Spencer Folmar
MA Media Producing Class of 2026
Hometown: Grassflat, Pennsylvania
Spencer Folmar is an award winning producer, director, and writer. He has been making independent feature films for over 20 years. His 2017 theatrical debut Generational Sins made worldwide news with his new Hard Faith™ genre. His films and entrepreneurial endeavors have been featured in Variety, The New York Times, New York Post, Newsweek, LA Times, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, and more. Spencer has written & directed 6 feature films and produced 11 feature films. Spencer’s life motto in art is “Telling Stories That Liberate” and runs the nonprofit Hard Faith Inc. He is the founder of American Talent Management and PennFilmCo.
Why did you pursue the MA Media Producing?
I wanted to earn a masters degree from NYU and have wanted to for over a decade.
Please tell us about your real-world application of the learnings and skills you developed in the MA Media Producing program?
Even though I have been producing for years and I have been a member of the Producers Guild of American for over 8 years I wanted to earn this degree and learned a lot from our professors and my colleagues. It was a wonderful experience and I would highly recommend it!
What are you working on now/what's coming up for you?
We just wrapped principal photography on a film I directed and produced called The Days are Evil coming out next year. We are in pre production on two features filming this summer called REST and God is Beautiful. I produced a film in 2024 called 1780 coming out beginning of July. And then I have a documentary called Sad Santa coming out this Christmas.