Visiting Professionals

In conjunction with the many film festivals and series in the area, and as part of its lecture series, the Film Studies Program brings industry professionals to campus to speak with students, present their films, and teach master classes.

Coming Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Steven Belber 
Filmmaker and Screenwriter with HBO Credits and more. Link to background here.

Lindsay McIntyre
Filmmaker of Inuk/European Decent. Link to backround here.

Past UR Visitors

Garrett Bradley
Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker:  Time (2020); Sundance Film Festival Documentary Award.  

J.P. Sniadecki
Internationally-known Filmmaker:  Chaiqian/Demolition (2008)

Sky Hopinka
Indigenous Filmmaker: 2022 MacArthur Fellow with works shown at numerous film festivals.

Curtis Chin
Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author:  Dear Corky (2022), Everything I Learned, I Learne din Chinese Restaurant (2023); National Endowment for the Arts, ABC/Disney Television awards, and more. 

 

Juliette Sales and Fabien Suarez
Screenwriters: Belle and Sébastian (2013)

Rémy Julienne
Stunt Designer and Coordinator: The DaVinci Code (2006), Goldeneye (1995) and many others

Pierre-William Glenn
Cinematographer: Day for Night (Truffaut, 1973), Small Change (Truffaut 1976) and many others

Cutter Hodierne
Filmmaker: Fishing Without Nets (2014), Winner, 2014 Sundance Directing Award

Tony D’Annunzio
Filmmaker: Louder than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story (2012)

Mathieu Busson and Christie Molia
Filmmakers: Mischa Mouse (2011)

Camilo Pérez
Filmmaker: A Home on our Shoulders (2010)

Rodrigo Dorfman
Filmmaker: Generation Exile (2010)

Kriss Turner
Screenwriter: Something New (2006)

Eugene Jarecki
Filmmaker: Why We Fight (2005) Winner, 2005 Sundance Grand Jury Prize

Stephanie Whallon, '98
Breaking into "The Business": Advice and Thoughts on Getting Your Foot in the Door in the Film Industry