winning filmmaker whose work explores stories that change our perception of the world and of each other. With PBS affiliate PBS Utah, she has edited, produced, and directed over 50 feature length and short documentary films on rotation in the PBS national, pledge, and regional schedule. Her work has garnered seventeen Emmy Awards.
She is Director of 360 VR film Zion: Call of the Canyon, narrated by Robert Redford and starring artist Roland Lee and folklorist/musician Hal Cannon, and Producer of Shattering the Pictures in Our Heads, an immersive multi-screen documentary video installation deconstructing the mythic Native American stereotype with members of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
Carol founded Edge of Discovery Co-creation Studio, a non-profit media arts collective whose mission is to discover and amplify voices and stories that traditionally have been silenced, simplified and minimized, using media technologies. In partnership with the Western Folk Life Center, the Deep West program connects established filmmakers with students in rural and indigenous communities in the West United States to support storytelling that breaks through misconceptions, preserves history and builds community. Partnerships have resulted in the immersive multi-media museum exhibition Shattering The Pictures in Our Heads, which deconstructs the “Mythic Indian” stereotypes we see in mainstream media (directed by Karem Orrego, Lance Owyhee and Destiny Max) through the perspective of members from the Shoshone-Paiute Tribe. The local premiere had a five months run in 2021 at the Northeastern Nevada Museum, and subsequent screenings included four months in 2022 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, the Harlem Film Festival, and internationally; and the Duck Valley Film Festival, the first in the area, featuring films from the Sho-Pai community and available and sharable on Facebook Live.
Carol's current work explores new dimensions of immersive and interactive storytelling, using virtual and augmented reality and other immersive mediums. With mobile augmented reality project Kvöldvaka, she is exploring how ancient stories can inform us in a time of climate crisis. Kvöldvaka was selected for CPH:LAB, CPH:DOX’s talent development programme that encourages creative risk taking, celebrates raw talent, facilitates collaboration across borders and business sectors and supports visionaries to push the existing boundaries of documentary filmmaking. Carol was selected by Facebook's Virtual Reality company, Oculus, for their inaugural Launch Pad Program, a mentorship program designed to support promising Content Creators and Developers.
Her work has been seen on PBS, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ESPN, and Fox Sports. Additional awards include the Society of Professional Journalists Gold Award for Best Documentary, the Cine Golden Eagle Awards of Excellence in Film and Media, National Educational Telecommunications Association, Gold, Silver, and Platinum Awards from the Utah Broadcasters Association, and an Award of Recognition issued jointly by the State of Utah Department of Community and Culture and the Utah Division of Indian Affairs.
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