MFA in Film Archive

Prashanth Kamalakanthan is an Indian-American filmmaker, born in Tirupati, India, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. Trained at NYU Graduate Film, Prashanth has previously been...

Shatara Michelle Ford (they/she) is an African American filmmaker born in Arkansas, raised in Missouri, and based in Central Pennsylvania. Ford’s films explore memory, perception,...

Sam Green is a New York-based documentary filmmaker. He received his Master’s Degree in Journalism from University of California Berkeley, where he studied documentary with...

John Valadez ('19) a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, with two national Emmy nominations, who has written and directed a dozen feature-length documentary films for primetime national...

Hilary Brougher is a screenwriter and director living and working in NYC. Her most recent original feature, SOUTH MOUNTAIN, starring Talia Balsam, Scott Cohen, Andrus...

Bill Svanoe has three lives to discuss. He was a member of a singing group, The Rooftop Singers, that had a number-one hit record, “Walk...

In this season of giving thanks and celebrating connections, we are grateful to everyone in the VCFA community.

In the summer of 2021, we spoke to Film ('19) alumnx Tamara Perkins about her media activism and her journey with documentary filmmaking. After the...

Tyler Taormina is a film director based in Los Angeles whose debut film, HAM ON RYE, premiered at Locarno Film Festival and went on to...

Travis Wilkerson's internationally recognized body of filmmaking crosses boundaries with documentary and fiction, performance, and activism. At the epicenter of his work is the ongoing...