Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid has produced fifteen feature films with premieres at TIFF, Rotterdam, Locarno, Busan, Slamdance, Whistler, Rome, Hot Docs, Karlovy Vary and MoMA in New York, amongst others. Ingrid received the WIFTS International Visionary Award, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Award for “Best Director” and the Jay …
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Taien Ng-Chan
Taien Ng-Chan is a writer, media artist, and assistant professor in Cinema and Media Arts at York University. She holds a doctorate from Concordia University’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC). In addition to her scholarly work in such publications as Intermediality and Humanities, she has published four books and anthologies of creative writing, produced …
Mary Bunch
Dr. Mary Bunch is an Assistant Professor In Cinema and Media Arts and affiliated with Theatre Studies, and Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA). She earned her PhD in Theory and Criticism at Western University in 2011. Dr. Bunch’s teaching and research interests include interdisciplinary and collaborative critical disability, feminist, queer studies and critical theory, research …
Manfred Becker
CURRICULUM VITAE Manfred Becker, PhD Associate Professor & Filmmaker AMPD, Department of Cinema and Media Arts, York University (416) 998 4903, bmanfred@yorku.ca DEGREES: 2017 PhD, Joint Graduate Program Communication & Culture, York University & Ryerson University, The Frankenbite – Ethics in Factual Programming 2011 Masters, Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Studies, York University Capturing the Platform …
Kenneth Rogers
Ken Rogers is Associate Director of the MBA Program in Arts Media and Entertainment. He is the author of The Attention Complex (Palgrave Macmillan 2014) and has published on the social and cultural impact of art, media art, and emerging media technology. His current research focuses on the fields of cultural policy, media policy, and …
Rebecca Schechter
Ms. Schechter is a Gemini-award winning screenwriter. She was born in Newark, N.J. and attended the University of Chicago for one year before emigrating to Canada, where she completed her studies in the social sciences at York University. Her career as a screenwriter took off in 1987 with the feature film “Taking Care.” Since then, …
Steve Munro
Steve Munro MPSE, began making films and experimenting with sound at a very early age. Making his first film in grade school. He studied Motion Pictures at Ryerson in Toronto. Since that time he has been responsible for the sound design on many of Canada’s finest feature films and documentaries. He has worked with a …
Carol McBride
Carol McBride joined the Film and Video Department in 1997 as a Course Director with over 15 years of professional film and television production experience. She has worked as director, associate producer, production manager, story consultant, sound technician, assistant editor and assistant director on feature films, television series and short projects. Her own short films …
Gillian Helfield
Gillian Helfield began teaching at York University in 1997 after completing her Ph.D. in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick. Her dissertation focused on Quebec Cinema of the Quiet Revolution, which remains an important subject in her teaching, research and writing. Helfield also teaches courses in Canadian Studies, Cultural Studies, National Cinemas, …
Maureen Dorey
Maureen Dorey has taught Feature Screenwriting at York since 2010. She is a free-lance story editor, analyst and mentor who helps writers find their voices, shape their stories and renew their inspiration. Her production credits include: SIDDHARTH, written by Richie Mehta (2013, TIFF Selection, Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay), BLACKBIRD written by …
