On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, Studio North Premiered its two grant-funded films for the 2022-2023 cycle. Cierra Gladden screened her film Sundown and Christian Reidy screened his film Moving Up, Out, On. Congratulations to both filmmakers, pictured with emcee for the evening, Lorraine Rinaldi.
Ranked the #1 film school in America, AFI’s Producing Program fosters assured filmmakers with the skills necessary to shape narratives across platforms, identify content, develop material with writers, and collaborate with directors, cinematographers, editors and production designers to bring a wide array of stories to audiences. Evelyn is a senior in the Film and Media […]
FMS students provided script coverage for the 18th annual Baltimore Screenwriters Competition, sponsored by the Baltimore Film Office at the Baltimore Office for Promotion and the Arts. Winners will be announced at a ceremony in May. Under the supervision of FMS Senior Lecturer Lucy Bucknell, students were first readers for both features and shorts. Here’s what […]
Film and Media Studies is proud to announce that John D’cruz and Cierra Gladden have been chosen for the second cohort of the Peter Roth Internship Program being offered by the Paley Center for Media. This highly selective paid internship is named in honor of longtime television studio chief Peter Roth. More about the Peter […]
Screenwriter, playwright, and teacher Marc Lapadula inspired and guided generations of young writers in his many years of teaching at Johns Hopkins University. The Marc Lapadula Screenwriting Prize has been established in his honor. A $4,000 award for a completed feature script will be awarded this year to a senior graduating with a major or […]
The second major studio feature written by Zach Baylin (FMS ’02) hit US theaters over the weekend. Creed III was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the United States and Warner Bros. Pictures internationally on March 3, 2023. The “Rocky” spinoff is projecting an opening north of $50 million, marking a franchise high across all the “Creed” films […]
FMS, in collaboration with the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and the AAP Program in Film and Media, hosted an evening with Emmy-nominated costume designer, Justine Seymour. Ms. Seymour is widely admired for her ability to build character through costume work authentically, and her work was awarded the German TV Award for Best Costume Designer in […]
Scotty’s Vag, tells the story of a sorority hazing event, in which Scotty, a college freshman, must make an impression on the older girl she wants as her “big”. As the night goes on, Scotty realizes how far she’s willing to go to prove herself. Power dynamics are not what they seem. Chaconne is a […]
When the Academic Film Archive of North America (AFA) was looking for a new home for their extensive collection, Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins University made the short list of potential locations. After communicating with FMS director Adam Rodgers and Senior Lecturer, John Mann, Sheridan Libraries was the clear choice. Read more about the film archive […]
FMS and History Department Teaching Professor Laura Mason will be presenting her book The Last Revolutionaries: The Conspiracy Trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals at Red Emma’s Bookstore and Coffeehouse on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 7:00PM.