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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It’s officially one month until the Production Grant deadline of January 4, 2021 (4pm)! Please keep the questions coming as you continue to prep your applications.
It’s been wonderful to get back into production these last several weeks, between exercise work, project-level films heading into principal photography, and everyone’s Thesis-level plans in preparation for the Production Grant deadline.
Acting Student Katherine George stars in the long awaited digital series #LoveMyRoomie.
Film student Ivan Durovic directed the Life Stream at EXIT Music Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Patch of Sky, debut book by alumna Nic Yulo ’18 will be published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in the Spring of 2022. It was announced on Publisher's Weekly last Tuesday.
The Assistant, produced by Professor James Schamus was nominated for Best Feature at The Gotham Awards.
The White Tiger, written, directed and produced by Associate Professor Ramin Bahrani, will be released by Netflix in January. The film is adapted from Aravind Adiga’s debut novel, The White Tiger, published in 2008. Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize, The White Tiger was a New York Times Bestseller. The film trailer can be viewed here.
Alumna Afia Nathaniel '06 was invited to participate in NBC Universal's Female Forward Program, shadowing on Chicago Med, and later directing her own episode of the series.
Dick Johnson is Dead, co-produced by Associate Professor and Chair of the Creative Producing Concentration, Maureen A. Ryan was nominated for four Critics Choice Association Documentary Awards, winning Best Documentary Feature.
I'm No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí), a feature film written and directed by alumnus Fernando Frias de la Parra '15 and produced by alumnus Gerry Kim '11, was chosen as the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences’ nominee for Best Foreign Film for next year’s Academy Awards. It took the edge over five other finalists as its country’s representative.
Inspector Ike, a feature film co-written and directed by alumnus Graham Mason '11, won the Jury Award in the Narrative Features Competition at the 31st New Orleans Film Festival.
