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ANGELINE GRAGASIN'S short films combine documentary, narrative, animation, and music, and are heavily influenced by her love of international cinema and performance. Angeline's work has earned her the attention and respect of online tastemakers worldwide including prominent curators and creators at Vimeo, Portable.tv, Kickstarter, Got A Girl Crush, SFE.tv (Paris/Cologne), Montagne (Paris), File Magazine (London), Directors Notes (London), and Smashbox Studios (Los Angeles). Angeline founded NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS in Chicago in 2009, as a comprehensive web and digital media production studio. In 2012, Angeline expanded the company to include collaborators and service clients in NYC, LA, and SF, and is now a dedicated video production and postproduction company which focuses on original storytelling and branded content. She has created videos for and with a number of influential personalities such as mortician Caitlin Doughty, writer Amelia Gray, painter Derek Erdman, and cinematographer Philip Bloom. She holds an A.B. in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities from The University of Chicago.