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Nicolette Page, UG
Mix Matched Socks
Nicolette is a filmmaker from Boston, based in New York. Her thesis film Mix Matched Socks received the Student Producer’s Award, NYU Post Production Award and is fiscally sponsored by Filmmakers’ Collaborative. Nikki has a passion for independent filmmaking; having worked at Cinetic Media, Stay Gold Features, and ReFrame, a project founded by Sundance and Women in Film.
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Tucker Papa, UG
The Slicks
A senior at NYU Tisch majoring in Film and Television and minoring in Philosophy. Tucker Papa plans to continue his work in the Film and TV industry concentrating on Directing and Editing.
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Allamaprabhu Pattanashetty, UG
A Very Normal Seeming Man
Allamaprabhu Pattanashetty is an NYC-based filmmaker, writer, director, producer, actor and editor. He has directed numerous short films including Viyoga, which can be seen on Amazon Prime. He is also a co-founder of 52 Films, a film collective established during the pandemic to encourage consistent short film production among filmmakers. This initiative has fostered a creative community in Brooklyn dedicated to releasing a new short film every week.
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Nancy Peng, UG
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER
Nancy Peng is a Chinese-American writer/producer based in NYC. As a storyteller, she is committed to broadening queer, female and Asian-American representation in American popular media.
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Giles Perkins, UG
Apollo
Giles Perkins is a writer and director based in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Baltimore, MD, Giles is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film & Television Production. His two most recent films, Expiration Date (documentary) and Apollo (narrative), explore niche interpersonal conflict emanating from misguided American ideals.
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Alex Pitcher, UG
Thomas-19
Born and raised in LA, Alex began making short films when he was 12 in his family's garage. He initially studied computer science at UC Santa Cruz, then transferred to NYU for film.
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Roni Polsgrove, UG
Fuck Turn Suck
Roni Polsgrove is a screenwriter, director, producer, and middle child. Born and raised in New England, she lives, laughs, and loves in New York these days. Roni aims to tell stories that are hilarious, sad, and sometimes romantic through film and podcasts.
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Zoe Poppenga, UG
The Moon and Back
Zoe Poppenga is a recent graduate student who is excited to explore the world of visual and story development. From her love of stories, her ultimate dream is to live in a world that took hundreds of hours to conceptualize and illustrate.
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Anjali Pride, UG
Daydreamer
Anjali is an Indian American Filmmaker and animator. She works primarily in 2D and Stop Motion animation. After completing two years in Illustration at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design she decided to switch to Film & TV at NYU to pursue animation and graduated in 2024.
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Guillermo Prieto IV, UG
El Pumita
Guillermo Prieto IV is a Mexican American filmmaker and actor from New York. A 2024 NYU Tisch graduate, he has over a decade of experience in film and theater. His acclaimed short films explore themes of identity, memory, ambition, and resilience, focusing on characters' journeys of self-discovery and human connection.
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Elle Rinaldi, UG
Sister in Red
Elle Rinaldi is an award-winning director, cinematographer, editor, and sound designer based in Connecticut and the Hudson Valley of New York. They like to tell documentary and fiction stories which ponder spectacle, myth, age, and human relations to the natural world.
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Nicola Ríos, UG
Telaraña
Nicola Ríos is a director, writer, and editor from Puerto Rico based in New York City. Intrigued by dark surrealism, allegories, and the exploration of womanhood in unconventional and intimate ways, Nicola is committed to crafting narratives that reflect her inner world.
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Alexia Ross, UG
It's All Play
Alexia is a filmmaker based in Washington DC. She’s been devising films and theatre since she was 13. She recently joined National Geographic Society as an Assistant Editor on the Impact Story Lab. She is currently developing her first feature documentary and expanding her editing repertoire.
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Alex Sassine, GRAD
I’ll Be Your Eyes - أنا بكون عيونك
Alex Sassine is a Lebanese writer, director, and editor pursuing an MFA in Film at NYU Tisch, where he received the HEAR US 2025 award. With experience in public art installations and nightlife photography, he holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the American University of Beirut.
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Keya Saxena, UG
Manjha
Born in India and raised in Hartford County, CT, Keya Saxena is a writer & filmmaker based in New York City. She tells stories of identity & diaspora and her work has been highlighted by organizations such as Panavision x Made in Her Image and Oscar-Qualifying festivals such as Tasveer.
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Andre Shen 沈天扬, GRAD
If I Make it to the Morning月亮总在照顾大地
Andre Shen is a Shanghainese writer-director based in New York. His work centers around cross-cultural queer experience with exploration towards femininity and whimsy with his melancholic twist. His latest short, IIMITTM screened at MiXMilano and BFI Flare and was selected for FiveFilmsForFreedom2025 to be presented on BFI Player and more.
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Arya Jo Singh, UG
The Blue Inside
Arya Jo Singh is a writer/director/producer for film and television. As an Indian American woman, she draws inspiration from her Desi culture to create her works. Singh is based in NYC. She debuted her first documentary short film To America at numerous festivals and theaters, and is excited to share her narrative short The Blue Inside. Arya has worked for Food Network, HBO Documentaries, and is currently working for Creative Artists Agency in the theatre department.
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Kaylee Smith, UG
Midnight Service
Originally from Heber City, Utah, Smith now lives in Brooklyn, NY, where she is completing her BFA in Film and Television at NYU. With a background in editorial photography, she has expanded her creative practice to focus on experimental filmmaking and cinematography. Smith’s work delves into the nuances of female and queer experiences, creating emotionally resonant and thought-provoking narratives that reflect her artistic sensibilities.
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Joe Smith III, UG
He Sued She Sued
Joe Smith III is a filmmaker and composer from Denver, Colorado. He graduated from NYU in the spring of 2024.
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Haley Spranger, UG
Reverie
Haley Spranger is a filmmaker finishing her last year at UGFTV. Her main focuses are cinematography, photography, and directing where her passions lie in analog aspects of image creation, story-driven visual choices, and experimentation.
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Kevin Stamps, UG
Joop
Kevin is a 34-year-old non-traditional student at NYU. Kevin left his job as a director of commercial video production at local agency to return to school and pursue his dream of narrative filmmaking. In 2021 Kevin started his pursuit of a film and television production degree at NYU where he has worked on over 30 student productions in various roles such as Director, Producer, DP, Gaffer, Grip, Editor and Colorist.
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Magnus Sundberg, UG
Cretzl
Magnus Sundberg is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn NY with background in theatre and improv comedy. He thinks writing in the third person will make people think he has an assistant.
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Rose Sutton, UG
The Music Coma
Rose Sutton is a multi-hyphenate artist based in Brooklyn, New York with a focus on editing, directing, and photography. Unenthused by traditional storytelling methods, Rose's style of experimentation focuses on establishing deep emotions often derived by striking visuals. Much of her childhood has informed her expansive, collaborative approach to storytelling.
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