Graduate School Bulletin
Spring 2025
Faculty of the MFA in Film Program
Associate Professor
Julie Sheehan, Associate Provost, M.F.A. 2000, Columbia University
Kingsberg, Alan. Head of TV Writing, M.F.A. 1984, New York University.
Visiting Professor
Vachon, Christine, Artistic Director. B.A., 1983, Brown University
Visiting Assistant Professor
Brandeis, Magdalene, Director. M.F.A., 2008, Stony Brook University
Koffler, Pamela. B.A., 1987, Yale University
Allen, Jennie. M.F.A., 2013, Columbia University
Crooks, Leonard. M.B.A., 1981, Strathclyde University, Scotland. Former head of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund.
Pero, Simone. M.P.P., 1994, University at Albany
Russo, Kathleen. B.F.A., 1986, Rochester Institute of Technology
Blackshear, Perry. M.F.A., 2012, New York University
Lecturer
Burkhardt, Scott. M.F.A., 2008. Columbia School of the Arts
Shelton, Summer. M.A. Wake Forest University, 2006
Conty, Niav. M.F.A. 2013, City College of New York
Offitzer, Karen. M.F.A. University of Arizona, M.A. NYU.
Roberts, Jordan. M.F.A., 2009. New York Film Academy
Thorndike, Stewart. M.F.A., 2008 New York University