Tisch’s Kanbar Institute of Film & TV Alumni Continue Winning Streak
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.08, 2010, under Industry News, News and Events, School News
Juan Jose Campanella ‘78 (MFA, Kanbar, Film)
Geoffrey Fletcher ‘99 (MFA, Kanbar, Film)
Photos by Todd Wawrychuk / © A.M.P.A.S.
Tisch alumni continued their winning streak during the 2010 awards season. Oscars and Independent Spirit Awards were bestowed upon Tisch alumni in the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television for their cinematic achievements.
Tisch School of the Arts’ alumnus Geoffrey Fletcher ‘99 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) scored an Oscar for Adapted Screenplay for Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, as well as an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for the same film.
Fletcher was joined by fellow Kanbar Institute alumni Juan Jose Campanella ‘78 (MFA, Kanbar, Film), who received the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, El secreto de sus ojos; and at the Independent Spirit Awards, Joel Coen ‘78 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV) took home the Robert Altman Award for A Serious Man.
Allan Nicholls & Chris Martin Judge Film Scoring Competition
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.05, 2010, under Film, News and Events, School News
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Tisch Asia film faculty member Allan Nicholls and student Chris Martin will judge the upcoming Berklee College of Music’s Film Scoring Competition. The competition requires contestants to compose and record an original musical score for the short film WHAM directed by Chris Martin.
More information about the Film Scoring Competition can be found here.
Tisch Asia’s Josh Billig at Tennessee Williams Festival
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.03, 2010, under Dramatic Writing, News and Events, School News
Congratulations to Tisch Asia Dramatic Writing student Josh Billig for winning the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s One-Act contest with his play “Outside Sitka”!
The festival is held March 24 – 28 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
For more information click here.
Animation and Digital Arts and Directing the Actor Event: Jared Harris
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.02, 2010, under Animation and Digital Arts, Film, News and Events, School News
ANDA and Directing the Actor present a Skype session with
Jared Harris
Mad Men, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Friday March 5
Black Box Theatre
10:30-11 am
all Tisch Asia Students welcome
Film Event: MOS Skype Session
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.02, 2010, under Film, News and Events, School News
Singapore / NYC MOS Skype Session
Continues the tradition of an MOS Skype session with the New York campus. They show us theirs and we show them ours.
Saturday March 6
10-12noon
Theatre II
Film Event: Matt Chesse
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.02, 2010, under Film, News and Events, School News
NYU Grad Film Tisch Asia is proud to host a special guest
Matt Chesse
Film Editor
Warrior, Quantum of Solace, The Kite Runner, Stranger Than Fiction, Ellie Parker, Finding Neverland (Academy Award nomination), and Monsters Ball
All Tisch Asia presentation on Film Editing
Tuesday March 9
7-9pm
Theatre II
Film Event: The Tempest
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.02, 2010, under Film, News and Events, School News
“The Tempest”
featuring an in person interview with Academy Award winning actor
Kevin Spacey
Singapore Repertory Theatre,
20 Merbau Road, Robertson Walk
Wednesday March 3
4-5pm
all Tisch Asia Students welcome
a bus will leave from campus at 3:30pm sharp and return to campus at 5pm from the theatre
Puppets for Stop Motion Master Class: Photo Gallery
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.01, 2010, under Animation and Digital Arts, News and Events, School News
For ten years, Mirek Trejtnar and Leah Gaffen have been organizing puppet workshops for students from around the world. Mirek heads the workshops – he is a puppet-maker himself and also a designer of toys, sculpture and much more with a special background in wood. Leah is an American who takes care of the organizational side of the workshops. Together Leah and Mirek bring together a team of leading Czech artists – woodcarvers, puppet designers, puppeteers, film animators, etc.- who bring the students into the world of puppetry in Prague.
Tisch Alums win NAACP Image Awards
by Joshua Sanchez on Mar.01, 2010, under Industry News, News and Events, School News
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Auto-Biography
Michelle Obama – Deborah Willis (FACULTY)
Outstanding Motion Picture
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Written by Geoffrey Fletcher ’99 (MFA, Kanbar, Film)
Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Written by Geoffrey Fletcher ’99 (MFA, Kanbar, Film)
Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television)
Geoffrey Fletcher ’99 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Chandra Wilson ’91 (BFA, Drama) – Grey’s Anatomy – Give Peace a Chance
Eric Flanagan’s Teleglobal Dreamin’ at SXSW Film Festival 2010
by Joshua Sanchez on Feb.24, 2010, under Film, News and Events, School News
Tisch Asia’s Eric Flanagan’s Teleglobal Dreamin’ will screen at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. More info below:
Other Showtimes
Mar 14 11:00 AM at Alamo Lamar 1
Mar 18 07:00 PM at Alamo Lamar 1
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