About Film

The main objective and educational mission of our film program is to provide a stimulating and rewarding context for independent filmmaking and scholarship. The film program places equal emphasis on academic film studies and creative production. Students pursue various modes of production including experimental, narrative, documentary, animation and are required to take film history, theory and criticism classes.

Our approach is that of the total filmmaker. The primary focus of the program is to foster creative, intellectual, and personal achievement. Students learn everything from scriptwriting to pre-production, production, and post-production. Learning how to develop interpersonal and leadership skills is an important part of the process. Our students go on to become independent filmmakers, educators, and work in wide variety of media related fields.

The film program has four full-time faculty:
Sharon Greytak, Owen J. Shapiro, Miso Suchy, and Soon-Mi Yoo.

Visiting Artists

Peter Kubelka, Tod Solondz, Albert Maysles, Barbara Hammer, Ben Beye, Haim Bouzaglo, Dani Menkin, Carolee Schneemann, Leighton Pierce, Lewis Klahr, Martina Kudlacek, Jay Rosenblatt, James Benning, Michael Snow, Peter Gordon, Jennifer Reeder, Rob Rombout, Yvonne Rainer, Peter Weller, Kenneth Anger, Ralph Arlyck, Robert Ashley, Su Friedrich, Craig Baldwin, Arthur Penn, Martin Kollar, Ximena Quevas, Mark LaPore, David Gatten, Michael Robinson, Abigail Child, and Leonard Retel Helmrich.