Kanbar Institute of Film & Television
Undergraduate Film & Television
Our program mentors young artists in the traditions and innovations of an evolving media landscape that is deeply rooted in visual storytelling.
Together, our faculty, staff, and students create more than 7,000 films per year.
Since 1965, our program has had a significant impact on the cultural and artistic landscape. Notable graduates include directors Chris Columbus (Rent, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Night at the Museum), Melina Matsoukas (Beyoncé's Lemonade, Master of None), Ryan Fleck (Captain Marvel) and Jon Watts (Spiderman: Homecoming); editor Sally Menke (Pulp Fiction); independent filmmakers Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men); cinematographers Rachel Morrison (Mudbound, Black Panther), Reed Morano (Frozen River, Director: The Handmaid's Tale, Cinematographer: Beyoncé's Lemonade), and Ernest Dickerson (Do the Right Thing); TV writer/producers Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), Damon Lindelof (Lost) and Emily Whitesell (Homicide: Life on the Street), documentarians Nanette Burstein (American Teen) and Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me), experimental filmmaker George Von Steiner and Pixar Studios animation artists Alex Woo and Andrew Coats.
Our students are motivated, creative, and courageous. Together with our dedicated and extraordinarily experienced and gifted faculty and staff, they create the most dynamic creative incubator I have ever experienced. Every day we have the privilege of imagining and inventing the future in an environment of exploration, experimentation, and expression.
Peter Saraf
Chair, Undergraduate Film & Television