Laura Mason, FMS and History Department Teaching Professor, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for the 2025-26 grant cycle. Her book project, Jean-Baptiste Carrier in a Slave-Trading City: Atlantic World Violence and the French Revolution, will be supported by the fellowship. This work focuses on the influence of the slave trade on “revolutionary violence...
Enter the world of the moving image
Students in the Program in Film and Media Studies can choose from a broad range of small, hands-on courses that combine theory and practice in film, television, popular culture, and new media. Courses are taught by faculty who include award-winning filmmakers, screenwriters, animators, sound designers, composers, film critics, historians, and theorists.
- Degrees Offered BA
- Major Film and Media Studies
- Minor Film and Media Studies
Explore the Program
Undergraduate
Meld the study of filmmaking with hands-on experience. Students focus on critical study or film production to complete their degree.
Faculty
Our faculty has a wide range of experience in film and media, and facilitate connections with industry and alumni for students.
Alumni
Our alumni have access to a strong network of members who work in film, television, and media across the nation and around the world.
News & Announcements
QUAKER Chosen for Berlinale
The short film, Quaker, by 2019 FMS graduate Giovanna Molina, has been included in the program of the 75th Berlinale this February in Berlin. It’s the story of NYC high school seniors sharing their unfiltered feelings with each other during the last Quaker meeting of the year. This project was supported by grants from The...
Five questions with Diana Peralta ’11
Diana Peralta ’11, who majored in film and media studies, was highlighted in the Fall 2024 issue of Arts and Sciences Magazine, discussing what it takes to be a good filmmaker, teaching directing, and how to make films that people connect with.