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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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Call for Submissions: Five College Film Media Undergraduate Conference

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A quick moment with John Cameron Mitchell

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

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Five on Film Series: Nomadland

Mount Holyoke College 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 Mount Holyoke College student Aderet Fishbane ’25

MHC student selected for NBCU filmmaker fellowship

Mount Holyoke College 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

Bianka Ballina

Bianka Ballina

  • Mount Holyoke Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Media Theater
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
  • Chair 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 Alumnae Foundation
Flonia Telegrafi

Flonia Telegrafi

  • Visiting Assistant Professor in Film Media Theater
Sabra Thorner

Sabra Thorner

  • Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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
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Amanda Dumais, 2024. Photo by Max Wilhelm.

Amanda Dumais

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