Congratulations to the students, alumni, faculty, and staff who achieved so much and recieved awards and honors during the Spring 2021 semester! Despite unpreceded times, we continued to create. Take a look at everything the Tisch Community has accomplished!
INSTITUTE OF PERFORMING ARTS:
ART & PUBLIC POLICY
Hentyle Yapp, Art & Public Policy Professor, released a new book, Saturation: Race Art, and the Circulation of Value
Dr. Ella Shohat, Art & Public Policy Professor, was nominated and awarded a prestigious Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin)
Grace Aneiza Ali, Art & Public Policy Professor, released a new book entitled Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora
Pato Hebert, Professor of Art & Public Policy, had his photo series featured at the Arts & Culture Research Lab Observatorium in Athens
Asmaa Walton '18 (Art & Public Policy) launched the Black Art Library at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Kathy Engel, Professor of Art & Public Policy, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her recent collection of poems, The Lost Brother Alphabet
DANCE
Kyle Abraham '06 (MFA, Dance) was featured in the New York Times for his play The Runaways
Rohan Bhargava '15 (BFA, Dance), Rebecca Margolick '12 (BFA, Dance), and Aaron Samuel Davis '18 (MFA, Dance) were named three of the twenty-five dancers to watch by Dance Magazine
Pato Hebert, Art & Public Policy Professor was featured in the LA Times for COVID 'Long Hauler' advocay
GRADUATE ACTING
Sterling K. Brown '01 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated for a 2021 SAG Award for This is Us
Aunjanue Ellis '95 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated for a 2021 SAG Award for Lovecraft Country
Grace Porter '19 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the season 2 of the hit Epix TV show, Godfather of Harlem
Daniel Dae Kim '96 (MFA, Graduate Acting) joined the star studded cast of Stowaway
Rainn Wilson ‘89 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the dark comedy fiction podcast series, Dark Air With Terry Carnation
Crystal Lucas-Perry ‘13 (MFA, Graduate Acting) was featured in a recent episode of the hit NBC TV show, Law & Order: SVU
Julia Solomonoff was announced as the incoming chair of the Graduate Film Department
Janet Zarish, Graduate Acting's Interim Chair, received NYU's 2020 - 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award
Arlo Hill '18 (MFA, Graduate Acting) CEO of SecondBody, was featured in Forbes magazine
Camila Moreno ‘19 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the CW pilot, Naomi
Meredith Garretson '17 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in season 2 of Resident Alien on SYFY
Carl Cofield was named Chair of the Graduate Acting department
Larry Maslon, Associate Chair of Graduate Acting, was interviewed by NY1's Frank DiLella
Simone Recasner ‘17 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the upcoming television series, The Big Leap
Nikiya Mathis ‘08 (MFA, Graduate Acting), appeared in Season 4 of the hit tv series Snowfall on FX
Performance Studies
Anh Vo '19 (M.A., Performance Studies) premiered BABYLIFT at the Target Margin Theater
Daniel Sander '20 (Ph.D., Performance Studies) was a Curator-Mentor for Allie/A.L. Rickard's exhibition, Even there, there are stars, at CUE Art Foundation
Gabaccia Moreno '13 (M.A., Performance Studies) was featured in the SHE EXPLORES new mini-series See Us Outside
Ricardo Montez '07 (Ph.D., Performance Studies) published his book, Keith Haring Haring's Line: Race and the Performance of Desire
Cynthia Oliver '03 (PhD, Performance Studies) was selected as a 2021 USA Fellow
Diana Taylor, Performance Studies Professor, launched her new book, ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence
Sol Cabrini '20 (B.A., Performance Studies) premiered her third experimental mixtape, Vivid Image
Ph.D. Candidate Cy Delgado (Performance Studies) was awarded a GSAS Dean's Dissertation Fellowship for her dissertation titled, "Staging the Interstice: Countercartographies of Trans- Performance in Contemporary Mexico City"
Marc Arthur ‘19 (PhD, Performance Studies) published an essay in Theatre Journal, "Nostalgia and Chronicity: Two Temporalities in the Restaging of AIDS"
Tracie Morris '02/'06 (MA/PhD, Performance Studies) was named a Guggenheim Fellow
Rebecca Schneider '90/'96 (MA/PhD, Performance Studies) was named a Guggenheim Fellow
B.A. Candidate Stachy Saint-Gerard (Performance Studies) co-produced the Sativa Sessions
Chaski No '20 (BA, Performance Studies) and Sol Cabrini '20 (BA, Performance Studies) joined Professor Fred Moten in Romi Crawford's new book titled, Fleeting Monuments for the Wall of Respect
André Lepecki, Performance Studies Professor and Chairperson, published his article, "The Dramaturg's Work" on Sound, Stage, Screen
Diana Taylor, Performance Studies Professor, was conferred The Edwin Booth Award from CUNY Grad Center’s Theatre and Performance Department
M.A. Candidate Allen Baylosis (Performance Studies) presented his performance piece Singaw at UCLA’s QGrad: Queer Graduate Conference
Alexandra Vazquez, Performance Studies Associate Professor, was named the 2020/2021 David Payne-Carter award winner
M.A. candidate Allen Baylosis (Performance Studies) was awarded a C.V. Starr A/P/A Student Research/Conference grant to present his paper "‘Sagot’: On Space, Medium, and Aesthetics"
Drama
Bryce Dallas Howard and Nia Farrell (Drama), along with Rachel Friedman, Head of Tisch Drama's Career Development & Alumni Engagement Office, presented at the SXSW EDU Conference and Festival about the Drama department’s collaboration with Nine Muses Entertainment
Molly Beth Thomas '21 (BFA, Drama) was a cast member of CODA, which won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast at the Sundance Film Festival
Chad Beguelin '91 (BFA, Drama)/ '92 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for The Prom
Max Jenkins '07 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for a 2021 SAG Award for Dead to Me
Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Assistant Arts Professor in the Drama Department, was awarded the 2020 Design Achievement Award for her design work in the opera Sweet Land by Live Design magazine
Michael Schaefer '82 (BFA, Drama) and Steven Schneider '02 MA/'04 PhD (Cinema Studies) were nominated for an NAACP Image Award for His House
Tanya Barfield '92 (BFA, Drama) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Mrs. America – “Shirley”
Stacey Amma Osei-Kuffor ‘09 (BFA, Drama) was signed on to write the new Blade reboot for Disney / Marvel—the first black woman to write a Marvel movie
Joshua Bachove '06 (BFA, Drama) won a Golden Globe for Minari
Douglas Urbanski '79 (Drama) was nominated for a PGA Award for Mank
Lady Gaga (Drama) won a Grammy Award for Rain On Me
Lauren Patten (Drama) was the principal soloist on the album, Jagged Little Pill, which won a Grammy Award
Brittany Balbo ‘01 (BFA, Drama) was listed on the 29th Annual Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 list
GRADUATE MUSICAL THEATRE WRITING
Charles Vincent Burwell (Cycle 20, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) and James D. Sasser (Cycle 20, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) received a virtual developmental production of their new musical, Le Comte Noir, by The Manhattan School of Music Musical Theatre Department
Gabrielle Mirabella and Ernie Bird (both Cycle 29, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) featured their new 10-minute musical, RISE, in Theatre Now's annual “Sound Bites 7.0” showcase
Marcus Scott (Cycle 22, Graduate Musical Theatre Writing) was chosen to be a part of the 19th Annual Downtown Urban Arts Festival
Lily Dwoskin (Cycle 26) and Casey O'Neil (Cycle 24) streamed performances of their new musical THE AVIATRIX on Vimeo
Second-year students of Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program collaborated on Village Song with the Rattlesnake Theatre
Michael Cooper (Cycle 13) released the cast album for his new musical MARGUERITE
Emily Chiu (Cycle 26) and Molly Reisman (Cycle 27) had their new musical KEATON AND THE WHALE workshopped at Ghostlight Theatre Camp
Josh Ben-Ami (Cycle 29), James Salem (Cycle 29), Caitlin Thomas (Cycle 31), and Josh Vranas (Cycle 30) were nominated for the Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards in the Musical Theatre Emerging Division
Anna K. Jacobs (Cycle 17) had her work featured in A LITTLE NEW MUSIC
Sara Cooper (Cycle 18), Adjunct Professor in GMTWP, presented part of her new musical, SUNSHINE AND THE GHOST GIRLS, in the 5 New Musicals X 15 Minutes Presentation
Marjorie Duffield (Cycle 10) and Helen Park (Cycle 22) wrote the songs for the film, Over The Moon, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award
Current students Clare Bierman & Erika Ji (both Cycle 30) and alums Zonia Tsang (Cycle 25) and Erin Reifler (Cycle 28) were selected as finalists for the 2021 NMI New Voices Project
Bomi Lee (Cycle 18) released her new album, Famous, on Apple Music
Ben Bonnema & Arianna Rose (both Cycle 21) had their new musical LOST GIRL presented in the 2021 JETFEST
Becca Blackmore, Dan Marshall, and Julian Blackmore (all Cycle 19) presented their new musical QUIZ BOWL virtually with NYFA
Paulo K Tiról (GMTW) had his work featured in New York Theatre Barn's New Work Series
Samatha Chanse (Cycle 23) was commissioned to write a new monologue by the National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO)
Ryan Scott Oliver (Cycle 16) released an album of his popular song cycle, 35 MM IN FOCUS: A MUSICAL EXHIBITION
EllaRose Chary and Brandon James Gwinn (both Cycle 19) were the recipients of the coveted Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre
Students Vaibu Mohan and Raiah Rofsky (both Cycle 31) presented their song cycle NAYIKA at the Festival of New American Theatre
Students Eliza Randall and Samuel Norman (Cycle 30), had the virtual premiere of their 20-minute musical adaptation of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, produced by HARP Theatricals
Sebastian Fabál (Cycle 18) was named the new Executive Director of the Underscore Theatre Company
Michael R. Jackson (Cycle 14) was named one of the recipients of this year's coveted Windham-Campbell Prize for Drama
Lauren Taslitz & Danny Ursetti (both Cycle 26) had their new musical MIMOSA featured as part of New York Theatre Barn's virtual New Work Series
Joe Iconis (Cycle 14) streamed a performance of his songs
Angelica Chéri (Cycle 24) streamed her new play BERTA, BERTA at Everyman Theatre
Deborah Wicks LaPuma (Cycle 5) released the cast album of her new musical DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!
Brandy Hoang Collier & Sean Eads (both Cycle 29) streamed their new musical BLAZING NEW WORLD at the University of the Arts
Daniel Messé (Cycle 5) and Nathan Tysen (Cycle 10) opened their new musical, AMELIE, at London's West End
Joe Iconis (Cycle 14) opened BE MORE CHILL at London's Shaftesbury Theatre
Fred Carl (Cycle 4) and Robert Lee (Cycle 6), both full-time faculty members of GMTW, joined an online conversation with Mercury Musical Developments and Musical Theatre Network
Timothy Huang (Cycle 11), EllaRose Chary (Cycle 19), Ty Defoe, Marcus Scott, Claire Tran (all Cycle 22), AriDy Nox (Cycle 27), and Andi Lee Carter (Cycle 28) had their work presented as a part of Prospect Theater Company's TREE TALES, an interactive, outdoor arts experience
OPEN ARTS/COLLABORATIVE ARTS
Rogelio Martinez, Open Arts Instructor, was nominated (with six other playwrights) for a 2021 Drama League Award for Miami New Drama's 7 Deadly Sins
Donna Cameron, Open Arts Instructor, published a new book, The Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities
Gustavo Aguilar, Collaborative Arts & Open Arts Assistant Arts Professor, and Gaelyn Aguilar worked together as TUG
DESIGN FOR STAGE & FILM
Alan Muraoka '83 (MFA, Design) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
Stuart Wurtzel, Design for Stage and Film Faculty Member, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 25th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards
INSTITUTE OF EMERGING MEDIA:
ITP/IMA
Katherine Dillon, ITP Faculty Member, published "How Data Designers Helped Us Make Sense of 2020's Chaos" in Fast Company
The ITP/IMA/IMA Low Res Winter Show 2020 archive was made available online
Jason Krugman (MPS, ITP) won a LIT Lighting Design Award for his project, Capella Basket
Ari Melenciano, Adjunct Professor in ITP, created an illustration for the New York Times, which was honored as one of the most memorable illustrations of 2020
Molmol Kuo (ITP) and former ITP Adjunct Professor, Zach Lieberman, were featured in the #DefyLogic ad campaign by Logitech, for their project YesYesNo
Yang Wang and Zhenzhen Qi (ITP) showcased their simulation artwork ThingThingThing at the World On A Wire exhibition at the New Museum
Graduate students Yiru Lu, Enrique Garcia Alcala, and Li Shu (ITP), had their work included in the Digital Arts Festival hosted by YUZ Museum
Yuliya Parshina-Kottas (ITP) was profiled by The New York Times for her project about climate change
Current student Storm Willow (IMA) had her work is featured on the South African website The Citizen
CHiKA (ITP) displayed her virtual sculptures around Manhattan
Cy X (ITP) won the prestigious HearSay Audio Arts Festival for their audio piece, XOXO LEX
Stephanie Misa won the Art Foundation Merita’s Award
Current student Ahmed Mostafa (ITP) exhibited a new art project at the Cairotronica Festival for new media arts
NYU GAME CENTER
Matt Parker, NYU Game Center Professor, was awarded the 2020 Mega Grant
Eric Zimmerman, NYU Game Center Professor, was awarded the 2020 Mega Grant
CLIVE DAVIS INSTITUTE OF RECORDED MUSIC
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Faculty Member in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, won the Audience Award: U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival for Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Topaz Jones '15 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute), Simon Davis '15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Jason Sondock '15 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won The Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction at the Sundance Film Festival for the film, Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Faculty Member in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Soul
Robert Glasper, Adjunct Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, was a songwriter on the album, Better Than I Imagine, which won a Grammy Award
Cole M.G.N (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) produced the Grammy Award winning album Hyperspace
Andrew Watt (Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) won the Grammy for Producer of the Year
Alan Silverman, Adjunct Professor in the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, mastered three artists who were nominated for Grammy Awards
Topaz Jones '15 (BFA, Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) won a SXSW Film Award for Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma
PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING
Jeffrey Henson Scales, Photography & Imaging Faculty Member, was interviewed by ABC 7 on the NY Times Year In Pictures, which he curates annually
Carlos Hernandez, Photography & Imaging Sophomore, was a featured artist in NYU's Spring Welcome Event hosted by CMEP
Dr. Deborah Willis, Chair of Photography & Imaging, published a new book, The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship
Rian Dundon (Photography & Imaging) photographed the Summer 2020 protests in Portland, Oregon, which were featured in The Washington Post
Joseph Rodriguez, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Photography & Imaging, opened a new online gallery exhibition of his LAPD: 1994 project with the Bronx Documentary Center
Senior Ayesha Kazim (Photography & Imaging) was named one of “10 Black Female Photographers to Watch in 2021” by the Photographic Museum of Humanity
Student Ashley Pena (Photography & Imaging) had her work featured in Apple’s HomeTown series, which celebrates Black History Month
Gabrielle Lurie (Photography & Imaging) was selected as Local Photographer of the Year Pictures of the Year International
Editha Mesina, Photography & Imaging Professor, received a NYC Mayoral Certificate for her work with New York City’s homeless
Alice Proujansky '02 (BFA, Photography & Imaging) published a photo essay "Why Black Women Are Rejecting Hospitals in Search of Better Births"
Lorie Novak, Photography & Imaging Professor, was featured in Vogue Italia
Elliott Brown Jr. (Photography & Imaging) was featured in the New York Times
Chang W. Lee (Photography & Imaging) had a photo published in The New York Times on how Asian and Asian-American photographers visualize "love in a time of hate"
Dr. Deborah Willis, Chair of Photography & Imaging, was featured in the New York Times for showcasing her work in the outdoor exhibition, Staying Power
Dr. Deborah Willis, Chair of Photography & Imaging, was elected to the Academy of Arts & Sciences
Lili Kobielski and Olivia Horner (Photography & Imaging) were featured in Vogue
Dr. Deborah Willis, Chair of Photography & Imaging, was featured in A Global History of Women Photographers
Paul Mpagi Sepuya (Photography & Imaging) was honored at The Center for Photography at Woodstock Affinity Awards
Rindon Johnson (Photography & Imaging) opened his first solo museum exhibition, Law of Large Numbers: Our Bodies
Hank Willis Thomas’ (Photography & Imaging) sculpture, Unity, was featured on the cover of NYU Alumni Magazine
Shina Peng '21 (Photography & Imaging) photographed the band Chai for the New York Times
MAURICE KANBAR INSTITUTE OF FILM & TELEVISION:
GRADUATE FILM
Rezwan Shahriar Sumit (MFA, Graduate Film) was nominated for the prestigious Ingmar Bergman Award at the 44th Göteborg Film Festival for the film, The Salt in Our Waters
Omar Zúñiga (MFA, Graduate Film) released The Strong Ones on DVD
Omar Zúñiga’s (MFA, Graduate Film) debut film, The Strong Ones, was reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter
Chloé Zhao (MFA, Graduate Film) and Mollye Asher ‘99 (BFA, Drama)/‘14 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won Best Feature at the 2020 Gotham Awards for the film, Nomadland
Cris Gris, Sontenish Myers, Tony Koros, and Alyssa Loh (MFA, Graduate Acting) were announced as 2021 Screenwriter Lab Fellows by the Sundance Institute
Mamadou Dia (MFA, Graduate Film) sat down with The Wrap to speak on his critically-acclaimed feature film, Nafi’s Father
Chloe Zhao was the first woman in history to receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Director of the Year
Kasi Lemmons, Graduate Film Professor, was recruited by ABC to serve as a director on their new anthology series, Women of the Movement
Spike Lee’s, Graduate Film Professor, Da 5 Bloodz was named 2020’s Best Film by The National Board of Review
Chloe Zhao’s (Graduate Film) Nomadland was named her film a Top Film of 2020 by The National Board of Review
Chloe Zhao’s (Graduate Film) Nomadland received Film Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Female lead
Elegance Bratton’s (Graduate Film) was nominated for the Truer Than Fiction Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards for Pier Kids
Chloe Zhao (MFA, Graduate Film) was the first woman in history to receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Director of the Year
Maria Altamirano (MFA, Graduate Film) was named a fellow for the 2021 installment of the highly competitive Rotterdam Lab
Blerta Basholli’s (Graduate Film) Hive won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic, and the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival
Zamarin Wahdat’s (Graduate Film) thesis film, Bambirak, won the Short Film Jury Award for International Fiction at the Sundance Film Festival
Alexis Gambis’s (Graduate Film) Son of Monarchs, won the Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at the Sundance Film Festival
Gregory Barnes '22 (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won the Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction at the Sundance Film Festival for The Touch of the Master's Hand
Peter Mavromates '84 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) and Douglas Urbanski '79 (Drama) were nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Mank
Chloé Zhao (Graduate Film) and Mollye Asher '99 (BFA, Drama)/ '14 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) were nominated for multiple Golden Globe Awards for Nomadland
Misha Green '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Lovecraft Country
Chloé Zhao’s (Graduate Film) Nomadland received five nominations at the London Critics’ Circle Awards, including Director of the Year, Screenwriter of the Year, and Film of the Year, Technical Achievement, and Actress of the Year for Frances McDormand’s performance
Professor Spike Lee’s film, Da 5 Bloods, received an Actor of the Year nomination for Delroy Lindo’s performance, and a Supporting Actor of the Year nomination for the late Chadwick Boseman at the London Critics’ Circle Awards
Cathy Yan (Graduate Film) was enlisted to write and direct the sci-fi love story The Freshening
Karishma Dev Dube (Graduate Film) won Best Asian American Student Filmmaker in the East Region for her film Bittu
Ramzi Bashour (Graduate Film) won the Special Jury Prize at the 2021 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival for the film The Trees
Karishma Dev Dube '19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won the Best Asian American Student Filmmakers award at the DGA Student Film Award for the film East Region
Seith Mann '02 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for #FreeRayshawn
Spike Lee, Professor of Graduate Film, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Da 5 Bloods
Steve McQueen (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Small Axe – “Mangrove”
Christine Swanson '00 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Karishma Dev Dube’s (MFA, Graduate Film) film, Bittu, was an Oscar shortlist
Max Walker-Silverman (Graduate Film) screened Chuj Boys of Summer at SXSW
Haley Elizabeth Anderson (Graduate Film) screened Summer Animals at SXSW
Michael D. Ratner (Graduate Film) screened Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil at SXSW
Darius Clark Monroe '10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was selected as a 2021 USA Fellow
Spike Lee, Professor of Graduate Film, was named Filmmaker Of The Year by The American Cinema Editors
Mollye Asher, Steve McQueen, Garrett Bradley and Gus Van Sant (Graduate Film) were honored at The Cinema Unbound Awards
Sara Colangelo’s (MFA, Graduate Film) film, Worth, was acquired by Netflix and Higher Ground (Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company)
Hind Shoufani (Graduate Film) co-wrote The Present, which was an official 93rd annual Oscar Shortlist
Ang Lee (Graduate Film) was awarded France's highest order of merit: the Legion of Honour
Reinaldo Marcus Green (Graduate Film) was enlisted to direct Paramount’s Bob Marley biopic
KEFF’S (Graduate Film) Taipei Suicide Story received both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Narrative Features, and the Best Actor prize
Elegance Bratton (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won a Spirit Award for his film, Pier Kids
Chloé Zhao’s (MFA, Graduate Film) Nomadland won multiple awards at the 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards
Shaka King’s (Graduate Film) Judas and the Black Messiah won Daniel Kaluuya the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards
Ria Tobaccowala's (MFA, Graduate Film) short film, SHADOWS, landed a distribution deal with HBO
Haley Elizabeth Anderson (Graduate Film) won the Special Jury Prize in the Texas Shorts category at SXSW 2021 for Summer Animals
Max Walker-Silverman (Graduate Film) won a Special Jury Award at SXSW 2021 for Chuj Boys of Summer
Joshua James Richards (MFA, Graduate Acting) was nominated by The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) for his cinematography in Nomadland
Dee Rees’ (MFA, Graduate Film) Pariah was the first film by a queer woman of color on the Criterion Collection
Chloé Zhao’s (MFA, Graduate Film) and Mollye Asher ‘99 (BFA, Drama)/’14 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) were nominated for multiple BAFTA Awards Nomadland
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was nominated for a DGA Award and a PGA Award for Nomadland
Spike Lee, Graduate Film Professor, was nominated for a DGA Award for David Byrne’s American Utopia
Nisha Ganatra ’99 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was nominated for a DGA Award for #wombstories, Bodyform/Libresse
Shaka King ‘13 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was nominated for a PGA Award for Judas and the Black Messiah
Chloé Zhao’s (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) film, Nomadland, was nominated for multiple Academy Awards
Shaka King’s '13 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) film, Judas and the Black Messiah, was nominated for multiple Academy Awards
Mark Ricker '95 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was nominated for an Academy Award for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Spike Lee, Graduate Film Professor, was named the President of the Jury of the 74th Edition of Festival de Cannes
Haley Elizabeth Anderson '19 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won a SXSW Award for Summer Animals
Max Walker-Silverman '20 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won a SXSW Award for Chuj Boys of Summer
Emily Kunstler '00 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won a SXSW Award for Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
Chloé Zhao’s (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) film, Nomadland, won three BAFTA Awards
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won a DGA and PGA Award
Shaka King (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was awarded the Sun Valley Film Festival Pioneer Award
Josef Kubota Wladyka, Lin Que Ayoung, Stephanie Bollag, and Aisha Ford (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) had their films featured at the Tribeca Film Festival
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won multiple Spirit Awards for her film, Nomadland
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards for Nomadland
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won multiple Golden Globe Awards for Nomadland
Chloé Zhao (Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) was listed on the 29th Annual Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 list
Danny Pino ‘20 (MFA, Graduate Acting) starred in the big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen
Cris Gris, Tony Koros and Sontenish Myers (MFA, Graduate Film) were selected as 2021 Sundance Institute Directors Lab Fellows
Thesis students Mélanie Akoka, Eve Liu and Jorge Sistos (Graduate Film) were awarded the Black Family Prize for Thesis Short Films
Terrance Daye and Jess dela Merced (Graduate Film) were named Sundance Institute Episodic Lab fellows
UNDERGRADUATE FILM & TELEVISION
Damon Lindelof ‘85 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Nicole Kassell ‘02 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) won Breakthrough Series (Over 40 Minutes) at the 2020 Gotham Awards for Watchmen
Sam Pollard, Professor in the department of Undergraduate Film & Television, was highlighted in the New York Times for his film, MLK/FBI
Anatola Araba (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won a Creative Media Award from Mozilla for her film project, Afro Algorithms
Jack Wedge’s (Undergraduate Film & Television) short, GOODBYE MOMMY, was the "Short Pick of the Day" on the website Cartoon Brew
Parker Hill '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Isabel Bethencourt ‘16 (GAL) won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Sundance Film Festival for the film, Cusp
Cary Anderson '89 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Joseph P. Reidy '76 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and James Rodenhouse '14 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for a Golden Globe Award for The Trial of the Chicago 7
Justin Wilkes '99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Hamilton
Andy Samberg '00 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Palm Springs
Andrew Fleming '85 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Emily in Paris
Steve McQueen (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Small Axe
Matthew Tinker '09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for The Undoing
Natalie Jasmine Harris '20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won the Best African American Student Filmmakers award DGA Student Film Awards for the film, East Region
Alison McDonald '93 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for #blackAF
Melina Matsoukas '03 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV), Laura Kittrell '08 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Jason Lew '03 (BFA, Drama) were nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Insecure
Ayesha Rokadia '04 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for The Last O.G.
Ekwa Msangi '02 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Danielle Massie '16 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Farewell Amor
Chris Columbus '80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Scoob!
Alejandra Parody '15 (BFA Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Gets Good Light
Sam Pollard, Professor in the Kanbar Institute of Film & TV, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Mr. Soul!
Alexandra Johnes '99 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for On the Record
Christopher Scott Cherot '93 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Black Love
Misha Green '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film &TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Lovecraft Country – “Jig-a-Bobo”
Keith McQuirter '01 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
Sam Pollard, Professor in the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (Ep. 1 & 2)
Freshman student Allan Rodriguez, (UGFTV) won the National Student Production Award, Best Short Film Fiction, High School Emmy, for his film, Somnum
Catherine (Cat) Min's ‘09 (BFA, UGFTV) book, Shy Willow, was highlighted in the New York Times
Student David Huang’s (UGFTV) documentary, Re-Opening, was acquired by the the Asian American Documentary Network
Students Trent Simonian (UGFTV) & Jack Byrne’s (Gallatin) one-minute Instagram show, Sidetalk, was featured in New York Magazine
Elizabeth Lo (UGFTV) released her first feature-length documentary, Stray
Satchel Lee '17 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Jackson Lee '20 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were named the 2021 Golden Globe Ambassadors
Enid Zentelis, UGFTV Professor, was interviewed by NY1
John Gutierrez’s (UGFTV) film, Sons of the Sea, premiered at The Cinequest Film Festival
Amy Tiong '18 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was interviewed by Elite Daily and featured on Bustle's YouTube for her short film, Bitter Sweet
Alan Baumgarten ‘80 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a BAFTA Award for The Trial of the Chicago 7
Joseph P. Reidy ‘76 (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a DGA Award for The Trial of the Chicago 7
James Price ‘96 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a DGA Award for The Forty-Year-Old Version
Vince Gilligan ‘89 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a DGA Award for Better Call Saul, “Bagman”
Ian Foster Woolf ‘80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a DGA Award for Bridgerton, “Diamond of the First Water”
Larissa Bills ‘92 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a DGA Award for On Pointe, “Showtime!”
Melina Matsoukas ‘03 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for a DGA Award for You Love Me, Beats by Dr. Dre
Marika Sawyer ‘05 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Scott Rudin, Dean’s Council, were nominated for a PGA Award for What We Do in the Shadows
Alan Baumgarten '80 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Academy Award for The Trial of the Chicago 7
Sofia Sondervan '95 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was nominated for an Academy Award for The Letter Room
Shal Ngo '08 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won a SXSW Film Award for The Box
Ivaylo Getov '10 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won a SXSW Award for Soy Cubana
Melina Matsoukas ‘03 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) won a DGA Award
Gerald Orzikh (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) interviewed creators for ArtStation
Ifeyinwa Arinze, Justice Jamal Jones, Paula J. Leon, Jiaxin Ying, Aisha Ford, and Yiwen Huang (Undergraduate Film & TV) won FOCUS Awards
Johanna Xue and Lynn Fong (Undergraduate Film & TV) won the Protovin Award for their works
Mulan Fu (Undergraduate Film & TV) won 1st prize at the First Run Film Festival
Kea Lia Pedersen won the Achievement in Animation at the First Run Film Festival
Mulan Fu, Anna Wang, and Charlene Xu (Undergraduate Film & TV) were all finalists at the Fusion Film Festival
Misha Green ‘06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was listed on the 29th Annual Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 list
Sharon Jackson ‘90 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) was listed on the 29th Annual Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 list
Sue Zizza, Professor in the department of Undergraduate Film & Television, won the Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio Theatre for 2021
CINEMA STUDIES
Nina Krstic '08 (MA, Cinema Studies) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for The Last Dance
The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program was awarded a $341,806 grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
David Jesteadt '07 (BA, Cinema Studies) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Wolfwalkers
Cinema Studies received $250,000 IMLS Grant to train digital privacy advocates; new training programs, teen privacy, medical privacy and disinformation resources
DRAMATIC WRITING
Daniel Goldfarb, Dramatic Writing Faculty Member, had his pilot, Julia, acquired by HBO Max
Steve Yockey '08 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for The Flight Attendant
David West Read '10 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Schitt's Creek
Bill Wrubel '93 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Ted Lasso
Paul Kolsby '91 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Ozark
Tochi Onyebuchi '12 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Riot Baby
Tyler Boehm '05 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) and Susan Kirr '96 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) were nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Emperor
Kevin Willmott (Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for The 24th
Rajiv Joseph '04 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Little America – “The Manager”
George C. Wolfe '84 (MFA, Dramatic Writing), Tisch Dean’s Council Member, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ian James, Professor of Dramatic Writing, debuted his new book, A GUN IS NOT FUN
Graduate student Alicia Louzoun-Heisler (Dramatic Writing) won the 2021 Goldberg Play Prize for her work, Bashert
David West Read '10 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) won a Golden Globe for Schitt's Creek
Joseph Vinciguerra was named Chair of the Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
Sean Galvin ‘08 (BFA, Dramatic Writing) won a DGA Award for Full Bloom, “Petal to the Metal”
Steve Yockey ‘08 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a PGA Award for The Flight Attendant
David West Read ‘10 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a PGA Award for Schitt’s Creek
Bill Wrubel ‘93 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) was nominated for a PGA Award for Ted Lasso
David West Read ‘10 (MFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) won a DGA Award
Rinne Groff, Dramatic Writing Faculty Member, premiered the play, The Woman's Party
Suzan-Lori Parks, Professor in the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, was elected to the Academy of Arts & Sciences