About Parker

Parker Rawlins is a filmmaker and instructor who specializes in genre filmmaking and screenwriting. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Utah Tech University in the Digital Film Program and the College of DuPage in the English Department, where he teaches courses in production, screenwriting, and film history.

He earned his MFA in Film & Media Studies at the University of Utah where he studied screenwriting, directing, and film production. During his time there he and his directing partner (under the moniker The Aud Brothers) wrote, directed, and produced over a dozen short films over the course of three years.

Parker also holds a B.S. in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in directing from Southern Utah University where he worked as an actor, director, and staff writer. He also performed research in collaboration with Dr. Kyle Bishop that would be used to help create the BFA in Filmmaking program.

Additionally, Parker has a lifelong love for teaching, having experience in courses about film analysis, screenwriting, film history, production, directing, adaptation studies, and film theory.

His passion for film education was demonstrated in his role as the Faculty Program Director for the University of Utah Department of Film and Media Arts study abroad program in Italy. While there, he designed and executed a curriculum for a four-week Introduction to Film Production course, during which he guided nearly a dozen undergraduate students through the complete production process from the preliminary planning stages through to completed edits of their final films.