The program features weekly visits of filmmakers who come to speak about their work and profession. The series, open to both University students and the general public, welcomes audience questions while being a unique forum to hear inside stories from some of the most innovative filmmakers working in the field today.
Fall 2019 Events:
Tuesday, September 17 Films and Filmmakers Series
Dan Mirvish is an American filmmaker and author, best known as the co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival. SCREENING: "Bernard and Huey"
Tuesday, September 24 Films and Filmmakers Series
Michael J. Burg is a film, television and stage actor and a longtime member of the Actors Studio. SCREENING: "Turbine"
Tuesday, October 1 Films and Filmmakers Series
Lise Raven is an American/German filmmaker and professor here at Montclair State University. SCREENING: "Snaeland"
Tuesday, October 8 Films and Filmmakers Series
Sarah Pirozek, a filmmaker with a fine arts background, recently completed her dramatic feature debut. SCREENING: "#LIKE"
Tuesday, October 15 Films and Filmmakers Series
Terrence Masson is Chair of the MFA Computer Arts Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He is also the founder and CEO of Building Conversation, an augmented reality company located in Boston, MA.
Tuesday, October 22 Films and Filmmakers Series
Brett Glassberg is a filmmaker and writer. Matt Sullivan started his filmmaking career at Emerson College in Boston where he majored in Visual Arts. Co-Moderator Ken W. Hanley. SCREENING: "Derelicts"
Tuesday, October 29 Films and Filmmakers Series
Nanfu Wang is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. Her debut film Hooligan Sparrow premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2017. Her latest film, One Child Nation, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. SCREENING: "One Child Nation"
Tuesday, November 12 Films and Filmmakers Series
Avril Z. Speaks has over eighteen years of experience as a filmmaker to include credits as a producer, writer, director, and editor. She earned her M.F.A. in Film Directing from Columbia University in New York City, her B.S. from the University of Maryland in African American Studies and studied film production at Howard University. SCREENING: "Jinn"
Tuesday, November 19 Films and Filmmakers Series
Isabel Sandovar is a New York-based Filipino filmmaker. She has produced, written and directed two full-length features, including the Filipino-language Señorita (2011), which premiered in competition at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland and was nominated for Best Picture by the Young Critics Circle of the Philippines. SCREENING: "Lingua Franca"
Tuesday, November 26 Films and Filmmakers Series
Ryan Hughes is a cinematographer and director. Alongside friend and producer, Richard Kaner, the pair produce work in Cambridge, Massachusetts. SCREENING: "College Basketball's Purple Reign"
Tuesday, December 3 Films and Filmmakers Series
Alice Elliott is an Academy Award® nominated director, writer, producer, university-level teacher, and advocate for the disabled. SCREENING: "Miracle on 42nd Street"
Tuesday, December 10 Films and Filmmakers Series
Hannah Pearl Utt is a director, writer, and actor. In 2017, Utt was selected for the inaugural Sundance Catalyst Women initiative and the 2017 Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Lab. SCREENING: "Before You Know It"