In early May, Doc Studies graduate Anders Birch begins shooting a television feature doc in the U.S. for Denmark’s public broadcaster DR1. Along with Danish journalist Jakob Volver, Anders will shoot, direct and produce a 60-minute film on a little-known but long-established Danish village in the heart of the American midwest. Continue reading “Anders Birch, Doc Studies Alum, begins Midwest Shoot for Denmark’s DR1 Television”
Doc Studies Alum Lauren Belfer is the producer of HOTLINE
What comes to mind when you think of telephone hotlines? Suicide? Sex? Ms. Cleo? He-Man? Hulk Hogan? Teen party lines? Yes, those are a few, but hotlines are everywhere and millions of calls are made to them each week. Continue reading “Doc Studies Alum Lauren Belfer is the producer of HOTLINE”
Doc studies alum, Anders Birch — Nominated for Best Doc Short by the Robert Prize (Denmark’s Oscars)
Anders Birch, a graduate of the 2011 Doc Studies program, co-directed with Didde Einif A Leaf falls to the Sky, a 37-minute documentary on writer Knud Romer during the aftermath of his father’s end-of-life experience. Continue reading “Doc studies alum, Anders Birch — Nominated for Best Doc Short by the Robert Prize (Denmark’s Oscars)”
ALUM VANESSA BERGONZOLI — AMONG OSCAR NOMINEES
Vanessa Bergonzoli, a graduate of the Media Studies program, is co-producer of MONDAYS AT RACINE’S, directed by Cynthia Wade who, formerly, taught cinematography for Doc Studies and Media Studies. Continue reading “ALUM VANESSA BERGONZOLI — AMONG OSCAR NOMINEES”
Doc Studies Alums in Mixed Messages Show — Friday, December 7 at 6pm
The non-fiction films of Emily Allen and Sofia Araos, both graduates of the Doc Studies class of 2012, are featured works in this year’s Mixed Messages, the annual graduate student showcase of the School of Media Studies.
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Doc Studies Alum at Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival
Premiere of Sue Hagedorn’s DEPUTIZED — Sunday, December 2 at 1pm.
The 2008 fatal stabbing of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, exposes a thinly veiled system of intolerance for immigrants in a Long Island community. Continue reading “Doc Studies Alum at Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival”
Doc Studies alum Jeremy Cohan wins DGA Student Film Award
Jeremy Cohan, a recent graduate of the Doc Studies graduate certificate program, is a recipient of the distinguished Directors Guild of America Student Film Award for his documentary short AFTER, on suicide bereavement within a family. Continue reading “Doc Studies alum Jeremy Cohan wins DGA Student Film Award”
DONYA RAVASANI AT DOC/NYC FESTIVAL
AMERICAN IMAM by DONYA RAVASANI — AT DOC/NYC
American Imam by Doc Studies 2011 grad Donya Ravasani will be featured in this year’s DOC/NYC festival. Donya’s profile of a Brooklyn African-American mosque leader will screen alongside the feature doc Building Babel, on the ‘Ground Zero’ mosque-community center. Continue reading “DONYA RAVASANI AT DOC/NYC FESTIVAL”
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