Associate Professor of Practice and Coordinator of the MA Sports Media & Storytelling program, Chris Sheridan co-led a workshop this week aimed at improving the leadership and work culture inside newsrooms. Sheridan spoke at The Poynter Institute’s Leadership Academy for Women Working in Digital Media. The presentation […]
Congratulations to Matt May (MFA ‘20) (pictured left) for winning the New Orleans Film Festival’s South Pitch Competition! Matt pitched Out to Stay, a film co-directed with Victoria DeLeone (MFA ‘20), in the documentary division. The South Pitch competition features documentary and narrative student filmmakers […]
We are excited to announce that Bridget Fitzgerald (MFA ’20) and Matt May (MFA ’20) will represent the DFP at the New Orleans Film Society South Pitch competition later this month. Fitzgerald will pitch her thesis film, Alchemy. May will pitch, Out to Stay, a […]
Professor of Practice Peter Gilbert and his Webber/Gilbert Media Group partner and former NBA-All Star Chris Webber recently talked about basketball, media, and kids at the Aspen Institute’s Project Play Summit in Detroit, Michigan. The Project Play Summit, the nation’s premier gathering of youth, sports […]
Professor Chris Sheridan – Coordinator of our MA Sports Media & Storytelling program – led a Digital and Social Media storytelling workshop this week for the Ruderman Family Foundation. He worked with members of the Foundation’s Link20 initiative on using storytelling in the digital age […]
We are delighted to share the news that current MFA student Dustin Foote is joining Players’ Tribune as a paid fellow. Foote will begin a 3-month rotation in the Brand Content division in September. Foote is the second to DFP student to participate in the Players’ […]
From the Ground Up, a short film directed by Nick Deel (MFA ’19) will screen as an official selection in two summer festivals. The film will make its debut in the Colorado International Activism Festival in Denver on July 28th and will screen in the […]
Congratulations to Assistant Teaching Professor Chris Zaluski a 2019 “Filmed in NC” grant recipient! The grant, awarded by the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the North Carolina Film Office, will support the production of Holy Chaos: The Haywood Street Fresco. The documentary follows the year-long creation of a fresco mural and […]
Our favorite night of the year is almost here! The DFP will host a screening of thesis films on Friday, May 17. The event will feature four films produced by MFA graduates and a reception to be held at intermission. Click here to check out […]
Five Minutes, an animated hybrid film about war and regenerative medicine, directed by DFP faculty members Sandy Dickson and Peter Gilbert, and co-directed by Chris Zaluski, is an official selection of RiverRun. Through the eyes of a young soldier from southwest Louisiana, the filmmakers and animation […]