MFA in Film Archive

Michael grew up in Palo Alto, California. He has been directing and designing film and television title sequences, theatrical trailers, television commercials and identity packages...

Shuchi Talati is a filmmaker from India whose work challenges dominant narratives around gender, sexuality, and South Asian identity. Her feature film, Girls Will Be...

Kyle Hausmann-Stokes’ films, social activism and passion center on veterans, mental health and common sense gun safety. Enlisting in the military out high school and...

Emily Schweber is a feature film casting director and has cast over 100 movies. With an art degree in printmaking from Sonoma State University, Emily...

Emmy award-winning filmmaker, artist, and author Michèle Stephenson draws from her Haitian and Panamanian heritage and experience as a social justice lawyer to transform non-fiction...

Anu Valia is a writer/director whose roots are in India and Indiana. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Anu’s work has screened...

In anticipation of our winter 2025 residency—taking place on the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) campus in Valencia, CA from January 3-11, 2025—our six...

Ekwa’s award-winning and critically acclaimed feature film Farewell Amor premiered in competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, garnering 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film...

Benjamin Font is an up-and-coming writer/director whose film career began as the co-writer of Robert Schwartzman’s Dreamland, which premiered at Tribeca and was released by...

Art has been a home for Daphne McWilliams for her entire life—literally. McWilliams was on a set running scenes as a child actor before she’d...