Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres

With dual focus on both the theoretical and practical worlds of filmmaking, the Department of Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres provides programs for students with the flexibility to explore all aspects of the industry. Our faculty are professionals and filmmakers who actively screen at festivals and exhibition spaces from the Sundance Film Festival to the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Programs

Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres Courses

NameRankDegreeSchoolGraduate FacultyEmeritus Faculty
Benjamin Balcom Assistant Professor MFA University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Yes No
Joel Benjamin Assistant Professor MFA DePaul University No No
Richard Blau Professor Emeritus PhD Yale University No Yes
Portia Cobb Associate Professor MA San Francisco State University Yes No
Michael Gibisser Associate Professor MFA University of Illinois at Chicago Yes No
Laura Harrison Assistant Professor MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago Yes No
Kelly Kirshtner Associate Professor PhD University of California, Irvine Yes No
Jesse Malmed Assistant Professor MFA University of Illinois at Chicago No No
Marquise Mays Assistant Professor MA University of Southern California No No
Jesse McLean Associate Professor, Chair MFA University of Illinois at Chicago Yes No
Stephen Wetzel Associate Professor, Director of Academic Affairs MFA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Yes No