Maverick Moore
Senior Lecturer, Film & Digital Media, Department Film Festival Specialist
Education
M.A., Communication, Baylor University,
B.S., Telecommunication and Media Studies, Texas A&M University
Background
Maverick Moore is an award-winning filmmaker that specializes in creating, writing, directing, and editing narrative short films.
Collectively, his recent narrative short films - Shotgun and My Dinner with Werner - have won over 60 awards (including jury and audience awards for “Best Picture”) and have been recognized by over 175 film festivals worldwide, including several Oscar-qualifying festivals such as the Palm Springs International Shortfest, the HollyShorts Film Festival, the Austin Film Festival, and the Nashville Film Festival, where Shotgun screened together with master filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard’s recent film Goodbye to Language.
In addition to making films, Maverick has also served as a panelist, reviewer, and awards jury member for a variety of national film festivals. Currently, he is also the short film programmer for Waco Independent Film Festival in Waco, Texas.