Process and Style 2012
Thursdays 6:00pm-9:00pm

** This schedule is subject to change without notice**

These events are not open to the public and are for the MFA Social Documentary Film students and by invitation only. Please email mbhattacharya@sva.edu if you have any questions about the SocDoc guest lecture series.

PROCESS AND STYLE SPRING 2011

1/12/12
Cavah Zahidi - screening of latest film

1/19/12
Nina Davenport – “First Comes Love” – work in progress screening

1/26/12
Eric Drath – Live Star Entertainment LLC.
screening “Renee”

2/2/12
Matthew Akers, Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre and Donna Shepherd – “Marina Abramović The Artist is Present” Screening

2/9/12
John J. Valadez – “Matters of Race”, “Beyond Brown” and others

2/16/12
Cathy Carapella – Rights and Clearances Panel w/
- Dana Perry, filmmaker
- Jim McDonald, archivist
- Cathy Carapella, Global Image Works
- Neil Rosini, fair use attorney

3/2/12 (special Friday evening lecture)
Ellen Kuras - Director and Cinematographer

3/15/12
Kirsten Johnson - Cinematographer

3/22/12
Doug Block - Filmmaker  - showing a retrospective of work

3/29/12
Elena Paul, Esq. – Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

4/5/12
Susan Lacy – American Masters

4/12/12
Carter Little – Music Supervisor and Composer

4/19/12
Sam Pollard – Editor, Director, Producer

PROCESS AND STYLE FALL 2011

1. Date: 9/29/11
Instructor: Caveh Zahedi
Topic: Films and Career

2. Date: 10/13/11
Instructor: Ross Kauffman
Topic: Born Into Brothels

3. Date: 10/13/11
Instructor: Wolfgang Held
Topic: Cinematography

4. Date: 10/20/11
Instructor: Beth Levison
Topic: Etsy and Independent Producing

5. Date: 10/26/11 –  Jay Rosenblatt
Topic: Films and Career

6. 10/27/11 – Media That Matters
Topic: Film Festival

7. Date: 11/3/11
Instructor: Tamara Gould
Topic: ITVS

8. Date: 11/17/11
Instructor: Steve Ascher and Jeanne Jordan
Topic:  Troublesome Creek and more!

9. Date: 12/1/11
Instructor: Sam Pollard

10. Date: 12/2/11
Instructor: Ross McElwee
Topic: Films and Career

SPRING 2011

Date: 1/27/11
Instructor: Yves Jeanneau
Topic: International Co-Productions/ Murder on a Sunday Morning

Date: 2/3/11
Instructor: Howard Sharp, Maro Chermayeff and Nancy Abraham
Topic: Working with an Executive/Mann V. Ford

Date: 2/10/11
Instructor: Ira Spiegal
Topic: Sound Editing

Date: 2/17/11
Instructor: Sam Pollard

Date: 2/24/11
Instructor: Nigel Noble
Topic: Magic Lantern Media

Date: 3/3/11
Instructor: Ellen Kuras
Topic: The Betrayal

Date: 3/17/11
Instructor: Judith Helfand
Topic: Advocacy Filmmaking

Date: 3/24/11
Instructor: Robb Moss

Date: 3/31/11
Instructor: Natalia Almada
Topic:

Date: 4/7/11
Instructor: Sam Pollard

Date: 4/14/11
Instructor: Alan Berliner

Date: 4/21/11
Instructor: Tom Hurwitz, Matt Tyrnauer and Matt Kapp
Topic: Valentino

FALL 2010

1. Date: 9/9/10
Filmmaker: Jerry Aronson
Topic: Allen Ginsberg

2. Date: 9/16/10
Speaker: Elena – Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Topic: Legal Issues and Documentary Film

3. Date: 9/23/10
Filmmaker: Michael Epstein
Film: Lennon NYC

4. Date: 9/30/10
Filmmaker: Yoruba Richen
Film: Promised Land

5. Date: 10/7/10
Filmmaker: Sam Pollard

6. Date: 10/14/10
Filmmaker: Sam Pollard

7. Date: 10/21/10
Filmmaker: Alex Gibney

8. Date: 10/28/10
Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre and Joshua Bennett
Circus

9. Date: 11/4/10
Nadav Harel
Film: “The Electric Mind”

10. Date: 11/11/10
Filmmaker: Christine Choy
film: Who Killed Vincent Chin

11. Date: 11/18/10
Filmmaker: Bob Richman

12. Date: 12/2/10
Brian Oakes
Topic: working with a graphics person

13. Date: 12/9/10
Speaker: Simon Kilmurry
POV

14. 12/16/10
Speaker: Shelia Nevins
HBO Documentaries