The Tisch community continued to inspire, innovate, and create amazing work during the Fall 2022 semester. Congratulations to the Tisch students, faculty, and staff on your many impressive accomplishments! Scroll through the awards, honors, and achievements below.
Institute of Performing Arts
ART & PUBLIC POLICY
Pato Hebert, Chair and Professor of the Art & Public Policy department, presented as part of The Photographers' Gallery's program, "Teachers’ Session: Photography & Climate Change"
Michael C. Liu ‘11 (MA, Art & Public Policy) was casted for the play, Golden Shield
Kathy Engel, Art & Public Policy Professor, launched two banners from Ellen Driscoll and her "eyechart" collaboration as part of the Garden of Friends Exhibition
Scotty Gorham ‘22 (MA, Art & Public Policy) received both the Tisch Creative Research Grant and the Public Humanities Grant for his project “The MACO garden.”
Kathy Engel, Art & Public Policy Professor, spoke on a panel commemorating the June 12, 1982 Demonstration for Nuclear Disarmament and Human Needs
Antonieta Landa ‘22 (Art and Public Policy) launched La Revista, Chilean Creatures Magazine at Mil Mundos Bookstore
Ying Qi ‘22 (Art & Public Policy) exhibited work in a new exhibition called, “wǒmen in war(s)”
Gina Goico ‘21 (Art & Public Policy) was selected as a 2022-23 Research Fellow at the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
Anna Deveare Smith, Art & Public Policy Professor, was nominated for an Antonyo Award
Xyza Cruz Bacani ’20 (MA, Art & Public Policy) received the inaugural Corky Lee Fellowship
Leah Natasha Thomas ’00/’11 (BFA, Drama/MFA, Arts Politics) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Russell Ladson ’22 (MA, Art & Public Policy) was awarded the Tisch Creative Research grant for his project, “This Ain’t About Resiliency. This Is About Regeneration.”
Liz Andrews ’09 (MA, Art & Public Policy) was featured in The Atlanta Journal Constitutional article, "New director brings power of female activism to Spelman Museum of Fine Art."
Kathy Engel, Art & Public Policy Professor, presented Eyechart as part of the Writers and Books Artist in Residence Program
Ella Shohat, Art & Public Policy Professor, was invited to serve as Co-Head Fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan
Ricardo Gamboa ‘13 (MA, Art & Public Policy) presented a new play, The Wizards
Pato Hebert, Chair of Art & Public Policy, presented work at Let’s Talk: Vulnerable Bodies, Intimate Collectivities
Marjuan Canady ‘10 (MA, Art & Public Policy) co-produced Arthur Miller’s, Death of A Salesman, on Broadway
Karen Finley, Art & Public Policy Professor, was honored at the ISSUE Project Room 2022 Gala
DANCE
Giada Matteini, Distinguished Teacher of Dance, was interviewed by Dance Magazine
Richard Move, Assistant Arts Professor of Dance, was selected as a Performing Arts Research Fellow by The New York Library
Phyllis Lamhut, Adjunct Teacher of Dance, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Dance Performance Festival
Angie Pittman, Assistant Arts Professor of Dance, was nominated for a Bessie Award
Seán Curran, Chair of the Dance Department, and Adjunct Instructor, Ben Freedman, performed in a reimagined revival of Pandora's New Cake Stain
Kyle Abraham '06 (MFA, Dance) was nominated for a Bessie Award
GRADUATE ACTING
Angel Desai ’97 (MFA, Grad Acting) received a 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Award
Brandon J. Dirden, Associate Arts Professor in the Graduate Acting department, was nominated for an Antonyo Award
Nikiya Mathis ‘08, Susan Kelechi Watson ’03, Rebecca Haden ’17 (MFA, Graduate Acting) were all nominated for an Antonyo Awards
Carl Cofield, Graduate Acting Chair, directed the Classical Theater of Harlem’s Twelfth Night
Julie Benko ‘21 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl
Billy Crudup ’94 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated for an Emmy Award for The Morning Show
Marcia Gay Harden ’88 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated for an Emmy Award for The Morning Show
Ryan Michelle Bathe ‘01 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the NBC thriller, The Endgame
Crystal Lucas-Perry ‘13 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred as John Adams in the Broadway revival of 1776
PERFORMANCE STUDIES
Stachy Saint-Gerard, Noah Witke Mele, and Ruochen Shen ‘22 (BA, Performance Studies) received 2022 Performance Studies Graduation Awards
Cynthia Delgado Huitron (Performance Studies) received the Monroe Lippman Memorial Memorial Prize for Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation
Tara Willis (Performance Studies) received the Deena Burton Memorial Scholarship in Dance
Masi Asare '07/'18 (MA/PhD, Performance Studies) was nominated for an Antonyo Award
Hetty King '03 (MA, Performance Studies) published the posthumous manuscript of Nancy Topf's work, A Guide to Somatic Movement Practice, The Anatomy of Center
Alexandra T. Vazquez, Performance Studies Associate Professor, presented the annual Juan Antonio Ramírez lectures at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
Jackie Abhulimen, Fluffy Andres Aguilar, João Victor Toledo, Ruisi Zhang, Luisa Alarcon Criales, Ri Desta, and Leilani Douglas ‘22 (MA, Performance Studies) received 2022 Performance Studies Graduation Awards
Shanté Paradigm Smalls '05/'11 (M.A./ Ph.D., Performance Studies) published their first book, Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City
André Lepecki, Performance Studies Professor, was featured in the an issue of the MASKA Journal
Henry Castillo '22 (Ph.D., Performance Studies) was awarded a two-year position as a Provost’s Early Career Fellow in the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin
Kate Berlant's '11 (MA, Performance Studies) was written up in the New York Times for her show, Kate
Karen Jaime's '03/'13 (M.A./Ph.D., Performance Studies) book, The Queer Nuyorican: Racialized Sexualities and Aesthetics in Loisaida, was awarded a Silver Medal in The Victor Villaseñor Best Latino Focused Book category at the 24th Annual International Latino Book Awards
Júlia Murat (MA, Performance Studies) was awarded the top prize at the 75th Locarno Film Festival
Alexandra T. Vazquez’s, Performance Studies Associate Professor, book The Florida Room, was named one of the “15 Best Music Books of 2022” by Pitchfork
Mateo Rodriguez-Hurtado '20 (M.A, Performance Studies) debuted their new stand-up show GLORY W(hole)
Kristen Kelso '20 (M.A, Performance Studies) directed a new play, CRY IT OUT
João Victor Toledo '22 (M.A, Performance Studies) won the Audience Award for Best Play at the 30th annual Mix Brasil Festival for his play, The Sacrifice of Cassamba Becker
Niyoosha Ahmadikhoo’s '17 (M.A., Performance Studies) piece, Neurodivergent Pickling, premiered at the Invisible Dog Center in Brooklyn
Marc Arthur '19 (Ph.D., Performance Studies) was appointed Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University
Joshua Lubin-Levy '10/'20 (M.A./Ph.D., Performance Studies) was appointed Director of the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University
Allen Baylosis '21 (M.A., Performance Studies) was selected for the 2022/2023 Institute of Asian Research Fellows Program at the University of British Columbia
Alexandra T. Vazquez, Performance Studies Associate Professor, presented the annual Juan Antonio Ramírez lectures at the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
Allen S. Weiss, Performance Studies Distinguished Teacher, was featured in the French literary newspaper Le Figaro Literaire
Kiana Karimi (Ph.D. Candidate, Performance Studies) was featured on the Time to Say Goodbye podcast
DRAMA
Peter Kim ’97, Kenneth Lee ’97, and Lipica Shah ’08 (BFA, Drama) received a 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Award
Moisés Kaufman '17 and Amy Marie Seidel '16 (BFA, Drama) won a Drama Desk Award for Seven Deadly Sins
Heather Christian '04 (BFA, Drama) won a Drama Desk Award for Oratorio for Living Things
Candis C. Jones ’11, Theo Stockman ’07, and Kadeem Ali Harris ’12 (BFA, Drama) were all nominated for an Antonyo Awards
Elizabeth Sarnoff ’99 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Barry
Rachel Brosnahan ’12 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for an Emmy Award for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Ikechukwu Ufomadu ’08 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Words With Ike (Cake)
Mary Birdsong ’90, Kerri Kenney ’92, Thomas Lennon ’92, and Robert Ben Garant (Drama) were nominated for an Emmy Award for Reno 911!: The Hunt For QAnon
Devin Delliquanti ’06 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
Anna Drezen ’10 and Jasmine Pierce ’12 (BFA, Drama) were nominated for an Emmy Award for Saturday Night Live
Chelsea Devantez ’09 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for an Emmy Award for The Problem With Jon Stewart
Bernie Telsey ’82 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Only Murders In The Building
Janicza Bravo '03 (BFA, Drama) was represented in the 2022 LA Vanguard
Melissa Barrera (Drama) was represented in the 2022 LA Vanguard
Alisha Gaddis '03 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Grammy Award
Lady Gaga (Drama) was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards
Adam Sandler '88 (BFA, Drama) won a 2022 Gotham Award
Joshua "Domino" Schwartz '08 (BFA, Drama) won an Emmy Award for We're Here - "Evansville, Indiana"
GRADUATE MUSICAL THEATRE WRITING
Sean Patrick Flahaven, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Adjunct Assistant Professor, won a Tony Award for Company
Sam Rosenblatt & Elspeth Collard (both Cycle 29, GMTW) presented an evening of their new work at 54 Below
Sean Patrick Flahaven, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing department, won a Drama Desk Award for Company
Michael R. Jackson '03/'05 (BFA, Dramatic Writing/MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) was nominated for multiple Antonyo Awards
Erin Reifler and Sean Pallatroni (Cycle 28) each presented works at the NYC venue, Green Room 42
Cheeyang Ng (Cycle 28, GMTW) was featured in Playbill's new Songwriter Series
Adam LaPorte (Current Student, GMTW) presented his new play, COURTSHIP, at the Tank Theatre
Katya Stanislavskaya (Cycle 17) had a reading of her new musical, THE USEFUL CITIZEN, at SUNY New Paltz
Caitlin Thomas & Mason McDowell (both Cycle 31, GMTW) presented solo performances of original songs at NYC's Rockwood Music Hall
Michael R. Jackson '03/'05 (BFA, Dramatic Writing/MFA, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) won multiple Tony Awards for A Strange Loop
Kat Cartusciello & Alex Becker (both Cycle 30, GMTW) presented their new musical, THEN SHE RAN, at the Scranton Fringe Festival
James Powers (Current Student, GMTW) presented a reading of his new musical, UNFINISHED, as part of the Theatre [Untitled] Reading Series
Laurie Hochman and Bryan Blaskie (both Cycle 27, GMTW) had their new musical, NOTHING TO SEE HERE, featured in NY Theatre Barn's Choreography Lab
Jaime Lozano (Cycle 18), Joey Contreras (Cycle 21), David Gomez (Cycle 25), and Julio Vaquero Ramos & Aliza Sotsky (both Cycle 31) participated in Latiné Musical Theatre Lab's First Annual Benefit Concert at the Soho Playhouse
David Mallamud (Cycle 13, GMTE) co-orchestrated R.E.M EXPLORED for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Kat Cartusciello & Alex Becker (both Cycle 30) presented their new musical THEN SHE RAN at the Scranton Fringe Festival
Helen Park & Max Vernon (both Cycle 22, GMTW) opened their new musical, KPOP, on Broadway
Zoe Ray Prawda (Cycle 32, GMTW) presented THE ELEMENT OF BELONGING at EAT New Works series
Carlos Bauzys (Cycle 32, GMTW) released Songbook Barbatuques: Volume 1
Max Vernon (Cycle 22) presented THE TATTOOED LADY at Philadelphia Theatre Co
Clare Fuyuko Bierman (Cycle 30), Brandy Hoang Collier (Cycle 29), and Erika Ji (Cycle 30) were included in this year's R&D Group at The Civilians with their new musical YOKO'S HUSBAND'S KILLER'S JAPANESE WIFE, GLORIA
Kirsten Childs, Adjunct Faculty Member of GMTW, produced new musical adaptation of THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Matt Graham and Sophie Boyce (both Cycle 32) presented their 20-minute musical, THE TALK, at New York Theatre Festival
Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm (Cycle 30, GMTW) published a book of contemporary monologues for kids and teens
Carrie Caffrey '21 & Earl Marrows '21 (MFA, GMTW) were included in the Theatre Now New York Writers Lab
Jaime Lozano (Cycle 18, GMTW) presented songs from his show Present Perfect! at 54 Below
Danny Haengil Larsen, GMTW Adjunct Professor and Department Admin, and Michelle Elliott (Cycle 14, GMTW) presented their musical, HART ISLAND, at the TheatreWorks Silicon Valley New Works Festival
Brandon James Gwinn (Cycle 19, GMTW) performed Four Pianos at 54 Below
Ernie Bird (Cycle 29, GMTW) brought his songs to the NYC venue Don't Tell Mama for his New York City solo concert debut
Peyton Marion & Caitlin Thomas (Both Cycle 31, GMTW) presented their show SWEAR BY THE MOON at 54 Below
Sean Patrick Flahaven, GMTW Faculty Member, was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards
Rona Siddiqui ‘12 (MFA, GMTW) was nominated for a Grammy Award
Bryan Blaskie (Cycle 27, GMTW) presented THE CHRISTMAS CAROLS at 54 Below
Jamie Buxton and Pablo Concha (Both Cycle 29, GMTW) presented QUILLÉN at New York Theater Festival's Winterfest
OPEN ARTS & COLLABORATIVE ARTS
Joseph Dorman, Open Arts Professor, premiered the documentary, Don Quixote in Newark, on PBS and Amazon Prime Video
Gustavo Aguilar, Associate Arts Professor of Collaborative Arts, performed with percussion ensemble The Forest
Danielle Russo, Open Arts Professor, choreographed and directed an exhibition at Governors Island as part of the LMCC River to River Festival
Anthony Weintraub, Open Arts instructor, screened his film, Tekkonkinkreet, at the Japan Society
Selina Chau, Open Arts Instructor, presented a new ballet titled, Destiny, at the annual Making Moves Dance Festival
Chitra Neogy, Open Arts Instructor, partnered with Netfilx to release her 1999 film, A Journey Within A Journey
Rogelio Martinez, Open Arts Instructor, premiered his new play, ELIÁN, at the Miami New Drama theatre
Chitra Neogy, Open Arts Instructor, premiered her new film, I Live in Love, at Time & Space Limited
Gustavo Aguilar, Open Arts Faculty Member, screened his film, This Part I Carry, at the Brighton Screen Dance Festival
Steven Drukman, Collaborative Arts Faculty Member, wrote an article about Paul Newman for the Kirkus Reviews, which made the cover of the November issue
DESIGN FOR STAGE & FILM
Beowulf Boritt '96 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a Drama Desk Award for Flying Over Sunset
Amith Chandrashaker '12 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a Drama Desk Award for Prayer for the French Republic
Bradley King '05/’10 (BFA, Drama/MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a Drama Desk Award for Flying Over Sunset
Ari Fulton ‘14, Qween Jean ‘16, Kara Harmon ‘09, and Paul Tazewell ‘89 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) were all nominated for an Antonyo Awards
Marci Mudd ’13, Rich Murray ’04, Jim Fenhagen ’82, Stephan Olson ’87, Jessica Trejos ’06, and Amanda Bujak ’06, Jordan Jacobs ’96, Ed McCarthy '91 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) were each nominated for Emmy Awards
Clifton Taylor '86 (Design for Stage & Film) and Linda Essig '85 (Design for Stage & Film) published books that were featured on BroadwayWorld’s "5 Books Every Lighting Design Student Should Read"
Beowulf Boritt '96 (Design for Stage & Film) published a book with Applause Books, Transforming Space Over Time
Marianne Auvinet Gould (MFA Candidate, Design for Stage & Film) was selected for BAFTA’s Newcomer Program
Jordan Jacobs ’91/’96 (BFA/MFA, Drama/Design for Stage & Film) and Rich Murray ’04 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won an Emmy Award for Only Murders In The Building • True Crime
Zoe Allen (Year 3 Costume Designer, Design for Stage & Film) won a Princess Grace Foundation Award
Institute of Emerging Media
ITP & IMA
Yeseul Song (ITP) presented Two Subtle Bodies
Amy Khoshbin’s (ITP) featured her work, The Sun Seekers, in River to River Festival
Ali Santana, ITP Adjunct Faculty Member, and Matt Romein, ITP Faculty Member, hosted an art showcase, Xtensions
Jen Lewin (ITP) received a Woman In Lighting Award
Magdalena Claro (Current Student, ITP) was one of the 15 finalists for the 2022 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards
Lisa Jahmoury, ITP Adjunct Professor and former ITP Fellow, Kameron Neal, joined the MAXmachine cohort of award-winning artists, artist-engineers, activists, composers, and designers
Gabe Warshaw '23 and Armon Naeini '23 (ITP) were featured in the NYU-Yale Summer Accelerator Pitchoff
Jenny Wang ‘22 (ITP) was selected as part of the inaugural cohort of the U.S. Digital Corps
Marianne R. Petit, ITP Faculty Member, installed “an ARTFul Interpretation of Orthopedics” at the Montefiore Medicine Hutchinson campus, Gallery of ARTFul Medicine
T.K. Broderick (ITP) was featured at the Venice Immersive Festival
Spencer Ratanavanh’s (Student, ITP), film was selected by Dazed Magazine and CIRCA Art to be screened on the Piccadilly Lights in London
Sigi Moeslinger (ITP) was featured in the Curbed article, "We’ll Miss You, MetroCard Machine. This is our last year with the ubiquitous, hulking machine."
Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy (ITP) won the National Design Award
Stephen Downs, ITP's Adjunct Professor, wrote an article for Slate titled, "The Jetsons, Now 60 Years Old, Is Iconic. That’s a Problem."
Amogh Thakkar (Current Student, IMA) was featured in NYU Meet
Shindy Johnson, Adjunct Faculty Member, created the ITP Community Herb Garden
Hannah Davis '13 (MPS, ITP) was selected for TIME’s, “TIME100 Next” list
Marilyn Nance’s (ITP) book, Last Day in Lagos, was featured in the New York Times
Suraj Barthy (Current Student, ITP) was featured in the DEMO festival in the Netherlands
Nicholas Rubin (ITP), Creative Director at Dirt Empire, was awarded an Emmy for their VR Doc, Reeducated
Mimi Yin, ITP Faculty Member, and alumni Nuntinee Tansrisakul ‘20 (ITP), Yuguang Zhang ‘20 (ITP), Tiri Kananuruk ‘18 (ITP) and NiNi Dongnier ‘19 (Dance) presented a staging of the new performance from NUUM Collective, Doppelgänger, at the Boston Museum
Marilyn Nance (ITP) new book, Last Day in Lagos, was featured in the New York Times
Yasmin Elayat’s (ITP) film was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy
Amelia Winger-Bearskin (ITP) released a new book called, How to co-create—and why: the emergence of media co-creation as a concept and as a practice grounded in equity and justice
Blair Simmons, ITP Staff Member, released a solo exhibition, “Archive of Digital Portraits Cast in Concrete”
Jaycee Holmes '18 (MPS, ITP) listed on Forbes “30 Under 30 List”
NYU GAME CENTER
Abby Yaffe, Jordan Grayson, Darwin Vickers, Finn Carney, and Isaac Schankler (NYU Game Center) and their team, Genome, were awarded the 2022 Alfred P Sloan Grant
CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE OF RECORDED MUSIC
Maggie Rogers '16 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) was featured in the New York Times
Nija Charles (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards
Emily Warren '15 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Record Music) was nominated for a Grammy Award
Andrew Wotman (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) was nominated for a Grammy Award
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Faculty Member in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, was nominated for a Grammy Award
Q-Tip, Faculty Member in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, was nominated for a Grammy Award
Jim Anderson, Faculty Member in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, was nominated for a Grammy Award
Blu DeTiger, Denzel Baptiste '14 and David Biral '15 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music), were listed on Forbes “30 Under 30 List”
PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING
Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. (Photography & Imaging) received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography
Janna Ireland’s (Photography & Imaging) work was featured in the The New York Times
Deborah Willis, DPI Chair, partnered with Getty Images to curate Black History & Culture Collection
Elliott Jerome Brown, Jr. (Photography & Imaging) received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography
Hank Willis Thomas (Photography & Imaging) and Graduate Film Professor Spike Lee were featured on the cover of New York’s 18th annual “Reasons to Love New York” issue
Isabel Castro (Photography & Imaging) screened her feature film, Mija, at the Sundance Film Festival and the IFC
Isolde Brielmaier's, Photography & Imaging Professor, was reviewed by BrooklynRail.org for his new book, I Am Sparkling: N.V. Parekh and His Portrait Studio Clients: Mombasa, Kenya, 1940-1980
Sean Fader, Photography & Imaging Professor, had his project, Insufficient Memory (2020), acquired by the Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Würfel, Photography & Imaging Professor, had projects highlighted in the 29th issue of BE magazine
Fallon McDonald (Photography & Imaging) was featured in the Musée Magazine for their work, I LOVE YOU ANNI AND JOSEF
Michelle Watt (Photography & Imaging) photographed actress, Michelle Yeoh, for Time's 2022 "Icon of the Year" issue
Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television
GRADUATE FILM
Razelle Benally (MFA, Graduate Film) was one of five writers for Dark Winds
Shuli Huang (MFA Candidate, Graduate Film) won the Queer Palm of Festival de Cannes 2022 for the short film, Will You Look at Me
Abbesi Akhamie and Eris Qian (MFA, Graduate Film) were selected WScripted Cannes Screenplay List
Carole Rothman '72 (MFA, Directing) won a Tony Award for Take Me Out
Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Faculty Member in the Graduate Film department, received a 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Award
Gabriel Bier Gislason (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered his feature film, Attachment, at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival
Jorge Sistos Moreno (MFA, Graduate Film) received the 2022 Jeff Lima Production Award
Charlotte Wells’ (MFA, Graduate Film) Cannes-winning film, Aftersun, was acquired by A24
Irene Mercadal Albornoz (MFA Candidate, Graduate Film) was the recipient of the 2022 Volker Bahnemann Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Zenzele Ojore (MFA Candidate, Graduate Film) and Sontenish Myers (MFA, Graduate Film) were featured in Showtime’s new anthology series, Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series
Karishma Dev Dube (MFA, Graduate Film) won four Critics Choice Awards for her short film, Bittu
Blanche Akonchong (MFA Candidate, Graduate Film) received NewFest’s New Voices Filmmaker Grant, a new initiative in partnership with Netflix to support emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers with $25,000 in funding to create new work
Mia Cioffi Henry, Graduate Film Professor, was sworn into the International Cinematographers Guild Local 600
Joseph Sackett (MFA, Graduate Film) won Best First Feature at Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival for the film Homebody
Jeff Rutherford (MFA, Graduate Acting) premiered his first feature, A Perfect Day for Caribou, at the Locarno Film Festival
Tony Kushner '84 (MFA, Directing) was nominated for an Antonyo Award
Julius Onah (MFA, Graduate Film) was chosen to direct the fourth installment of the Captain America film franchise
Cathy Yan ‘16 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for her work on Succession
Jessica Sharzer (MFA, Graduate Film) wrote and executive produced the sequel to A Simple Favor
Nicole Kassell (MFA, Graduate Film) directed Amazon’s new "She-Ra" live action series
Max Walker-Silverman’s (MFA, Graduate Film) A Love Song was released in theaters
Gail Segal, Graduate Film Professor, and Sheril Antonio’s new book, Dramatic Effects with a Movie Camera, was featured in Filmmaker Magazine
Kevin Wilson Jr (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered his documentary, Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1, on Netflix
Leah Chen Baker (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) was named a Producing Lab Fellow of the Sundance Institute
Jomo Fray (MFA, Graduate Film) was selected as one of the ten “2022 Rising Stars of Cinematography” by American Cinematographer
Ryan Heller (MFA, Graduate Film) produced Theater Camp for Topic Studios
Mark Kamine ’92 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film) was nominated for an Emmy Award for The White Lotus
Christina Alexandra Voros ’10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film) was nominated for an Emmy Award for 1883 • Lightning Yellow Hair
Erica Freed Marker, Faculty Member in the Graduate Film department, and Geoffrey Richman ’97 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for an Emmy Award for Severance • In Perpetuity
Jennifer Brooks ’98 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Grad Film) was nominated for an Emmy Award for We Need To Talk About Cosby • Part 1
Huang Shuli (MFA Candidate, Graduate Film) won the Golden Horse Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Will You Look At Me
Elegance Bratton, Charlotte Wells, and Margaret Brown (MFA, Graduate Film) featured their films at the New York Film Festival
Elegance Bratton, Marian Mathias, and Pepi Ginsberg (MFA, Graduate Film) featured their films at the Toronto International Film Festival
Martin Scorsese (Graduate Film) directed the upcoming adaption of the unreleased nonfiction book, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder for Apple Original Films
Abbesi Akhamie (MFA Candidate, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was selected as a finalist for the 2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant
Yuan Yuan '22 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was selected as a finalist for the 2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant
Raven Johnson '19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was selected as a finalist for the 2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant
Charlotte Wells ’17 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for multiple Gotham Awards
Elegance Bratton ’19 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for a Gotham Award
Elegance Bratton ’19 (MFA, Graduate Film) released The Inspection in theaters
Tony Kushner '84 (MFA, Directing) was nominated for a Grammy Award
Michael D. Ratner ‘14 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for a Grammy Award
Charlotte Wells ’17 (MFA, Graduate Film) won a 2022 Gotham Award
Mark Kamine ’92 (MFA, Graduate Film) won an Emmy Award for The White Lotus
UNDERGRADUATE FILM & TELEVISION
Dawn Smalberg '89 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Adam Zell '16 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) won a Tony Award for The Lehman Trilogy
Sarah Elizabeth Mintz ‘13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won a Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award for Good Girl Jane
Avery Looser ‘22 (BFA, Undergraduate Film & Television) was a 2022 Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award semi-finalist for her screenplay, Simian
Malcolm Quinn Silver-Van Meter (Undergraduate Film & Television) was nominated for a Sloan Student Prize
Jen Statsky ’08 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for Hacks
Daniel Goldfarb ’95 and Matthew Shapiro ’06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for an Emmy Award for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Vince Gilligan ’89 and Thomas Schnauz ’88 (BFA, Kanbar, Film & TV) were nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for Better Call Saul
Ravi Nandan ’99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Euphoria
Karyn Kusama ’90 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for Yellowjackets
Mark Gordon ’78 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Bryan Zuriff ’92 (BFA, Drama) were nominated for an Emmy Award for Ray Donovan: The Movie
Tyler Mitchell ’17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was selected for TIME’s, “TIME100 Next” list
Sarah Burgess ’06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Impeachment: American Crime Story • Man Handled
Martin Herlihy ’19 and Ben Marshall '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for an Emmy Award for Saturday Night Live
Stuart Winecoff ’13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award for McCartney 3, 2, 1 • These Things Bring You Together
David J. Frederick ’79 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Survivor
A.J. Catoline ’92 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Ted Lasso • No Weddings And A Funeral
Mark Paone ’82 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
John Skidmore '08 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award for A Black Lady Sketch Show
Allen Kelman ’77 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Ken Druckerman ’95 and Timothy Moran ’10 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for an Emmy Award
Brian Grazer, Dean’s Council, and Justin Wilkes ’99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for an Emmy Award
Justin Wilkes ’99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards
John Skidmore '08 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Joseph Gerbino ’12 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Sean McIlraith ’13 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Hillary Olsen ’94 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
John Roesch ’76 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Stefani Feldman ’09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Laura Cunningham ’11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Emmy Award
Eric Becker ’04 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards
Sal Perez '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) became the Executive Producer of Sesame Street
Cidney Hue '11 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was selected as a finalist for the 2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant
Jake Friedman, UGFTV Professor, released his new book, The Disney Revolt
Jared Peraglia’s (UGFTV) film, Here to Stay, was a finalist for a Student Academy Award
Jomo Fray '18 and Christine Ng '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were listed as two of the nine “Rising Stars of Cinematography” by American Cinematographer
Wendi Tang '21 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & Television), was selected as the 2022 Award Recipient for the THROUGH HER LENS, The Tribeca CHANEL Women’s Filmmaker Program
Tyler Mitchell '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) premiered his first solo exhibition, Chrysalis, at Gagosian, London
Wendi Tang '21 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was selected as the 2022 Award Recipient for the THROUGH HER LENS program
Aubrey Plaza ’05 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Gotham Award
Karyn Kusama ’90 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Gotham Award
Jared Peraglia '22 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) earned a Student Academy Award silver medal for his film, Here to Stay
Karen Orzolek '01 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards
Jason Baum '08 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, FIlm & TV) was nominated for a Grammy Award
Ravi Nandan ’99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won a 2022 Gotham Award
Jeremy Tchaban ’03 and Charlie Redd ’14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & Television) won an Emmy Award for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
CINEMA STUDIES
The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program (MIAP) and the Pratt Institute School of Information were awarded $600,000 by the The Mellon Foundation
Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
Ben Snyder ‘07 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) won a Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award for Allswell
Zayd Dohrn ‘07 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) won a Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award for Mother Country Radicals
Adam Zell '16 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) won a Tony Award for Company
Jennifer Ashley Tepper ’08 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) received a 2022 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre Award
Adam Zell '16 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) won a Drama Desk Award for Company
Megan Callahan-Shah ’08, Billy Domineau ’12 (BFA, Dramatic Writing), and Celeste Yim ’20 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) were nominated for an Emmy Award for Saturday Night Live
Tirosh Schneider (Dramatic Writing) won the 2022 Goldberg Playwriting Award for his work, Daniel
Paul Kolsby ’91 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Ozark
Dan Erickson ’12 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for Severance
Donald Glover ’06 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for an Emmy Award for Atlanta
Molly Smith Metzler ’06 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for an Emmy Award for MAID • Snaps
Dan Erickson '12 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) and Ayo Edebiri ’17 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) were selected for TIME’s, “TIME100 Next” list
Dan Erickson ’12 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Gotham Award
Ayo Edebiri ’17 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Gotham Award
Dailyn Rodriguez '96 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was represented in the 2022 LA Vanguard
Richard Wesley, Dramatic Writing Associate Professor, was awarded the AUDELCO Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the world of theater
Susan Soon He Stanton ’03 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing), won an Emmy Award for Succession
Bill Wrubel ’93 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) won an Emmy Award for Ted Lasso