Our community of students, faculty, alumni, and staff have accomplished a myriad of accolades across various disciplines. We celebrate their recent triumphs and witness their impactful works during the Spring 2026 semester.
Institute of Performing Arts
Art & Public Policy
Karen Finley (Professor, Art & Public Policy) was featured in the Latest Publications from Tisch Faculty for her publication of I Wasn't Supposed to Be Talented: Writings 1985-1994.
LySaundra Campbell (current student, Art & Public Policy) received a Student Research Travel Grant for her project "COMBAHEE."
Diya Abbas (current student, Art & Public Policy) received a Student Conference Grant for her project "Lyric Cardiograms" and "Beloved Triptych."
Stacey Marbrey (current student, Art & Public Policy) received a Student Research Travel Grant for her project "MOXIE."
Juan Pablo Caicedo Torres ‘23 (MA, Art & Public Policy) served as an application mentor for HEAR US’s sixth year.
Kathy Engel (Professor, Art & Public Policy) was nominated for the 2026 David Payne-Carter Teaching Award.
Collaborative Arts/ Open Arts
Katherine Helen Fisher (Visiting Assistant Arts Professor, Collaborative Arts) premiered DYAD, a dance film.
Katherine Helen Fisher (Visiting Assistant Arts Professor, Collaborative Arts) directed Street Dance (1964-2025) that premiered inside of Dancing with a Page in Hand.
Donna Cameron (Instructor, Open Arts) screened "The Whole in Parts," exhibited "Silver Nitrate in Paris: Circa 1984" and had her multi-media wall sculpture, "Green Tower,” curated into the exhibit "Photography 2025."
Peter Lucas (Instructor, Open Arts) opened the curated exhibition, “The Last Hour of Summer/Arpoador: Sunday Evenings in Rio de Janeiro.”
Lizzier Olesker (Instructor, Open Arts) presented The Washing Society along with a brief reading and performance from Hand Book: A Manual on Performance, Process, and the Labor of Laundry at The Center for Media, Culture and History.
Huiwang Zhang (Instructor, Collaborative Arts & Open Arts) performed in Echo Glass at Danspace Project.
Patricia Hoffbauer (Associate Arts Professor, Collaborative Arts) premiered her new dance piece This is Not May '68 at the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival.
Gustavo Aguilar (Professor, Collaborative Arts) presented "Shape Shift" with TUG Collective at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair.
Chaerin Do ‘24 (BFA, Collaborative Arts) was featured in People of Print, a global creative platform with” a Tempo,” which was originally created as a Capstone project.
Ron Shalom (Instructor, Collaborative Arts & Open Arts) presented his immersive, live show Minivan.
Design for Stage & Film
Malgosia Turzanska '09 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was interviewed by Harpers Bazaar for her work on Hamnet.
Malgosia Turzanska '09 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a 2026 Academy Award.
Malgosia Turzanska ’09 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a 2026 BAFTA Award.
Paul Tazewell ’89 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a 2026 BAFTA Award.
Cha See '17 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2026 Obie Award.
David Bengali '12 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2026 Obie Award.
ML Geiger (Associate Chair & Arts Professor, Design for Stage & Film) was awarded the USITT Distinguished Achievement in Education.
Qween Jean '16 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was featured in Women's Wear Daily in a behind the scenes look at Qween's work on ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball.’
Allen Lee Hughes '79 (Professor and MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre.
Dance
cari ann shim sham* (Arts Professor, Dance) was featured at the DigiAna Matsuri exhibition with "Altar Me."
cari ann shim sham* (Arts Professor, Dance) toured her newest generative AI self portrait titled "Body Waves Morph #60/107."
Jade Manns ‘19 (BFA, Dance) named one of Dance Magazine’s 2026 “25 to Watch”
Seán Curran (Arts Professor, Dance), Kyle Abraham '06 (MFA, Dance), Silas Reiner ‘08 (MFA, Dance) have been awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Shloka Porwal (current student, Dance) collaborated to create new work en pointe presented at CounterPointe13. Performers included: Xin Xin Rong, Caroline Cevasco, and Chiara Kovac (all current students, Dance).
Hannah French (current student, Dance) presented original choreography at the 2026 Young Choreographer's Festival at the Joyce Theater. Performers included: Ella Barron, Natalie Jahn, Pierce Plues, Mimi Wright, Briyana Wyche, and Anna Zou (all current students, Dance).
Liam Redford (current student, Dance) directed and choreographed a sold out off-Broadway production of Pippin at A.R.T./New York, with choreography by Darby Greene (current student, Dance) and performances by Jack Jillson, Michi Morita, and Ada Hamilton (all current students, Dance).
André M. Zachery (Associate Arts Professor, Dance) was awarded the Strokes of Genius Fellowship from The Black Genius Foundation and Black Genius Brain Trust.
Indah Mariana (Assistant Arts Professor, Dance) performed in the sold out run of “Lunch Dances” at the NYPL, called one of the "Best Performances of 2025" by the New York Times and received wide acclaim in both Vogue Magazine and The New Yorker.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Coker (Associate Arts Professor, Dance) was awarded a research grant through NYU Langone Clinical and Translational Science Institute to develop an AI-assisted balance assessment software platform.
cari ann shim sham* (Arts Professor, Dance) had their multidisciplinary practices; body landscapes, wobimo: a magical sigil generator, ~ body waves ~ #60 smoked for what is needed most, and body waves morph #60/107 garner international recognition across film, performance, and generative media.
Kyle Abraham '06 (MFA, Dance) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Seán Curran '84 (BFA & Faculty, Dance) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Silas Riener '09 (MFA, Dance) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Drama
Milo Manheim (Drama) was cast as the starring lead Flynn Rider for the live action 'Tangled' movie.
Katherine LaVictoire ’08 (BFA, Drama), Stefanie Estes ’06 (BFA, Drama), and Drew Leary ’05 (BFA, Drama) worked on 2026 Sundance Film Festival awarded films.
Lady Gaga (Drama) won multiple 2026 Grammy Awards.
Janicza Bravo ‘03 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2026 Director's Guild Award.
Adam Sandler ‘88 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2026 Director's Guild Award.
Dell Howlett (Arts Professor, Drama & Co-head of Dance, New Studio on Broadway) directed and choreographed AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Arizona Theatre Co.
Tiffany Rachelle Stewart (Assistant Arts Professor, Drama & Head of Physical Acting, New Studio on Broadway) choreographed JACOB MING TRENT'S HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE, which premiered at Berkeley Rep.
Byron Easley (Arts Professor, Drama & Co-head of Dance, New Studio on Broadway) choreographed Johnny and June in London.
Stephanie Jeanette Weeks (Visiting Arts Professor, Drama & Interim Head of Acting, New Studio on Broadway) has been awarded a 2026 OBIE for her performance in SHOW BOAT A RIVER.
Sam Pinkleton '09 (BFA, Drama) won a 2026 Obie Award.
Paul Sparks '95 (BFA, Drama) won a 2026 Obie Award.
Frank J. Oliva '15 (BFA, Drama) won a 2026 Obie Award.
Kate Valk '79 (BFA, Drama) won a 2026 Obie Award.
Jason Wang ‘23 (BFA, Drama) served as an application mentor for HEAR US’s sixth year.
K.J. Holmes (Faculty, Drama) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Haruna Lee '08 (BFA, Drama) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Graduate Acting
Larry Maslon (Arts Professor, Graduate Acting) was featured in the New York Times article “When Sammy Davis Jr. Knocked Out Broadway.”
Christopher Cassarino '18 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the world premiere of Red Harlem in Los Angeles, written by Kimba Henderson ‘93 (BFA, Dramatic Writing).
Crystal Lucas-Perry '13 (MFA, Graduate Acting) won a 2026 Obie Award.
Nicky Paraiso '77 (MFA, Graduate Acting) won a 2026 Obie Award.
Sterling K. Brown '01 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was listed on 2026 TIME100 List.
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Maiga Vidal ‘25 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) and two-time HEAR US grantee, hosted the first complete table read of Café con Leche with Tisch Initiative for Creative Research (TCR).
Angelica Cheri ‘15 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theater Writing) & Ross Baum ‘15 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theater Writing) were featured on the 2026 Post Next 50 list.
Maiga Vidal ‘25 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) served as an application mentor for HEAR US’s sixth year.
Alva Rogers '95 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Performance Studies
Gelsey Bell ‘15 (PhD, Performance Studies) presented the experimental music-theatre work mɔɹnɪŋ [morning//mourning] in concert.
Kate Zambreno (PhD candidate, Performance Studies) gave a reading and appeared in conversation with Valeria Luiselli (Faculty, Creative Writing) at NYU's Creative Writing Program.
Sarah Jane Cervenak ‘05 (PhD, Performance Studies) had the book, Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life named as an inspiration in the show, Ceremony.
Gelsey Bell ‘15 (PhD, Performance Studies) was commissioned for a new site-responsive composition through a NYSCA Support for Artists grant at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Ash Marinaccio ‘08 (MA, Performance Studies) received nonprofit status for their organization Docbloc Projects.
Areum Jeong ‘08 (MA, Performance Studies) published K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today.
Allen Baylosis ‘21 (MA, Performance Studies) published his article "Staging Filipinx Migration in British Columbia" in the BC Studies 227: Filipino Canadian Studies in, on and through British Columbia.
André Lepecki (Professor, Performance Studies) published his book, Co(reo) Imaginar with Edições do Saguão.
Diana Taylor (Professor, Performance Studies & Spanish) received the Rodolfo Usigli Medal by the Rodolfo Usigli National Center for Theater Research, Documentation, and Information (CITRU) of the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) of the Government of Mexico, and the Department of Literature at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
Nour Helou ‘23 (MA, Performance Studies) published The Tale of the (Fe)Male Sun with Swedish publishing house Glänta.
André Lepecki (Professor, Performance Studies) gave two public lectures at Museo Tamayo in Mexico City.
André Lepecki and Camila Arroyo ‘17 & ‘26 (MA & PhD, Performance Studies) were in a conversation together entitled "Dance, Dramaturgy, and Curation" at La Americana bookstore in Mexico City.
Ann Pellegrini (Chair and Professor, Performance Studies) and Avgi Saketopoulou (Faculty, NYU’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis) have received the annual Diversity Award from the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP) for Gender Without Identity.
Juan Arias ‘22 (MA & PhD candidate, Performance Studies) wrote a play called *Un muro* (*A Wall*), which premiered at the Teatro Estudio Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogotá, Colombia.
Juan Arias ‘22 (MA & PhD candidate, Performance Studies) was awarded a 2026 GSAS Summer Fellowship.
Sol Cabrini (PhD candidate, Performance Studies) hosted a night of experimentation and exploration of ecstatic noise as sonic renegades at Sisters in Brooklyn.
Raymond Pinto '23 (MA, Performance Studies) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
André Lepecki (Professor, Performance Studies) was named the Special Guest of the 2026 International Conference on Creativity in Dance (ICCD).
Vela Zhu (current student, Performance Studies) presented at the NYU Center for Research & Study Graduate Conference, “Sprockets/Selvage/Shores.”
Aliza Shvarts ‘10 & ‘20 (MA & PhD, Performance Studies) was a part of a conversation about art in reproductive justice at Yale.
Institute of Emerging Media
Clive Davis Instiute of Recorded Music
Dan Freeman (Associate Arts Professor, Recorded Music) joined the Clive Davis Institute as a full time faculty member.
Kim Eun-Jae (EJAE) '14 (BFA, Recorded Music) won a 2026 Golden Globe Award.
Kim Eun-Jae (EJAE) '14 (BFA, Recorded Music) was nominated for a 2026 Academy Award.
Andrew Watt (Recorded Music) won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Kim Eun-Jae (EJAE)'14 (BFA, Recorded Music) won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Audrey Nuna (Recorded Music) won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Ashley Kahn (Visiting Arts Professor, Recorded Music) won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Alan Silverman (Adjunct Faculty,Recorded Music) won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Kaleb “KQuick” Rollins '10 (BFA, Recorded Music) contributed to a project that won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Raul Cubina '15 (BFA, Recorded Music) contributed to a project that won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Jenny Maxwell (Faculty Administrator, Clive Davis Institute) contributed to a project that won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Mike Errico (Assistant Arts Professor, Recorded Music) alongside songwriter Philip Lawrence, conducted a 3-hour long masterclass on songwriting with Clive Davis Institute students as well as with the high school program: Future Music Moguls.
EJAE '14 (BFA, Recorded Music) and Audrey Nuna (Recorded Music) performed at the 2026 BAFTA Awards.
Lily Amiclo ‘23 (BFA, Recorded Music) won the TIDAL Upload Headliners competition for “Close Encounters.”
Sloane Simon (current student, Recorded Music) won the TIDAL Upload Headliners competition for “robin.”
Kim Eun-Jae (EJAE) '14 (BFA, Recorded Music) won a 2026 Academy Award.
Maggie Rogers '16 (BFA, Recorded Music) launched her own foundation & NYU Scholarship on the 10th anniversary of her viral video with Pharrel Williams
ITP/IMA
David Rios (Faculty, ITP), Kari Love (Faculty, ITP), and Shuang Cai ‘23 (MPS, ITP) were featured in WIRED for their recycled vape synthesizers project.
Ernesto Ríos ‘06 (MPS, ITP) presented “Retrovisión (2000–2025)” at MACAZ Museum, Mexico.
Haoren Zhong, Ivy Yiyun Jiang, Zongshuai Zhang, Xiaoxu Han, Keyi Ding (all current students, ITP), and Cathy Chenxu Li ‘25 (MPS, ITP), with assistance from Mimi Yin ‘12 (Assistant Arts Professor & MPS, ITP) Matt Parker ‘09 (Associate Arts Professor, NYU Game Center & MPS, ITP) and Michelle Cortese ‘14 (Adjunct Faculty & MPS, ITP) presented Landmine Garden, a collective, multiplayer XR experience, at the United Nations Headquarters.
Nathaniel Stern ‘01 (MPS, ITP) had the exhibition "Generation to Generation" open in Milwaukee.
Cristóbal Valenzuela '18 (MPS, ITP) was featured on the 2026 Post Next 50 list.
Gabe BC (Faculty, ITP/IMA) opened a new solo exhibition, “Business as Usual” at C24 Gallery.
Julia Fernandez ‘23 (BFA, IMA) was featured in the New York Times article "This Valentine’s Day, Consider the Real Heart" with her ceramic stop-motion animation.
Stacy Horn ‘89 (MPS, ITP) was interviewed by CYBERCRIME Magazine about the backstory of East Coast Hang Out (ECHO), the first social network launched In 1989.
Ross Goodwin ‘16 (MPS, ITP) was featured in an article for Colby News, “When the Ghost in the Machine is a Poet.”
Yu Lee ‘24 (MPS, ITP), Helen Lin ‘26 (MPS, ITP), and Blair Simmons (Faculty, ITP) led workshops during CultureHub's annual festival “Re-Fest.”
Alanna Okun ‘26 (ITP), Audrey Doh ‘26 (ITP), Bethany “B” Wu ‘26 (ITP), Hoyeon Choi Helen Lin ‘26 (ITP), Jasmine Nackash ‘25 (MPS, ITP), Jinnie Shim ‘26 (ITP), Jiyou Park ‘26 (ITP), Kayla An ‘26 (IMA), Nasif Rincon Romaite ‘26 (ITP) , Prisha Jain ‘26 (ITP), Ray Wang & Haoren Zhong ‘26 (ITP), and Sarah Xu ‘25 (BFA, IMA) had work exhibited in Perspective at the Clive Davis Gallery at 370 Jay Street.
Nikolai Kozak ‘26 (ITP), hebin rachel shin ‘26 (ITP), and Bethany “B” Wu ‘26 (ITP) helped curate Perspective at the Clive Davis Gallery at 370 Jay Street.
Emilia Ezeta ‘27 (ITP) co-composed the score of Jaripeo, which premiered at Sundance.
Sophia Edwards ‘24 (BFA, IMA) was selected as an Public Art Futures Lab Artist-in-Residence for her project “Quilt Tiles.”
Shentong Yu (current student, ITP) presented “Bubbles” at Cornell Tech’s Keeping It Urban Summit.
Bairui Su ‘25 (MPS, ITP) presented their thesis project "Recho Notebook" at CHI 2026.
Cristóbal Valenzuela '18 (MPS, ITP) was named as an honoree for the 2026 Tisch Gala.
Yeseul Song (Faculty, ITP) spoke at Hong Kong Arts' Festival's No Limits International Symposium "The Way Forward: A Humanistic–Tech Framework for Inclusive Innovation" as the distinguished speaker.
NYU Game Center
Haoren Zhong, Ivy Yiyun Jiang, Zongshuai Zhang, Xiaoxu Han, Keyi Ding (all current students, ITP), and Cathy Chenxu Li ‘25 (MPS, ITP), with assistance from Mimi Yin ‘12 (Assistant Arts Professor & MPS, ITP) Matt Parker ‘09 (Associate Arts Professor, Game Center & MPS, ITP) and Michelle Cortese ‘14 (Adjunct Faculty & MPS, ITP) presented Landmine Garden, a collective, multiplayer XR experience, at the United Nations Headquarters.
Hanwen Xu ‘25 (MFA, Game Center) and Hatim Benhsain ‘25 (MFA, Game Center) were nominated at the 2026 A MAZE Awards for coalescent || tidal rapture.
Benjamin Warfield ‘24 (NYU Game Center Incubator) and Joshua Pulsifer ‘24 (NYU Game Center Incubator) were nominated at the 2026 A MAZE Awards for The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish by ZIPIT! Games.
Gabe Cuzzillo ‘15 (BFA, Game Center), Maxi Boch (former Associate Arts Professor, Game Center), and Bennett Foddy (former Associate Arts Professor, Game Center) won the Excellence in Audio Award for Baby Steps at the 2026 IGF Awards.
AP Thomson ‘15 (MFA, Game Center) won the Excellence in Design Award and Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Titanium Court at the 2026 IGF Awards.
Jess Haskins (Adjunct Instructor, Game Center) helped in securing the Excellence in Narrative nomination for Titanium Court.
Jack Morehart ‘25 (BFA, Game Center) was nominated for Best Student Game for Kiloton at the 2026 IGF Awards.
Kenny Sun ‘14 (NYU Game Center Incubator) was nominated for Excellence in Audio and received an honorable mention for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for BALL X PIT at the 2026 IGF Awards.
Photography & Imaging
Aidan Kang, Aiden Wong Achuck, Alexander Thomas-Tikhonenko, Amy Gao Tan, Blau, Brewer Roberts, Camille Lizcan, Colleen Casserly, Eli Jones, Elinor Kry, Ella Caridi, Elleah Gipson, Em Higgins, Gabrielle Thandiwe Bates, Hunter Mathews, Hyun Jun Kim, Isaac James, Isolde Jandaya Aburabi, Jerry Ruiqi Li / 李睿祺, Jin Hyun, Jingwen (Jill) Liu, Julie Lee, Karin Gao, Kayla Gilly, Kya Berry, Lauren Whyte, Mya Barrie, Nate Schoen, Nicholas Wheat, Nikolai Jingyuan Liu, Paras Musallam, Raj Hariharan, Sienna Geddes, Sophia Herzog, Tessa Belle Dillman, Tierney Smith, Vallery Orr, Willow Lula, Ye Ma, Yun Cho, Yunbo Ma, and Zorrie Petrus (all seniors, Photography & Imaging) were showcased in the 2026 DPI BFA Exhibition.
Dr. Deborah Willis (Chair & Professor, Photography & Imaging) was named as the winner of the 2026 AIPAD Award.
Wafaa Bilal (Professor, Photography & Imaging) spoke at the International Center for Photography (ICP) for the “Ward Gallery x The Road to Nowhere: A Lens on Diaspora” photo salon.
Stevia Ndoe '25 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) was featured at SPECTALiA during the Every Woman Biennial, the world’s largest women and non-binary biennial.
Hank Willis Thomas ‘98 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) helped design the official 2026 FIFA World Cup Poster.
Hank Willis Thomas ‘98 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) had a sculpture featured in Montgomery Square, a new site dedicated to the Montgomery decade that changed the world.
Elinor Kry ‘26 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
Zalika Azim (Professor, Photography & Imaging) was announced as an artist in residence for Project for Empty Space.
Ming Shui ‘22 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) was named a finalist for the Phillips Auction House's Digital Art Awards for Genesis Kai.
Wafaa Bilal (Professor, Photography & Imaging) was featured in a Tisch news article about his various works.
Margeaux Walter ‘06 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) released Sedimental, a photo book.
Dr. Julia Stachura (2023–24 Fulbright Fellow, Photography & Imaging) defended her PhD with distinctions at the Institute of Art History UAM.
Lili Kobielski (Professor, Photography & Imaging) released the photobook: 'At the Derby: Kentucky's Grandest Celebration of Fashion.'
Jordan Cruz (Staff, Photography & Imaging) was featured in the Tomorrow Maybe exhibition.
Denise Stephanie Hewitt ‘24 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) took the TEDxNYU stage for their Annual Conference, Constant Variable.
Jordan Cruz (Staff, Photography & Imaging) was part of a conversation for ‘The Seventh AIM Biennial’ at the Bronx Museum.
Bayeté Ross Smith (Professor, Photography & Imaging) collaborated with Photoville on Smith's Red Summers VR project.
Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television
Cinema Studies
Michelle Hamada ’14 (MA, Cinema Studies) and Lydia Storie ’08 (MA, Cinema Studies) worked on 2026 Sundance Film Festival awarded films.
Martin Scorsese ’64, ’68, Hon. ’92, (Dean's Council) was nominated for a 2026 BAFTA Award.
Dramatic Writing
Annie Baker '03 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) launched a new playwrights collective with Cherry Lane Theatre.
Gabriel Henneman (MFA candidate, Dramatic Writing) was named a finalist for the 2025 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize for his screenplay, REJECTION.
Joshua Beirne-Golden ’09 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) worked on a 2026 Sundance Film Festival awarded film.
Sarah Gancher '10 (Adjunct Faculty & MFA, Dramatic Writing) won a 2026 Obie Award.
Kimba Henderson ‘93 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) wrote Red Harlem with Christopher Cassarino '18 (MFA, Graduate Acting) as part of the cast, which had its world premiere in Los Angeles.
Kisha Tikina Burgos ‘09 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) won a Film Independent Spirit Award.
Hannah Doran ‘18 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) won the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights.
Graduate Film
Chloé Zhao (Graduate Film) won a 2026 Golden Globe Award.
Chloé Zhao (Graduate Film) was nominated for multiple 2026 Academy Awards.
Chloé Zhao (Graduate Film) received the annual Trailblazer Award Presented by Google at the 2026 Sundance Institute fundraiser.
Nia DaCosta '11 (MFA, Graduate Film) was presented with the annual Vanguard Award Presented by Acura for Fiction at the 2026 Sundance Institute fundraiser.
Josef Kubota Wladyka ’14 (MFA, Graduate Film) won a 2026 Sundance Film Festival Award for Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!
Myrsini Aristidou ’17 (MFA, Graduate Film) won a 2026 Sundance Film Festival Award for HOLD ONTO ME (Κράτα Με).
Lily Platt (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) won a 2026 Sundance Film Festival Award for Crisis Actor.
Lily Platt (MFA candidate, Graduate Film), Sophie Seyd (MFA candidate, Graduate Film), Alex Bendo ’23 (MFA, Graduate Film) , Lexi Preiser '21 (MFA, Graduate Film/MBA, Stern School of Business), Leo Zhang '25 (MFA, Graduate Film), Josef Kubota Wladyka ’14 (MFA, Graduate Film), Kimberly Parker Zox ’14 (MFA, Graduate Film), Benjamin Rodriguez Jr. '16 (MFA, Graduate Film), Myrsini Aristidou ’17 (MFA, Graduate Film), Anders N. Berg ’17/’18 (MBA, Stern)/(MFA, Graduate Film), Thomas J. Mangan IV ’91 (MFA, Graduate Film), and Lasse Ulvedal Tolboll ’18 (MFA, Graduate Film) worked on 2026 Sundance Film Festival awarded films.
Chloé Zhao (Graduate Film) was nominated for a 2026 Director's Guild Award.
Hasan Hadi ‘22 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for a 2026 Director's Guild Award.
Seth Caplan (Faculty, Media Producing), Jo Henriquez (Faculty, Media Producing), Josef Kubota Wladyka ’14 (MFA, Graduate Film) and Shaka King ’13 (MFA, Graduate Film) spoke with students at the Sundance Film Festival at fireside chats and alumni spotlights held at Tisch on Main.
Chloé Zhao (Graduate Film) was nominated for multiple 2026 BAFTA Awards.
Chloé Zhao (Graduate Film) won a 2026 BAFTA Award.
Sara Crow '24 (MFA, Graduate Film) and David Rafailedes '24 (MBA/MFA Graduate Film) received an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting for “Satoshi.”
Jessica Li ‘25 (MBA/MFA, Graduate Film) received the 2026 Debra Hill Fellowship.
Alex Bendo ‘21 (MFA, Graduate Film) received the Independent TV Pilot Jury Award at 2026 SXSW for In My Blood which he wrote, directed, and produced.
Chheangkea '24 (MFA, Graduate Film) received the 2025 Black Family Feature Film Prize for his film Little Phnom Penh.
Jess X. Snow '23 (MFA, Graduate Film) was interviewed for The Criterion Collection where they discussed their four films that are currently featured in The Criterion Channel: Safe Among Stars, Little Sky, I Wanna Become The Sky, and Roots That Reach Toward The Sky.
Rashad Frett '21 (MFA, Graduate Film) had his film Ricky set for theatrical release.
Margaret Brown '04 (MFA, Graduate Film) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Mitch McCabe '04 (MFA, Graduate Film) was appointed as a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
Joecar Hanna ‘25 (MFA, Graduate Film) and Oliver McGoldrick (MFA, Graduate Film)were selected as two of six filmmakers to join the 51st session of La Résidence of the Festival de Cannes.
Ana A. Alpizar (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) and Reuben Hamlyn (MFA, Graduate Film) were selected for TorinoFilmLab's 2026 ScriptLab.
Vincent Lee Accettola (MFA/MBA candidate, Graduate Film) was featured on the 2026 Purple List for KOBAYASHI.
Aisha Ford (MFA, Graduate Film) was featured on the 2026 Purple List for LITTLE RHONDA.
Mira Peng (MFA, Graduate Film) was featured on the 2026 Purple List for LYCHEE GIRL.
Taylor Sanghyun Lee ‘25 (MFA, Graduate Film) was featured on the 2026 Purple List for ROUNDS.
Juan Pablo Daranas Molina (MFA, Graduate Film) was featured on the 2026 Purple List for THE OTHER FAMILY.
Jack Auen (MFA/MBA candidate, Graduate Film) premiered Chronovisor at New Directors/New Films 2026 at Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art, with cinematography by Leo Zhang ‘25 (MFA, Graduate Film).
Undergraduate Film & Television
Ronald Bronstein '96 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple 2026 Academy Awards.
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle '84 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2026 Academy Award.
Stephen P. Neary ’08 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2026 Sundance Film Festival Award for Living with a Visionary.
Stephanie Ahn ’99 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2026 Sundance Film Festival Award.
Mao Nagakura ’98 (BFA, Film & TV), Joanna Fang '14 (BFA, Film & TV), Stephen P. Neary ’08 (BFA, Film & TV), Connie Li Chan ’10 (BFA, Film & TV), Sara Blecher ’93 (BFA, Film & TV), Antonio Cisneros ’08 (BFA, Film & TV), Caitlin Machak ’10 (BFA, Film & TV), Alex Takats ’14 (BFA, Film & TV), Danielle Massie ’16 (BFA, Film & TV), Gabriela Tessitore ’12 (BFA, Film & TV), Nicole Quintero Ochoa ’16 (BFA, Film & TV), Philipp Engelhorn ’07 (BFA, Film & TV), Stephanie Ahn ’99 (BFA, Film & TV), Hyeseung Kim ’20 (BFA, Film & TV), Ainsley Roh ’22 (BFA, Film & TV), and Callum Shaw ’17 (BFA, Film & TV) worked on 2026 Sundance Film Festival awarded films.
Justin Wilkes '99 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2026 Grammy Award.
Elizabeth Lo ‘10 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2026 Director's Guild Award.
Matt Wolf ‘05 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2026 Director's Guild Award.
Rono Bijoy Pal '23 (BFA, Film & TV) won the Best Student Screenplay Grand Prize at Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) Screenplay Competition for his script Under the Black Hills.
Nia DaCosta '11 (BFA, Film & TV) was interviewed by Washington Square News about directing 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle ’84 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2026 BAFTA Award.
Ronald Bronstein ’96 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple 2026 BAFTA Awards.
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle ’84 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2026 BAFTA Award.
Matt Wolf ‘05 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2026 Producer’s Guild Award.
Ronald Bronstein ‘96 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2026 Producer’s Guild Award.
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle '84 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2026 Academy Award.
Virtual Production
Sang-Jin Bae (Arts Professor & Director, Virtual Production Center) was interviewed by Tech TV about the center and the increasing number of Virtual Production degree programs that are sparking collaboration across disciplines that traditionally worked separately.
Martin Scorsese ’64, ’68, Hon. ’92, (Dean's Council) was nominated for a 2026 BAFTA Award.
Noah Kadner (Trainer, Virtual Production Center) hosted The Virtual Production Primer, an hour long training session going over the essentials of Virtual Production.
Special Programs
Media Producing
Graham Kohn (current student) was interviewed about Special Programs’ Storytelling: It’s All Greek to Me study abroad experience.
Seth Caplan (Faculty, Media Producing), Jo Henriquez (Faculty, Media Producing), Josef Kubota Wladyka ’14 (MFA, Graduate Film) and Shaka King ’13 (MFA, Graduate Film) spoke with students at the Sundance Film Festival at fireside chats and alumni spotlights held at Tisch on Main.
Marisa Droga (MA candidate, Media Producing), Matthew Zelinger (MA candidate, Media Producing), and Kelly Needleman (MA candidate, Media Producing) were interviewed about their experience as part of the program’s inaugural graduating class.
Seth Caplan (Faculty, Media Producing) premiered the film I Want Your Sex at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and was acquired for distribution by Magnolia Pictures.