Cory Howard is the creator and host of The Campfireball...
here is some of the work he's done:
Cory Howard Selected Materials 2010 - 2022
performer/writer/producer
CAMPFIREBALL
multi-media community storytelling project — creator/writer/host/producer — 2015-Present
virtual
Ncino — interactive holiday event, ‘Humans vs. Holidays’ 2020
SalesForce — existential escape room, ‘Monster Room’ 2020
Kairos — interactive event, ‘The Grief Processor Processor’ 2020
live (notable performances)
Asheville Fringe Arts Festival -- 2023
Carolina Beach Parks and Recreation — performance series, Winter 2022, Summer 2023 Fischman Gallery at Atelier 133 — 2023
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library — 2022
Bristol Public Library — 2022
University of North Carolina School of the Arts — 2018, 2019
University of North Carolina, Wilmington — featured artist, Lumina Arts Festival, 2019
Bonner County Library — featured artist, 2019
Los Angeles City College —featured artist, Creativity Matters Summit, 2019
Chesapeake STEM High School — 2019
Resisterhood — featured performance, annual benefit, 2019
IBM — coding department, 2018
Atria Senior Living — creative office, spring & fall 2018
Cucalorus Festival — featured artist, official selection, 2017
Center for Independent Futures — 2017
Golden Road Brewing — residency, winter, spring, summer 2015
video
“Microwaves” presented by Campfireball — interview series, 2019 - present
FILM
narrative
On The Day You Were Born — animated short — producer, 2018
-official selection, Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2019
-official selection, Sarasota International Film Festival, 2019
-official selection, Cinequest, 2019
-official selection, IndieMemphis, winner: Audience Award, 2018
CODA — short — producer, 2018
-official selection, NoBudge, Online Premiere, 2019
-official selection, Nashville International Film Festival, 2019
-official selection, Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2019
-official selection, Mammoth Lakes International Film Festival, 2018
Pilgrims — short — writer/producer, 2017
-winner, best director, Lit On Film Festival, 2018
commercial
Narsehole — kickstarter video — producer, 2020
Slippy — kickstarter video — producer, 2019
Aurea — online ad —producer, 2015
INDUSTRY
Story Pirates – teaching artist/director/producer - 2010-Present
nationally recognized arts education company
Hypomania Content - coordinator - 2013-2017
production & management company, Dan Savage, “The Real O’Neals”, “It Got Better”
Jennifer Salt - assistant - 2013
writer, “American Horror Story”, “Eat Pray Love”
FREELANCE
Gamma Ray — writer/voice over performer, 2019 - present
“The Breakdown”
FreakerUSA — social media content creator, 2019
Down To Shop — writer/consultant, 2019
“Thumbwar”
Central Piedmont Community College — lecturer, 2018, 2019
University of North Carolina, Wilmington — lecturer, 2018
Master Class — consultant, 2017
“Steve Martin Teaches Comedy”
GRADUATE ASSISTANT, EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
assistant to the Storytelling program and faculty, president of Storyteller Collective at ETSU, co- producer monthly “ReGeneration Story Slam”, co-producer, contributor ‘Story Garage’ podcast — 2021-2023
ADDITIONAL
-guest storyteller, National Storytelling Festival, Exchange Place, 2023
-Outstanding Capstone Project, East Tennessee State University, 2023
-Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Program, East Tennessee State University, 2023
-‘Story Concepts and Framing Devices’, workshop designed and lead for Sharing The Fire Storytelling Conference, 2023
-Moth Story Slam winner, 2023
-guest storyteller/emcee, ASST’s Intergenerational Storyfest, 2022, 2023
-guest storyteller, ASST’s Adults Only Storytelling Show, 2022, 2023
-participant, StoryCenter, Digital Storytelling workshop, 2021
-participant, StoryCenter, Podcasting workshop, 2021
-guest artist, Junk Show, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
-guest artist, The Magic Hat, Seattle, WA, 2019
-guest artist, Paper Machete, Chicago, IL, 2017
-manager, successful $30k Indiegogo Campaign, 2016
-recipient, IndieGrant, 2015
-quarter finalist, Sundance Screenwriter Lab w/Jonathan Guggenheim, 2013
EDUCATION
-MA, Communication & Storytelling Studies, East Tennessee State University, 2023
-BA, Film Studies, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2004
-BA, Theatre Studies, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2004