The Columbia University School of the Arts, also known simply as the School of the Arts or as SoA, is the graduate school of the university that offers programs in the fine arts. It offers the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees in Film, Visual Arts, Theatre and Writing, as well as the Master of Arts (MA) degree in Film Studies. It works closely with the Arts Initiative at Columbia University (CUArts) and organizes the Columbia University Film Festival. Founded in 1948, the school is located in Morningside Heights, New York.
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Programs
Film
A world-renowned film school, the Film Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts in New York City offers Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degrees with concentrations in Screenwriting/Directing and Creative Producing. The program also offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Film Studies.
The select MFA program accepts only 6% of applicants, having an annual incoming class of 65 out of the 1000+ applicants. The film program accepts 46 out of approximately 700 applicants. It is considered one of the top film schools in the world.
Theatre
The Theatre Program at Columbia University's School of the Arts in New York City offers Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degrees in Theatre with concentrations in acting, directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, stage management, and theatre management and producing. The Theatre Program also offers a Ph.D. and joint J.D./M.F.A. degree in association with Columbia Law School.
Visual Arts
In the Visual Arts Program, students work in the fields of painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, digital media, drawing, performance, and video art.
Writing
The program offers degrees in creative writing, with concentrations in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. One of its more notable features are "master classes", four-week courses for writers (as opposed to critical scholars) "designed to stimulate provocative discussions about literary craft and artistic choices". Master Class faculty have recently included Helen Vendler, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, James Wood, Richard Ford, Han Ong, Susan Choi, and Jonathan Ames. The writing division also employs prestigious writers as seminar and workshop instructors; these have recently included Zadie Smith, Gary Shteyngart, Nathan Englander, Myla Goldberg, Adam Haslett, Jessica Hagedorn, Phillip Lopate, Marie Howe, Eamon Grennan, Paul LaFarge, David Gates, Francisco Goldman, Darcy Frey, and David Ebershoff.
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Future
According to the Proposed Manhattanville Academic Mixed-Use Environmental Impact Statement, Columbia intends to expand, as-of-right, its presence in Manhattanville by adaptively reusing Prentis Hall for the School of the Arts. Columbia currently owns and occupies Prentis Hall, 628-644 West 125th Street, with approximately 91,000 gross square feet (gsf) of academic space. By the 2015 analysis year, Prentis Hall may be enlarged to include an additional floor of approximately 17,000 gsf of additional academic space.
Notable alumni and attendees
Film
- Alice Arlen - screenwriter of Silkwood, The Weight of Water, Then She Found Me
- Bogdan Apetri (2006) - screenwriter, film director
- Sophie Barthes - screenwriter, film director
- Albert Berger - Producer Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Cold Mountain
- Kathryn Bigelow (1979) - screenwriter, film director, producer and two time Academy Award winner for The Hurt Locker (2009).
- Richard Brick (1971) - producer Hangin' with the Homeboys, Caught; Co-Producer Deconstructing Harry, Celebrity, Sweet and Lowdown, Arizona Dream
- Liz Chae - screenwriter, film director, documentary director, The Last Mermaids (documentary)
- Lisa Cholodenko (1998) - screenwriter and film director, The Kids Are All Right, Laurel Canyon, The L Word
- Deborah Chow (2003) - screenwriter, television and film director, The High Cost of Living
- Richard Corliss - Time magazine film critic
- Cherien Dabis (2004) - filmmaker, screenwriter - The L Word, Amreeka
- James Franco (2010) - filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, producer
- Nicole Holofcener - film and TV director, screenwriter Please Give, Enough Said, Friends With Money, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, Six Feet Under
- Courtney Hunt - Academy Award nominated screenwriter and film director, Frozen River, The Whole Truth
- Khary Jones - Award-winning screenwriter and film director, Hug
- Simon Kinberg - screenwriter Mr. & Mrs. Smith, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Yves Lavandier (1983-85) - screenwriter, director and script doctor
- Jennifer Lee (2005) - Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director, Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph
- John Magary - film director, screenwriter The Mend (film)
- James Mangold - film director, screenwriter Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line, Cop Land
- Greg Mottola (1991) - film director, screenwriter Adventureland, Superbad, Paul
- Mauro Mueller (2008) - film director, producer, screenwriter Copenhagen, A World for Raúl
- Ron Nyswaner (1981) - screenwriter, The Painted Veil
- David Pastor (2004) - screenwriter, film director, Carriers
- Kimberly Peirce (1996) - director, Boys Don't Cry, Stop-Loss
- James Ponsoldt - writer and director of The End of the Tour, The Spectacular Now, and Smashed
- Mark Raso (2008) - screenwriter, film director, Copenhagen (2014 film)
- Patricia Riggen (2003) - screenwriter, film director, The 33, Girl in Progress, Miracles from Heaven
- Beth Schacter (2004) - screenwriter, film director, Normal Adolescent Behavior, Forget Me Nots
- Florin Serban (2008) - screenwriter, film director, If I Want to Whistle I Whistle (winner of the Jury Grand Prix & Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlin Film Festival)
- Patrick Stettner (1995) - screenwriter, film director, The Business of Strangers
- Malia Scotch Marmo - screenwriter, Once Around, Hook, Madeline
- Joan Stein (1999) - screenwriter, film director, One Day Crossing (winner of the Student Academy Award)
- Chris Teague (2006) - cinematographer, Man, The Second Line, Salt Kiss
- Sergio Umansky (2004) - screenwriter, film director, Here Was The Anthem
- Ntshaveni Wa Luruli - film director
- Beau Willimon - screenwriter, playwright, producer, creator, showrunner and executive producer of House of Cards
- Aaron Woolfolk (1998) - film director, screenwriter The Harimaya Bridge
- Lauren Wolkstein (2009) - film director, screenwriter
- Alex Zamm (1989) - film director, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, Inspector Gadget 2
- Sameh Zoabi (2005) - screenwriter, film director, Man without a Cell Phone
- Nader Talebzadeh - film director
Theatre
- James Rebhorn (1972) - actor
- Kathryn Shaw - director, actor, writer
- Albert Hall (1971) - actor
- Jay Scheib (1997) - theatre director
- Diane Paulus - theater director
- Claire Labine, head writer of Ryan's Hope, One Life to Live, General Hospital, Where The Heart Is, Guiding Light
- Anson Mount (1998) - actor
Writing
- Jonathan Ames (1989) - writer
- Jesse Ball (2004) - writer
- Mary Jo Bang (1998) - poet
- Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (1974) - poet
- John Bowe (1994) - journalist focussing on modern slavery
- Tina Chang (1998) - poet, named Poet Laureate of Brooklyn
- Richard Corliss (1974) - film critic
- Adam Cushman (2005) - writer, author of Cut
- Kiran Desai (1999) - winner of the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for her novel The Inheritance of Loss
- Meghan Daum (1996) - writer and journalist
- Stephen J. Dubner (1990) - writer, Freakonomics
- Emily Fragos (1996) - poet, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award
- James Franco (2010) - actor
- Matt Gallagher (2013) - writer
- Rivka Galchen (2006) - fiction writer, author of Atmospheric Disturbances
- Philip Gourevitch (1992) - writer and journalist
- Tama Janowitz (1986) - writer
- Maureen Johnson (2003) - novelist
- Heidi Julavits - writer
- Dave King (1999) - novelist
- Peter Knobler - writer, editor
- Benjamin Kunkel - author of Indecision
- Jean Kwok - novelist
- Clive Matson (1989) - poet, author of nine collections of poetry including Squish Boots and Chalcedony's Ten Songs
- Alec Michod (1999) - novelist
- Dinaw Mengestu (2005) - fiction writer, novelist, author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
- Susan Minot (1983) - novelist and screenwriter
- Rick Moody (1986) - novelist
- Ed Park - novelist and founding editor of The Believer
- Sigrid Nunez - fiction writer, novelist, author of The Last of Her Kind, Salvation City and Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag
- Gregory Orr - poet, author of over 10 collections of poetry including River Inside the River
- Katha Pollitt (1975) - feminist writer
- Richard Price (1976) - novelist and screenwriter
- Beth Raymer (2007) - fiction writer, non-fiction writer author of Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling (turning into the film Lay the Favorite) and novel, 'Sweetheart Deals
- Karen Russell (2006) - fiction writer, author of Swamplandia!
- Anna Rabinowitz (1990) - poet, librettist
- Tracy K. Smith (1997) - poet, won the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry Life On Mars
- Wells Tower (2000) - fiction and non-fiction writer, author of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
- Vendela Vida - novelist and founding editor of The Believer
- Adam Wilson (2009) - novelist and fiction writer, author of Flatscreen
Visual Arts
- David Altmejd - artist of sculptural systems
- Samara Golden (2009) - installation artist
- Marc Handelman - painter
- Einat Amir (2009) - video and performance artist
- Lisi Raskin (2003) - visual artist
- Mika Rottenberg - video artist
- Dana Schutz (2002) - painter
- Banks Violette (2000) - sculptor
Music
- Laurie Anderson (1972) - musician
- Kenneth Ascher, DMA (1966 CC; 1968 GSAS; 1971 SOA) - jazz pianist, composer
- Tan Dun (1993) - composer
- Robin Pecknold - frontman of the band Fleet Foxes
Notable faculty
- Adrienne Rich - poet
- Kristin Linklater - renowned vocal instructor
- Anne Bogart - theater director
- Richard Howard - Pulitzer Prize winning poet
- Binnie Kirshenbaum - author
- Tom Kalin - screenwriter, film director, and producer
- Ramin Bahrani - film director
- Ben Marcus - fiction writer
- Gregory Mosher - Tony Award-winning theatrical producer
- Mira Nair - director of Monsoon Wedding, Mississippi Masala, and Vanity Fair
- Andrei ?erban - theater director
- Anthony Bergman- producer Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Friends With Money
- Barbara De Fina- producer Goodfellas, You Can Count on Me, Kundun, The Grifters
- Ira Deutchman- producer "Kiss Me, Guido", "All I Wanna Do", "Way Past Cool"
- Andy Bienen- screenwriter Boys Don't Cry
- James Schamus- producer The Ice Storm, Brokeback Mountain, Hulk
- Peter Sollett- director, screenwriter Raising Victor Vargas, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Michael Hausman- producer Brokeback Mountain, Gangs of New York, The Firm, All the King's Men
- Richard Brick- Co-Producer Sweet and Lowdown, Celebrity, Deconstructing Harry; Producer Hangin' with the Homeboys, "Caught"
- Milo? Forman- film director
- Rirkrit Tiravanija - artist
- Jon Kessler - artist
- Sanford Biggers - artist
- Thomas Roma - artist
- Tomas Vu - artist
- Sarah Sze - artist
- Kara Walker - artist
- Shelly Silver - artist
- Mark Dion - artist
- Matthew Buckingham - artist
- Matthew Ritchie - artist
- Dana Schutz - artist
- Liam Gillick - artist
- Rineke Dijkstra - artist
See also
- Columbia University
References
External links
- Official website
- School of the Arts Film Program homepage
- School of the Arts Theatre Arts Program homepage
- School of the Arts Visual Arts Program homepage
- School of the Arts Writing Program homepage
- Columbia University Film Festival
- Our Word: Writers of Color at Columbia University School of the Arts
- Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art
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