News:

“Wild Animals” Horror Short Premieres at Woodstock Film Festival

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 04:00:00 -0400

The film, produced by Lecturer in Communications Melissa Rodriguez '13 with Jamie Simiele '26 as production coordinator, will screen Oct. 18.

Azazel Jacobs ’94 visits to screen HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0500

The School of Film and Media Studies Screening Series brings director Azazel Jacobs (Film BFA, 94) to the Pepsico Theatre at the Performing Arts Center, FEBRUARY 5, 2025 at 7PM for a free screening of his new film HIS THREE DAUGHTERS and a Q&A.

Cinema Studies Students Attend Film Archiving Conference

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0500

Every year The Association for Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) holds its annual conference. The meeting is a chance for film preservationists, librarians, media historians, and archival professionals to discuss new findings and share knowledge related to preserving and storing moving image media. This year two Purchase Cinema and Television Studies grads, Camila Garcia Cabrera (CTVS '24) and J.M.S. Emberley (CTVS '24) attended the conference in Milwaukee to give a presentation. What brought them there?

Joey Katz ’18: Artistic Director of Film Festival

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:00:00 -0500

Katz worked his way up to a leadership role at Boston Jewish Film.

Halloween Edition of CINEMAROLL is now out

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0500

Editor Lauren Wren answers questions about the 'zine edition of the student-run film journal

Debut Novel by Emily Ruth Verona ’12 With Nods to Cinema

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:00:00 -0400

The New York Times describes Midnight on Beacon Street as "an impressive debut."

Short Film by Lecturer Melissa Rodriguez ’13 Is Audience Favorite

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0400

Helado won the Audience Choice Award.

Three Alumni Screening Films at MoMA

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0500

The Millennium Film Workshop takes place Thursday, February 17.

Filmmaker Amandine Gay Screened Work for Students

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0500

The director, producer, academic, and activist visited campus to present her new documentary A Story of One’s Own.

Erik Spink ’11 to Screen Short at MoMA

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0500

The Millennium Film Workshop takes place February 16 and 17.

Professor Shaka McGlotten Named to HFPA Advisory Board

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 04:00:00 -0400

Professor of Media Studies has been selected to join the advisory board for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organization behind the Golden Globe Awards.

Joe Matoske ’10 Wins Emmys and Accepted Into ACE

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 04:00:00 -0400

Matoske entered American Cinema Editors (ACE) upon winning an ACE Eddie Award last January.

Screenwriting Student Jack Dickinson

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0500

Winning Multiple Screenwriting Awards from Festivals Across the Country

Filmmaker Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli Visits Campus with “So Pretty” (2019)

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0500

The acclaimed director screened her innovative new work and met with experimental filmmaking students.

Sara Magenheimer

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0500

Assistant Professor of New Media

Susan Kouguell, Screenwriting Lecturer

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0500

Kouguell's "Barbie Dream House" is an official selection at New York No Limits Art of the Short Festival!

Award Winning Writer Edward Pomerantz

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0500

Adjunct Associate Professor
Playwriting and Screenwriting Department

Cinema and Television Studies Screening Series

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400

The FALL 2019 SCREENING SERIES features programming selections from faculty, students, and film clubs across campus.

Anne Kern Honored by French Embassy

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Dean for Global Strategy and International Programs was awarded the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

Kerry LeVielle ’17 Named an Ignite Fellow by Sundance Institute

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:00:00 -0500

Her senior thesis project was instrumental to her growth as a filmmaker.

Congratulations to FMS 2019 Award Winners

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 04:00:00 -0400

A complete list of annual awards for Film, New Media, Cinema Studies, Playwriting/Screenwriting, and Media Studies students.

Sean Dunne ’03

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 05:00:00 -0500

Documentary filmmaker has carved a niche profiling offbeat figures hiding in plain sight.

We Hate Movies: An Improv Podcast

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 04:00:00 -0400

Alumni Chris Cabin, Andrew Jupin, Stephen Sajdak, and Eric Szyszka have been watching movies, and humorously criticizing them, since their days at Purchase.

From Purchase to Emmy Nominations (and Wins)

Tue, 19 Jul 2016 04:00:00 -0400

When the Television Academy announced its 2016 Emmy nominations, several Purchase alumni were among those whose work rose to the top of their fields.