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. The first film will […]
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 […]
Exit Music, directed by Cameron Bargerstock Mullenneaux (MFA ’14), will make its television debut on PBS’s America ReFramed on April 16th on the WORLD Channel. Exit Music, a co-production of ITVS, is a rare invitation into the world of […]
We are so excited to share that the 2019 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant was awarded in part to Diane Hodson (MFA ‘15) and Jasmine Luoma (MFA ‘15) for their film Million Dollar Block. The Garrett […]
Congratulations to DFP alum Hillary Pierce (MFA ‘13) and our former University of Florida student John Aldrich on their recent win at SXSW! Pierce and Aldrich are part of The River and the Wall film team who took home the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award for […]
We are excited to share our feature article, A Tale of Two Masters: Wake Forest’s Documentary Film Program in the International Documentary Association‘s latest issue of Documentary magazine! The Q&A with Program Director Cara Pilson and Creative Director Peter Gilbert provides a […]