• Chandler Crump

    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

    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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  • Professor Dean Lennert

    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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  • Karen Herwono

    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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  • Joan Baez

    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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  • Jennifer Greco

    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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  • Vicki Speegle

    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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