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Cinema Studies Student to Intern with Omaha Productions

Cinema Studies Student to Intern with Omaha Productions

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Recent Cinema Studies graduate Emma Brown obtained a internship with Omaha Productions, a company founded by NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning in 2020. Brown will spend the summer in Los Angeles working for Omaha Productions’ scripting department. Brown said her time at the University of Tennessee, especially her class with CNST chair Paul Harrill, […]

From UTK to the NFL: Alumni Spotlight on Filmmaker Grace Olen

From UTK to the NFL: Alumni Spotlight on Filmmaker Grace Olen

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Ask many people to describe their dream job, and they might say it involves watching NFL games from right on the 50-yard line. That’s a reality for cinema studies alumna Grace Olen, who has worked with NFL Films since her graduation from UTK in 2024, helping with everything from production on shows like They Call […]

From Knoxville to NYC: Alumni Spotlight on Key Production Assistant Delaney Phillips

From Knoxville to NYC: Alumni Spotlight on Key Production Assistant Delaney Phillips

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Ever watched the hit Hulu original series Only Murders in the Building? Or snuggled down during the holidays for a heart-warming Hallmark Christmas special? There’s a chance that alumna Delaney Phillips (UTK ’21) helped make those productions happen. Currently a key production assistant for a new television show from A24, Delaney has worked for a […]

UT Filmmaker Awarded Inaugural Vimeo Short Film Grant 

UT Filmmaker Awarded Inaugural Vimeo Short Film Grant 

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UT Filmmaker John C Kelley has been awarded the inaugural Vimeo Short Film Grant for his animated project, The Ineffable Hum.  Kelley,  an associate professor of Cinema Studies and Time-Based Art at the University of Tennessee, is one of five filmmakers selected from thousands to receive the first-of-its-kind award. The grant includes $30,000 in funding, access […]

Alumni Spotlight: Documentary Filmmaker Ronald Levy

Alumni Spotlight: Documentary Filmmaker Ronald Levy

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Since graduating from the University of Tennessee in 2019, filmmaker Ronald Levy has been busy: he’s started his own production company and completed two full-length documentary films, traveling all over the United States for projects.  He’s told stories about subjects ranging from long-distance cyclists on different ends of the political spectrum to food insecurity in […]

Janelle VanderKelen Wins Creative Capital Award

Janelle VanderKelen Wins Creative Capital Award

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School of Art professor Janelle VanderKelen has won a Creative Capital award for her project, The Golden Thread, a 16mm feature film that highlights ways unseen fungi help slow climate change and mitigate its effects. VanderKelen, an assistant professor of Cinema Studies and Time-Based Art, is one of 55 artists representing 49 projects who received the prestigious award […]

Multiple UTK Films Screening at Film Fest Knox

Multiple UTK Films Screening at Film Fest Knox

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Cinema Studies professor and co-chair Paul Harrill, along with other area filmmakers, co-founded Film Fest Knox in 2023 in order to promote Knoxville as a premiere location for filmmaking and the arts. The international festival is an important platform for Tennessee filmmakers in particular, and this year’s regional showcases – which incudes the American Regional […]

Elaine Sheldon’s “King Coal” a New York Times Critics Pick

Elaine Sheldon’s “King Coal” a New York Times Critics Pick

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The University of Tennessee School of Art is pleased to announce that the most recent film produced by film maker Elaine McMillion Sheldon has been named a Critics Pick by the New York Times. Sheldon is Assistant Professor in the Cinema Studies concentration at the School of Art. This film is described as, “A lyrical […]

BFA Graduate Chloe Baker Begins Art Career in Knoxville

BFA Graduate Chloe Baker Begins Art Career in Knoxville

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Chloe Baker is a Spring 2023 graduate from the University of Tennessee’s School of Art with a Bachelors of Fine Arts and a concentration in 4D Studio Arts. Beginning in January 2022, while still in school, she had the incredible opportunity to kick-start her professional journey with an internship at Loch & Key Productions.

Elaine McMillion Sheldon to Direct Narrative Feature Film on Mother Jones

Elaine McMillion Sheldon to Direct Narrative Feature Film on Mother Jones

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Elaine McMillion Sheldon, assistant professor of Cinema Studies at University of Tennessee’s School of Art. and filmmaker has been tapped as director for a narrative feature film on the life of Mary Harris Jones — the indomitable labor figure known to history as Mother Jones.