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Geoffrey Fletcher's (Adjunct Faculty) Oscar for "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" [FILM]
  • Gabourey Sidibe
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program adjunct faculty member Geoffrey Fletcher won the Oscar for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) in 2010 for "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire," becoming the first African American to win an Academy Award for writing in Oscar history. The award capped a robust awards season for Fletcher, who also won an Independent Spirit Award for the film. "Precious" won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and top honors at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival as well.  more

 

Lisa Cholodenko's ('97SOA) "The Kids Are All Right"
  • (l-r) Annette Bening, director Lisa Cholodenko and Julianne Moore on the set of
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumna Lisa Cholodenko's ('97SOA) "The Kids Are All Right" opened to universal acclaim in July 2010, after premiering at Sundance in January and becoming a breakout hit. Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, and written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, the film follows a lesbian couple who each gave birth to a child from an anonymous sperm donor -- and what unspools when those children seek out their biological father. A. O. more

 

Film Studies Conference: Sergei Eisenstein’s Unpublished “Notes for a General History of Cinema"
September 30 – October 1, 2010 Film Studies Conference: Sergei Eisenstein's Unpublished "Notes for a General History of Cinema" Columbia University  more

 

School of the Arts Filmmakers Selected for Sundance 2011
  • Sundance Film Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program Assistant Professor and Director of Production Maureen Ryan -- who co-produced the Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire -- co-produced Project Nim, one of the 12 films selected for World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 20-30 in Park City, Utah. The film, selected from 796 international documentary submissions, will be one of the opening night premieres. more

 

Columbia Film Alumni Dominate Indie Spirit Award Nominations
  • Still from Summer Pasture, by Nelson Walker ('08SOA)
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumni captured several nominations for the 2011 Spirit Awards, with five nominations for Lisa Cholodenko's ('97SOA) The Kids Are All Right, including Best Feature and Best Director.  more

 

Four Oscar Nominations for Film Alum Lisa Cholodenko's "The Kids Are All Right"
  • "The Kids Are All Right," by Lisa Cholodenko ('97SOA)
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumna Lisa Cholodenko's ('97SOA) The Kids Are All Right has been nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, which Cholodenko co-wrote with Stuart Blumberg. The film was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Annette Bening) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Ruffalo). Nominations were announced this morning, and the Academy Awards ceremony will be February 27. more

 

School of the Arts Films Take Home Sundance Awards
  • Sundance Film Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts filmmakers played definitive roles in films that won major awards at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, which closed January 30. more

 

Film Faculty Eric Mendelsohn's "3 Backyards" Opens March 11
  • 3 Backyards, by Eric Mendelsohn
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program Associate Professor Eric Mendelsohn's award-winning film 3 Backyards will open at the IFC Center in New York on March 11. More than 25 of Mendelsohn's students, past and present, were members of his crew for the film, for which Mendelsohn won more

 

Film Alumni Win Spirit Awards
  • Please Give, by Nicole Holofcener ('88SOA)
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumni won impressive Independent Spirit Awards at the ceremony February 26, with Lisa Cholodenko ('97SOA) winning Best Screenplay for The Kids Are All Right, which she cowrote with Stuart Blumberg.  more

 

Alumni Films Selected for New Directors/New Films Festival
  • Outbound, by Bogdan George Apetri ('06SOA)
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumni films have been selected to screen at the New Directors/New Films festival presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art, which runs March 23-April 3: Bogdan George Apetri's ('06SOA) Outbound and Sameh Zoabi's ('05SOA) Man Without a Cell Phone.  more

 

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