News
Every day someone from Tisch School of the Arts makes news. Here's where we share with you the incredible achievements of our students, alumni, faculty and friends.
TISCH ON MAIN 2026 Fireside Chat Lineup
Friday, Jan 16, 2026
The Tisch Office of Alumni Relations is thrilled to announced the TISCH ON MAIN 2026 Fireside Chat Lineup, illuminating conversations on craft and process from Tisch filmmakers at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
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2026 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees
Friday, Jan 16, 2026
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni and faculty nominated for a 2026 Film Independent Spirit Award!
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CDI Introduces Class on Hitmaker Max Martin
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026
The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced a new course launching this spring: “Max Martin: The Musical Architecture of the Number Ones.”
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NYU Tisch Named Top Film School of 2025
Monday, Nov 3, 2025
TheWrap ranked the Film & Television Program at Tisch School of the Arts as the #1 film school for the second year in a row.
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UGFTV alumni debut documentary at the Tribeca Festival
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Five UGFTV alumni debut documentary The Last Guest At The Holloway Motel at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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UGFTV Faculty and Alumni Awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship
Thursday, Apr 17, 2025
Jessica Bardsley, an assistant professor of experimental film and media, has been awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Announcing the 2025 HEAR US Cohort!
Thursday, Mar 6, 2025
The Tisch Initiative for Creative Research proudly presents the 2025 cohort of HEAR US grantees.
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2025 Academy Award Winners
Monday, Mar 3, 2025
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni who won a 2025 Academy Award! This year, 6 alumni won 7 awards for their work across 4 projects.
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Announcing the Inaugural Tisch Creative Research Collaborative Impact Grantees
Friday, Feb 28, 2025
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the first Tisch Creative Research Collaborative Impact Grant. This innovative program empowers faculty-student/alumni partnerships to drive groundbreaking, interdisciplinary creative research addressing critical global challenges.
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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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