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Anna Garcia Wins Best of Festival Award at Lightworks
Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers Acquires New Collection
Film Studies Field Librarian Phil Hallman Shares UM Library's Newly Acquired Altman Awards
Tastemaker International: Ira Deutchman and the Art & Business of Independent Cinema
Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers Acquires Filmmaker Jonathan Demme's Personal Archive
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UM Midnight Book Club Improv Comedy Wins Chicago Open Regional of College Improv Tournament
FTVM 403 Sketch Comedy Show: Ralph Live!
Disney Animator Matthias Lechner Visits U-M
TV Producer Shaw Brown Fulfills Michigan Oath Taken in 1995
FTVM Undergrads Receive Multiple Hopwood Honors This Year
FTVM Student Film GOOD COMPANY Wins Production Award
Recent Graduate Kristen Batko Continues to Reap Awards for Her Work
FTVM 423 Film THE DEJECTS Wins Multiple Awards
FTVM Welcomes New Majors and GMS Minors
Animator and UM Alum David Knott Visits Campus
FTVM Honors Films to Screen At Michigan Theater
FTVM Undergrads Win Multiple Hopwoods This Year
Lightworks Winter 2017 - A Huge Success
FTVM Junior Maxim Vinogradov's Play to Premiere in Detroit
FTVM 423 Students Screen Films at TCFF
FTVM 236 Audiovisual Festival Celebrates Student Work
FTVM 304: Media Off the Wall Holds Final Showcase of Original Work
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THE BIG HOUSE (FTVM 401, Fall 2016) Makes World Premiere in Berlin
Matthew Solomon and Vincent Longo's UROP Students Win Blue Ribbon of Excellence Award
FTVM 401's THE BIG HOUSE Featured in FILM THREAT
FTVM 423 Students Screen Films at Traverse City Film Festival
SAC 404 Production for Voter Engagement Releases First PSA
SAC 404 Releases Second PSA to Get Out the Vote on November 6!
FTVM End-of-Term Events In Review
FTVM Undergrads Win Multiple Hopwoods
Lightworks Festival Winter 2019
Lightworks Festival Winners Fall 2019
FTVM 150 Audiovisual Essay Festival Showcases Student Talent
John H. and Patricia W. Mitchell Scholarship NOW OPEN to Returning FTVM Majors and GMS Minors
FTVM 150 Students Utilize New Technology and Exercise Collaborative Learning
Terri Sarris' Production Students Creatively Shift Gears in Response to the Pandemic
FTVM 404 Creates Second PSA Urging Students to Get Out and Vote!
Meet the 2020-2021 Mitchell Scholars
Join Us for a Virtual Tour of the FTVM Production Studios!
Fall 2020 Lightworks Festival Goes Virtual!
New WOLV TV Show Calls for Submissions
I AM FTVM Declaration Event
FTVM Partners with Detroit Free Press's Freep Film Festival
Lightworks 2021 Films and Award Winners Available Now!
2020-21 Mitchell Scholar Cohort Creates New Program Video!
FTVM Major Caleb Phillip James Wins Two Freep Film Festival Awards in the Real Fresh Documentary Competition
Thank you, Kemp Powers!
TV Writer Janet Leahy Engages with FTVM Mitchell Scholars About Working in the Industry
FTVM 403 Sketch Show Premieres at State Theater!
FTVM Congratulates the Winter 2023 FTVM 150 Audiovisual Essay Festival Winners!
FTVM 423 Screens at Frankfort48 Film Fest June 15th!
WOLV TV Members Attend MAB Great Lakes Broadcast and Sports Media Academy
Graduate News
Doctoral Candidate Benjamin Strassfeld Selected for Sweetland Dissertation Writing Institute
FTVM Grad Student Richard Mwakasege-Minaya Awarded Fellowship
FTVM Grad Students to Present Papers at Console-ing Passions Conference
Doctoral Candidate Ben Strassfeld Receives Institute for Humanities Fellowship for 2016-17
Doctoral Student Joseph DeLeon Stewards for Detroit City Study
FTVM Alum Matt Stinson and Lecturer Oliver Thornton Receive Emmy at 38th Regional Emmy Awards
Doctoral Candidate Josh Morrison Travels to Tucson
PhD Candidate Josh Morrison Receives Honors
PhD Student Vincent Longo Selected for Outstanding UROP Mentor Award
Interdisciplinary Heart of Darkness Cube Highlighted at Hail to the Cube Symposium by Michigan Daily
PhD Candidate Josh Morrison Publishes Article in Somatechnics
Vincent Longo Participates in Audiovisual Essay Conference in Australia
Joseph DeLeon Participates in American Studies Association Conference in Atlanta
FTVM Grad Students James Elrod and Kayti Lausch Participate in Flow Conference
Doctoral Candidate Vincent Longo Participates in the 2018 DOMITOR Graduate Workshop
Doctoral Candidate Joseph DeLeon Presents Paper at Conference in Sydney, Australia
PhD Student James Elrod Reviews Himberg's THE NEW GAY FOR PAY
Doctoral Candidate Joseph DeLeon Receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship for 2019-20
Doctoral Candidate Vincent Longo Publishes Article in JCMS TEACHING DOSSIER
PhD Student James Elrod Publishes Article in Participations
PhD Candidate Kayti Lausch Publishes Article in Television and New Media
PhD Candidate Vincent Longo Awarded Research Fellowship from Harry Ransom Center
Doctoral Candidate Vincent Longo Publishes Featured Article in Moving Image
Kayti Lausch, PhD, Appears on ACA-Media Podcast
PhD Candidate Vincent Longo Publishes Essay in THE OTHER HOLLYWOOD RENAISSANCE
PhD Student Joshua Schulze Publishes Article in CineAction
Professor Rielle Navitsky (University of Georgia) Leads Professionalization Workshop for FTVM Graduate Students
PhD Candidate Vincent Longo Awarded Inaugural Rackham Intern Fellowship
PhD Student Tanite Chawan Concludes FTVM 2021 Grad Talks
PhD Candidate Sean Donovan Wins 2021 SCMS Holmlund Graduate Student Writing Prize
PhD Student Amber Hardiman Contributes to U-M Press Podcast about Open Access and Building Structural Equity
PhD Student Briand Gentry Participates in "125th Anniversary -- Edison's Vitascope" Program at Columbia
Doctoral Candidate Joshua Schulze Publishes Chapter in THE CINEMA OF JAMES WAN: CRITICAL ESSAYS
PhD Candidate Joshua Schulze Publishes Article in Imago. Studi di cinema e media
James Elrod Receives Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship for 2022-23
Faculty News
Professor Yeidy Rivero Wins Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award of 2016
FTVM Director of Screenwriting Jim Burnstein Featured in Deadline.com
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Gives Talk at King's College London
Professor Markus Nornes Travels to Stanford and Singapore
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Delivers Keynote
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Gives Méliès Lecture at the Smithsonian
Professor Johannes von Moltke Co-organizes Kracauer Conference in Vienna
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Wins Outstanding Academic Title Award
Oliver Thornton Writes and Produces J.P. McCarthy Documentary in Collaboration with FTVM Alum Matthew Stinson
Senior Lecturer And Associate Chair Terri Sarris Wins Award at 54th Ann Arbor Film Festival
FTVM Heads to Atlanta for Society of Cinema and Media Studies Conference March 30 - April 3
Assistant Professor Colin Gunckel Presents Paper at Conference in Chicago
Director of Screenwriting Jim Burnstein Quoted in CONCENTRATE
David Marek's Film SOMEWHERE WEST to Premiere April 26
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Gives Talk at Yale's "Terror on Tape" Symposium
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Publishes New Articles on Méliès
Terri Sarris Invited to Join Bentley Group of Fellows
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Curates Multimedia Exhibit
Johannes von Moltke Publishes New Book on Kracauer
David Marek Wraps Up Production on New Documentary
Associate Professor Giorgio Bertellini Gives Keynote at Oxford University
Professor Markus Nornes Publishes Article in Sight & Sound
Oliver Thornton's New Documentary Premieres at Emagine Rochester
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Receives Recognition from Huffington Post
Thornton's "An Uncommon Education- Celebrating 200 Years of the U-M" Airs Episode 4
Professors Yeidy Rivero and Amanda Lotz Publish Essays in Television Antiheroines
FTVM Faculty Contribute to AAFF
Oliver Thornton's New Documentary to Air This Month
Oliver Thornton's Latest Documentary "A New Day in Detroit" to Air After Tigers Games
Oliver Thornton and FTVM Alum Matthew Stinson ('10) Lauded for Work
Matthew Solomon, Vincent Longo, and Philip Hallman Contribute to Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier
Professor Caryl Flinn Publishes Article in Routledge Companion to Screen Music and Sound
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Publishes Essay in Cosmopolitan Film Cultures in Latin America, 1896-1960
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Appears in French Documentary about the History of the VHS
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Quoted in PRI about International Remakes
David Marek Attends Global Peace Exchange in Sweden
Director of Screenwriting Jim Burnstein Introduces His Film Before the First U-M Home Football Game
David Marek's New Feature Film to Premiere this Month
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Receives Jean Mitry Award in Podenone, Italy
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Travels to Mexico to Assist with Recovery Efforts of Cinema Archive
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon and PhD Student Vincent Longo Present Talk at University of Chicago
Professor Caryl Flinn Presents Talk at Case Western Reserve University Symposium
Thomas Delapa Reviews Film Criticism in the Digital Age for the Journal of Film and Video
David Marek's Thaw of the Dead Screens at Traverse City Zombie Run
Director of Screenwriting Jim Burnstein Visits Columbus as a Guest Artist in the Leventhal Artists Program
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Publishes Essay for Catalog of Exhibition in L.A.
Dawn Hollison's Media Off the Wall Presents Works by Avant-Garde Cinema Artists
Associate Professor Giorgio Bertellini's Monograph on Emir Kusturica Recently Released in Romanian
Professor Johannes von Moltke's CURIOUS HUMANIST Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Publishes New Book
FTVM Faculty Participate in Ann Arbor Film Festival This Month
Matthew Solomon and Vincent Longo Contribute Chapters to New Work on Welles
The Ann Arbor Film Festival and FTVM - A Review!
FTVM Students Claim Multiple Hopwoods!
David Marek's THAW OF THE DEAD Nominated for Multiple Eclipse Awards
Fanucchi, Lausch, and Hennessy Receive Fellowships
Oliver Thornton Takes Home Two Emmys Out of Five Nominations
Professor Markus Nornes Travels to China
Postdoctoral Fellow Mihaela Mihailova Contributes to Two Books on Animation Studies
Professor Caryl Flinn Publishes New Essay on Werner Schroeter
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Publishes Essay for Art Exhibition in L.A.
Professor Giorgio Bertellini Gives Talk at Berkeley about New Monograph
Professor Giorgio Bertelllini Publishes THE DIVO AND THE DUCE
Professor Johannes von Moltke Co-Edits Volume of Essays on Siegfried Kracauer
Professor Matthew Solomon Contributes Chapter to MACHINES. MAGIE. MEDIAS.
RADICAL OBSERVATION: The Films of Kazuhiro Soda
Oliver Thornton's New Documentary to Premiere February 28, 2019
Professor Giorgio Bertellini Grants Interview to Italian Daily Newspaper about THE DIVO AND THE DUCE
Vincent Longo and Matthew Solomon Participate in Round Table about Video Essay Pedagogy
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Previews New Project About Gabriel Navarro in FILM COMMENT
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Co-Edits and Contributes Essay to to CINEMA BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND LOS ANGELES
Professor Markus Nornes Publishes "Filmless Festivals and Dragon Seals: Independent Cinema in China" in FILM QUARTERLY
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Publishes New Essay in The Routledge Companion to New Cinema History
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Contributes Essay to PRESENCES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN THE EARLY YEARS OF CINEMA, 1895-1920
Assistant Professor Swapnil Rai Publishes Article in Communication, Culture, & Critique
Postdoctoral Fellow Mihaela Mihailova Publishes New Work
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon and PhD Candidate Vincent Longo Publish Essays in SCREEN
LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellow Melissa Phruksachart Publishes Essay in FEMINIST TEACHER
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Interviewed on NPR's Marketplace
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Publishes Essay in FILM HISTORY
FTVM Faculty Oliver Thornton's Documentary ORCHESTRA HALL Premieres on DPTV
FTVM Department Chair and Professor Yeidy Rivero Receives Faculty Recognition Award
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Co-Edits POINT OF SALE: ANALYZING MEDIA RETAIL
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Edits Dossier in STUDIES IN SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMAS
FTVM Outreach: Faculty Ride CEO's Wolverine Express to Jackson High and Cesar Chavez Academy
Professor Giorgio Bertellini Spends Sabbatical in Italy
Oliver Thornton's New Documentary to Premiere on DPTV This Month
The Audiovisual Lexicon for Media Analysis - Now Available Online
Mihaela Mihailova Posts Blog on Animation and Contagion
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Wins 2019-2020 LSA Michigan Humanities Award
Melissa Phruksachart Publishes Article in Film Quarterly
Assistant Professor Swapnil Rai Publishes Article in Feminist Media Studies
Professor Yeidy Rivero Publishes Essay in International Journal of Communication
Christopher McNamara Awarded Chrysalis Fellowship
Johannes von Moltke Publishes New Article on the Normalization of the "Alt-Right" on New Media
Veerendra Prasad Receives Institute of Humanities Summer Fellowship
Colin Gunckel's LA RAZA Wins Gold Medal in the 2020 Independent Book Awards
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Contributes Chapter in Screening Race in American Nontheatrical Film
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Edits Dossier in Studies in Spanish and Latin American Cinemas
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Co-Curates Programs for the Pordenone Silent Film Festival
Matthew Solomon Co-edits and Contributes to Early Popular Visual Culture
Matthew Solomon Publishes Essay about Segundo de Chomón
Matthew Solomon Honors the Late Madame Méliès with Written Tribute
Matthew Solomon, Vincent Longo, and Shawn Jackson Create Unique Video Dictionary Repository for Students
Swapnil Rai Participates on Panel for "Women of Wisdom"
FTVM Production Faculty Oliver Thornton Nominated for Three Emmys in the 42nd Annual Michigan Emmy Awards
Assistant Professor Swapnil Rai Judges Trinity Film Festival
Oliver Thornton Writes and Produces "Celebrating American Ingenuity"
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Quoted on Marketplace Morning Report
Assistant Professor Yvette Granata Contributes New Work to "The Suspension of Litanies" Exhibition
Professor Giorgio Bertellini Reaps Accolades for THE DIVO AND THE DUCE and Reviews THE PERFECT FASCIST
Gift Establishes Fellowship to Honor Professor Cohen's Lasting Impact on Students
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Reaps Accolades for LA RAZA
Assistant Professor Melissa Phruksachart Reviews PBS Series Asian Americans
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Shares Knowledge of Georges Méliès
Assistant Professor Melissa Phruksachart Appears on SCMS's Podcast "Talking Television in a Time of Crisis"
Department Chair Yeidy M. Rivero Receives Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award
Professor Johannes von Moltke Gives Presidential Address at German Studies Association's Annual Conference
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Contributes Expertise on Houdini
Professor Jim Burnstein Mentioned in NEW YORK TIMES
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Publishes "Capturing Movimientos" in Aperture
Assistant Professor Swapnil Rai Contributes to Article on Censorship in Bollywood Films
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Receives LSA Michigan Humanities Award
Associate Professor Sheila Murphy Receives LSA Michigan Humanities Award
Assistant Professor Melissa Phruksachart Gives Talk for NCID
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Co-Authors Book Chapter and Participates in Book Launch
Richard Abel Publishes New Essay in Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television
Assistant Professor Yvette Granata Exhibits and Screens New Work
Chris McNamara Contributes to Collaborative Art & Music Podcast
Professor Jim Burnstein Interviews Pulitzer Prize winning author Glenn Frankel
Assistant Professor Melissa Phruksachart's Essay on the Literature of White Liberalism Lauded as It Continues to Circulate
Assistant Professor Melissa Phruksachart Co-Authors Equity Study
Professor Markus Nornes Serves on Jury Committee for International Documentary Festival in China
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Participates in Screening of First Chicano Feature Film at UCLA Film and Television Archive
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Contributes Work to Women Film Pioneers Project
Professor Matthew Solomon Publishes Essay in Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Publishes Essay in PROVENANCE AND EARLY CINEMA
Global Media Industries Speaker Series Presents Swapnil Rai
Art House Presents Swapnil Rai "Representations Matter: Deconstructing Bollywood's Women Through a Feminist Lens"
Matthew Solomon, Yvette Granata, and FTVM Undergrads Participate in Inaugural XR@Michigan Summit
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Gives Two Guest Lectures on Méliès
Department Chair and Professor Yeidy M. Rivero Gives Talk at Northwestern
FTVM and the Ann Arbor Film Festival!
Professor Giorgio Bertellini Named Guggenheim Fellow
Associate Professor Hollis Griffin Contributes to Huffington Post article "The Psychology Behind Why We Hate-Watch"
Professor Jim Burnstein Co-Authors Graphic Novel HAM-LET: A SHAKESPEAREAN MASH-UP
FTVM Studies Faculty Matthew Noble-Olson Contributes Essay to Dossier in Krisis: Journal for Contemporary Philosophy
Asst. Professor Swapnil Rai Acts as Chair and Discussant for Keynote by Bollywood Celebrity Activist Swara Bhaskar
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Participates in Webinar about Muriel Rukeyser's HOUDINI: THE MUSICAL
Assistant Professor Swapnil Rai Participates in Global Fandom Conversation Initiative
Production Faculty Chris McNamara Participates in Sonorities Festival Belfast
Assistant Professor Yvette Granata Exhibits Work in Denmark
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Wins IAMHIST Essay Award
Professor Caryl Flinn Gives Talk at Columbia University
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Publishes Essay in EARLY POPULAR VISUAL CULTURE
Associate Professor Hollis Griffin Interviewed in PRIDE SOURCE about New Queer Cinema
Assistant Professor Umayyah Cable Publishes Essay for FRAMEWORK: THE JOURNAL OF CINEMA AND MEDIA
Assistant Professor Yvette Granata Receives Arts + Curriculum Grant for Fall 2022
Asst. Prof. Swapnil Rai Named 2022-23 Richard and Lillian Ives Humanities Faculty Fellow
Valadez & Hsu Win Imagen Award for Best Documentary
Assistant Professor Yvette Granata Announces Fall Line Up of International and National Exhibitions and Screenings
Lecturer Vincent Longo Gives Invited Talk at Utrecht University, Netherlands
Associate Professor Daniel Herbert Gives Presentation for University of Delaware Symposium and Appears on NPR's "It's Been a Minute"
Professor Matthew Solomon Presents AV Essay at Online Conference in Australia
Professors Valadez and Hsu Win Coveted National Salazar Award in Journalism for AMERICAN EXILE
Associate Professor Colin Gunckel Receives Grant from Terra Foundation
Professor Matthew Solomon and Lecturer Vincent Longo Receive 2023 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Innovative Pedagogy Award
Assistant Professor Yvette Granata Premieres Interactive VR Film in Copenhagen
Lecturer Vincent Longo Receives 2022 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Prof Jim Burnstein Interviewed by Voyage Michigan Magazine
Magnificent Méliès: Making Magic with Undergraduate and International Collaborators
Signature Style: An LSA professor traces the human connections between calligraphy and cinema
John Valadez's THE LONGORIA AFFAIR Nominated for National Film Registry
Assistant Professor Swapnil Rai Gives Invited Talk in Austin, Texas
Production Faculty Chris McNamara Opens Two Exhibitions in Ontario
Lecturer Veerendra Prasad Curates New South Asian Film Series
Assistant Professor Swapnil Rai Publishes Article in South Asian Popular Culture
Professor Johannes von Moltke Publishes Essay in The New York Review of Books
Professor Daniel Herbert Publishes MAVERICK MOVIES
Alumni News
FTVM Alum Sheldon Cohn's THE PICKLE RECIPE Well-Received at SBFF Premiere
FTVM Alum Nathan Scherrer Nominated for Two Grammys for Best Music Video
FTVM Alum Jacqueline Wood Recently Recognized in Cincinnati's CITYBEAT
Graduate Jillian Borowski Wins MAB Foundation Award
FTVM Alumni Film Selected to Open Shorts Program at Rooftop Film Festival in NYC
Alum Sheldon Cohn's THE PICKLE RECIPE to Premiere Locally November 3
FTVM Alum Sophia Kruz Wins Best Documentary at World Premiere
FTVM Alum J.B. Armstrong ('15) Hosts Local Crowdfunding Event
PhD Alum Peter Alilunas Wins 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award at University of Oregon
FTVM Alum Ryan McDonough ('16) Wins Best Director at LIIFE for his film GROOVE.
FTVM Alum Anna Garcia's ('17) Film to Screen at Three Festivals This Month
FTVM Alum Noah Stahl ('11) Screens New Film and Holds Q & A on Campus
FTVM Alum Sophia Kruz ('11) Screens Film at AA (Westgate Branch) Library
Two FTVM Alums Screen Films in June!
Perry Janes (SAC '12) Selected for Creators for Imagine Impact
Geoff George (FTVM '08) to Receive Emerging Cinematographer Award from ICG
FTVM Alums Join Anna Baumgarten ('15) in Transforming Short Film into Feature Concept
Director David Siev's (FTVM '15) Documentary BAD AXE Makes Oscar Shortlist!
Guests
Filmmaker Jennifer Phang Skypes in for Q & A with Veerendra Prasad's FTVM 210
Owen Gleiberman Visits Professor Cohen's Writing Film Criticism Class
Film and TV Producer Sara Colleton Visits UM
Academy Award Winner John Nelson Visits FTVM
The Unreal Reality of Alan Rudolph: Conversations with the Filmmaker & Collaborators
Alan Rudolph Symposium Kicks off Special Rudolph Exhibit and Celebrates Archive Acquisition
FTVM Welcomes TV Writers and Producers Leahy, Albert, McQuillan, and Shih ...
FTVM Welcomes Film Director Nancy Savoca!
News Archive
The year in NEWS - 2012
March 2012
Staff Member Mary Lou Chlipala Receives LSA Staff Spotlight Award
Assoc. Professor Sheila Murphy Represents UM at the CIC Digital Humanities Summit
Student Ryan Burdick Awarded College Scholarship for UM
FTVM Alumni Win Michigan EMMY® Awards
April 2012
Student Perry Janes Receives Arthur Miller Creative Arts Award
May 2012
Associate Professor Johannes von Moltke Co-Editor on Two New Books on Siegfried Kracauer
Alum Danny Mooney Directs Local Film, "Love and Honor"
LSA Professor Jim Burnstein Says Proposed Increase In State Film Incentives Is Not Enough To Build An Industry
Kristy Rawson First Doctoral Candidate to Graduate from FTVM!
June 2012
Brandon Verdi's TV Script selected as 2012 Benedek Prize for Best TV Script
FTVM Alumni and Current FTVM Student win Michigan EMMYs!!
FTVM Alumnus David Knott wins EMMY!
Professor Richard Abel Publishes Article on Jean Epstein
July 2012
LSA Students Collaborate On Two Original Films For The Traverse City Film Festival
FTVM and the Traverse City Film Festival
September 2012
FTVM Alums Screen Works @ Detroit Design Festival
Nathaniel Hart's Screenplay Wins 2012 Benedek Award for Best Screenplay
FTVM @ the Toronto International Film Festival
Chair Markus Nornes Discusses Japanese Silent Movies on the Radio
October 2012
TV Director Mark Cendrowski Conducts Workshop
TV Writer/Producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach Visits FTVM
Michigan Daily Interviews FTVM Lecturer Mark Kligerman
November 2012
FTVM Concentration Mixer a Rousing Success
December 2012
Al Young Recognized for 40 Years of Service
The year in NEWS - 2013
January 2013
Dan Herbert Interviewed for CNN.com Article
FTVM Alumni Interviewed by Fox TV for "Love and Honor"
FTVM Alumnus Produces Hill Auditorium Documentary
FTVM Alumnus in Sundance Film Festival
Professor Nakamura in The Michigan Daily
February 2013
Professor Caryl Flinn and FTVM Students Discuss Female Directors with <i>The Michigan Daily</i>
"LOVE AND HONOR" Front and Center in <i>Michigan Today</i>
Frank Beaver Discusses "Iconic Athletes on Film" in <i>Michigan Today</i>
Jim Burnstein and FTVM alum Eddie Rubin Interviewed by Detroit Local 4 TV for "Love and Honor"
Alum Produced "Love and Honor" Premieres on Direct TV
March 2013
FTVM-Produced <i>Love and Honor</i> Premieres at the Michigan Theater
FTVM Produced <i>Love and Honor</i> Premieres in Theaters Nationwide
Ph.D. Student Courtney Ritter Awarded Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship
FTVM @ SCMS Conference in Chicago
North Quad Studios Teem with Action for New Musical Film Project
April 2013
FTVM Students Win Prestigious UM Awards
Graduate Kristy Rawson to Help Establish Habib University in Pakistan
May 2013
Alum Sophia Kruz' Documentary on Hill Auditorium Airs on PBS
FTVM Honors Graduate Perry Janes Nominated for Student Academy Award for film <i>Zug</i>
June 2013
FTVM Alumni Win Big at the Michigan Emmys
FTVM Alumnus Perry Janes Wins Student Academy Award for Film Zug
September 2013
Art Exhibition Featuring FTVM Lecturer Chris McNamara's Work Receives Prestigious Award
October 2013
LSA Alumnus A. Brad Schwartz Plays An Important Role In A PBS Documentary About the "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast
Professor Markus Nornes Publishes Essay on Asian Documentary History
Associate Professor Giorgio Bertellini Publishes Book on Italian Silent Cinema
FTVM Alum A. Bradley Schwartz Co-Authors PBS Documentary
Terri Sarris' FTVM 423 Class Takes Improv Comedy Trip
FTVM Students Win at Ypsi 24-Hour Film Shootout
November 2013
FTVM Student Theo Schear Wins First Place in 2013 Climate Change PSA Contest
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR STUDENTS PLANNING TO TAKE FTVM 310 ( SCREENWRITING 1) OR FTVM 311 (WRITING FOR TV 1)
December 2013
Staff Member Carrie Moore Receives LSA Staff Spotlight Award!
The year in NEWS - 2014
January 2014
FTVM Assistant Professor Dan Herbert Publishes New Book Videoland
FTVM Welcomes Visiting Fellow Marie-Aude Baronian
Professor Lisa Nakamura Appointed Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor of American Culture and Screen Arts
FTVM Ph.D. Alumnus and Lecturer Peter Alilunas Receives Award of Distinction for Dissertation
February 2014
FTVM Ph.D. Alumnus Peter Alilunas Accepts Tenure-Track Position at the University of Oregon
FTVM Welcomes Visiting Fellow Zhuang Su
Documentary Composer & Academy Award® Nominee Martin Bresnick Visits FTVM
Lecturer Chris McNamara Premieres Multi-Media Work "Outer Drive" in Iceland
Oscar Buzz: FTVM Student Zaineb Abdul-Nabi to Attend and Present Oscars
Assistant Professor Colin Gunckel Publishes Book <i>Self Help Graphics & Art</i>
FTVM Lecturer Linda Mokdad Accepts Tenure-Track Position at St. Olaf College
Emeritus Professor Richard Abel to Receive the Prestigious Society of Cinema and Media Studies’ Distinguished Career Achievement Award
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Edgar Willis <br>"U-M Pioneer Broadcaster Academia"</br>
March 2014
Honors Student Vincent Longo Selected to Present Paper at Visions Film Conference in Wilmington, North Carolina
Professor Hugh Cohen, Lecturer Mark Kligerman, and Senior Lecturer Terri Sarris Nominated for the Golden Apple Award
Assistant Professor Dan Herbert Interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio
Screenwriting Coordinator Jim Burnstein Interviewed by Michigan Daily
Praise for Assistant Professor Dan Herbert's Book <i>Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store</i>
FTVM Associate Professor Giorgio Bertellini's Book <i>Italian Silent Cinema: A Reader</i> on Shortlist for Prestigious Kraszna-Krausz Award
Chinese Subtitling Expert Akiyama Tamako Gives Talk "The Liberty Coerced by Limitation: Subtitling Independent Chinese Documentary"
FTVM Student Zaineb Abdul-Nabi Attends Oscars
April 2014
FTVM Students Receive Hopwood and Other Writing Awards
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Receives 2014 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Society of Cinema and Media Studies
FTVM Student Zaineb Abdul-Nabi Named UM 2014 Student of the Year
FTVM '12 Alumna Chelsea Rebecca's Short Film Duvid Selected for PBS Film School Shorts Series
FTVM 423 Student and Actress Jacqueline Toboni Lands Big Role on NBC's Grimm
Praise for Assistant Professor Dan Herbert's Book Videoland
FTVM Chief Engineer Rob Hoffman Receives LSA Staff Spotlight Award
Lights, Camera, FTVMtion! <br>FTVM Faculty Jim Burnstein and Robert Rayher Interviewed for Michigan Daily Article</br>
FTVM Alumnus '97 Craig Silverstein Premieres AMC Revolutionary War Drama Series TURN
May 2014
FTVM '14 Graduate Nicole Lagore Selected for Prestigious Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Internship
FTVM Assistant Professor Dan Herbert Promoted to Associate Professor
FTVM Student Caroline Schaper's Study Abroad Video Featured on LSA Website
Ph.D. Candidate Erin Hanna Earns Doctorate Degree
June 2014
FTVM '11 Alumna Sophia Kruz Wins Michigan EMMY for Historical Documentary
Independent Filmmaker John Sayles and Producer Maggie Renzi Donate Work to UM Library Archives, Attend Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
FTVM Alumni Produce PBS Health Series "Feel Grand" with Host Jane Seymour
September 2014
Associate Professor Giorgio Bertellini's Book <i>Italian Silent Cinema: A Reader</i> a Finalist for Prestigious Richard Wall Memorial Award
Associate Professor Yeidy Rivero Publishes New Anthology
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FTVM Student Eugene Jehl Wins Prestigious Hopwood Writing Award
Meet Visiting Lecturer David Marek
FTVM Welcomes Two New Ph.D. Students
October 2014
Professor Lisa Nakamura
November 2014
Professor Dan Herbert presented a talk in Concordia University's ARTHEMIS lecture series.
Michael Toner wins both 2014 Benedek Awards for Best Screenplay and Best TV Script
December 2014
Sketch Comedy Class Creates Youtube Channel
Vincent Longo Wins Library Research Award
Screenwriter (FTVM Alumnus) Mitchell Akselrad optioned to write "Splinter Way" for Director John Wells
The year in NEWS - 2015
January 2015
Department of Film, Television, and Media Film Librarian Philip Hallman Discusses Academy Award Nominations
February 2015
BROADCAST HYSTERIA: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News by FTVM Alumnus '13, A. Brad Schwartz
2014 Department of Film, Television, and Media Alumnus Chad Rhiness Wins Grand Prize ($15K) for Best Feature Screenplay in the Final Draft Big Break Competition.
March 2015
Congratulations to: Dr. Colin Gunckel and Dr. Candace Moore, co-directors of a project: Cultivating Diversity in the Department of Film, Television, and Media Curriculum
FTVM's PhD Student Dimitri Pavlounis Wins Rackham Predoctorial Fellowship
FTVM Alumnus Sultan Sharrief's "Street Cred' Detroit Voices" finalist in a national TV development program.
April 2015
"Street Cred" selected as only one of four projects to receive $150,000 TV development funding.
Department of Film, Television, and Media's Screenwriting Students awarded Winter 2015 Hopwood Awards!
May 2015
FTVM '15 Alumna Caroline Schaper wrote two jokes for Letterman's final Top 10 list! CNN's "At This Hour" anchors interviewed Caroline on Wednesday May 27th.
Sheldon Cohn's THE PICKLE RECIPE Begins Filming This Week
Archivists from LSA Department of Film, Television, and Media Discover Fragments of Unfinished Orson Welles Autobiography
Jim Burnstein, Eddie Rubin, and Michigan Film Incentive Program on NPR's "All Things Considered"
FTVM Alumnus, Historian, and Author A. Brad Schwartz Publishes BROADCAST HYSTERIA and Participates in Upcoming Wellespring Symposium
FTVM-Affiliated Feature Film CONSIDERATION Directed by Veerendra Prasad Available on May 26
Seldy Gray Wins the 2015 Peter and Barbara Benedek Prize for Best T.V. Pilot
June 2015
Professor Caryl Flinn has published a short piece discussing ways that music and sound encourage audience “singalong” participation in THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
July 2015
Professor Caryl Flinn's new book "The Sound of Music" has been published by The British Film Institute for its "film classic series."
August 2015
Julia Mogerman Wins The Peter and Barbara Benedek Award for Best Screenplay of 2015
Terri Sarris Curates and Presents Experimental Screendance Works at the Mini Microcinema in Cincinnati and Continues Her Work with Super 8 and 16mm Film
Tony "Master T" Young Visits Josh Morrison's FTVM 366: I Want My MTV: Critical Perspective on the Music Video
September 2015
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel Publishes MENUS FOR MOVIELAND: NEWSPAPERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF AMERICAN FILM CULTURE
Assistant Professor Colin Gunckel Quoted in THE KERNEL
October 2015
FTVM Alum Phil Ranta Featured in Variety as one of "Hollywood's New Leaders"
FTVM Alums Sultan Sharrief and Oren Goldenberg Win Hack 360 Jury Prize at Tech Conference in Harlem
Professor Markus Nornes Participates in Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Japan
Professor Emeritus Richard Abel and FTVM Graduate Student Vincent Longo Contribute to Le Giornate del Cinema Muto
Warren Lieberfarb Guest Lectures in Dan Herbert's FTVM 455
David Marek's FTVM 301 Selected as Top Ten Finalist in The Challenge Detroit Film Compeition
November 2015
Chris McNamara Publishes Essay in "Border Cultures"
Senior Lecturer Terri Sarris and FTVM Alums J.B. Armstrong and Josh Gibert Selected for Sundance Institute's Detroit Screenwriters Intensive
Nine FTVM Undergrads Receive Fall 2015 Scholarship Awards
December 2015
Associate Professor Matthew Solomon Gives Presentation at International Colloquium in France
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