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My mother is an art teacher. I say is, because although she recently retired, she now spends endless hours drawing and painting ..

Cinema and Television Arts

Look Around. The Artist and Their Surroundings.

When I started the documentary I went to bouts, read books, and watched other documentaries. That, my friend, is called, “research.”

Cinema and Television Producing

Life’s a Pitch.

Pitching is a prominent feature in the life of a producer. Whether hiring crew or persuading investors to hand over some cash money, y..

Cinema and Television Producing

Hello, L.A!

This semester marks a truly exciting time for Columbia’s first batch of Film & Video – Creative Producing MFA students, as we’re in ou..

Cinema and Television Arts

I Eat, Therefore I Am. The Competitive Artist.

Then I heard, “If you feel sick, leave the table. Don’t throw up on your neighbor.”

Cinema and Television Producing

Let our powers combine!

How come as a twelve-year-old I had to be dragged out of bed on school mornings but was up at dawn on Saturdays? Cartoons, that’s how…

Cinema and Television Arts

Inspiration to Execution at Columbia College Chicago

I thought of one of the “spinny things” at the park where kids push you in a circle. At first it’s fun but if you go to fast you fly off. That’s life.

Cinema and Television Producing

The Walking Ted

For a producer, firm knowledge of the forces at play within the film industry is key. In our Business & Legal class, as part of our co..

Cinema and Television Arts

Open Mindedness & Experimental Filmmaking

…now is the time to break free and be your own film movement. Do you hear what I’m writing? Be a movement! Discover something.

Cinema and Television Producing

GET ME THE PRODUCER! PART TWO

Last week, I introduced the first eight producers. Here are the remaining seven, introduced by means of a film they each chose, which ..