Blake Pfeil is an Ambie Award-winning multidisciplinary artist. His latest body of work, All-American Ruins, has been the recipient of numerous awards for its genre-bending, multimodal storytelling, including a recent Press Gazette Future of Media Awards nomination for Podcast of the Year (Regional). The project has seen multimedia installations worldwide, including England, Wales, Peru, Croatia, Italy, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and USA. In 2025, the podcast arm of the project, 'abandoned,' reached number 1 on the Apple Podcasts Travel & Places charts.
Outside All-American Ruins, Blake most recently served as a guest producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways while also working his "day job" as the Operations & Digital Programs Manager at TMI Project and "night job" as co-host of "Cinema Kingston!" on Radio Kingston / WKNY. Blake is an alumni of SUNY Stony Brook's Audio Podcast Fellowship, a Disctopia TruePlay Innovative Podcaster Award Finalist, and a 2025 Green Box Resident Artist.
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant
NZ Web Fest
Auckland
2025
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Universal Atlas Cement Plant
Lexington Film Festival
Hunter, NY
2025
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Archaeology Channel International Film Festival
Eugene, OR
2025
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Finger Lakes Film Festival
Geneva, NY
2025
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Capital City Film Festival
Lansing, MI
2025
Winner: Best History Podcast
The All-American Ruins Podcast: Eric, Curious By Default
PopCon Podcast Awards
Indianapolis, IN
2024
Nominee: Best Indie Podcast
The All-American Ruins Podcast: Eric, Curious By Default
Ambies
Los Angeles, CA
2024
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Lexington Film Festival
Hunter, NY
2024
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Peekskill Film Festival
Peekskill, NY
2024
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Film n' Dem Short Festival
Charlotte, NC
2024
Winner, Best Documentary
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Dove Block Project Film Festival
Geneva, NY
2024
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Borscht Belt Film Festival
Ellenville, NY
2024
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Duluth Superior Film Festival
Duluth, MN
2024
Official Selection
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Lund Architecture Film Festival
Lund
2024
Honorable Mention, Best Documentary
All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Eugene Environmental Film Festival
Eugene, OR
2024
Official Select
The All-American Ruins Podcast: Eric, Curious By Default
On Air Fest
Los Angeles, CA
2023
College
Emerson College
BFA
20062010
College
Purchase College
MA
20172019
College
Stony Brook University
Audio Podcast Fellowship
20222023
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