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.

Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres Courses

NameRankDegreeSchoolGraduate FacultyEmeritus Faculty
Richard Blau Professor PhD Yes Yes
Carl Bogner Senior Lecturer MFA University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Yes No
Portia Cobb Associate Professor MA San Francisco State University Yes No
Cecelia Condit Professor MFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University Yes No
Rob Danielson Associate Professor MFA No Yes
Lori Felker Assistant Professor MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago Yes No
Steven Foster Professor MFA No Yes
Kelly Kirshtner Assistant Professor PhD University of California, Irvine Yes No
Diane Kitchen Professor MFA No Yes
Jesse McLean Assistant Professor MFA University of California, Irvine Yes No
Stephen Wetzel Assistant Professor MFA University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Yes No
Iverson White Associate Professor MFA University of California, Los Angeles Yes No
Rob Yeo Associate Professor, Chair MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago Yes No