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Selections are made purely at the discretion of Cinema Studies faculty.
2018
Eric Sievering
The Curse of Oak Island, The Curse of the Civil War Gold, and Ancient Aliens - Editor
Eric Sievering (BFA, 1999; MFA Florida State) is a film editor with credits on hit “History TV” shows like The Curse of Oak Island, The Curse of the Civil War Gold, and Ancient Aliens.
2017
Off Country -- Taylor Dunne & Eric Stewart
A multimedia oral history project examining landscapes of nuclear weapons testing and anti-nuclear activism in the American Southwest by Film Studies MFA graduates Taylor Dunne & Eric Stewart.
More news coeverage:
Boulder Weekly: http://www.boulderweekly.com/entertainment/off-country/
CU Arts and Science Magazine: https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2017/10/19/filmmaker-alums-tackle-nuclear-weapons-buildup
Nick Houy
Ladybird (2017), HBO's The Night Of (2016) - Editor
Nick Houy (BFA, University of Colorado, Boulder) has top film editor credit on HBO’s The Night Of, and Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird. He has this to say of his Film Studies experience:
CU Boulder’s Film programs helped me build a broad cinematic base that I draw from every day. I learned from the experimental film courses upholding Brakhage’s legacy, as well as my Women in Film courses, and from all the great lectures on the works of Kieślowski, Bergman, Buñuel, Hitchcock and Truffaut, and so many more. I recall with fondness the countless hours spent at IFS, writing short screenplays, shooting and editing my own films... I was so lucky to live the film dream, in the town where I grew up.
-Nick Houy
2013
The Place Beyond the Pines -- Derek Cianfrance
2010
Blue Valentine -- Derek Cianfrance
- CU Boulder Film Studies is happy to announce that Film Studies alumni Derek Cianfrance’s long anticipated second feature, Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, will be featured in the forthcoming Sundance Film Festival.
2009
Scott Moore — The Hangover
Alumni Scott Moore, co-writer of The Hangover, visits The International Film Series in person. The most successful R-Comedy of all time, The Hangover pulls off so many brilliant bits of comedic genious that it’s no suprise it became a huge success. The welcome surprise: Scott Moore.
2008
Jen Dean featured guest filmmaker Alumnight — Sun. Sept 21, 2008
Jen Dean is a commercial film editor based at Lost Planet Editorial Since 1999, where she apprenticed under editor/owner Hank Corwin (The New World) and worked with Martin Scorsese. She has edited commercials, music videos, and a lifetime achievement film for designer Carolina Herrera. Jen recently won Best Editing in a Music Video from the Association of Independent Creative Editors.
2007
Rocky Mountain Twilight reveals an intense faith in first-person cinema
October 18, 2007 — One of the most respected American cities for experimental film and video is Boulder, Colorado. Fueled by the vision and dedication of Stan Brakhage, the giant of avant-garde cinema who taught generations of film students at the University of Colorado, the Boulder scene has thrived for several decades. Weekend salons and the legendary program “First Person Cinema” (founded by Brakhage and Bruce Conner and run since the late 1960s by Don Yannacito) are regular forums for the exhibition and discussion of experimental film, not only for students but also for Boulder residents and visitors to the city. Widely respected educators and visiting artists at CU-Boulder have trained and influenced many talented students over the years.
This program celebrates a cross-section of recent film and video work produced within the Boulder community. Brakhage is represented by important short films from his late career. Among current faculty at CU-Boulder, the series includes: Phil Solomon, one of the most innovative experimental filmmakers working today; Dan Boord and Luis Valdovino, critically-revered and influential video artists investigating cultural narratives; and Stacey Steers, one of today’s most respected hand animators. Also included are some of the best of recent CU students: Andrew Busti, Victor Jendras, Thomas Helman, Casey Koehler, Mary Beth Reed, and Robert Schaller. Amidst the disparate styles of these media artists, ROCKY MOUNTAIN TWILIGHT reveals an intense faith in first-person cinema as a medium for metaphoric and poetic expression.
—Paul Roth, Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
The Rocky Mountain Twilight program will also be screening at Anthology Film Archives in New York in March 2007, the Pacific Film Archives and CalArts in the fall of 2007, along with other possible venues in Europe, South America, and more.