Welcome to Film and Media Studies at Purchase.
Get involved in the production and critique of film, media, television and video art.
Our interdisciplinary programs combine research and hands-on training, encouraging students to become engaged makers and critical consumers of media.
The School of Film and Media Studies offers:
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Four BA programs: cinema and television studies; media studies; new media; and playwriting and screenwriting
Four undergraduate minors: film/video production; television theory and practice; media studies; playwriting; and screenwriting
Alumni Spotlight
Making News
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Shonnon Marshall ’22 Receives Prestigious Fellowship
The Playwriting and Screenwriting alum is a 2023 Fellow at Black Boy Writes/Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative.
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Award-Winning Debut Feature Opens at NYC’s Film Forum
Mutt by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz ’16, also screened at Sundance, Berlin Film Festival, and New Directors/New Films 2023.
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Film by Senior Kunga Choephel to Screen at NFFTY Festival
The competitive festival celebrates emerging filmmakers from traditionally marginalized communities.
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Hal Hartley ’84 Chronicles His First Filmmaking Experience
“…Hartley would stand as one of the few meaningfully independent filmmakers of his era.”
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MovieMaker Supports Project by Victoria deMartin ’14
The magazine selected deMartin’s first feature film to support through its Production Services program.
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Film by Jordan Tetewsky ’16 is New York Times Critic’s Pick
The film demonstrates the collaborative DIY culture found at Purchase—it stars musician Hannah Lee Thompson ’17 and several alums were on the crew.
