CCSU FILM ALUMNI, RASHAD FRETT – ACCEPTED TO SUNDANCE
Rashad Frett’s short film, RICKY has been accepted to the prestigious SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. Posted by Jeffrey Teitler – Professor – CCSU – Filmmaking
FILM PROFESSOR WINS AN EMMY AWARD…AND SO CAN YOU.
Last weekend was a reminder of the incredible journey filmmaking can offer. As a husband, father and professor when my responsibilities end at CCSU, I film in hospitals and with artists. However, sustainability has always been about the skill, being trustworthy and telling truthful or meaningful stories. During the Pandemic, aside from teaching, I was […]
MUSIC SENSATION, HOZIER FILMS WITH RECENT CCSU FILM GRADUATE!
Recent CCSU Filmmaker, Abe Azab gets published by music sensation, Hozier. Posted by Jeffrey Teitler – Professor – CCSU – Filmmaking
Want to Study Filmmaking? Read This First!
The explosion of cinema technology has created a mass market of college and university film training programs. But buyer beware – such accessibility has also lead to questionable Film/TV training programs at some colleges, and students may pay the toll. Award Winning State University Filmmaking Outcomes Since most people shoot and edit […]
OUTCOMES MATTER – CCSU FILM STUDENTS AND ALUMNI PRODUCE FOR THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
Prior to the pandemic, several members of CCSU’s production faculty ran a pilot program in studio production. Collaborating with Josh Therriault, an ESPN production artist and former CCSU Film graduate, we developed a comprehensive studio curriculum, collaborated with industry artists and developed the most advanced productions and curriculum ever seen within CCSU’s studo. The […]
CCSU Film Student Wins Jury Award Fighting For Transgender Rights
Unlike traditional lecture classes, film-students not only dream up ideas, they cast, rehearse, costume, explore and produce their thoughts into well-crafted films. This guided work has produced an unprecedented amount of awards, achievements and publications never before seen in our department. For CCSU Film student, Abe Azab, fighting for transgender rights – a […]
CCSU FILM ALUMNI AND STUDENTS PRODUCE WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ARTIST
CSU Film alumni and students produce with Grammy Award Winning Artist, Pharoahe Monch and Filmmaker/NYU Film professor, Tatjana Kretevski – Posted by Jeff Teitler
United States Congressional Black Caucus Awards Scholarship to CCSU Film Student
Unapologetically, Filmmaking deals with human issues, characters and conditions. It is a complicated educational process, requiring technical, aesthetic and directorial instruction. With an industry-endorsed curriculum and unprecedented student-outcomes, last year, politics and university power-plays engaged in an all-out assault on film education, workforce collaboration and academic freedom. These actions illogically hurt our students, diminished […]
CCSU Film Student captures McDonald’s…and then this happened!
CCSU Film student and 2020 graduate, Tyler Helmbrecht is on the brink of success…This is his story. TYLER: In the early winter of 2019, I wanted to create a short film centering on my work at McDonald’s. To be honest, I had never dedicated enough time to my filmmaking as sticking to one project was […]
The Women’s Film Festival in Philadelphia Selects CCSU Film Students
The heart of CCSU FILM’s achievement has always centered around the original ideas of our students While some ideas are controversial, others can be light-hearted and comedic. But more than dreaming ideas, our students regularly exercise, cast, explore, costume and rigorously develop the necessary skills to produce their ideas. The process is by no […]