Alumni

Film Production alum, Gregory Middleton, Emmy – WIN for “Watchmen”.

Best known for his work on “Game of Thrones” and a two-time Emmy nominee, Middleton shot four episodes out of the series’ nine.

The three characters are in a decrepit room of a cabin, overgrown with vegetation that has crept indoors. Light is filtering through the spaces in between the wood and through the window offering a very misty quality to the photo. A youngish man with short hair is seating on the left of a vintage phonograph, a woman is standing up beside it with her hands on the desk where it is placed, and another man is seated beside her and looking at an album cover which is stacked on other album covers on a messy desk. They appear to be listening.

Film Production Professor Igor Drljaca Screens “The Archivists” at Both TIFF and VIFF!

Starring Noah Reid, Bahia Watson and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, “The Archivists” also employed Adjunct Professor Ravi Spivak, who was the editor of the film.

BFA Acting Alum Ghazal Azarbad Creates the “Dear Konstantin” Podcast Following a UBCTF Lineage of “The Seagull” by Anton Chekhov!

The evolution of the podcast began with Ghazal’s involvement in the cancelled, due to the pandemic, production of Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre Company’s production of “The Seagull” where she was playing Masha.

Alt text: 19 people sitting and standing around a dining room table in a family home that was used as the set. All are wearing masks and most are wearing face shields. There is a camera in the middle of the table. The little boy in the front on the left has two thumbs up. You can see that people’s eyes are smiling.

Film Production’s Ian Tan and Shiun Okada Shoot “Bridges” During the Pandemic.

It was tricky to shoot, but even trickier to produce, “said Shiun. “It was great to be back on set and to be following guidelines to keep everyone safe.”

BFA Theatre Design and Production Alum, Kanon Hewitt, Co-Creates “Sen・Nemuri”!

This project received financial support from the National Theatre School of Canada via the Art Apart program.

Acting Head’s Statement on UBC Complaints Process Regarding Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination

As part of the Department of Theatre and Film’s actions to combat systemic racism, I wish to make the UBC bullying, harassment, and discrimination complaints process, by which our department is bound, as transparent as possible to all of our students and alumni. Grounds for complaints: In determining the grounds for complaints, all employees and […]

Professor Lisa Coulthard, Alum Lindsay Steenberg, and Cinema and Media Studies PhD, Gabrielle Berry, present at the Music and Moving Image Conference (MAMI)!

Thursday, May 28, 2020. Photo: Keanu Reeves in John Wicks, directed by Chad Stahelski, written by Derek Kolstad.