Filmmakers M - Q

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  • Photo of Cade Margus

    Cade Margus, UG

    This Isn't London

    Cade graduated from NYU Tisch with a major in film and television in 2017. His experiences while studying at NYU London heavily inspired his thesis film. Now he works as a video editor in NYC while directing music videos.

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    Marian Mathias, Grad

    Give Up The Ghost

    Marian Mathias is a director based in Brooklyn, New York. She is a 2016 MFA at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a Graduate Departmental Fellow. Marian is a recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press Award, the Sara Driver Production Award, and two awards in Fine Art.

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    Kendra McCulty, UG

    Lou

    Kendra McCulty is a Los Angeles based filmmaker, actor, and writer. She entered the industry at five years old dabbling in everything from voiceover to stunt work until she finally discovered her passion for story telling. Kendra had a modest upbringing in a large family which has inspired her work around subtle familial relationships.

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  • Benjamin Middlekauff

    Benjamin Middlekauf, UG

    Sons of Blood

    Ben Middlekauff is a New York-based filmmaker. After graduating from NYU Tisch with a degree in Film and TV, he went on to work as an assistant editor at AMC Networks. From there, Ben has had the opportunity to direct and edit commercial and narrative work, winning various grants and awards.

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    Francesca Mirabella, Grad

    In Defense of Wonder

    Mirabella, a long time writer, visual artist and filmmaker, is currently completing her thesis years in the graduate department at The Tisch School of the Arts, where she is a Dean's Fellow. Mirabella has made various short films, and has screened at: The Catskills Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Picture Farm Film Festival', Festival International Signes De Nuit, Palm Beach International Film Festival, The New Orleans Film Festival, The Montana Film Festival, and the First Run Film Festival.

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  • Photo of Tukei Muhumuza

    Tukei Muhumuza, Grad

    Facing North / Bukiikakkono

    Tukei Peter Muhumuza is an East African director and cinematographer currently based in New York City. Coming from a background in industrial and fine art he entered the film industry with a keen visual eye and often integrates multimedia such as stop-motion animation, puppetry and photography into his work.

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  • Photo of Sontenish Myers

    Sontenish Myers, Grad

    Cross My Heart

    A Harlem-based writer-director and a 3rd year at NYU's Grad Film program, Sontenish has written and directed 4 short films to date and is hungry for growth and expression as a visual artist. Her most recent short film, Cross My Heart, follows an American teen who upon visiting her family in Jamaica, discovers a secret that changes the way she sees the people she loves.

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  • Ethan Nelson

    Ethan Nelson, UG

    Ridden

    Ethan Nelson is a writer, director, and cinematographer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is currently based in New York City where he attends New York University. His work spans short film, commercial projects, music videos, and other forms of visual media. He has directed two music videos for the critically-acclaimed band Hippo Campus; his video for Souls was featured on A.V. Club and NME.

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    Jordan Nikolic, Grad

    Kylie

    Jordan Nikolic is a Palmyra, PA native and current MFA student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Jordan's last project, the Serbo-Croatian language film Poreklo.

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    Gregory Oke, Grad

    Été

    Gregory Oke is a filmmaker and sound recordist. He grew up in a rural community on the border of England and Wales.

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  • Photo of Jared Oliff-Lieberman

    Jared Oliff-Liebeman, UG

    The Method

    Jared Oliff-Lieberman is a graduate of NYU's Tisch Class of 2016. He now works as a freelance photographer, writer, and production coordinator. He was born in raised in New Jersey and still lives in New Jersey. He is a nice guy who loves Joe's Pizza.

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  • Photo of Emory Parker

    Emory Parker, UG

    The Perfect Fit

    Emory is a NYC-based auteur who focuses primarily on character-driven pieces, often working both behind and in front of the camera.

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  • Photo of Laurel Parmet

    Laurel Parmet, Grad

    Kira Burning

    Laurel Akira Parmet is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. The daughter of a cinematographer, Laurel was raised on film sets and Kurosawa movies. As such, visual storytelling was always an essential part of her life. Today, Laurel focuses on stories about women, in all forms. She is currently a third year student at NYU's graduate film directing program.

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  • Photo of Tucker Pearson

    Tucker Pearson, UG

    The Off Season

    Tucker is a young director based in New York City. Having focused on making socially conscious narrative and documentary films, he received a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied film and television. Most recently he completed his latest narrative film "The Off Season", shot on location in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

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  • Photo of Jean Pesce

    Jean Pesce, Grad

    So You Like the Neighborhood

    Jean Geraldine Pesce began her filmmaking career as an intern on Todd Solondz's "Palindromes." From there, she went on to work in New York City as a Location Manager, Producer, and Editor. She is a recent graduate of NYU Grad Film School where she received her MFA in screenwriting and film directing.

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  • Photo of Maxwell Phillips

    Maxwell Phillips, UG

    A Familiar Suspect

    Max Phillips is a director in New York City and graduate from the Tisch Class of 2017. He grew up in Colorado where much of his time was spent working with other students on productions, and at local film festivals, including the Boulder International Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival. It was at these festivals where he first discovered his passion for narrative storytelling.

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  • Photo of Georgie Plys-Garzotto

    Georgie Plys-Garzotto, UG

    Won't Somebody Think of the Children?!

    Georgi Plys-Garzotto is an aspiring TV writer from Chicago; she works as a freelance writer in LA. Her writing has appeared on Bustle and Thought Catalog, and she is a regular contributor on The Female Gaze, Queerly Reads, and FF2 Media. She also had a short story published in Pif Magazine's March 2017 issue.

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