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词条 Michael J. Epstein
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

      Film    Music    Academia    Writing    Art  

  3. Personal life

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Michael J. Epstein
| image = MichaelHeadshot20180727-3-web1024.jpg
| caption =
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}}
| birth_place = Smithtown, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Artist, filmmaker, writer, actor, songwriter, musician
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Northeastern University
| spouse = Sophia Cacciola
| website = {{URL|michaeljepstein.com|Michael J. Epstein}}
}}

Michael J. Epstein (born 1976), is an American filmmaker, musician, writer, and auditory scientist. Epstein has also spoken and written about the impact of local media on the arts, music service gatekeeping, effective social networking, and crowdfunding.

Early life and education

Epstein was born in Smithtown, New York. His father is author Lawrence J. Epstein. Epstein grew up in Stony Brook, New York.[1] and was raised Jewish.[2]

Epstein comes from a technical background, but shifted toward creative work, saying he, "was building electronics projects and writing adventure games on my VIC-20 in gradeschool... [and] started seeing a lot of commonality between all of this creative work and my more formal training in electrical engineering as my creative skills advanced."[3]

Epstein received a BS in electrical engineering from Binghamton University[4] and a PhD in electrical and computer engineering in 2004 from Northeastern University and joined the audiology faculty there in 2005.[5] Epstein became a tenured professor at the university,[6][7] studying psychoacoustics, loudness, auditory electrophysiology, and sound design before leaving Boston in 2016 to pursue full-time filmmaking.[8][9][10]

Career

Film

Epstein, in collaboration with his wife, Sophia Cacciola, has directed four feature films: TEN, Magnetic, Blood of the Tribades and Clickbait.[11] The pair are focused on creating sociopolitical genre films.[12][13] Their film Clickbait started playing at festivals in 2018.[14]

Epstein describes his process for creating films as thematic. Discussing his first feature TEN, he noted, "We really wanted to expand typical characterization themes of using shortcuts and stereotypes to touch on the broader narrative of the film. Because the film is about the arbitrary meaninglessness of identity, we wanted to recontextualize the film itself repeatedly by shifting tone and genre."[15] Michael Gingold of Fangoria described TEN saying, "it veers off in directions you likely won't see coming, both in narrative terms and in the way it explores questions of female identity.”[16] Lauren Shiro of Curve wrote, "the movie takes on a political and sociological stance, examining stereotypes, identity, and also the subtext and themes behind story lines." [17]

Epstein has directed Artsploitation's A Taste of Phobia[18], Troma's Grindsploitation[19], and the 60 Seconds to Die series.[20][21]

Epstein has collaborated with monochrom's Johannes Grenzfurthner[22], Izzy Lee, Ungovernable Films[23][24], Troma[25], and Tanya Pearson of the Women of Rock Oral History Project.[26][14]

Music

Epstein has played in indie bands, including The Motion Sick, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, Darling Pet Munkee, and Neutral Uke Hotel.[27][28]

The Motion Sick, featuring Epstein on guitar and vocals, were featured as the band of the month in 2006 in SPIN Magazine[29] and were selected as the best unsigned band in Boston by commercial radio station WFNX during the Last Band Standing competition.[30] They also won The Boston Phoenix Best Local Band 2009.[31]Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, featuring Epstein on bass, were awarded the 6th most creative video of 2011 in TIME Magazine.[32]

The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library, with Epstein on guitar and vocals, was selected as a CBS best rock band.[33] The band has focused on collaborations, including an original rock ballet at Dorchester's Strand Theatre with BalletRox,[34] Art-Exchange: a collaboration with artists to write songs based on visual works and create visual works based on songs, 37 songs to celebrate speakers at TEDxSomerville and a three-season run as the house band on the franchised Encyclopedia Show.[35] The band was part of a documentary created by Berklee College Pulse to showcase different processes for songwriting.[36][37]

Epstein also plays in Darling Pet Munkee, a band that writes garage-rock songs about items sold in comic books[38][39][40] and kindie band, Space Balloons,[41][42] focusing on children's songs about out-of-place aliens obsessed with moustaches and Kurt Vonnegut.[43]

Academia

Epstein was a professor of Audiology/Bioengineering/Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northeastern University from 2005 to 2016.{{cn|date=November 2018}} He studied loudness and auditory physiology and has more than 40 published articles and abstracts.[44] He co-authored the Oxford University Press Handbook of Auditory Sciences chapter on Loudness.[45] His PLOS ONE 2016 article, "Toward a differential diagnosis of hidden hearing loss in humans"[46] was featured in The Wall Street Journal[47] and Scientific American.[48] It helped explain why many people with normal hearing struggle to hear in noisy situations.

Writing

Epstein has written short stories in the anthology "The Unnaturals" as part of Hydra Publications' Dystopian Express [49] and a crowdfunding guidebook for the In 30 Minutes series,[50] which was a finalist in the Foreword INDIES competition[51] and the Independent Publishers of New England Book Awards.[52]

Epstein has written articles for the starter filmmaking site, Filmmaking Fool.[53]

Art

Together with Sophia Cacciola, Epstein was awarded an art residency with monochrom at Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria in autumn 2017.[54] He created Nothen für die Tothen, an interactive music art installation for Roboexotica.[55]

Epstein also created sound collage art under the name "M-sli©k da ninjA"[56] and was involved with The Droplift project[57][58], for which CDs with copyright-violating samples were reverse-shoplifted onto store shelves[59][60], Dictionaraoke[61][62][63], songs created with vocals by dictionary readings of words, and the Beethoven Reclamation Society, a piece in which many artists each recreated a segment of Beethoven's 9th Symphony using sound collaging.[64]

Personal life

Epstein is married to filmmaker and artist Sophia Cacciola.[65] He resides in Los Angeles.

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Rice|first1=Lewis|title=Music to His Ears|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705172453/http://www.northeastern.edu/magazine/fall06/feature4.shtml|website=Northeastern Alumni Magazine}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Four Questions with Musician Michael J. Epstein|url=https://www.jewishboston.com/four-questions-with-musician-michael-j-epstein/|website=Jewish Boston}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2017/10/16/michael-j-epstein-interview/|title=Michael J. Epstein [Interview]|date=16 October 2017|website=Trainwreckdsociety.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Northeastern University Alumni Magazine feature|url=http://www.numag.neu.edu:80/fall06/feature4.shtml|website=Numag.neu.edu}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Northeastern University Alumni Magazine feature|url=http://www.numag.neu.edu:80/fall06/feature4.shtml|website=Numag.neu.edu}}
6. ^{{cite web |title=Creepy Sounds in Modern Film |url=http://www.coe.neu.edu/events/creepy-sounds-modern-film |website=Northeastern University}}
7. ^{{cite web |title=Meet Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over in Hollywood |url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-michael-j-epstein-launch-hollywood/ |website=Voyage LA}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Musical artist is leaving for LA; just no future in Boston area|url=http://www.universalhub.com/2016/musical-artist-leavinng-la-just-no-future-boston|website=Universalhub.com}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Financial strains, limited options for artists push powerhouse creatives out of the area|url=http://www.cambridgeday.com/2016/02/17/financial-strains-limited-options-for-artists-push-powerhouse-creatives-out-of-the-area/|website=Cambridgeday.com}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Longtime Fixtures in the Boston Arts Scene Explain Why They're Leaving Town|url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2016/02/17/michael-j-epstein-sophia-cacciola-leaving/|website=Bostonmagazine.com}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://withoutyourhead.com/viewnews.php?autoid=109934|title=CLICKBAIT - Without Your Head|website=Withoutyourhead.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Erotic vampire movie BLOOD OF THE TRIBADES sees release|url= http://www.rue-morgue.com/single-post/2017/01/09/Exclusive-commentsdetails-Erotic-vampire-movie-BLOOD-OF-THE-TRIBADES-sees-release|website=Rue-morgue.com}}
13. ^{{cite web |title=SOPHIA CACCIOLA DISCUSSES SHOWCASING WOMEN IN FILM VIA SOCIOPOLITICAL HORROR AND SCI-FI |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/sophia-cacciola-discusses-showcasing-women-in-film-via-sociopolitical-horror-and-sci-fi |website=SyFy Wire}}
14. ^1 {{cite web|title=Meet Michael J. Epstein of Launch Over in Hollywood|url= http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-michael-j-epstein-launch-hollywood/|website=Voyagela.com}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.searchmytrash.com/cgi-bin/articlecreditsb.pl?michaeljepsteinsophiacacciola(5-15)|title=(re)Search my Trash|website=Searchmytrash.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web|title=TEN in Fangoria issue 335|url= http://blog.michaeljepstein.com/2014/08/ten-featured-in-fangoria-magazine-issue.html|website=Blog.michaeljepstein.com}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.curvemag.com/Review/Film/No-One-Is-Who-They-Seem-Not-Even-You|title=No One Is Who They Seem. Not Even You|first=Lauren|last=Shiro|website=Curvemag.ocm|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=https://screamfix.com/artsploitation-taste-of-phobia/|title=Artsploitation Films Gets A TASTE OF PHOBIA |date=24 March 2018|website=Screamfix.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://myemail.constantcontact.com/-Grindsploitation-2--The-Lost-Reels--COMING-SOON--from-Troma-Entertainment--Inc---.html?soid=1104713005160&aid=48IqKGVxcTk|title="Grindsploitation 2: The Lost Reels" COMING SOON! from Troma Entertainment, Inc.!|website=myemail.constantcontact.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.horrorsociety.com/2016/09/13/official-trailer-60-seconds-die-now/|title=Official Trailer For 60 SECONDS TO DIE Is Now Out! - Horror Society|date=13 September 2016|website=Horrorsociety.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
21. ^{{cite web|url=http://screenanarchy.com/2017/11/horror-anthology-60-seconds-to-die-hits-dvd-december-5-contrib.html|title=Horror Anthology "60 Seconds To Die" hits DVD, December 5!|date=28 November 2017|website=Screenanarchy.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2018/01/vienna-round-up-our-adventures-in-austria-in-november/|title=Vienna Round-Up! Our adventures in Austria in November|date=17 January 2018|website=Blog.mikeandsophia.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2016/10/24/tws-week-of-horror-day-2-paul-m-mcalarney-interview/|title=TWS Week of Horror Day 2: Paul M. McAlarney [Interview]|date=24 October 2016|website=Trainwreckedsociety.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://ungovernablefilms.com/films/theungovernableforce.html|title=UNGOVERNABLE FILMS - the ungovernable force|website=Ungovernablefilms.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2017/10/16/michael-j-epstein-interview/|title=Michael J. Epstein [Interview]|date=16 October 2017|website=Trainwreckedsociety.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.womenofrock.org/volunteer-staff/|title=Volunteer Staff|website=Women of Rock|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://radioboston.legacy.wbur.org/2011/04/20/neutral-uke-hotel|title=Putting The Uke In Neutral Milk Hotel|website=radioboston.legacy.wbur.org|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://theywillrockyou.com/2011/04/concert-review-neutral-uke-hotel-brighton-music-hall-allston-ma/|title=Concert Review: Neutral Uke Hotel at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, MA|date=22 April 2011|website=Theywillrockyou.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
29. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.spin.com/artists/motion-sick | title= SPIN Magazine|website=Spin.com }}
30. ^{{cite web | url= http://thenoise-boston.com/2007/05/our-eyes-on-you-june-2007/ | title= Last Band Standing|website=Thenoise-boston.com }}
31. ^{{cite web | url= https://zedequalszee.com/2009/04/17/the-motion-sick-bostons-best-local-band/| title= Boston Phoenix|website=Zedequalszee.com }}
32. ^{{cite web|title=Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling "Episode 1: Arrival" - 6th most creative video of the 2011 in TIME|url= http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2100632_2100640,00.html|website=Content.time.com}}
33. ^{{cite web | url= http://boston.cbslocal.com/top-lists/bostons-best-local-rock-bands/ | title= CBS Boston’s Best Local Rock Bands|website=Boston.cbsllocal.com }}
34. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonsurvivalguide.net/wordpress/2011/06/the-michael-j-epstein-memorial-library-balletrox-saturday-night-soiree|title=The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library & BalletRox Saturday night soiree – musings from boston|website=Bostonsurvivalguide.net|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
35. ^{{cite web|url=http://scoutsomerville.com/encyclopedia-show-davis-square-theatre/|title=The Encyclopedia Show Brings Music, Mirth and Madness to the Davis Square Theatre - Scout Somerville|first=Marisa|last=Dellatto|website=scoutsomerville.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
36. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.berklee.edu/news/3740/banded-behind-the-making-of-a-song|title=Banded: Behind the Making of a Song - Berklee College of Music|website=Berklee.edu|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
37. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.berkleegroove.com/2011/10/06/what-happens-when-5-boston-bands-bare-their-creative-souls-to-a-berklee-film-crew/|title=Berklee Grove: "What Happens When 5 Boston Bands Bare Their Creative Souls to a Berklee Film Crew?"|website=Berkleegroove.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
38. ^{{cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/tag/darling-pet-munkee|title=Darling Pet Munkee / Boing Boing|website=Boing Boing|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
39. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2012/07/darling-pet-munkeeits-band-based-on-old.html|title=DARLING PET MUNKEE…It’s A Band Based On Old Ads Found In the Back of Comics…You’re Gonna Like Them|date=2 July 2012|website=Forcesofgeek.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
40. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.docterror.com/2012/08/shock-darling-pet-munkee-horror-rock.html|title=DOCTERROR.COM|website=Docterror.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
41. ^  {{dead link|date=November 2018}}
42. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeday.com/2013/09/03/somerville-media-monarchs-float-toward-childrens-tv-with-space-balloons-songs/|title=Somerville media monarchs float toward children’s TV with ‘Space Balloons’ songs - Cambridge Day|website=Cambridgeday.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
43. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/19119|title=An artistic tribute to Kurt Vonnegut Jr.|website=Thesomervilletimes.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
44. ^{{cite web |title=Google Scholar Profile of Epstein |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DYB56FMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao|website=Scholar.google.com}}
45. ^{{cite web|title=Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science: Hearing|url=http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199233557.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199233557|website=Oxfordhandbooks.com}}
46. ^{{cite web|title=Toward a differential diagnosis of hidden hearing loss in humans|url= http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0162726|website=Journals.plos.org}}
47. ^{{cite web|title=Can't Hear in Noisy Places? It's a Real Medical Condition|url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/cant-hear-in-noisy-places-its-a-real-medical-condition-1474909624|website=Wsj.com}}
48. ^{{cite web|title=Can You Hear Me Now? Detecting Hidden Hearing Loss in Young People|url= https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-you-hear-me-now-detecting-hidden-hearing-loss-in-young-people/|website=Scientificamerican.com}}
49. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Dystopian_Express.html?id=qpfFjgEACAAJ%22|title=Google Books|website=Books.google.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
50. ^{{cite web|url=http://crowdfunding.in30minutes.com|title=Crowdfunding book - Crowdfunding Basics In 30 Minutes|website=Crowdfunding Basics In 30 Minutes|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
51. ^{{cite web|url=https://in30minutes.com/crowdfunding-basics-30-minutes-finalist-foreword-indies-competition/|title=Crowdfunding Basics In 30 Minutes is a finalist in the Foreword INDIES competition - In 30 Minutes Guides|date=27 March 2018|website=In30minutes.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
52. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ipne.org/page-1861120|title=Independent Publishers of New England - 2017 IPNE Book Award Winners|website=Ipne.org|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
53. ^{{cite web|url=http://filmmakingfool.com/author/admin/|title=Michael J. Epstein|website=Filmmaking Fool|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
54. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.q21.at/de/artists-in-residence/artists/artistinfo/sophia-cacciola-michael-j-epstein/|title=Q21|website=MuseumsQuartier Wien|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
55. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mqw.at/blog/vienna-art-week-2017-studio-visit-findwritingservice-com/|title=MQ Journal|website=MuseumsQuartier Wien|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
56. ^{{cite web|url=http://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2011/02/httpwww-mikeandsophia-com201102m-slik-da-ninja-aphorisms-on-aphonia-html/|title=M-sli©k da ninjA: Aphorisms on Aphonia and Aphasia: Your Cure For Aphagia (A Collection of 39 Works 1994 – 2000)|date=12 February 2011|website=Blog.mikeandsophia.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
57. ^{{cite web|url=http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Various_Artists_Droplift/The_Droplift_Project/|title=Free Music Archive: Various Artists [Droplift] - The Droplift Project|website=freemusicarchive.org|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
58. ^{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125022224/http://www.droplift.org:80/|title=The Droplift Project|date=25 November 2005|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
59. ^{{cite web|url=https://weburbanist.com/2007/12/26/shopdropping-the-subversive-art-of-reverse-shoplifting/|title=Shopdropping aka Droplifting: Guide to Reverse Shoplifting|date=27 December 2007|website=Weburbanist.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
60. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/shoplifting-in-reverse/Content?oid=904548|title=Shoplifting in Reverse|first=Matt|last=Hilburn|website=Chicagoreader.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
61. ^{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060602010823/http://www.dictionaraoke.org/|title=Wayback Machine|date=2 June 2006|website=Web.archive.org|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
62. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1143288|title=Dictionaraoke|website=Npr.org|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
63. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/2002/03/dictionaraoke/|title=Dictionaraoke|website=Wired.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
64. ^{{cite web|url=http://blog.mikeandsophia.com/2017/05/the-beethoven-reclamation-society-presents-the-symphony-no-9-in-d-minor-op-125/|title=The Beethoven Reclamation Society presents The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125|date=24 May 2017|website=Blog.mikeandsophia.com|accessdate=10 November 2018}}
65. ^  {{dead link|date=November 2018}}

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