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FIlm Media Program

Faculty & Staff

Rebecca Romanow, Interim Director
Kathy Clark, Administrative Assistant

Ashish Chadha, Film/Media (Assistant Professor)
Keith Brown, Film/Media (Lecturer)
Mary Healey Jamiel, Film/Media, Communication Studies (Associate Professor)
Rebecca Romanow, Film/Media (Lecturer)

Roy Bergstrom, Film/Media (Adjunct Assistant Professor)
Gerald DeSchepper, Film/Media (Adjunct Professor)
Dana Neugent, Film/Media (Adjunct Assistant Professor)
Tim Tierney, Film/Media (Adjunct Assistant Professor)
Thomas Zorabedian, Film/Media (Adjunct Assistant Professor)

Joint Appointments
Karen de Bruin, French, (Assistant Professor)
Megan Echevarria, Spanish, (Associate Professor)
Yan Ma, GSLIS, (Professor)
Barbara Meagher, Journalism (Associate Professor)
Kendall Moore, Journalism (Associate Professor)
Catherine Sama, Italian (Professor)
Judith Swift, Theatre, Communication Studies (Professor)
Ryan Trimm, English (Associate Professor)
Jean Walton, English (Professor)
Sheri Wills, Art & Art History (Professor)
Stephen Wood, Communication Studies (Professor)

Instructors
Dana Benelli, Film/Media (Instructor)
Rob Cohen, Film/Media (Instructor)
Michael Dow, Film/Media (Instructor)
Yonathan Friesem, Film/Media (Instructor)
Hal Hamilton, Film/Media (Instructor)
Brian Knoth, Film/Media (Instructor)
Reshad Kulenovic, Film/Media (Instructor); Providence Film/Media Coordinator & Advisor
Michelle Le Brun, Film/Media, Communication Studies (Instructor)
Matthew MacKnight, Film/Media, Writing & Rhetoric, (Instructor)
Christopher Mensel, Film/Media (Instructor)
Lauri Mullens, Film/Media (Instructor)
Marina Shron, Film/Media (Instructor)
George Steele, Film/Media (Instructor)
Ben Sweeney, Film/Media (Instructor)

news & announcements

 

Kyle King will be screening his latest film, Fatigued at the Columbus Theater on April 19, 2013. You can see the trailer here.

 

Ryan Casey, Allie Furlong, Kayla Chin and Josh Ducharme will be screening their new film I'll Be Seeing You at the Park Theater on March 2, 2013. Visit the website for more info, to watch the trailer and to buy tickets for the event. Read the press release here. You can see Ryan's interview on The Rhode Show here.

Matt DiGennaro's film This is a Love Story has been accepted into the 2013 international "Let's All Be Free" Film Festival in London, England. The short film will screen this April. This is a Love Story previously premiered as an official selection of the 2012 Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Ashton Avila's film Needless Wait has been accepted into the 2013 Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival. In addition to the film's screening, Ashton has been invited to attent The Filmmaker Workshops hosted by the Women of Warner Bros. Watch the trailer on youtube!

Two teams of URI students participated in the 48 Hour Film Festival in Providence this summer.

Roger Bacon, Gene Rosati Jr., Allie Furlong, Kayla Chin, Colby Blanchet and Chris Smith made up the team, Tough All Over, that won Best Editing at the 48 Hour Film Festival for their film The Greatness. See the trailer on Vimeo. (password: greatness)

The URI Film Collaborative, made up of students, Daniel Larsh, Anna Salatto, Brittany Diamond, Dan Matteus, Isabelle Motley, Mecca Smith and Alex Papa produced 2 Pounds for the 48 Hour Film Festival.

Film/Media students Kayla Chin, Roger Bacon, Gene Rosati Jr., Allie Furlong, Matt DiGennaro, along with faculty member Keith Brown, filmed a documentary about free dental care in Rhode Island for the Rhode Island Mission of Mercy. You can watch the film on YouTube.

Film/Media alumni, Libby Segal's, Hobby Hoarder project makes the news in Boston, MA and Providence, RI. Check out the clip on AOL.