ELLEN SEBRING has been Creative Director of Visualizing Cultures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since the project’s inception in 2002. A multimedia producer and video artist, Sebring holds a Master's degree in Visual Studies from MIT, where she was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies for six years.

Co-founder and President of Botticelli Interactive, Inc. - http://www.botticelli.com - (1997-2002), Sebring produced and wrote "Star Festival," awarded Best of Show at MacWorld Expo and "StarNetwork" starring George Takei, awarded the Distinguished Award of the Multimedia GrandPrix 2000, Tokyo. The company received major funding from the Institute for Civil Society for an interactive television prototype to enhance creativity in children. For museums, Botticelli Interactive produced educational touch screen kiosks, including the innovative Titian Kiosk, which earned the New York Festivals’ Silver Medal.

Sebring was selected for the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women to write and direct a film short in Hollywood. She has directed over 30 documentaries on visual artists, dance and theater. In 2004 she received a co-production residency at the Banff Centre, Canada to compose music for a collaborative work with choreographer Paula Josa-Jones. Other awards and grants include the Artist's Foundation Fellowship for Video Art, Canon Europa prize at the WorldWide Video Festival in Holland, and PBS, NEA, NEFA, Meet-the-Composer and NEFV Foundation grants. Sebring's video art includes “Aviary,” a multimedia performance at MIT’s Media Lab funded by National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Council for the Arts, which was subsequently commissioned by WGBH and WNET for national broadcast. Trained as a composer and flutist at Indiana University and the Hochschule fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna – where she performed with the Austrian Radio Orchestra – Sebring explores the relationship of sound and image in her work. Samples are available on her website: http://ellensebring.com.