Department News


Current Student and Alumni News

(Cinema Alumni and Students: Please contact Missy Miller, our department secretary, if you want us to post your announcement here.)

Please check out our new annual Cinema newsletter!

Cinema department newsletter 2024

Congratulations!

 MFA student receives prestigious national Award:image of student and award logo

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John Wilson class visit

Above: John Wilson visits Cine 450: Advanced Film and Video via zoom. Spring '21

Binghamton News story on John Wilson and his hit HBO series


Ken Jacobs Scholarship Awards

  • 2023-2024: Brian Gray & Lis Peguero
  • 2022-2023: Isabella Buchanan, Christopher Golub & Alicia Mujynya
  • 2021-2022: Nadezhda Blot & Dianel Contreras
  • 2020-2021: Jolie Ramirez & Nicholas Yacoroni
  • 2019-2020: Brittany Mazzi & Brittaney Skavla
  • 2018-2019: Erin Dyer & Wenhao Fu
  • 2017-2018: Nicholas Michalski & Ye Sin Kim
  • 2016-2017: Emily VanLoan & Jenna Brady
  • 2015-2016: Yerang Kang
  • 2014-2015: Michael Chernak & Jingwei Li
  • 2013-2014: Garrick Givens & Casey McCabe
  • 2012-2013: Ryan Kimiecik & Samantha Abramovitz
  • 2011-2012: Julia Jin
  • 2010-2011: Andrea Kula & Peter Jordan
  • 2009-2010: Jared Sussman & Eliane Ceballos
  • 2008-2009: Nathan Ely
  • 2007-2008: Laura Bennett & Brian Murphy
  • 2006-2007: Dayna Moses
  • 2005-2006: Jonathan Gettinger
  • 2004-2005: Jarmar Banks & Dylan Dullea
  • 2003-2004: Michael Lieberman & Miles McNulty
  • 2002-2003: Tomonari Nishikawa
  • 2001-2002: Joyce Oates
  • 2000-2001: Peter Bianco & Madison Brookshire
  • 1999-2000: Kristen Santarsiero
  • 1998-1999: Sang-Hee Park, Aaron Nye & Matthew Thompson

Summer Scholars and Artists Program Awards

  • 2015: Jingwei Li
    Project Title: From the Stars - Documentary about Autistic People in China
  • 2014: Alexander Leiss
    Project Title: Banners in the Sky Documentary
  • 2013: Joshua Chorman
    Project Title: Sustained glancing: Road-kill
  • 2013: Patrick Schechter
    Project Title: Documentary on Marconi Tower

Foundation Award for Creative Work in Cinema (1979-2008)

  • 2008: Jack Wilson
  • 2007: Russell Peborde
  • 2006: Alexandra Levashvili
  • 2005: Ilya Shnitser
  • 2004: Christopher Greene
  • 2003: Joyce Oates
  • 2002: Madison Brookshire
  • 2001: Peter Bianco
  • 2000: Ryan Heyner
  • 1999: Sang Hee Park
  • 1998: Hyangmee Bak
  • 1997: Tamami Asada
  • 1996: Yuk Yiu Ip
  • 1995: Karen Jedrysik
  • 1994: Susan Brunig & Vadim Genin
  • 1992: Jason Detrani
  • 1991: Ariana Gerstein
  • 1990: Daniel Liss
  • 1989: Stephen Grietzer
  • 1988: David Vertino
  • 1987: Stacy Rammacher
  • 1986: David Gresalfi
  • 1985: Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
  • 1983: Jan Novello
  • 1982: Katsutoshi Murabe
  • 1980: Paul Wood
  • 1979: Kevin Crane