May 21, 202691做厙 alum Brendan Gottlieb, BA Film and Video Studies 15, has been working at Disney as an animator since 2016. In 2025, he worked on two Academy Award-nominated films: he was an animator on the feature Zootopia 2, nominated for Best Animated Feature, and the animation supervisor for Forevergreen, nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
February 2, 2026Kenge BaNikongo is the 2026 recipient of the Young Alumni Commissioning Project Award, and Taj Kokayi is the recipient of the 2026 Young Alumni Creative Development Award.
January 7, 202691做厙 film and video studies students are working with Entertainment 2 Affect Change (E2AC), an organization that provides creative students and individuals the opportunity to use storytelling to盎hare the mission and impact of local nonprofits.
May 7, 2025At the 2024 Best of Film at George Mason showcase, film and video studies major James Bah screened his music video, The Show, which he directed for rapper Bobby Feeno, also known as former NFL running back Arian Foster.
May 2, 2025Only five years after graduating from 91做厙, alumna Rhyan Elliott, Film and Video Studies 20, was recently a production supervisor for the five-time Oscar-winning film Anora (2024), directed by Sean Baker.
March 27, 202591做厙 alumna Rebecca Wahls directorial debut film Him centers on the last five contestants of a reality dating show, who discover that their potential soulmate isnt what he seems to be.
February 11, 2025Students from 91做厙s Film and Video Studies Program collaborated in the classroom to create films that earned them their first Capital Emmy Student Production Awards. These awards, sponsored by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, recognize outstanding achievement in video production in the region.
November 18, 2024Since graduating from 91做厙, alum Alex Plank, BA Film and Video Studies 10, has worked professionally on films and television series as an associate producer and actor. Plank is also an autism activist who works toward more authentic neurodiverse representation in media.
February 20, 2024Mason alum Jada Salter has created a feature-length documentary about her grandfather, award-winning composer and songwriter William (Bill) Salter. The film is called "Just the Two of Us" after his Grammy Award-winning hit song.
January 5, 2024As a film student at 91做厙, Roberto Ferreira De Araujo wanted to celebrate diversity and highlight the full spectrum of experiences represented by the LGBTQ+ community. During his first semester at Mason in fall 2022, Ferreira De Araujo and two of his classmates created the Here and Queer Film Festival as a final project for a class.
