Peter Gilbert is man of many talents. He is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, a DFP Professor of Practice, and a producer of independent films. This diverse skill set did not go unnoticed by Newcity Film. The site, which covers movie making in Chicago, recently […]
Congratulations to the co-directors of Unconditional on their win at BEA! Rhonda Chan Soo, Kelly McKenna and Hanna Teachey recently took top honors in the documentary division at the Broadcast Education Association District 2 regional conference.
The Amazing Mr. Ash, a film by first year student Brian Gersten, is an official selection of the Chicago International Reel Shorts Film Festival. The documentary short follows the life and times of Ashod Baboorian, a beloved and eccentric Chicago-area magician. Mr. Ash, along with […]
Animating the Void: Erasing Michelle from “Full House”, a short film directed by Andrew Austin (MFA ‘14), will premiere this evening at the DC Shorts Film Festival. Austin completed the film as part of his MFA Creative Project while at the DFP. The film chronicles […]
Looking for a challenge after graduating with her MFA, Mindy Keeley headed off to spend the summer hog hunting in the woods of Alabama. Mindy is the third DFP student to use her filmmaking skills to raise awareness about Alabama’s environmental issues as a
DFP faculty, students and alums recently returned from a productive University Film and Video Association conference in Bozeman, Montana. Kelly McKenna and Hanna Teachey screened Unconditional, a film they co-directed with Rhonda Chan Soo, and participated in an audience Q & A. Diane Hodson, a UFVA Carole […]
Please join us in congratulating Kim Dryden on her new post at Udacity. Kim will be serving as a video production manager for the Silicon Valley online education company. According to the posted job description, “employees at Udacity include adventurous foodies, nerf gun warriors, and […]
Congratulations to 2013 alum Kim Dryden on her new post at Udacity. Kim will serve as a video production manager for the Silicon Valley based company.
Drawn together by a shared passion for public art, DFP alum (MFA ’13) Kim Dryden and Wake Forest alum Austin Smith, a Filipino-American, formulated the idea for the Filipino Street Art Project before graduating in 2013. Both were attracted to the idea of taking a public […]
We want to let all members of the Documentary Film Program community know about some exciting changes happening at the DFP. After many years of dedicated service, Sandy Dickson is stepping down as director in order to develop storytelling initiatives involving the DFP. Cindy Hill […]