MFA in Film Archive

In anticipation of our summer 2025 residency—taking place on the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) campus in Valencia, CA from June 24 to July...

Mark Kirkland has won three Primetime Emmys and two Peabody awards as a director on The Simpsons and is a filmmaker and educator. He is...

Edmund Stenson’s work as director spans both documentary and fiction and focuses on social issues, loners and nomads. Most recently, he directed BLINK (2024), a...

Sam Feder is a Peabody Award-nominated film director and writer. Sam created and directed Heightened Scrutiny (Sundance 2025), DISCLOSURE (Sundance 2020, Netflix 2020), the widely...

Since earning a BFA in Film & TV production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, James has worked as a film & video editor...

Alexandra Simpson is a French-American filmmaker. She studied film history and theory at the Sorbonne and later obtained a Bachelor’s degree in film editing from...

Born in Mississippi and raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, Burnett is an independent filmmaker whose work has been praised for its portrayal...

Dominic Davis returned to the Sundance Institute in 2022 as Manager of the Documentary Fund. In 2011, Dominic worked in the Artist Relations Office of...

VCFA MFA in Film alumnx Joshua James Johnson (F ’21) is a writer, director, professor, and professional visual effects (VFX) artist. In his career, Johnson...

Tomás Gómez Bustillo is an award winning writer and director from Buénos Aires, Argentina. Brought up across Argentina, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and the US,...