Blake Pfeil is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist. His current project is All-American Ruins, a multimedia travelog in which Blake fantastically recounts his experiences exploring abandoned spaces through multimodal storytelling. Recently nominated for the UK Press Gazette's Future of Media Award, this ongoing body of work has been showcased around the world, including highlight presentations at On Air Fest, North Carolina Museum of History, History Colorado, and the 2024 Ambies (nominee, Best Indie Podcast), among many other festivals, awards, and installations. All-American Ruins was featured in Business Insider, People, Atlas Obscura, Colorado Magazine, and on WAMC. This fall, it will see additional installations worldwide, including ArchFilm Lund, Eugene Environmental Film Festival, Sydney Web Fest, Melbourne Web Fest, NZ Web Fest, and New Jersey WebFest, where it was nominated for 5 awards, including Outstanding Anthology Podcast. All-American Ruins also swept 3 of the 4 festivals at the 2024 North Star Story Summit, including feature presentations at Duluth Superior Film Festival, Catalyst Content Festival, and Minnesota WebFest, where it was nominated for Best Drama Podcast.
Prior to his work with All-American Ruins, Blake co-founded Macabre Americana, wrote and performed the solo folk music piece The BBC: 1970, and collaborated on theatre and music performance projects worldwide, with stints in The Netherlands, Mexico, South Korea, as well as professional stage credits at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Huntington Theatre Company, New Rep, Company One, and more.
During the week, he steps into the role of Operations & Programs Manager at the nonprofit storytelling organization TMI Project, where he also serves as a producer for The TMI Project Story Hour, winner of an International Women's Podcast Award. On Wednesday evenings, Blake hosts The Pfeil File, an intergenerational community dialogue program on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY), and he recently worked as a guest producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways, a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Prior to his work with All-American Ruins, Blake co-founded Macabre Americana, wrote and performed the solo folk music piece The BBC: 1970, and collaborated on theatre and music performance projects worldwide, with stints in The Netherlands, Mexico, South Korea, as well as professional stage credits at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Huntington Theatre Company, New Rep, Company One, and more.
During the week, he steps into the role of Operations & Programs Manager at the nonprofit storytelling organization TMI Project, where he also serves as a producer for The TMI Project Story Hour, winner of an International Women's Podcast Award. On Wednesday evenings, Blake hosts The Pfeil File, an intergenerational community dialogue program on Radio Kingston/WKNY (107.9 FM/1490 AM in the Hudson Valley, NY), and he recently worked as a guest producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways, a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Alumni, SUNY Stony Brook's Audio Podcast Fellowship
- MA, Purchase College
- BFA, Emerson College
- Member, Actor's Equity + BMI