Cinema Visionaries Lecture Series

The Film Program's Cinema Visionaries Lecture Series is designed to bring film industry luminaries to CCA for campuswide lectures and Film Program master classes. The series was launched by a grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is funded with the generous support of Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein.

Luminary Filmmakers

In 2011 the inaugural Cinema Visionaries Lecture Series event featured maverick film director Gus Van Sant in a standing-room-only appearance.

"Gus Van Sant is not only a remarkable filmmaker but also a generous one," praised Film Program chair Rob Epstein. "As an artist, Gus Van Sant's films run the gamut from experimental to mainstream hits so, with that, he brought a very special wealth of experience and knowledge to our campus."

Curricular Opportunity

Guest lecturers are often invited to partake in leading a master class where students they have the opportunity to interact with this important figure in world cinema in both a lecture context and in a more informal master class.

CCA visiting faculty member and award-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins was featured in the second Cinema Visionaries lecture in November 2011. His feature film debut, Medicine for Melancholy, was released in theaters by IFC Films and hailed as one of the best films of 2009 by A. O. Scott of the New York Times. Other projects include the shorts Tall Enough, A Young Couple, Remigration, and Chlorophyl, all of which were highlighted at the event, followed by a Q&A.

Upcoming Cinema Visionaries Lecture Series Guests

Announced spring 2012 featured filmmakers include the following:

Alexander Payne

(Election, Sideways, The Descendants)
TBA

John Waters

(Pink Flamingos, Polyester, A Dirty Shame)
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