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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Fly written by Associate Professor Trey Ellis and co-writen by Ricardo Kahn received three awards at The NAACP Theatre Awards, including Best Production.
Meet the Makers is an ongoing interview series highlighting current Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program students and faculty.
Alumnus Antonio Mendez Esparza ‘08 was nominated for not one—but two—Independent Spirit Awards for his feature, Life and Nothing More, which he wrote and directed.
Meet the Makers is an ongoing interview series highlighting current Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program students and faculty.
Alumna Cherien Dabis '04 was awarded a $25,000 grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Sundance Institute for her feature-length film, What the Eyes Don’t See, which Dabis wrote and directed
Meet the Makers is an ongoing interview series highlighting current Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program students and faculty.
The 2017 documentary film, Jane, produced by Alumnus Tony Gerber '95 and others was selected as the winner for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures by the Producers Guild of America (PGA).
The controversial dark comedy film, I, Tonya (2017) draws data from Adjunct Assistant Professor Sandra Luckow’s 1986 documentary, Sharp Edges.
A slew of Film Alumni took home an impressive number of top awards at the Sundance Film Festival last week, four among them were honored with the prestigious Grand Jury Prize for the film, The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
Correa will be developing her feature The Huntress, based In Juarez, Mexico, where violence against women goes unnoticed and unpunished, an unlikely heroine emerges to seek justice.
In what has already been a banner year for the School of the Arts at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, alumni Sandi Tan '00, and Jessica Levin '02 helmed their documentary, Shirkers, which launched to much praise from festival goers.
