Andrew Gingerich

Filmmaker/Educator

About

Andrew Gin­gerich is a film­mak­er whose work explores notions of fam­i­ly, dis­so­ci­at­ed iden­ti­ties, region­al alle­giances, and the bound­aries of fic­tion. He lives and teach­es in Michi­gan’s Upper Peninsula.

How’s the weather there?

  • 2 min­utes – Ani­mat­ed doppler imagery – Color
  • My role: Director/​Editor

A weath­er anthro­pol­o­gy: Dis­tant voic­es ani­mate doppler radar images of their cities as they dis­cuss their lives and the weath­er for Sun­day, Novem­ber 5th, 2017.

Director’s Statement

I made this film as an explo­ration into the mean­ing of the weath­er. The way we dis­cuss weath­er phe­nom­e­na (as we so often do, over the phone, as a way of sim­u­lat­ing phys­i­cal close­ness) is often abstract and ana­lyt­i­cal. When ani­mat­ed by the speak­ers’ voic­es as they dis­cuss their per­son­al expe­ri­ences of the weath­er, the doppler images pro­vide us with a more human­ist data set.