Film & Digital Media
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UCSC film professor John Jota Leaños wins 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship
UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of film and digital media John Jota Leaños has been awarded a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship for the creative arts.
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UCSC dean taking Arts Division in new direction
Renewed outreach efforts include partnership with alumnus Randall Grahm to create wines with student-designed labels that support UCSC arts scholarships
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UCSC Arts and Humanities faculty win USA fellowships
Two UCSC faculty are among the 50 writers, dancers, musicians, filmmakers and other artists nationwide who have been awarded $50,000 USA fellowships grants.
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Soc Doc alumna reports from Egypt’s Tahrir Square
UCSC alumna Bridgette Auger was following women activists in Egypt’s Tahrir Square last week when they came under fire during a clash between protesters and police. Auger—who received her Master’s degree in Social Documentation from UCSC earlier this year—shot video footage of the incident, which can be seen on the Daily Beast web site.
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UCSC honors Marti Noxon at Hollywood Film/TV alumni event
Award-winning writer and producer Marti Noxon (Mad Men, Grey’s Anatomy, Glee) was presented with the first UCSC Film & Digital Media Prestigious Alumni Award at a ceremony held last week at the Soho House in West Hollywood.
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UCSC film lecturer Leo Chiang up for Emmy Award in Sept.
Leo Chiang–a lecturer in the Social Documentation M.F.A. Program at UC Santa Cruz—has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his documentary film, “A Village Called Versailles.”
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UCSC professor investigates social impact of technology
How can we as citizens use technology to contribute to the public good? That’s a key question fueling the research of UC Santa Cruz associate professor of film and digital media Warren Sack.
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Film & TV industry alums reconnect with campus
“The UC Santa Cruz student may not get the first job compared to his or her Ivy League competitor…but I assure you they will get the BEST job in the end…because they will out-think them.” That was the takeaway message from the keynote address by UCSC alumnus—and president of Lionsgate Television—Kevin Beggs at the June…
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President of Lionsgate Television to give keynote address at UCSC Film Symposium
UCSC alumnus Kevin Beggs, the president of Lionsgate Television Group, will deliver the keynote address for a two-day film symposium—Bridging the Gap—at UC Santa Cruz, June 3-4.
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Ant Farm founder and emeritus professor Chip Lord to be honored at UCSC film symposium
Years before he joined the faculty at UCSC, Chip Lord was a member of the Ant Farm, a groundbreaking, experimental art and architecture collective he founded in 1968 with fellow architect Doug Michels.
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Peter Limbrick to deliver Arts Division Dean’s Research Lecture
Last fall, associate professor of film and digital media Peter Limbrick received the UCSC Arts Division’s Excellence in Research Award for his new book “Making Settler Cinemas.” In honor of this newly established award by arts dean David Yager, Limbrick will present a free public lecture on Monday, May 23