10/21/2024
Our Stony Brook MFA in Film annual fall screening at is always spectacular - and this years screening of shorts shot at the end of covid restrictions and during guild strikes made me even prouder than most! First and second years shown below! Nick PashoianVickie TannerGabriel NobleMargarita Mina陈晓星Yunjie ZhouPramod Tiruwal Bishwokarma, Surya ShahiLina Sarrello Sarrapochiello-CastilloAleesha Mae Dineros-CanutoChinen GauAsavari VaidyaAnson FokOlesya TymoshenkoXuejie ShaoXuepei HouYarilis RamosPaul McGreevyChristopher Rosica Christine Vachon Stony Brook/Killer MFAs: FILM & TV WritingStony Brook University
09/18/2024
I asked chat GPT to turn "Here's a pic of me being interviewed about our film program" into a social post. Here's what it wrote:
"🎬✨ So thrilled to share this moment! Just wrapped up an incredible interview about our film, MFA! 🎥🔥 Can’t wait for you all to see what we’ve been working on—trust me, it’s going to blow you away! Stay tuned for more updates! 💥 ."
Not really my voice, but fun to see. WWW.Stony Brook/Killer MFAs: FILM & TV Writing https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/mfa-film-tv/
Applications now open!
07/11/2024
More on the amazing Dorothy....
A Beacon of Generosity and Grace: Philanthropist Dorothy Lichtenstein Dies at 84 - 27 East
By Michelle TrauringKathy Goodman met Dorothy Lichtenstein in a variety of ways, though her first impression was always the same.Whether it was at a party in an artist studio or in a professional setting, Lichtenstein was unfailingly radiant — strik
07/07/2024
Very sad to share the news that we, at the The Lichtenstein Center lost our great benefactor, Dorothy Lichtenstein. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/dorothy-lichtenstein-obituary?id=55511983
and here's a wonderful piece on her from just a few years ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/nyregion/how-dorothy-lichtenstein-philanthropist-spends-her-sundays.html
How Dorothy Lichtenstein, Philanthropist, Spends Her Sundays (Published 2018)
Although she lost her husband, the famous pop artist, more than 20 years ago, Ms. Lichtenstein remains entrenched in Southampton’s arts community.
06/12/2024
Film folk: we are hiring! https://apply.interfolio.com/147873
05/09/2024
OMG is there anyone more creative and imaginative and world-builder-y than Vu? Huge congrats on your thesis, Cohab! Nguyen Hoang Vu, Niav Conty Stony Brook/Killer MFAs: FILM & TV Writing Our MFA in Film is about to graduate its first Fulbright Scholar!!
04/09/2024
Super super proud of this amazing alumna: Juhyoung Ra, visitng from South Korea - Her first feature screened at the Jeonju International Film fest in Korea and also in France. After that, she received local film artist funding and made her second feature, and last year, she received the 2023 Korean Film Council Independent Film Production Fund (the largest funding project in Korea) and filmed her third feature (Songbird) in the New York area in December. Can't wait to see where Songbird lands on the festival circuit.
03/09/2024
Thank you Olivia Troy, for the fantastic Intimacy & Consent workshop! Our program is committed to filming intimate scenes safely and with consent!! Stay CRISP!! Stony Brook/Killer MFAs: FILM & TV Writing
03/02/2024
We study Killer's amazing filmography in our Film Survey class at Stony Brook University. Stony Brook/Killer MFAs: FILM & TV Writing Christine Vachon
01/11/2024
In case you haven't seen! Fun to see our program peeps throughout:
Charles Melton in May December | Discovery | Netflix
[PREVIOUSLY RECORDED] Director Todd Haynes, writer Samy Burch, and actress Julianne Moore discuss the work of actor Charles Melton in May December.Subscribe:...
01/07/2024
Congrats to Killer Films and the amazing Past Lives team! Stony Brook/Killer MFAs: FILM & TV Writing
‘Past Lives’ Wins Best Picture From National Society of Film Critics (Full Winners List)
'Past Lives' has been named best picture at this year's National Society of Film Critics Awards.
12/30/2023
All this, and our Film and TV Writing MFAs were on the cover of the top film schools issue, too!! Stony Brook/Killer MFAs: FILM & TV Writing ://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/30/nyregion/flagship-stony-brook-university.html
Can an Ambitious Public University Still Be a Place for All Students?
Stony Brook University, one of two state schools designated as flagships, has aggressively fund-raised and recruited students.