Film & Digital Media
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Carmel International Film Festival to screen film professor’s new documentary
“’Daisy and Max’ is not the film I had planned to make,” says UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of film and digital media Jennifer Maytorena Taylor…
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Arts Division to present ‘The Business of Entertainment’ panel of industry leaders
Six executives in the entertainment business–including several UC Santa Cruz alums–will share their knowledge with students and the community in a special Nov. 6 panel discussion at the Music Center Recital Hall.
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Life, realized
Alumni authors give voice to transformative experiences at UC Santa Cruz that changed their lives and shaped their careers.
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New UC Presidential Chair to strengthen screenwriting program at UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz has received a gift from arts alumnus Ken Corday, plus funds from the UC Regents, to establish a new Kenneth R. Corday Family Presidential Chair in Writing for Television & Film.
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Wednesday Night Cinema Society kicks off new film series curated by grad students
The UC Santa Cruz weekly film series, Wednesday Night Cinema Society, is back this year, with films specially curated by grad students.
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Alumnus Cary Fukunaga and film undergrad win Princess Grace Awards
Emmy Award-winning UC Santa Cruz alumnus Cary Fukunaga and current Film and Digital Media undergraduate student Jeny Amaya have been honored with 2015 Princess Grace Awards.
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UC Santa Cruz alumnus Brannon Braga wins Peabody award for ‘Cosmos’
UC Santa Cruz alumnus Brannon Braga (Film & Digital Media, 1990) has received a Peabody Award for the science documentary television series, “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.”
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Film grad lands fellowship at Democracy Now!
Next week, 2015 graduate Juan Dávila Santiago will embark on a new chapter in his life–he’s off to New York where he landed a one-year News Production Fellowship to work at Democracy Now!.
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Steck Award honoree delves into the trauma of civil war
The response has been overwhelmingly positive for Dominic Romano’s project, which examines physical and historical trauma.
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LASER talk to explore research in environmental art, recycling, ocean medicines, and film
UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of the Arts and Sciences will present its final LASER talk of the academic year on campus this spring on Tuesday, May 19, at 7 p.m. in the Digital Arts Research Center.
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First annual Arts Division emeriti awards honor Chip Lord and Lewis Watts
Photographer Lewis Watts (Art Department) and media artist Chip Lord (Film and Digital Media) were honored at an inaugural luncheon to recognize the contributions of emeriti faculty in building the programs, reputation, and physical structures of the Arts Division.
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Art professor’s documentary short wins at Full Frame film festival
An animated short by UC Santa Cruz associate professor of art Dee Hibbert-Jones and artist Nomi Talisman won two awards at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.