Our diligent community of students, faculty, and alumni are regularly sharing their work with the world and collecting awards and accolades along the way. Below we celebrate the Tisch community’s vibrant selection of projects, recognitions, and highlights from the 2024 fall semester.
Institute of Performing Arts
Art & Public Policy
Camonghne Felix ‘16 (MA, Arts Politics) had the poem “At the door of integration, I turned around” published in The Nation.
Kathy Engel (Professor, Art & Public Policy) had lines from the poem “Life Support” from the 2007 collection, We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon included in the exhibition, "Jenny Holzer: Light Line," on view at the Guggenheim Museum.
Pato Hebert (Department Chair and Professor, Art & Public Policy) presented at the “Caring Futures: Contradictions, Transformation, and Revolutionary Possibilities” conference in Paris, France.
Nina Riley ‘23 (MA, Arts Politics) performed her original play Aftermath: Analyzing Anguish as part of the Black Femme Freedom Fest: A viBeCollab Joint.
Hanna Tudor ‘23 (MA, Arts Politics) and Ana Anu ‘23 (MA, Arts Politics) hosted their second show Entangled Futures on Governors Island through their residency with Climate Imaginarium.
Kathy Engel (Professor, Art & Public Policy) released a new poetry collection entitled Dear Inheritors at the Lower East Side Girls Club.
Pato Hebert (Department Chair and Professor, Art & Public Policy) was an Artist in Residence at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts & Agriculture in Sisters, Oregon.
Sōlena Ornelas ‘24 (MA, Art and Public Policy) traveled to Venice, Italy to conduct research at the “Black Portraitures: Shifting Paradigms” conference as a recipient of the CRS Research Travel Grant Initiative.
Alexander Cavaluzzo ‘12 (MA, Art & Public Policy) was named the 1st Writing Fellow at Velvetpark Media.
Collaborative Arts/Open Arts
Jason Snell (Instructor, Collaborative Arts) led a series of 25 workshops with attendees at “Sound Scene", an annual Audio Arts Festival that takes place at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC.
Jeffrey Stanley (Instructor, Open Arts) worked with two colleagues to launch "The Jeff & Shuvam Show", a YouTube podcast in which rock photographer Shuvam Dasgupta and Stanley review new Indian cinema streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
Carrie Henley (current student, Collaborative Arts) performed original songs in a cabaret-style show at the Open Doors Festival at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage.
Steven Drukman (Associate Arts Professor, Collaborative Arts) premiered his new play titled Pru Payne at SpeakEasy Stage.
Jason Snell ‘23 (Instructor, Collaborative Arts) partnered with The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Education Department to create an immersive experience in “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet.”
Katherine Helen Fisher (Visiting Assistant Professor, Collaborative Arts) and Alan Winslow (Assistant Director of Technical Operation, Collaborative Arts), alongside Kate Ladenheim (Assistant Professor, UCLA) received a 2024 Google Artist + Machine Intelligence Faculty Research Award supporting "Lamentation: Dancing the Archive”, to create an immersive installation reimagining Martha Graham's iconic 1930 work, "Lamentation."
Pat Hall (Instructor, Open Arts) was featured in I AM NOT OK, a short film that was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum's “The Brooklyn Artists Show.”
Katherine Helen Fisher (Visiting Assistant Professor, Collaborative Arts) and Alan Winslow (Assistant Director of Technical Operation, Collaborative Arts), alongside Kate Ladenheim (Assistant Professor, UCLA) received a 2024 Google Artist + Machine Intelligence Faculty Research Award supporting "Lamentation: Dancing the Archive”, to create an immersive installation reimagining Martha Graham's iconic 1930 work, "Lamentation."
Pat Hall (Instructor, Open Arts) was featured in I AM NOT OK, a short film that was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum's “The Brooklyn Artists Show.”
Dance
Richard Move (Faculty, Dance) presented “Devrai (Sacred Grove)” at Prelude in the Parks – Performances for the Planet.
André M. Zachery (Assistant Arts Professor, Dance) had his multimedia choreographic work "Digital Middle Passage" screened as a part of "Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures" at the New Museum of African American History & Culture - Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.
cari ann shim sham* (Arts Professor, Dance) had performances of "black and white: a man ray redux" v1, a larger than life print, body landscapes film premiere, and shimmer small anemones at the “Hello Brooklyn!” // Techspressionism 2024 show at the Kingsborough Art Museum.
Allen Fogelsanger (Assistant Arts Professor, Dance) and Kristen Foote ‘19 (MFA, Dance) published a detailed analysis of José Limón's dance Chaconne in Bach: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, in a special issue on "Choreographing Bach's Famous Chaconne."
Pamela Pietro (Chair of the Dance Department) performed a new solo at the Mini Festival produced by Apricot Productions in Berlin, Germany.
Karla Puno Garcia '08 (BFA, Dance) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
cari ann shim sham* (Professor, Dance) presented their newest short dance film "body landscapes" screened at the 2024 San Francisco Dance Film Festival.
Karla Puno Garcia '08 (BFA, Dance) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Giada Matteini (Assistant Arts Professor, Dance) was announced as part of Tisch Creative Research's Mega Grants Incubator 2024-2025 cohort.
cari ann shim sham* (Professor, Dance) presented an AI project entitled “fungitari” at Infinite Wall in Austin, Texas.
Angie Pittman (Assistant Arts Professor, Dance) was announced as a Faculty Fellow for NYU’s Center for Humanities.
Andy Teirstein (Professor, Dance) presented the film, "El Niño Mudo" with support from the Tisch School of the Arts Dean's Fund and Xin Ying (MFA candidate, Dance) who choreographed and performed in the short film.
Netta Yerushalmy (Adjunct Instructor, Dance) premiered performances of MOVEMENT at NYU Skirball.
André M. Zachery (Assistant Arts Professor, Dance) launched a workshop series in collaboration with 651ARTS entitled "Against Gravity - Community Fly-Zone Workshops."
André M. Zachery (Assistant Arts Professor, Dance) presented "Echo Making," a new multimedia installation at the York College Arts Gallery.
Xin Ying ‘25 (Principal, Martha Graham Dance Company, MFA candidate, Dance), received a 2024 Google Artist + Machine Intelligence Faculty Research Award supporting "Lamentation: Dancing the Archive”, to create an immersive installation reimagining Martha Graham's iconic 1930 work,"Lamentation."
Andy Teirstein (Professor, Dance) contributed a chapter to the new edition of "Art and Social Interaction: Finding Freedom, Purpose and Joy in Creativity" about teaching music classes in prisons.
Design for Stage & Film
David Zinn '91 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Drama Desk Award.
Paul Tazewell '89 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Drama Desk Award.
Jane Cox '98 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Drama Desk Award.
Aaron Crosby '18 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
David Zinn '91 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Linda Cho (Adjunct Faculty, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Jane Cox '98 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Jane Cox '98 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was featured in Live Design Online discussing her work on Appropriate and about her collaboration with dots ‘15 & ‘18 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film).
Daniel J. Cole '94 (Adjunct Faculty and MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won the 2024 Costume Society of America Costume Design Award.
Howard Cummings '80 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Casey Smith '05 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Rich Murray '04 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Jim Fenhagen '82 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Aaron Black '01 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Star Theodos Kahn ‘99/'02 (BFA/MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Courtney McClain '05 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Ed McCarthy '91 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Patrick Howe '84 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Sim Carpenter ‘25 (MFA candidate, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Princess Grace Award Honoraria.
Lloyd Burlingame (Former Department Chair, Design for Stage & Film) received a solo retrospective exhibition in Stockbridge, Mass entitled "Summer Energy: Works 1962-1987".
Patrick Howe '84 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Rich Murray '04 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Casey Smith '05 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Paul Tazewell '89 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) spoke with the New York Times about his process of creating the costumes for the motion picture: Wicked.
Allen Lee Hughes '79 (MFA & Professor, Design for Stage & Film) received the 2024 LIT Lighting Design Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jane Cox '98 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) and Regina Garcia '00 (MFA, Design for Stage & Film) were honored with USITT's 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Drama
Camilla Carrasco ‘27 (BFA, Drama) was awarded the prestigious Willa Kim Costume Design Scholarship.
Shaina Taub '09 (BFA, Drama) won two 2024 Drama Desk Awards.
Rachel Matthews '16 (BFA, Drama) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Camila Mendes '16 (BFA, Drama) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Bryce Dallas Howard '20 (BFA, Drama) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Devin Kawaoka '05 (BFA, Drama)/ '01 (MFA, Graduate Acting) had work featured at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Cristina Marie Vivenzio '05 (BFA, Drama) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Shaina Taub '09 (BFA, Drama) won multiple 2024 Tony Awards.
Amanda Lipitz '02 (BFA, Drama and Dean's Council) won a 2024 Tony Award.
D.B. Sweeney '85 (BFA, Drama) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Douglas Urbanski '79 (Drama) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gabriela Fernández '00 (BFA, Drama) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gigi Buffington (Arts Professor, Drama) was interviewed by Tisch for her work on and off Broadway, recently with actors from both Stereophonic and The Outsiders.
Maya Erskine '09 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Devin Delliquanti '06 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
John Early '10 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Tony Barbieri '86 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Josh Halloway '05 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Bernard Telsey '82 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Carrie Audino '97 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Wendy Yang '03 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Joe E. Jeffreys (Adjunct Instructor, Drama) was featured on CNN's The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper in an episode entitled “Drag War.”
Evan Cabnet '00 (BFA, Drama) was announced as the new Artistic Director for Second Stage Theater beginning in September 2024.
Aileen Wu '22 (BFA, Drama) was interviewed by Variety for their starring role in Alien: Romulus.
Carrie Audino '97 (BFA, Drama) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Lady Gaga (Drama) was nominated for multiple 2025 Grammy Awards.
Justin Levine '07 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2025 Grammy Award.
Shaina Taub '09 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2025 Grammy Award.
Dell Howlett (Associate Arts Professor, Drama and Faculty Fellow-in-Residence at Rubin Hall) introduced students to New York City cultural offerings – creating new friendships and communities at NYU.
Cristin Milioti (Drama) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Brigette Lundy-Paine ’16 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Zoë Worth ’11 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Elizabeth Olsen ’13 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Graduate Acting
Motell Foster '17 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Devin Kawaoka '05 (BFA, Drama)/ '01 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Stephen Singer '74 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Nina Arianda '09 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Glenn Fleshler '95 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Michael Schantz '10 (MFA, Graduate Acting) and David Zabel '92 (MFA, Graduate Acting) had works featured at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Brendan George ‘24 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated for a 2024 Drama Desk Award.
Corey Stoll '03 (MFA, Graduate Acting) and Danielle Skraastad '99 (MFA, Graduate Acting and Faculty) starred in Appropriate which won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
Nick Mills '06 (MFA, Graduate Acting) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Brandon J. Dirden (Faculty, Graduate Acting) presented his revival of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean at Two River Theater.
Karl Kenzler '94 (MFA, Graduate Acting) joined the cast of Life and Trust at Conwell Tower produced by Emursive, the team behind Sleep No More.
Russel Ewing '21 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred as Sheriff Troy in Fallout, a television series streaming on Amazon Prime.
Kate MacCluggage '07 (MFA, Graduate Acting) and Stephanie Jean Lane '16 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred as Gretchen and Gabriella in the production of Boeing Boeing at Barrington Stage Company.
Sterling K. Brown '01, Marcia Gay Harden '88, Billy Crudup '94, and Karen Pittman '07 (all MFA, Graduate Acting) were nominated for 2024 Emmy Awards.
Tony Macht ‘23 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was featured in a Vogue article highlighting his performance in Oh, Mary! on Broadway.
Janet Zarish (Area Head of Acting) and Arielle Goldman '14 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the play The Bookstore at New Jersey Repertory Company.
Jose-Maria Aguila '15 (MFA, Graduate Acting) and Lynn Hawley '92 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in A Hundred Circling Camps produced by Dogteam Theatre Project.
Meredith Garretson '17 (MFA, Graduate Acting) returned to star in the fourth season of Resident Alien.
Jordan Gelber ‘00 (MFA, Graduate Acting), Heather Lind ‘10 (MFA, Graduate Acting) and Dave Quay ‘13 (MFA, Graduate Acting) will star in the new series Your Friends and Neighbors.
Doron JéPaul '17 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in Broadway's revival of Our Town.
Daniel Dae Kim '96 (MFA, Graduate Acting) returned to Broadway to star in Yellow Face.
Billy Crudup '94 (MFA, Graduate Acting) won a 2024 Primetime Emmy Award.
Scott Miller (Arts Professor, Graduate Acting) was announced as part of Tisch Creative Research's Mega Grants Incubator 2024-2025 cohort.
Carl Cofield (Chair, Graduate Acting) received 8 Audelco Award nominations for his directing of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Classical Theatre of Harlem.
Jaylen Eashmond ‘24 (MFA, Graduate Acting) and Noah Michal ‘25 (MFA, Graduate Acting) were nominated for Audelco Awards as featured actors in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Classical Theatre of Harlem.
Laurence Maslon (Faculty, Graduate Acting) worked on Strike Up the Band, performed by MasterVoices at Carnegie Hall.
KeiLyn Durrel Jones ’15 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Samantha Quan ’01 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Winnie Holzman (Cycle 1) presented her new play Choice at the McCarter Theatre Center.
EllaRose Chary (Cycle 19) and Brandon James Gwinn (Cycle 19) presented their new musical TL;DR: THELMA LOUISE; DYKE REMIX at Diversionary Theatre in San Diego.
Mikey Rose (Cycle 30) and Clare Fuyuko Bierman (Cycle 30) presented SUNFACE at Ars Nova's ANT FEST.
JongYoon Choi (Cycle 13) presented the new musical Marie Curie at London's Charing Cross Theatre.
Kat Cartusciello (Cycle 30), Casey Llewelyn (Cycle 32), Ernie Bird (Cycle 29), Sam Norman (Cycle 30), Benjamin Walton (Cycle 33), Zoe Ray Prawda (Cycle 31), Phyto Stratis (Cycle 13), Yunhye Park (Cycle 33), Michael Meketa Sanchez (Cycle 28), Sravya Saraswatula (Cycle 33), Stephen Anthony Elkins (Cycle 32), Adrien Radke (Cycle 33), Ziyan Yang (Cycle 32), Alecia Baxter (Cycle 33), Michael Light Oosterhout (Cycle 32), Alex Manaa (Cycle 33), John Carroll (Cycle 31), Ben Ginsberg (Cycle 31), Sequoia Sellinger (Cycle 33), Grey (Cycle 26), Andy Li (Cycle 33), Patrick Thompson (Cycle 27), Amos Wong (Cycle 33), and José Gabino Alba Rodríguez (Cycle 32) presented The Hudson Guild Operas, a collection of twelve 15-minute operas written by GMTWP alums and Year II students for the AOP-NYU Tisch Opera Lab, in conjunction with the professional opera company American Opera Projects and Tisch’s Department of Design.
Marcus Scott (Cycle 22) presented the play Bizarro World at the Art House Productions INKubator New Play Festival.
Durra Leung (Cycle 29) presented Lullabies for Motherf*ckers Vol. 1 at the New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series.
Sean Patrick Flahaven (Cycle 7 and Faculty) won a 2024 Tony Award.
George C. Wolfe (Cycle 1) was honored with the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 77th Annual Tony Awards.
Paulo K Tiról (Cycle 24) released the East West Players World Premiere Cast Recording of “On This Side of the World” on digital platforms.
Ernie Bird (Cycle 29) was chosen to join the 2024 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project at Curb College, Belmont College in Nashville.
Troy Defour (Cycle 31) shared Chosen Families: A Musical Theatre Concert at Pridefest at The Tank with musical arrangements by David Lancelle (Cycle 26).
Hannah Z. Morley (Cycle 33) presented her new play Sisterhood at The Tank directed by M.L. Redstone (Cycle 33) and featured Ryan O'Dea, Trevor K. Band, and Sarah Rossman (all Cycle 33) in the cast.
Brent Black (Cycle 17) gave a talk on “Adapting the Moving Image” at the Museum of the Moving Image.
Deborah Brevoort (Cycle 6 and Adjunct Faculty) premiered Blue Moon Over Memphis at the Okuma Auditorium in Tokyo, Japan and at the Kongo Noh Theatre in Kyoto, Japan.
Joel Waggoner (Cycle 19) presented his one-man show Alone & Alive at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Seth Christenfeld (Cycle 23) curated NEO at The Green Room 42 which featured work from program alums TJ Rubin (Cycle 25), Justin D. Cook, and Danielle Koenig (Cycle 31).
Emily Rose Simons (Cycle 25) presented songs from her musical Becoming Nigella at the Other Palace in London, UK.
Maggie Moe and Joshua Vranas (both Cycle 30) presented a concert of their thesis musical My Pet Dragon at Joe's Pub.
Danielle Koenig and Abbie Goldberg (both Cycle 31) produced Feisty Disabled Artists Cabaret at Joe's Pub which also featured songs by program alums Justin D. Cook, Mason McDowell, Miranda Holliday (all Cycle 31), and Avi Amon (Cycle 22).
Veronica Mansour and abs wilson (both Cycle 32) presented their musical Lighthouse as selectees for NAMT's 36th Annual Festival of New Musicals.
Chase O'Neill and Theo Teris (both Cycle 27) premiered their musical Here There Be Dragons at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sam Norman (Cycle 30) presented Come Dine With Me: The Musical at three UK venues.
Andi Lee Carter and Briana Harris (both Cycle 28) hosted Verse Intro Cabaret at Soho Playhouse which featured Cheeyang Ng and Eric Sorrels (both Cycle 28), and AriDy Nox and Kyle Segar (both Cycle 27).
Dahlak Brathwaite (Cycle 30) won a 2024 Princess Grace Award.
Deiz Demirkurt (Cycle 29), Ella Sodam Yoon (Cycle 31) presented their new musical Echo at The Center at West Park's Evolution Festival featuring Vaheed Talebian (Cycle 33).
Eloise Govedare (Cycle 24) and Aleksandra Weil (Cycle 24) presented their musical A Rebel Prayer at New York Theatre Barn's Choreography Lab.
Katya Stanislavskaya (Cycle 17) presented a collection of her original musical theatre songs at Berklee College.
Royce Vavrek (Cycle 16) presented his new opera The Listeners at Opera Philadelphia.
Melina Nakos (Cycle 35) presented their new play Snow Bird at Brooklyn Art Haus.
Rachel J. Peters (Cycle 14) presented her immersive opera, Welcome to the Madness at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Cheeyang Ng (Cycle 28), Eric Sorrels (Cycle 28) and Eric Fegan (Cycle 28) gathered at Joe's Pub to present a collection of original songs written and performed by the three alums.
Andi Lee Carter (Cycle 28), Briana Harris (Cycle 28), and Ziyan Yang (Cycle 32) hosted and were featured at the “Verse Intro Cabaret” at Soho Playhouse.
Will Aronson (Cycle 16) presented the musical Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway at the Belasco Theater.
Dan Messé (Cycle 5) premiered his new musical Prelude to a Kiss at the Milwaukee Rep in co-production with South Coast Repertory.
Marcus Scott (Cycle 22) won the Chesley/Bumbalo Award for Playwriting.
Deborah Brevoort (Cycle 6 and Adjunct Faculty) was approved by the Fulbright Scholarship Board for a residency at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.
Jaime Lozano (Cycle 18), Sophie Boyce (Cycle 32) and Veronica Mansour (Cycle 32) were named Dramatist Guild Foundation Fellows.
Momo Akashi (Cycle 31) and Julio Vaquero Ramos (Cycle 31) presented their new musical Everest at Theatre 315 for the National Asian Artist Project.
Sean P. Pallatroni (Cycle 28) premiered his song cycle "Written in Time," performed at 54 Below.
Byron Au Yong (Cycle 14) and Aaron Jafferis (Cycle 13) presented their new opera Stuck Elevator at Hawai'i Opera Theatre.
Brian Cavanaugh-Strong (Adjunct Faculty and Cycle 21) presented A Woman Among Women at The Bushwick Starr.
Rachel J. Peters (Cycle 14) presented her new opera Staggerwing at Vanderbilt Opera Theatre.
Carmel Dean (Cycle 12) presented her song cycle “Well-Behaved Women" at The Town Hall.
Carlos Bauzys (Cycle 32) received his second Bibi Ferreira award for Best Music Direction of a Musical for his work on Funny Girl in São Paulo, Brazil.
Michael R. Jackson (Cycle 14) and Anna K. Jacobs (Cycle 17) opened their musical TEETH for a commercial Off Broadway run at New World Stages.
Taylor Wendell Lozano (Cycle 34), Kate Rankine (Cycle 33) and Jill Ohayon (Cycle 33) presented the musical The Giant Child at Frigid NYC's Day of the Dead Festival.
Brent Black (Cycle 18) presented his Star Trek parody musical KHAN!!! at Theatre Wesleyan in Fort Worth.
Cheeyang Ng (Cycle 28) and Eric Sorrels (Cycle 28) presented a concert of songs from their new musical MĀYĀ at Symphony Space.
Christie Baugher (Cycle 21) presented a preview of her new musical, The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul at The Irish Classical Theatre in Buffalo, New York.
Carmel Dean (Cycle 12) was nominated for the Best Musical Theatre Album Grammy Award for her work on The Notebook.
Cheeyang Ng (Cycle 28) and Eric Sorrels (Cycle 28) received the 2024 Fred Ebb Award.
Luke Di Somma (Cycle 19) presented Siegfried and Roy: The Unauthorized Opera at Sydney Theatre Company's Sydney Festival.
Avi Amon, Ty Defoe, and Nolan Doran (all Cycle 22) presented their new multi-faceted theatre piece The Lesson at Ars Nova.
EllaRose Chary (Cycle 19) and Brandon James Gwinn (Cycle 19) presented an evening of songs from their new musical The Spell of Red River at 54 Below.
Rona Siddiqui (Cycle 21) presented her new musical Hip Hop Cinderella at the Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas.
Alva Rogers (Cycle 6) and Bruce Monroe (Cycle 6) presented their puppet show, THE HARLEM DOLL PALACE at Dixon Place.
Winnie Holzman (Cycle 1) wrote the screenplay for Wicked, released internationally as a major motion picture.
Alex Manaa (Cycle 33), Vaheed Talebian (Cycle 33) and Thalia Ranjbar (Cycle 31) presented ANOTHER COUSIN'S WEDDING at The Tank's International Human Rights Art Festival.
Carmel Dean '03 (MFA, Graduate Musical Theater Writing) was nominated for a 2025 Grammy Award.
Performance Studies
Ellen Rooney ‘02 (MA, Performance Studies) was promoted to Odyssey Program and Student Success Coordinator for the School of Film and Media Arts at Cleveland State University.
Eshé Hughes ‘20 (MA, Performance Studies) hosted another basketball tournament at Herbert Von King Park with the brand they founded: GAAG (Gender-Affirming Athletic Gear).
Ann Pellegrini (Faculty, Performance Studies) and Avgi Saketopoulou (Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis) received the 2024 Silver Medal for LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction -- Academic from the Independent Publisher Book Awards for their book Gender Without Identity.
Stacey Manos (MA candidate, Performance Studies) presented her original one act play: Unsung Morning at the New York Theatre Festival.
Niyoosha Ahmadikhoo ‘17 (MA, Performance Studies) was appointed as a "Next Generation Fellow" at the Segal Center CUNY based at the Graduate Center.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins '07 (MA, Performance Studies) won a 2024 Drama Desk Award.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ‘07 (MA, Performance Studies) wrote Appropriate which won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins '07 (MA, Performance Studies) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Fusako Innami '08 (MA, Performance Studies) was awarded the 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar Award to conduct her book-length research, Gestural Writing: Performance, Topography, Trace at UC Berkeley.
Sandra Ruiz ‘11 (MA & PhD, Performance Studies) published a book entitled: Left Turns in Brown Study.
Joanna Evans (PhD candidate, Performance Studies) re-staged the play Survival with the original creators.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ‘07 (MA, Performance Studies) won a 2024 Princess Grace Award.
Jayel Gant (PhD candidate, Performance Studies) traveled to Missouri this summer to conduct oral history interviews and field research in the Midwest through the CRS Research Travel Grant Initiative.
Chloe Thorne ‘24 (MA, Performance Studies) traveled to Hudson, New York to conduct research at the CCS Bard Archive through the CRS Research Travel Grant Initiative.
André Lepecki (Professor, Performance Studies) gave a lecture titled: "The continuous struggle: towards a choreopolitics without time" at the University of Cape Town's Institute for Creative Arts (ICA)'s 2024 Live Art Festival.
Leonie Ettinger ‘16 (MA, Performance Studies) received a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Free University of Berlin.
Penelope Gould ‘23 (BFA, Performance Studies) presented a reading of her new play Untitled Closure Performance alongside at Paradise Factory.
Yiran Shu (MA candidate, Performance Studies) performed with The Underground Art and Design (UAAD) Art Festival for the Jukebox of Dissonance Art Festival in Soho to perform as a part of Summer Breeze.
Eshé Hughes ‘20 (MA, Performance Studies) hosted a POC-centered basketball community event as co-director of TRAND1.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins '07 (MA, Performance Studies) received the 2024 Statue Award.
Eleonora Fabião ‘06 (PhD, Performance Studies) received the title of Honorary Doctor from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Blanca Ulloa (PhD candidate, Performance Studies) and Leto Ybarra (MA candidate, XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement) curated “Stress and Jest,” a public program at Judson Memorial Church.
Sujin Moon ‘24 (MA, Performance Studies) had their musical, Neverland Never Ends performed at TADA! Youth Theater in New York City.
Dr. Menghang Wu ‘20 (MA, Performance Studies) was honored with the Selma Jeanne Cohen Conference Presentation Award at the American Society for Theatre Research Annual Conference.
Seamus Slattery ‘23 (BA, Performance Studies) had the piece “Crowdsurf” performed as a part of Chez Bushwick's RECESS series.
Sandra Ruiz ‘02 & ‘11 (MA & PhD, Performance Studies) inspired “Sensory Riffs & Visceral Turns: From Syllable to Sound to Print” at The Exhibition at Ortega y Gasset Projects.
Nandita Dinesh ‘08 (MA, Performance Studies) developed a monthly, two-hour virtual writing workshop series emerging from her book: Creative Writing and the Experiences of Others.
Institute of Emerging Media
CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE OF RECORDED MUSIC
CDI x REACH (Reimagining Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Culture and Humanities) took place in Milan, Italy with eight CDI graduates and alumni participating in a one-week visual arts and design, creative and cultural exchange program.
CDI's SPARK! Senior Showcase took place at the iconic Joe's Pub at the Public Theater.
Jeff Peretz (Associate Arts Professor, Recorded Music) appeared alongside Michael J. Fox during Coldplay’s headline Glastonbury set.
Andrew Watt (Recorded Music) was nominated for multiple 2025 Grammy Awards.
Raul Cubina '15 (BFA, Recorded Music) was nominated for a 2025 Grammy Award.
Jordan Perteet '18 (BFA, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Gabi Grella '21 (BFA, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Nija Charles (Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Kaleb “KQuick” Rollins '10 (BFA, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Jim Anderson (Faculty, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Ulrike Schwarz (Faculty, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Robert Glasper (Instructor, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Mary Brown (Instructor, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Domenico Randazzo ’20 (BFA, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Zach Tuch '16 (BFA, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Alan Silverman (Instructor, Recorded Music) contributed to projects that received 2025 Grammy nominations.
Danny Garcia '19 (BFA, Recorded Music) was named on the “2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.”
Zoe Wrenn (Recorded Music) was named on the “2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.”
Livia Piomelli (Recorded Music) was named on the “2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.”
ITP/IMA
Natasha Dzurny ‘14 (MPS, ITP) documented and shared a video highlighting projects from the ITP/IMA Spring Show 2024 on her YouTube channel, “TechnoChic.”
Daniel Rozin (Faculty, ITP) presented "Contours" at Bitforms Gallery.
Yan Shao ‘23 (MPS, ITP) was featured in "Water Stories" at the BioBAT Art Space.
Blair Simmons (Faculty, ITP) co-curated the exhibition "$99.99" at theBLANC Gallery.
Marina Zurkow (Adjunct Professor, ITP) and Viniyata Pany ‘17 (MPS, ITP) were featured in an article in Forbes; “Where Are The Emojis We Need To Talk About The Climate Crisis?”
Anna Nikaki ‘24 (MPS, ITP) premiered her solo exhibition "54 DAYS" at the Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation in New York City.
Justin Helle '92 (MPS, ITP) was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Olivia (Jiaxuan) Yin ‘23 (MPS, ITP) won the 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Award for the Immersive Category with her project, “Smell Like Home.”
Xinyan Xu ‘24, Pim Tournaye ‘24, Mishka Morgan ‘24, Zhuo Cheng ‘24, Feifan Qiao ‘24, Annika Santhanam ‘24, Jiang Hao ‘24, Caity Croft ‘24, Ella Pan ‘24, Eric Rabinowitz ‘24, Phil Guo ‘24, Chucen Chen ‘24, Lisha Yan ‘24, Liyanbing He ‘24, Anastasia Dor ‘24, Grace Song ‘24, Elisabeth Schifrin ‘24, Angel Li ‘24, Robi Abera ‘24, Yvonne Wu ‘24, Kami Karras ‘24, David Nuff ‘24, Cate Boillat ‘24, Jaiden McCran ‘24, Maryse Lango ‘24, Amber Chen ‘24, Rebecca Sweigart ‘24, Michelle Lee ‘24, Maram Magdi Mohamed ‘24, Jonny Sabbath ‘24, Ian Hawkins ‘24, and Ryan Cady ‘24 (all MA, IMA) had projects featured in the IMA Low Res “Thesis ‘24 Show” at the NYU Shanghai New Bund Campus.
Jason Snell ‘23 (MA, IMA) led a series of 25 workshops with attendees at “Sound Scene", an annual Audio Arts Festival that takes place at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC.
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo (Faculty, ITP) and Rena Anakwe ‘15 (MPS, ITP) were recognized with a 2024 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work.
Allison Parrish (Faculty, ITP) was announced as the winner of the Electronic Literature Organization Maverick Award.
Daniel Shiffman (Faculty, ITP) launched the book entitled The Nature of Code.
Shindy Melanie Johnson (Adjunct Faculty and Postdoc Fellow, ITP) was announced as part of Tisch Creative Research's Mega Grants Incubator 2024-2025 cohort.
Wyna Liu ’14 (MPS, ITP) was interviewed by Alumni Relations surrounding her work as Editor of New York Times’ Connections game.
Tori DelValle ‘22 (BFA, IMA) was announced as the first Artist in Residence in over a decade by the nonprofit Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción.
Yeseul Song (Faculty, ITP) opened the large-scale exhibition in South Korea, "Hunminjeongeum: Acoustic House."
Tori DelValle ‘22 (BFA, IMA) was featured in the exclusive pre-screening of “Password*****” as an Artist for Humanity Fellow in Boston.
Brett Stiller ‘16 (MA, ITP) became the Creative Director at Monks AUNZ in Australia.
Jason Snell ‘23 (MA, IMA) partnered with The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Education Department to create an immersive experience in “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet.”
Anney Norton ‘23 (MA, IMA) received the Best Tea Award from Good Housekeeping 2024 for her small business, Dream Tea NYC.
Jiang Hao ‘24 (MA, IMA Low Res) was featured in the article “A Conversation with Myself After Blossoms Shanghai” about his experience in the program.
Jaycee Holmes ‘18 (MPS, ITP) was featured in a Washington Square news article titled “Beyond NYU: Opening doors to STEM for students of color nationwide.”
NYU GAME CENTER
Noelle Mazurek '18 (BFA, NYU Game Center) was named on the “2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.”
Alice Yu ‘22 (MFA and Teaching Assistant, NYU Game Center) and Ruofu Sun ‘24 (MFA, NYU Game Center) won the 2024 Alfred P Sloan Grant award for “Bloomsome.”
Clara Fernandez-Vara (Professor, NYU Game Center) had the 3rd edition of the textbook Intro to Game Analysis published.
Clara Fernandez-Vara (Professor, NYU Game Center) wrote the project Saltsea Chronicles, which won several awards.
Four MFA alums created DaDaDa that was developed by Games Incubator, was published by The Op Games company and was the 2024 PAL Award winner.
Matt Parker (Professor, NYU Game Center) led the OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge.
A BFA Capstone team formed their own games company named Silverjay Studios. Their game Song of Maka won a number of awards in China.
BFA alums formed the company Outfox Games and released their game Ritual Night.
Jeff Petriello ‘19 and Carol Mertz ‘19 (MFA, NYU Game Center) were on the jury for the 2024 Independent Games Festival.
Mitu Khandaker (Professor, NYU Game Center) continued to be on the Advisory Board of the Game Developers' Conference, the world's top games event.
Basil Lim (Professor, NYU Game Center) had their VR research into brain cadaver training trialed at Trinity College, Dublin.
Akshay Bharadhwaj ‘23 (MFA, NYU Game Center) won a spot on 6 Foot Platform, space for a day in one of Brooklyn's most traffic cross-streets, and an honorarium.
JD Calvelli ‘24 and Devinne Moses ‘24 (MFA, NYU Game Center) won Excellence in Narrative at the RPI Game Festival for their thesis project, Imogen, which also was an Official Selection at the Game Devs of Color Expo 2024.
Finn Carney ‘22 (BFA, NYU Game Center) worked on The Crush House which won the Indiecade Jury Prix this year.
The Game Centers' Center of Excellence created new internship partnerships with Pahda Labs and Relatable.
Photography & Imaging
Elinor Kry (BFA student, Photography & Imaging) was hired by Teen Vogue to shoot Olympic Media Summit portraits for Team USA.
Hank Willis Thomas '98 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) was featured in the Washington Post article “Hank Willis Thomas sees what America can't say.”
Rachel Morrison '00 (BFA, Photography & Imaging/Film & TV) was featured in TheWrap magazine about her work.
Sean Fader (Assistant Arts Professor, Photography & Imaging) was selected for the NYU OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowship.
Sean Fader (Assistant Arts Professor, Photography & Imaging) was featured in the article "Remembering Queer Lives Lost to Hate" in the Voices section of The Advocate.
Sean Fader (Assistant Arts Professor, Photography & Imaging) was featured in “Insufficient Memory," in The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
Aidan Cullen (Photography & Imaging) was named on the “2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.”
Dr. Deborah Willis (Chair & Professor, Photography & Imaging) published the book: Kamala.
Hank Willis Thomas ‘98 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) opened the exhibition Kinship of the Soul at Pace Gallery.
Rindon Johnson ‘12 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) had the exhibit Best Synthetic Answer on view at Rockbund Art Museum.
Wafaa Bilal (Professor, Photography & Imaging) announced the solo exhibition Indulge Me at MCA Chicago.
Zalika Azim (Professor, Photography & Imaging) was featured in The Future is Present, The Harbinger is Home on view at Prospect New Orleans 6.
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Cinema Studies
Jennifer Euston '97 (BFA, Cinema Studies) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Stephen Garrett '96 (BFA, Cinema Studies) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Carlos Alberto Gutiérrez '98 (MA, Cinema Studies) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Declan Mulvey '00 (BFA, Film & TV/Cinema Studies) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Sarah Winshall ’07 (BA, Cinema Studies) was nominated for multiple 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Dramatic Writing
David Adjmi (Adjunct Faculty, Dramatic Writing) won a 2024 Drama Desk Award.
Itamar Moses '03 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) won two 2024 Drama Desk Awards.
David Adjmi (Adjunct Faculty, Dramatic Writing) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Samy Burch '09 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner ‘97 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was interviewed for a Tisch Alumni article where she discussed her accomplishments.
Donald Glover '06 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Ayo Edebiri '17 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Jessica Conrad '07 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Megan Callahan-Shah '08 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Celeste Yim '20 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Matthew Cesario '16 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Samantha Riley '18 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) won a 2024 Primetime Emmy Award.
Jordan Coley ‘26 (MFA candidate, Dramatic Writing) starred in No Sleep Till, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
Kenneth Lonergan ‘86 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) debuted the play Hold on to Me Darling at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
Mai Senaar ‘13 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was featured in the New York Times with a review for her novel, They Dream in Gold.
Rajiv Joseph '04 (MFA, Dramatic Writing), Lauren Gunderson '09 (MFA, Dramatic Writing), and Samuel D. Hunter ‘09 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) were named by American Theatre Magazine as 3 of the top 20 most produced playwrights of this 24-25 season.
Richard Wesley (Associate Professor, Dramatic Writing) was announced as a 2024 recipient of the Legacy Playwright Awards.
Regina Porter (Adjunct Professor, Dramatic Writing) received a stellar review in The Washington Post for her new novel "The Rich People Have Gone Away."
Cary Gitter '09 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) premiered his play Gene & Gilda at the George Street Playhouse.
Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) '06 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for multiple 2025 Grammy Awards.
Graduate Film
Nicholas Colia ‘19 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered the feature film Griffin in Summer at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
Vindhya Gupta ‘24 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered the short film Lice at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
Nay Tabbara ‘24 (MFA and Adjunct Faculty) premiered the short film Ebb and Flow at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
Anndi Jinelle Liggett ‘24 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered the short film Tender Thoughts at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
Maria Belen Poncio (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) premiered the short film Cuando Todo Arde (When Everything Burns) at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
Rachael Sonnenberg ‘23 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered the short film Le Parrot at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival.
Adrian Cardenas ‘18 (MFA, Graduate Film), Maria Altamirano ‘19 (MFA, Graduate Film), and Lilian T. Mehrel ‘17 (MFA, Graduate Film) were announced as filmmakers nominated for the AT&T Presents: Untold Stories competition and mentorship program.
Carole L. Rothman '72 (MFA, Directing) won a 2024 Drama Desk Award.
Nicholas Colia '19 (MFA, Graduate Film) won multiple awards at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Maria Belen Poncio '25 (Graduate Film) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Felipe Vara de Rey '16 (MFA, Graduate Film) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Lilian T. Mehrel '17 (MFA, Graduate Film) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Nay Tabbara '22 (MFA, Graduate Film) won an award at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
Carole L. Rothman '72 (MFA, Directing) won a 2024 Tony Award.
Chananun Chotrungroj '15 (MFA, Graduate Film) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Jomo Fray '18 (MFA, Graduate Film) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
A.V. Rockwell ’12 (BFA, Film & Television)/’19 (MFA, Graduate Film) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Elegance Bratton '19 (MFA, Graduate Film) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Maryam Keshavarz '10 (MFA, Graduate Film) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Zeina Durra '05 (MFA, Graduate Film) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Lucas Acher (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) had the short film Where Insects Hide at Night screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Joanne Mony Park ‘14 (MFA, Graduate Film) had the short film Bloomed in the Water screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Nay Tabbara '22 (MFA, Graduate Film) had the short film Ebb and Flow screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby ‘23 (MFA, Graduate Film) had the short film Happy Thanksgiving screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Alyssa Loh ‘22 (MFA, Graduate Film) had the short film Let screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Max Clark ‘24 (MFA, Graduate Film) had the short film Shadow screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Christa Haley (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) had the short film Tragedy Babes screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Shuyao Chen ‘18 (MFA, Graduate Film) had the short film Manting screened at the 2024 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
Lilian T. Mehrel '17 (MFA, Graduate Film) won the 2024 AT&T’S Untold Stories prize for her film Honeyjoon.
Maria Belen Poncio (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) received the 2024 Jeff Lima Production Award.
Vanja Cernjul '98 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Millicent Shelton '95 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Cary Joji Fukunaga (Graduate Film) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Charles Olivier '00 (MFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Theo Gray (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) received the 2024 Volker Bahnemann Award for Outstanding Cinematography.
Gustavo René Sanabria (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) won a 2024 Princess Grace Award.
Tinbete Daniel (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) received a 2024 Media Services Producing Award.
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Professor, Graduate Fim) led a team of instructors, assistants, and filmmakers in collaboration with Santa Fe Community College and the Institute of American Indian Art at the Santa Fe Summer 2024 Film Workshop.
Liz Rao (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) had the short film The Truck screened at the Telluride Film Festival.
Claire Barnett and Jason Adam Maselle (both MFA candidates, Graduate Film) had their films Freak and PUNTER screened and awarded at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.
Cybel Martin '98 (MFA, Graduate Film) was announced as a new member of The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
Nino Benashvili (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) had their short film Sadac Dro Idga/Where Time Stood Still screened at the San Sebastian Festival.
Spike Lee (Professor, Graduate Film) was honored at Alamo Drafthouse’s newly renovated theater with a screening of his film Crooklyn followed by a Q&A.
Jomo Fray ‘18 (MFA, Graduate Film) had cinematography featured in Nickel Boys, which premiered as the Opening Night Selection at the 62nd New York Film Festival.
Oliver McGoldrick (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) premiered the short film Three Keenings at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
Sheldon Chau ‘16 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered the short film Pooja, Sir at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
ishkwaazhe Shane McSauby ‘23 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered the short film The Beguiling at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
Sameh Zoabi (Professor, Graduate Film) directed the second season premiere of the drama series Accused.
Ang Lee '84 (MFA, Graduate Fim)/'10 Hon. was named one of five recipients of the Praemium Imperiale Award of the Japan Arts Association.
Nicholas Ma ‘17 (MFA, Graduate Film) featured the documentary Leap of Faith in select theaters nationwide.
Todd Solondz (Professor, Graduate Film) had his feature film Happiness added to the Criterion Collection with a new 4K digital restoration.
Spike Lee '82 (MFA, Graduate Film/Hon. '98 and Dean’s Council) was awarded with a place in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery.
Jess X. Snow ‘23 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered Roots That Reach Toward the Sky at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival as part of the Honouring Traditions program.
Spike Lee '82 (MFA, Graduate Film/Hon. '98 and Dean’s Council) received a 2023 National Medal of Arts Award.
Raha Amirfazli (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) was announced as one of two recipients of the 2024 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women.
Art Parnitudom ‘23 (MFA, Graduate Film) premiered the short film, I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home in Bangkok, Thailand at the International Thai Film Festival 2024 and received Best Thai Short Film.
Nichole McMinn (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) premiered Keepsake at DOC NYC.
Adrien Cothier ‘19 (MFA, Graduate Film) produced An Odd Turn that received a Golden Bear at Berlinale 2024.
Michael D. Ratner ‘14 (MFA, Graduate Film) was listed in "35 Rising Hollywood Executives Under 35” in the Hollywood Reporter.
Jenn Ruff (Professor, Graduate Film) had their editing of The Listening Takes/Manal Issa, 2024 shown at PARTICIPANT INC. in Tribeca.
Karen Madar ‘22 (MBA/MFA, Graduate Film) was announced as the 2024 recipient of the Producers Guild of America Debra Hill Fellowship.
Nicholas Colia ‘19 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for the "Someone to Watch" award for his feature film Griffin in Summer at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Jomo Fray (MFA, Graduate Film) received the award for Best Cinematography for his work on the film Nickel Boys at the 2024 New York Film Critics Circle Awards.
Shuli Huang (MFA candidate, Graduate Film) received the Best International Short Award at the 51st Film Fest Gent for Goodbye First Love.
Karishma Dev Dube (MFA, Graduate Film) and Lilian T. Mehrel ‘17 (MFA, Graduate Film) were recipients of the SFFILM 2024 Rainin Grants for screenwriting and post-production.
Eliza Soros (MFA/MBA candidate, Graduate Film) produced THE NON ACTOR that premiered at the 2025 Film Festival Rotterdam.
Lucy Walker (MFA, Graduate Film) received the 2024 DOC NYC Excellence Award.
Jomo Fray ’18 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Nicholas Colia ’19 (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Undergraduate Film & Television
Sean Baker '98 (BFA, Film & TV) was the recipient of the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival for his film Anora.
Dawn Smalberg '89 (BFA, Film & TV) won multiple 2024 Tony Awards.
Frank Frattaroli '85 (BFA, Film & TV) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Emma Seligman '17 (BFA, Film & TV) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Pola Rapaport '77 (BFA, Film & TV) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Christine Turner '04 (BFA, Film & TV) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Michelle Tesoro '01 (BFA, Film & TV) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Marc Klein '91 (BFA, Film & TV) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Eva Vives '98 (BFA, Film & TV) was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Adam Bhala Lough '01 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Zac Stuart-Pontier '07 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Justin Wilkes '09 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Jen Statsky '08 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Martin Herlihy '19 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Ben Marshall '17 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Jake Nordwind (Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Lauren Sarver Means '04 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Scott Hercman '14 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Chris Ellison '11 (BFA, Film &TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
April Shih '07 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Joel D. Coen '78 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Steve Golin ‘76 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Inbal B. Lessner '02 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Lance Edmands '05 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Camilla Hayman '17 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Joanna Naugle '11 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Sean McIlraith '13 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Ryan McIlraith '16 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Ryan Spears '11 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Declan Mulvey '00 (BFA, Film & TV/Cinema Studies) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Eric Becker '04 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple Primetime Emmy Awards.
Shaun Harkins '81 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Jeff Siegel '06 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Jeremy Tchaban '03 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Daniel D'Lauro '02 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Stephanie Gibbons '89 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Barry London '96 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Jill Paget '99 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Tessa Roehl '06 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Sean McIlraith '13 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Ryan McIlraith '16 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Justin Wilkes '09 (BFA, Film & TV) won multiple 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
Shaun Harkins '81 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Jeff Siegel '06 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Joanna Naugle '11 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Charlie Redd '14 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Creative Arts Emmy Award.
Michael DeLuca '95 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Primetime Emmy Award.
Jen Statsky '08 (BFA, Film & TV) won multiple 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Jeremy Tchaban '03 (BFA, Film & TV) won a 2024 Primetime Emmy Award.
Ian Harnarine (Assistant Arts Professor, Film & TV) was announced as part of Tisch Creative Research's Mega Grants Incubator 2024-2025 cohort.
Ward Kamel ‘20 (BFA, Film & TV) was named one of the recipients of the 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting for If I Die in America.
Billy Crystal '70 (Film & TV/Hon. '16 and Dean’s Council) was awarded a place in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery.
Rachel Morrison '00 (BFA, Photography & Imaging/Film & TV) was featured in TheWrap magazine about her work.
Chandler Crump '22 (BFA, Film & TV) won the “No Drama” grant from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Phillip Braun '17 (BFA, Film & TV) was named on the “2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.”
Anatola Araba '21 (BFA, Film & TV) was named on the “2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List.”
Sean Baker ’98 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for multiple 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Andrew Goldman '07 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Miguel Drake-McLaughlin ’01 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Ronald Bronstein ’96 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Jonathan Krisel ’00 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
Michael De Luca ’95 (BFA, Film & TV) was nominated for a 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award.
