From Columbia To Memphis
F&V writer/director/co-producer William Bryan (BA '12) marked his tenth trip to Memphis, Tennessee on April 8, 2013 by locking down the pre-production aspects of his passion project, Nobody, a biographical short film about Elvis Presley. Read more...
Fairy Tales Are For Real, Contests Count
Film & Video senior Heather Dunoon ('13) was named the 2013 Michael Collyer Fellow in Screenwriting, receiving recognition from the Writers Guild (East) and $10,000 for writing a feature film she pitched titled Remember Me. Read more...
'I Expected Nothing and Hoped for Everything'
Film & Video junior AJ Young ('14) won the Academy’s Oscar Experience College Search, handed out statuettes during the ceremony in February, and made it a priority to network while in Los Angeles. Read more...
Producer, Alumnus Teitel Teaches SiLA Class
Bob Teitel (BA ’90), producer of Barbershop, Soul Food, Notorious, and many other films, was a smash hit teaching the Creative Producing graduate class during fall 2012 as part of Semester in LA. Read more...
Rybicky Earns Documentary Attention, Support
F&V faculty member Dan Rybicky’s Almost There was one of four submissions chosen from across the country to receive funding from the Independent Television Service (ITVS), and premiere on PBS later in 2014. Read more...
New Name, New Sponsorship, New Strategies
The Film & Video Department will have a new name beginning February 1, 2014: The Department of Cinema Art + Science. Read more...
Sprite Films Competition Gives Students the Opportunity to Meet with Notable Industry Professionals
Columbia College students Sean Grasse ('13) and Sam Bengtson ('13) attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas as part of the Sprite Films Competition and met with Oliver Stone, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt. Read more...
McCoy & Meyer Launch With 'Famous' Ad
F&V alumni Eric McCoy, Director (BA '09), and Justus Meyer, Producer (BA '11), have teamed up to formally launch their award-winning production company, McCoy & Meyer, with the debut of a headline commercial for Famous Footwear's nationwide Mother's Day campaign. Read more...
Big Screen: 17 Years and Still Going Strong
The Film & Video Department's Big Screen—held Thursday, April 25—screened nine finalist films and presented cash awards to A.J. Sheeran’s (BA '11) The Treehouse (Best of Fest and Audience Award), Maria Abraham’s (MFA '12) Girl With Child (Cinematography Award to Chris Nelson), and Nick Barks’ (BA '11) Dispatch (Editing Award). Read more...
Teaching Homage, Creating Homage
F&V faculty member Vaun Monroe produced and directed The Belle of New Orleans, featured in The Goodman Theatre’s production of By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, with a crew of alumni, current students and colleagues including adjunct faculty members Jennifer Peepas and Jeffrey Jon Smith. Read more...
Alumnus Launches Feature Comedy HURRICANE BIANCA
F&V alumnus Matt Kugelman (BA ‘04) is taking his feature length screenplay Hurricane Bianca into pre-production, slated for shooting this winter. Read more...
Alum Awarded Best Short Short at Academy-Qualifying Festival
F&V Maria Abraham's (MFA '12) thesis film Girl With Child was awarded Best Short Short at the 2013 Aspen Shortsfest. Read more...
A TOOTH TALE Festival Update
F&V faculty member Ron Fleischer's short animated film A Tooth Tale, made with a crew of animation students, recently won Best Animated Short Award at the Garden State Film Festival. Read more...
Student Film Festival Honors Moving Image Production
Eleven finalist films made in Foundations classes screened before a full house at the 24th semi-annual Take 1 Student Film Festival followed by a presentation of Jury and Audience awards. Read more...
Behind-the-Scenes Wins a Remi
F&V adjunct faculty member Don Albert's behind-the-scenes documentary made when he produced the film Double Negative with Columbia College alums and faculty won a Remi at 46th WorldFest Houston. Read more...
Faculty Member Secures Distribution
F&V faculty member Julian Grant's feature film, F*ckload of Scotch Tape (FLOST) has signed with Chicago-based Revision Entertainment for North American exploitation in all media. Read more...
Experimental Field Trip
Nine students and alumni of the Film & Video deparment's Experimental Film Society with faculty advisor Ted Hardin traveled to the 51st Ann Arbor Film Festival where they exchanged ideas with experimental and documentary filmmakers from around the country. Read more...
REEL SOUL
F&V faculty member Vaun Monroe's Reel Soul webisode series will begin production on ten more episodes. Read more...
Two Films, Five Cities
F&V adjunct faculty member Danièle Wilmouth’s films Fanfare for Marching Band and Eleanore & the Timekeeper are traveling the world...
Outstanding Technical Achievement
F&V alum Eric Justen (BA ’98) won for Outstanding Creative Achievement on a Studio Design Project as a Re-Recording Mixer on AMC’s Breaking Bad at the TEC Awards…
