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Alexis NeophytidesDocumentary filmmakerDocumentary Studies certificate, 2008 and MA in Media Studies, 2009Alexis Neophytides is an Emmy-award-winning documentary filmmaker based in New York City. She is the co-creator and director of Neighborhood Slice, a documentary series that tells the stories of longtime New Yorkers who’ve held onto their little corner of the city despite fast-growing gentrification. Currently in its third season, Neighborhood Slice is broadcast weekly on public television. Alexis also produced and directed two seasons of the lifestyle series $9.99 with Dave Evans, for which she won a New York Emmy. For the past decade, Alexis has also taught documentary filmmaking to young people. She developed the filmmaking program for The TEAK Fellowship, a nonprofit program for low-income students in New York City. Focusing on teaching social engagement through documentary film, the year-round course culminates in the production of short documentaries made by the students themselves. Alexis has also developed filmmaking curricula for engineering students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taught at the Video Lab, a youth program at the New School. She created curricula and workshops for such nonprofits as the Reciprocity Foundation, targeted to homeless youth (particularly LGBT-identified); and Metropolis Ensembles’ Youth Works, dedicated to musical education for underserved middle students. Currently, Alexis is Co-Founder, Producer, and Director at The Big Chair, a full-service video production company which creates content for a range of nonprofit and corporate clients. |
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The MA in Media Studies gives students experience in creative media making, critical analysis, and entrepreneurialism. The Media Management MS offers the practical experience you need to succeed in today's media industries. The Documentary Studies Certificate program provides an opportunity to study documentary filmmaking in a small, tightly focused program. The Media Management Certificate Program provides a strong foundation of management principles and leadership skills to find work in the ever-changing global media landscape.
Annual Events
This annual event features film and video works produced by students taking graduate, undergraduate, and certificate classes in the School of Media Studies. Finalists are selected by an external jury of film professionals.
New School graduate students exhibit and discuss their works-in-progress in this popular monthly media workshop and screening series. Presenting students receive constructive feedback on their film, video, and audio work.
Mixed Messages is an annual exhibition showcasing outstanding creative work by graduate students in the School of Media Studies. Selected by a panel of distinguished jurors, projects include installations, interactive experiences, Web-based projects, and works on paper.
Kinoscope is a screening series designed to foster dialogue about film as cinematic art. Kinoscope events include discussion and analysis at the end of each program. Kinoscope’s mission is to enhance the awareness and understanding of the film and filmmaking process by screening a wide variety of national and international films.
Over three evenings, short documentaries made by students in the Documentary Media Studies graduate certificate program are screened for the public. The films are the products of a year of study in documentary production, history and theory. The program has just completed its tenth year.
Immediacy is a student-centered online journal produced by the School of Media Studies that provides a space for fresh approaches and perspectives on the understanding of media.