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Department of Film Media Theater

The Department of Film Media Theater oversees an innovative, project-based curriculum that integrates practices of critical study with production and performance in the fields of film, media and theater.

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Film Media Theater

Call for Submissions: Five College Film Media Undergraduate Conference

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John Cameron Mitchell (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)

A quick moment with John Cameron Mitchell

Actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director John Cameron Mitchell will be at ɬ on Monday, March 10, 2025, for a screening and discussion of his 2001 film “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

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Chloe Zhao from Variety - Day after the Oscars cover story

Five on Film Series: Nomadland

ɬ President Danielle R. Holley provided an introduction for a showing of “Nomadland,” directed by Chloé Zhao ’05, at Amherst Cinema. The event, part of a series called “Five on Film,” highlights alums of the Five College Consortium.

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A still of the work titled Everybody's Blood by ɬ student Aderet Fishbane ’25

MHC student selected for NBCU filmmaker fellowship

ɬ film and media student Aderet Fishbane has been selected as one of NBCU’s Original Voices Accelerator Fellows. The six-month fellowship is designed to provide a direct pipeline to a career for young creatives.

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Film Media Theater faculty and staff

In addition to our professional staff and faculty, the department employs a number of student liaisons each year. Meet the 2023–2024 FMT student liaisons.

Department head(s)

Noah Tuleja

Noah Ilya-Alexis Tuleja

  • Associate Professor of Film Media Theater
  • Film Media Theater Chair

Department and affiliated faculty

Olivia Clement Finch

Olivia Clement Finch

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Media Theater
Li Cornfeld

Li Cornfeld

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Media Theater
Justin Crumbaugh

Justin Crumbaugh

  • Chair of Spanish, Latina/o and Latin American Studies
  • Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
Samba Gadjigo

Samba Gadjigo

  • Helen Day Gould Professor of French
Jensen Glick

Jensen Glick

  • Lecturer in Film Media Theater
Hannah Goodwin

Hannah Goodwin

  • Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
  • Nexus Track Chair for Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse
Vanessa James specializes in set and costume design for theater and opera, art direction for film and 20th-century design.

Vanessa James

  • Professor of Film Media Theater
Elliot Montague, photo by Max Wilhelm, 2025

Elliot Montague

  • Assistant Professor of Film Media Theater Film Production
“My creative process is a simple one. For me, everything I do informs each other,” said Michael Ofori, visiting lecturer.

Michael Ofori

  • Lecturer in Film Media Theater
Amy Rodgers, English, theater and film studies

Amy Rodgers

  • Associate Professor of Film Media Theater
David Sanford’s newest work will be performed on March 31 in Boston and April 2 in Amherst.

David W. Sanford

  • Elizabeth T. Kennan Professor of Music
Ajay J. Sinha

Ajay J. Sinha

  • Julie ’73 and Helene ’49 Herzig Professor of Art History
Samantha Skynner

Samantha Skynner

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Media Theater
Paul Staiti, Faculty

Paul Staiti

  • Professor of Fine Arts on the Alum Foundation
Flonia Telegrafi

Flonia Telegrafi

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Media Theater
Sabra Thorner

Sabra Thorner

  • Associate Professor of Anthropology
  • Chair, Nexus in Museums, Archives, and Public History
  • Chair, Nexus in Native American and Indigenous Studies

Dien Vo

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Production
Elizabeth Young

Elizabeth Young

  • Carl M. and Elsie A. Small Professor of English

Staff

Amanda Dumais, 2024. Photo by Max Wilhelm.

Amanda Dumais

  • Department Coordinator
Hilary Glick, Arts Administrator

Hilary Glick

  • Arts Administrator
Nathan K. Lee

Nathan K. Lee

  • Technical Director/Production Manager

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Department of Film Media Theater

The Department of Film Media Theater oversees an innovative, project-based curriculum that integrates practices of critical study with production and performance in the fields of film, media and theater.

  • 413-538-2834
  • 101 Rooke Theatre
Amanda Dumais, 2024. Photo by Max Wilhelm.

Amanda Dumais

  • Department Coordinator
  • adumais@mtholyoke.edu
  • 413-538-2834
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