MFA in Film Archive

Sahra Mani is a multiple award-winning filmmaker. She received her master's degree in documentary filmmaking from the University of Arts London with high distinction and...

Nora Fingscheidt was born in 1983 in Germany and spent her youth partly in Argentina. From 2003 onward she participated in the development of the...

Joshua L. Pearson is an editor based in New York. After graduating with a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1986,...

Joseph Patel is an award-winning producer, director, and writer on documentaries and short films. He recently produced the feature documentary SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN...

Son of marine biologists, raised in the Pacific Northwest, James combined an interest in Russian language with a fascination for filmmaking and set out to...

Diane Paragas is an award-winning writer/director, editor, cinematographer, and producer of narrative features, documentaries, and commercials.

During quarantine, Billy Kent (along with Mac Montandon) made a short film series called THE OTHER SIDE, shot entirely on Zoom chats. The series comedically...

John Valadez, filmmaker and the director of the Documentary Film program at Michigan State University, has been making and engaged with film for over 25...

Yerania Del Orbe's short film LA SANTERA was an official selection in the 2020 Lady Filmmakers Festival and semifinalist in the Flickers' Rhode Island International...

Writer-Director Hafid Abdelmoula won Best Feature Film in the 2021 Santa Fe Film Festival for BROKEN GAIETE. The film grew from his...