The Legacy of Milos Forman
In 1978, esteemed director Milos Forman and his Screenwriting mentor Frank Daniel were appointed co-chairs of the Film Program. Under their leadership, the program flourished and became the world-renowned institution of film education that it is today. In many ways, Forman was the "creative founder" of Columbia Film, having shaped and refined its commitment to narrative filmmaking anchored in strong screenplays. He gave it a character as distinct as his own—original, passionate, intelligent, and international.
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The Forever Prisoner, Executive Produced by Former Adjunct Professor Rich Perello and Associate Produced by Creative Producing alumna Mahak Jiwani ’18, was awarded the honor of Outstanding Investigative Documentary at the 2022 News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Alumna J.D. Shields ‘18 has joined the team on a newly ordered ABC drama series, The Company You Keep starring and executive produced by Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us, Gilmore Girls).
The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival has officially come to a close. Same Old, directed by Lloyd Lee Choi and produced by alumnus Tony Yang '20, was awarded an Honorable Mention for the IMDbPro Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Diana Peralta is among 22 US based filmmakers with fiction feature films that have been invited to participate in the 44th annual Gotham Project Market.
The winners of the 2022 Emmy Awards have been announced and several projects worked on by Columbia filmmakers are among the awardees.
Film alumna Ida Yazdi ‘22 has been selected as a finalist from a pool of over 500 applicants to participate in the STARZ TaketheLead Writers Intensive. The program is a collaboration between Starz, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and NewFilmmakers Los Angeles.
As the inaugural recipient of the Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Scholarship, the Columbia MFA student takes inspiration from his native Georgia.
This July, the four international auteurs with MFAs from Columbia University have debuts on the big screen: "It's a beacon for all the others."
Tribeca has announced the Audience Award winners for their 2022 festival, naming Our Father, The Devil, by Ellie Foumbi '17, Best Narrative Feature.
After 11 days of screenings and celebrations, winners of the 75th Festival de Cannes have been announced. Congratulations to Joyland by Saim Sadiq '19, which took home the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard category.
In this series, we have featured the new Columbia mentorship program that connects recent alumni with industry professionals.
Animation Conversations is an interview series with Film faculty, students, and alumni where we discuss working as screenwriters, directors, and producers in the animation industry.
