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Emmy-Nominated Producer and Editor Visits DFP

Emmy-nominated producer and editor Inbal Lessner stopped by the DFP this week to share her producing and editing expertise with the students. Lessner, who is serving as a visiting instructor at UNCSA this fall, has worked in non-scripted television, documentary series, documentary feature and […]


Emmy Nominees!

So amazing to see these former students among this year’s Emmy Nominees. Congratulations to each of you. We are so proud of the work you are doing! Best Documentary: Michael Beach Nichols, Co-Director, Welcome to Leith, Independent Lens Outstanding Government and Politics […]


Award-Winning Filmmaker Visits DFP

Award-winning director and editor Hemal Trivedi will visit the DFP on October 10-11. During her two-day visit, Trivedi will share her storytelling expertise and editing techniques with the DFP students and provide advice and feedback on thesis film projects. Trivedi’s work as a filmmaker […]


Wright and Zhang Represent DFP at Pitch Perfect

DFP students S.J. Wright and Hao Zhang will head to the Big Easy soon to test their pitching talents in the New Orleans International Film Festival’s Pitch Perfect competition.  The annual Pitch Perfect competition provides film students from universities across the South with the […]


Wright Captures 2nd Place PitchFest Honors

Congratulations to Stan Wright (MFA ’18) on bringing home second place honors in the 6th Annual RiverRun PitchFest competition. The second-place finish earned Stan, and co-director Dominic Silva, $250 in prize money to put towards the completion of their thesis film.  Aaron Lovett of […]


Emmy Nominees!

So amazing to see these former students among this year’s Emmy Nominees. Congratulations to each of you. We are so proud of the work you are doing! Best Documentary: Michael Beach Nichols, Co-Director, Welcome to Leith, Independent Lens Outstanding Government and Politics Documentary: […]


Schimmel Accepts University of Hawaii Faculty Position

It was a magnificent month of May for Scott Schimmel. He received the news that his film, My Garden, No Longer was selected for the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes, he graduated with his MFA, and he accepted an offer to join the faculty […]


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