Notable Alumni
Liev Schreiber 85F
… actor, director, and screenwriter whose roles encompass film, television, and the stage Schreiber is an award-winning … actor, director, and screenwriter whose roles encompass film, television, and the stage. In 2005, he won the Tony … Emmy Award nominations. He also starred in the 2015 film Spotlight which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, …
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"Guarding the Doors of Our Dream Palaces"
… at sites all over the country, including the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the Museum of Modern Art film study center, and the William K. Everson Collection at … Drummer shot the documentary using eight-millimeter film. Both her film and research paper will be archived in …
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Hampshire Grad Worked on Frozen's Academy Award-winning Animation
… Walt Disney Studios, where he became involved in the film Frozen . Fiske worked with both 3D and 2D animators in … parts to life, including a huge blizzard sequence in the film's climatic scene. This involved months of hard work, … Fiske says, which meant working on certain parts of the film repeatedly until he was satisfied with them. The hard …
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Ravett Films Featured in Retrospective
… Ravett Films Featured in Retrospective Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett’s films were recently featured in a retrospective at the Festival Film Dokumenter in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the oldest documentary-only film festival in Southeast Asia. Ravett’s work was screened …
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Commencement Address: May 17, 2008
… this year was diversity and inclusiveness in general and anti-racism in particular. Active anti-racism has been an explicit presidential and personal … who organized Action Awareness Week now regard the Active Anti-Racism Administrative Action Plan that emerged from our …
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Hampshire Alums Show Independent Spirits
… for Best First Screenplay on Saturday, February 25. His film, 50/50 , is a mix of comedy and drama, with a focus on … Spirit Awards, the John Cassavetes Award went to the film Pariah , which was co-produced by Sundial Pictures, a … Carey 02F . Carey also served as executive producer on the film. … Hampshire alum and screenwriter Will Reiser 99S won …
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Communications and Journalism
… in journalism. Center for Communication Television, film, radio, music, theater, journalism, advertising, … in journalism. Center for Communication Television, film, radio, music, theater, journalism, advertising, …
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Academy Awards
… student interns during summer 2008 gained valuable film production experience. Internships involve work on … in the field, giving students a realistic view of the film industry. Five students were awarded $1,500 grants from … editing, post-production, and marketing of the documentary film, The Hooping Life . Andrew Davis worked at Florentine …
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24th Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture Featured Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr on Trans Rights, Democracy, and Persistent Hope
… with wide-ranging cultural implications: intersectional, anti-racist, transgender-affirming activism that extends from … we had the George Floyd protests, we had the rise of anti-abortion policy, we had the rise of anti-LGBTQ policy. . . . When it was too much, I said, ‘What …
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Filmmaker's Panel on Islamophobia, Being Muslim in America
… the West Lecture Hall, Ahmed will present her most recent film, A Thin Wall — which she wrote and directed — about … descendants of families torn apart by the partition. The film is also a work of art infused with original animation, … Festival, United Kingdom. It was invited to be shown at film festivals in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Montreal, …
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A Sumptuous 'Repast'
… of the twentieth century were relentlessly xenophobic and anti-immigrant. Repast tells new stories and provides … of the twentieth century were relentlessly xenophobic and anti-immigrant. Repast tells new stories and provides …
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Brett Morgen's Newest Documentary Featured in the New York Times
… is no stranger to tackling complex stories. In his newest film Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Morgen used journals, home … labs led by practitioners and professionals working in film, video, photography, and new media. Read article in New … Learn more about the Creative Media Institute » AlumniFilm Film/Video/Photography … Known as the "mad scientist" of …
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Ravett Recordings Preserve "A Certain Kind of Life"
… Ravett Recordings Preserve "A Certain Kind of Life" Film and photography professor Abraham Ravett takes on … John Gunther 84F filmed the interview, and Rice edited the film with Ravett. Ravett's CD of Shlomo Barnoon, Jewish … roots that go back two decades. In 1993, Ravett made the film In Memory based on the only extant footage known of …
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Classes to Begin August 25: Planning for Fall at Hampshire
… are not shortening the fall calendar; we are starting and finishing earlier and compressing the calendar by eliminating … are not shortening the fall calendar; we are starting and finishing earlier and compressing the calendar by eliminating …
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Faculty
Sandra Matthews
… Matthews Sandra Matthews, associate professor emerita of film and photography, is a graduate of Harvard University … Sandra Matthews 22012 Associate Professor Emerita of Film and Photography Professors Emeriti Film/Video/Photography United States … Sandra Matthews, …
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Area Of Study
Digital Media
… in this field that include digital photography, digital film and video, electronic music, interactive installation, … and Interactivity Digital Image Manipulation for Film and Video Data Structures Intro to Media Arts in Film, Photo and Video: Cuba Intro to Media Production: Media …
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Telling a Larger Story
… he interviewed after they responded to a notice about the film that he posted on an Internet listserv. The video grew … of legendary folk singer Pete Seeger, decided to make the film, in part, because "for me, being mixed has always been a … and express that through art, through the making of this film. "I want people to see all these different faces and …
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Student Project: A Haven for the Homeless
… switched her concentration from movie soundtracks to film, video, and media studies after watching alumnus Brett … she never would have read a book on the subject, but the film was accessible and inspired her to make "visually … expenses, allowing her to send the documentary to film festivals. Home was accepted in the 2008 Downtown Los …
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Fall 2020 Update from the President
… Community Education Days to further emphasize an anti-racist agenda; Fully staffing the admissions team using … on for 2021-2022. We must maintain an emphasis on our anti-racist commitments, both as essential elements of our … Community Education Days to further emphasize an anti-racist agenda; Fully staffing the admissions team using …
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Path to Purpose: Division 2
… circle hosted by the Division for Justice, Equity, and Anti-Racism . Build affinity among peers Learn to solicit … circle hosted by the Division for Justice, Equity, and Anti-Racism . Build affinity among peers Learn to solicit …
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Meeting Facilities at Hampshire
… Adele Simmons Hall Auditorium; Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography, and Video Gallery ; Franklin Patterson … Adele Simmons Hall Auditorium; Jerome Liebling Center for Film, Photography, and Video Gallery ; Franklin Patterson …
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Ken Burns Recalls His College Thesis as His First History Documentary
… been able to afford with commercial companies.” His thesis film, Working in Rural New England – called a Division III … started to get industrialized,” he said. The 27-minute film, completed in 1975 before Burns graduated, was also his … of Cinematographers award for best photographed college film of 1975. Burns remembers his thesis film in a new …
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Congratulations, Lupita Nyong'o 03F on your Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
… as the opening event of the 2010 touring New York African Film Festival hosted by Smith College, and was screened both … against her condition. Nyong'o writes that the film "asks us to consider how it feels to be a member of one … and production. The support of her Division III committee, film/video production Professor Baba Hillman and theatre …
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Work by Rhys Ernst 01S Featured in Whitney Biennial
… diary, Ernst and Drucker also collaborated on the short film She Gone Rogue . Ernst describes the film as "a fantastical, dream-like narrative," where … on the West Coast. Ernst's previous project, a short film called The Thing , was an official selection of the …
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Nathan Kensinger Finds Beauty in Forgotten Spaces
… several documentary films. From 2001-2005, he worked on a film called Liberal Arts , which followed a group of six … Kills Voyage (2013). He is currently working on another film titled You Can't Take It With You . Kensinger has done … installations, often tying together his interests of film, photography, and writing. His project "The Forgotten …
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