The Fall 2018 installment of the Bright Lights Film Series will showcase plenty of Emerson filmmakers’ work, as well as two new partnerships: one with all-woman traveling film festival LunaFest, … Continue Reading Bright Lights Film Series Offers Multiple Films by Women, Alumni
American Vandal, the Netflix mockumentary series created by Emerson alumni Tony Yacenda ’09 and Dan Perrault ’09, won a Peabody Award in the Entertainment category, while being hailed as … Continue Reading Alumni Comedy Series “American Vandal” Wins Peabody Award
Elaine McMillion Sheldon, MFA ’13 talks to The Daily Show with Trevor Noah about her film, Heroin(e), last fall. Last week, McMillion Sheldon spoke via Skype to an Emerson audience about the … Continue Reading Oscar-Nominated Alumna Talks About Making "Heroin(e)"
Not only are half of the Spring 2018 Bright Lights Film Series selections directed by women, but six of the films are directed or produced by an Emerson student, alumna, … Continue Reading Spring 2018 Bright Lights Promotes Women, Faculty Filmmakers
Legendary television writer/producer and Emerson alumnus Norman Lear ’44 will receive a Peabody Award Saturday, May 20, for creating sitcoms that tackled tough issues and brought racial, gender, and socioeconomic … Continue Reading Norman Lear to Get Peabody Award for “Chang[ing] the Face of Television”
Jeff Soyk, MFA '13, creative designer of Hollow, and Elaine McMillion Sheldon, MFA '13, creator and director, after receiving a Peabody Award in May. (Courtesy Photo) An alumna behind a groundbreaking … Continue Reading Alumni’s ‘Hollow’ gets Emmy nomination
Elaine McMillion, MFA ’13, and Jeff Soyk, MFA ’13, have won a Peabody Award for their critically acclaimed documentary, Hollow, which examines a rural county in West Virginia. Elaine McMillion, … Continue Reading Recent graduates win Peabody Award
Emily McMillion, MFA '13, with Ed Shepard, who was interviewed in Hollow. (Courtesy photo) A Master of Fine Arts candidate is taking her visual storytelling to the next level—incorporating coding system HTML5 … Continue Reading MFA candidate uses HTML5 in documentary
Elaine McMillion, MFA ’13, and Jeff Soyk, MFA ’13, have received a grant from the Tribeca Film Institute in partnership with the Ford Foundation for their project Hollow. It was … Continue Reading Students receive grant from the Tribeca Film Institute
Emerson Trustee, executive-artist-in-residence, and alumnus Kevin Bright ’76 and recent graduate Matthew Hashiguchi (MFA ’11) were among those honored at the 29th Annual Caucus for Producers, Writers, and Directors Awards … Continue Reading Emersonians honored by Caucus