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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A number of films by Columbia filmmakers are screening at this year’s Austin Film Festival. The festival started last week and will run through October 31.
Recent alumna Camila Zavala '19 was selected as one of seven 2019 Film Independent Producers Lab Fellows. She was also the sole winner of a $30,000 Sloan Producers Grant to further develop her Producing Lab project, Malpelo.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint, a video game written by filmmaking alumni Jesse Gustafson '15, Nic Yulo '18, William Welles '17 and Ajani Jackson '15, among others, was released on October 4 on PS4 and Xbox One.
Yellowjackets, a coming of age drama created and written by alumna Ashley Lyle ’07 and Bart Nickerson, has been picked up by Showtime. The duo will also serve as executive producers and showrunners on the series.
Alumnus Jamund Washington ’10 received the 2019 Cinereach Producer Award. He follows in the footsteps of faculty member and alumnus Shrihari Sathe ’09 who won the award in 2016.
In Your Area, a short film written and directed by current student Daniel Slottje and produced by alumni Elliot Zarrabi '18, Jaclyn Noel '19 and Michael Goitanich '18, had its world premiere at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in California on October 12th.
Variações, a film co-written by alumna Karen Sztajnberg ’06, became the single most watched feature film in Portugal this year.
On A Global Scale is a bi-weekly series about international co-productions by Columbia filmmakers.
Baby, the Columbia University thesis film of writer and director Thais Drassinower '18, won the Audience Award at the NALIP Latino Media Fest earlier this month in Los Angeles, California.
Diversity in Film is a bi-weekly series covering underrepresented groups in Film.
With a total of 13 nominations, Russian Doll was a serious contender at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
