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UGFTV alum wins 'No Drama' grant
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024
Chandler Crump, UGFTV '23, has been selected to receive a $50,000 grant in the inaugural "No Drama" initiative from TIFF, Jordon Peele's Monkey Paw Productions, and Universal Entertainment.
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NYU Tisch Named Top Film School of 2024
Monday, Nov 4, 2024
Newspage of the Wrap article declaring NYU Tisch's Film School as the top film school of 2024
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UGFTV Alum Ward Kamel Wins Prestigious Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2024
Selected from 5,500 scripts representing 80 countries, Ward Kamel was one of 5 recipients this year for his project If I Die in America. The fellowship will support the feature script development of his thesis short from UGFTV.
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Passion & Persistence of UGFTV Prof Dean Lennert
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
The inspiration for "Dear Anna Olson," goes back to 1987 when Prof Lennert found a note tied to a balloon caught up in a tree. The note said, “My name is Anna Olson” It included her mailing address of the nursing home where she was a resident and ended with “Please Write to me.”
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UGFTV Alum Karen Herwono accepted into LAIKA Studios Intership
Thursday, Apr 25, 2024
Karen Herwono (Class of '23) has been accepted into the LAIKA Studios ("Coraline" "Kubo and the Two Strings") Stop Motion Summer Internship Program, a highly competitive program.
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UGFTV Prof Enid Zentelis, her take on Zone of Interest
Friday, Jan 19, 2024
Filmmaker Prof. Enid Tihanyi Zentelis, host of the podcast How My Grandmother Won WWII, offers her take on Jonathan Glazer's acclaimed new movie.
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UGFTV Prof Rick Litvin interviewed for NBC News on Joan Baez
Monday, Oct 16, 2023
Litvin had produced 10 music videos for Joan Baez's 2019 Grammy Award Nominated release, "Whistle Down the Wind."
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UGFTV Alum Jennifer Greco SemiFinalist for Student Academy Award
Monday, Jul 31, 2023
Director & Alum Jennifer Greco’s film, Esmeralda, has been selected as a semifinalist for a 2023 Student Academy Award in the Narrative category.
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2023 UGFTV PRIMETIME EMMY NOMINATIONS
Monday, Jul 24, 2023
The 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations were announced on July 12, 2023, recognizing the best in American Primetime television programming from June 1, 2022, until May 31, 2023, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
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UGFTV Alum Vicki Speegle's Doc, Streaming on PBS
Tuesday, Jul 11, 2023
UGFTV Alum Vicki Speegle's Documentary, In the Night I Remember Your Name, Streaming on PBS.
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