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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Film Program alumna Ida Yazdi ’22 has been selected to join the 2022-23 class of the NBC TV Writers Program.
In this series, we catch up with Columbia Film Professors and ask them to dish on what they're watching right now, which movies and shows blew them away or didn't live up to expectations, and what it's like to watch through a filmmaker's eyes.
Professor Lien-Hang Nyugen ensures the accuracy of The Greatest Beer Run Ever, directed by School of the Arts alumnus Peter Farrelly ‘86.
Six Film alumnae and their feature length narrative projects have been chosen to participate in Cine Qua Non’s Script Revision and Storylines Labs. They are: Missy Hernandez ‘17, Agnes Karlsson ‘22, Moara Passoni ‘21, and Madi Stine ‘22 for the Script Revision Lab and Charlotte Glynn ‘13 and Katya Skakun ‘20 for the Storyline Lab.
Several films from Columbia students and alumni will head to the 30th annual Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF).
Three films worked on by Columbia filmmakers have been selected to screen at the 60th New York Film Festival, which began on September 30 and will run through October 16, 2022.
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.
