Faculty
Eva Rueschmann
… assistant in the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies. Her research and teaching interests include … cinema with a special focus on Australian and New Zealand film, exile and migration in transnational literature and film, gender studies, film studies, and contemporary cultural …
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FIRST Network
… year, including a welcome dinner, end of year brunch, film screenings, and workshops. FIRST also helps to … year, including a welcome dinner, end of year brunch, film screenings, and workshops. FIRST also helps to …
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Hampshire College Alum and Filmmaker Alex Rivera Awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship
… migration, and technology, Rivera’s first feature film, Sleep Dealer , won multiple awards at Sundance and the Berlin International Film Festival. Rivera’s second feature, a … Award and the Innovator Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the U.S. and …
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SXSW Director Pierson Developed Critical Eye as Hampshire Student
… alum Janet Pierson, the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival has premiered works as diverse as Lena Dunham's … the monster-budget blockbuster Furious 7 . When picking a film, Pierson says she follows the same instincts that drew … of nightly screenings on campus and first delved into film theory through a project designed with her adviser, …
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Hampshire College Alums Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Miatta Kawinzi Awarded 2021 Jerome Hill Fellowships
… and the Whitney Museum of Art in New York as well as in film festivals such as New Orleans Film Festival, Doclisboa, and Blackstar Film Festival. She has been featured in Essence , Studio …
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Tim O'Neill Embraces the Collaborative Process
… Tim O'Neill 01F likes to think small. "The smaller the film, the more limited the film, the more creative we have to get," he says. "The … III (senior) project at Hampshire. The project, a short film entitled Torches of Erin , was an adaptation of an Irish …
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Taj Musco 99F on Shortlist for Louis Vuitton Journeys Award
… a $25,000 cash prize. Evening Shift , Musco's short film, was shot in Singapore, where he is studying at the … for two and a half years, Evening Shift is the first film Musco has set there. "I wouldn't feel comfortable just … bureaucratic nature of daily life there. The five-minute film opens with an elderly widower spreading his partner's …
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2009 MCC Artist Fellowship
… 2009 MCC Artist Fellowship Abraham Ravett, professor of film and photography at Hampshire College, has been awarded a … Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Artist Fellowship in Film/Video. MCC's Artist Fellowship Program recognizes … were selected in 2009 from more than 1,200 applicants in film/video, music composition, photography, …
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A Degree Well Earned
… In the back of his mind, he had always been drawn to film. The only program at STCC that even remotely touched on film was telecommunications, so he enrolled in it. Within a year he knew he wanted to pursue his passion for film and began to look around for a college with a strong …
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March 31: Screening by Rhys Ernst 01S
… will screen his films She Gone Rogue , a collaborative film made with Zackary Drucker, The Thing , and The Drive … screening venues include Oberhausen, Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn … Hammer Museum, REDCAT, and LACE. Ernst earned an MFA in film/ video at CalArts and a B.A. from Hampshire. His MFA …
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2013 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Grant Recipients
… with Carl Elsaesser 07F at Hubub, Inc., an independent film company. She will assist with Brown Ash , a film that attempts to show the entire life of a mother from … day. Her responsibilities will include promoting the film, scheduling shoots, and researching archival footage. …
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Hampshire Alum's Music Documentary Embraced on Global Festival Circuit
… this year, it’s been received with consistent raves from film critics and arts media. Variety magazine named Danny … it should have little trouble attracting sales.” The film was a Rolling Stone magazine Must-See Movie of SXSW; the … 99F. And after-party at the High Horse will follow The film has been accepted to festivals from Australia to Greece …
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Nov. 22: Screening of 'Our Nixon'
… will host a screening of Penny Lane and Brian L. Frye's film Our Nixon at Hampshire College on Friday, November 22, … Liebling Center. The duo will be on campus to discuss the film on Monday, November 25, at 3 p.m. in the same location … Lecture Series . Lane and Frye are former Hampshire film and media studies professors and the film's origins …
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Notable Alumni
Rhys Ernst 01S
… transgender representation in the media. His debut feature film, Adam , premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, won awards at Outfest, Oslo Fusion, and the Mezipatra Film Festival, and was nominated for a 2020 GLAAD award. …
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Announcing the Creative Media Institute at Hampshire College
… has been described as the "mad scientist" of documentary film. His credits include The Kid Stays in the Picture , … 10 , and Crossfire Hurricane . He's currently at work on a film about Kurt Cobain. Erica Huggins 83F (pictured, right) … and executive for the past 10 years. She has produced film projects such as Rush , J. Edgar , and Restless , and …
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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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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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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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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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