JULY 2010
ISSUE III
NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ASIA MAGAZINE
CONTENTS 03 04 10 14 16 22 23
President’s Message Commencement Point of View Awards Spotlight News Leadership Snapshot
To learn more about the curriculum, the students, and the faculty, please visit www.nyu.edu/tisch/artbeat. Tisch School of the Arts Asia 3 Kay Siang Road Singapore 248923 +65 6500 1700 New York Office 721 Broadway, 12th Floor New York, NY 10003 212 998 1516 President Pari Sara Shirazi Editor Josh Murray Contributors Nechama Davidson Mariangela Lardaro Chris Ozer Joshua Sanchez Timothy Tan Wai Xiao Wen Art Direction and Design Sketchbook Design Solutions, New York
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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his is the third issue of Artbeat, and the end of our third year in Singapore. We’ve come so far.
This year also brought us a milestone – the first commencement ceremony for Tisch School of the Arts Asia, and the first time degrees have been awarded from New York University outside of New York City. That’s quite an endeavor considering NYU was founded in 1831, and celebrated its 178th commencement this year. This issue is dedicated to the students who graduated on 7 May 2010, and to those who will follow shortly after. As Ashish Ghadiali so eloquently described you at Commencement, you are a tribe of artists – partly rebels and partly traditionalists. You are the reason we opened this campus. We found each other and you chose to follow the long-standing tradition of a Tisch education. You helped build this campus. You worked hard, and you endured hardships associated with any start up. You excelled beyond any of my wildest dreams, and I will miss you more than you can ever imagine. Now, you are the first group of alumni from this campus. You have a new role to fill, and so do I. I will follow you wherever you go. I will be sitting in dark cinemas, theatres, and I will walk in bright galleries to see your work. Make me laugh, cry and most importantly, make me think. Pearl Sun performed Whenever You Remember at Commencement for its poignant lyrics: “…When you think back on all we’ve done, I hope you’re proud…” I am, and I hope you are. My love,
Pari Sara Shirazi, Ph.D. President, Tisch School of the Arts Asia Vice Dean, Tisch School of the Arts
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Commencement THE FIRST
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istory was made on 7 May 2010. For the first time, New York University granted degrees outside of New York.
In a ceremony at Capella Singapore on Sentosa Island, surrounded by courtyards filled with splendid orchids and a view of the South China Sea, 23 NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia students received their Master of Fine Arts degree. Family and friends from all over the world arrived to celebrate the graduates: nine in Film, seven in Dramatic Writing, and seven in Animation and Digital Arts. What they experienced was a blend of traditions from New York and Southeast Asia. Bag pipers led the procession of faculty and honored guests, a New York tradition.
Allyson Briggs ’10 (BFA, Drama) opened the ceremony with a dance piece—Funga Alafia, a beautiful welcome dance that originated in Africa. Diane C. Yu, chief of staff, and deputy to NYU President John Sexton, gave opening remarks and conferred the degrees with Dr. Pari Sara Shirazi, president, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia. In her address to the students, Dr. Shirazi said, “You were the “why” that we opened this campus, to find you, and claim you. You have already given back to school by the incredible work you have produced, and you have put us on the global map.” Doug Wright ’87 (MFA, Dramatic Writing), Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner of the play I Am My Own Wife, was the honored speaker, and Ashish Ghadiali ’10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film) spoke on behalf of the class of 2010. Virginia Gonzales, director of admissions, received the Distinguished Administrator Award. Each department presented work by its graduates. Pearl Sun ’99 (BFA, Drama) sang Whenever You Remember at the end of the evening to celebrate their accomplishments. And in a celebration citing international customs, Dr. Shirazi concluded the graduation with the sounding of the gong, a traditional element of ceremonial functions in Southeast Asia.
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POINT of VIEW
In this issue, we’re introducing a new section. Point-of-View will highlight a particular industry trend or topic, and we’ll call on our faculty and administration to offer their insight into that particular issue. For our inaugural column, however, we opted to feature Ashish Ghadiali and the remarks he delivered at Commencement. He perfectly captured the spirit of Tisch School of the Arts Asia.
IN HIS OWN WORDS Ashish Ghadiali ‘10 (MFA, Film)
although I was going to abuse this privilege to incite mindless rebellion, I can see that everyone is very well dressed, and I’ve decided to behave myself. Well, I hope it’s not seen as subversive for me to start by saying that as we come together today, to celebrate the turning of the first revolution of our new art school, there’s a tiny part of me that’s surprised that we’re gathered here at all. I’m thinking of my state of mind, nearly three years back, when I had arrived for the first time in this corner of Southeast Asia. It’s three o’clock in the morning, but my body thinks it’s seven in the evening. I’m sweating like a monkey and slumped over a table full of Tiger beers in Chinatown with Eric Flanagan and Putnam. We’re debating endlessly whether or not we’re being ripped off by our flat realtor, when the conversation turns to the new school that we’ve all given up our lives to be a part of. It turns out that nobody’s actually seen the building yet. Someone tried, but they couldn’t see past the village of Indian labourers that had set up camp at the bottom of 3 Kay Siang Road.
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am going to let you into a secret. Throughout the past three years I’ve been the troublemaker in the group. So I think there’s a good deal of grace in the fact that I’ve been allowed to speak today. And
We start to wonder if this whole Tisch Asia story is a hoax. I mean, I had accepted my offer over a payphone in Palestine, where I was living at the time, and hadn’t so much as seen the face of a member of faculty. Well, Putnam and Eric had met a few of the faculty, but even when the hoax theory had been dismissed as far-fetched, the questions
kept rolling with a fury: If it did exist, what would this school turn out to be? Would it last the whole year, or even a full semester? Say we did graduate in, what then, seemed an impossibly distant three years’ time, would the school be taken seriously in the outside world? Or would it be known as just a pale imitation of the famous Tisch School of the Arts in New York? The fact is that Tisch Asia has been, for everyone involved in its inception – students, faculty, and administration – a massive leap of faith into the dark. Who among us hasn’t had to leave behind the people they love, the places that make you feel you know who you are, a path in life that gave you comfort but didn’t challenge you enough? Tisch Asia, before it is anything else, is a testament to the courage, commitment and community spirit of everyone here; of people who have been willing to risk what they already know in pursuit of a brighter vision. And what’s also clear, standing with you today, is that those doubts about what this school would be and where it would leave us are, three years on, being vanquished, as Tisch Asia emerges with a powerful identity of its own. I want to take this opportunity to pay my respects to the campus in New York and the tradition that it represents, a tradition that has been a constant point of reflection for us here
in Singapore, and whose influence has been working on me since long before I had ever heard of the name, Tisch School of the Arts. Names like Martin Scorcese, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, to name just a few that have inspired me, stand as icons of a tradition, nurtured by NYU, a tradition that encompasses cinema, writing, and animation, a tradition that changed the face of narrative art in the 20th century. It’s a rebel tradition that bridged the gap between Hollywood and the world it represented, opening up the entertainment mainstream to a wider reality, and to the pursuit of creative innovation. If any single factor, three years ago, was enough to motivate me to take that leap of faith, it was the opportunity to be a part of that tradition. Now, I believe, we hold the torch of that tradition here in Singapore, at Tisch Asia.
“If you are an artist and a rebel...then why would you not be here among us?” If you are an artist and a rebel, if you wanted to challenge the global entertainment machine to reflect the world and not itself, if you wanted to seek out new opportunities, new stories, new audiences, if you wanted to do for cinema in the coming decade what Taxi Driver did in its own time, then why would you not be here among us?
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Nearly 10 years ago, I interviewed a veteran Magnum photographer, Philip Jones Griffiths, best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War. A lot like Em, he’s a cantankerous Welshman, and what I remember most from that interview was his insistence that the Magnum tribe were “a bunch of anarchists” who wouldn’t sit around waiting for a commission, but instead would, “wake up one morning and say, fuck it (his words, not mine), I’m going somewhere.” Witnessing the zeal with which students of this school have made Asia their playground, it often makes me think that the same description could equally be applied to our own community. Within these first three years, we have travelled out to India, China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Thailand in pursuit of new perspectives, new material. We’ve engaged first hand with the logistical obstacles, the barriers of language, the complexities of conception and production that this kind of internationalism entails. We have repeatedly come back to Singapore and allowed our campus to grow as a hub of this knowledge. Tisch Asia is a hub where the NYU tradition is constantly called into question. Where the constraints of production are challenged by the liberty of animators and writers. Where the certainties of American ideas are challenged by the realities of Asia. It’s a place where new ideas have space to breathe, a hub that is leading NYU into the 21st century.
In the world of film, this creative vitality is already earning recognition from international festivals of the stature of Venice, Pusan, Clermont-Ferrand, Rotterdam and most recently, Tribeca. And in the years ahead, as we move forward as a community, we have the opportunity to carry this vitality into the creative industries of both Asia and the West, to extend the dialogue, to change the face of the arts, to reflect a wider world. I want to pay homage to some of the individuals who have been so instrumental in bringing the best of the NYU tradition here to Singapore: President Pari Shirazi, whose vision was the genesis of this enterprise, and without whose dedication and drive to overcome innumerable obstacles, this school could never have been realised. Pari’s personal touch, her humanity and responsiveness, have made her a bedrock of this community, and have earned her the kind of loyalty that few leaders are entitled to – not just respect, though that in spades, but love and admiration, too. Artistic Director Oliver Stone, and other great alumni who have come to share their experience with us, drawing the line between the formative education that NYU provided them with, and the vast heights they have scaled in their careers. Departing Film Chair, David Irving, who came into this community two years ago, at a time when we were still a community unsure of ourselves, and leant all the weight of his
strength of character, his openness of mind and generosity, to leave a community full of energy and confidence. David, we owe you immense gratitude for everything you’ve done here, and wish you and Susan a very happy return to your home in New York. Perhaps there has been no more profound embodiment of this connection than in our encounter with Charles Blackwell, whose wisdom on sound stands as a bond between numerous generations of NYU alum. We didn’t get to spend as much time with Charles as we would have liked, but in the short time that he was here with us, he impressed a sense of humble and enthusiastic engagement with what our position here in Singapore offered us as NYU grad students. His goal was very clearly to bring what was best from his experience of the campus in New York and to allow it to flourish here. And that tree that now stands in front of the school, and that will grow with us, and whose roots will grow too into the soil of our campus, stands now as a symbol of that engagement, between Singapore and the NYU tradition, of that dialogue between the old and the new that Charles’ memory represents.
“We stand at the end of one revolution and the beginning of another.” That what we bring here, what we do, will live on, will grow. This is the wish that I want to leave you with. We stand at the end of one
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revolution and the beginning of another. Look around and cherish this moment that has brought us together from every tribe, from every corner of the world, that has blessed, us with the chance to share and learn from one another, that has made us a part of each other’s story. We have every reason to celebrate. With this thought in mind, let’s make this night a night to remember… About Ashish Ghadiali Ash was born and brought up in the UK, where he graduated with a degree in English and Modern Languages from Oxford University, and worked briefly in Reality TV. Prior to coming to Tisch Asia, he held lecturing positions in Creative Writing at the National Institute of Design in India and the Arab American University in Palestine, where he was also instrumental in setting up a multimedia unit for children in Jenin Refugee Camp. In 2008 he was awarded the UK Film Council John Brabourne Award in recognition of his internationalist film aspirations, and his student filmmaking has been marked by a vigorous engagement with the Mumbai industry.
STUDENT AWARDS
FILM
By Timothy Tan
Chun-Yi Hsieh, a Graduate Film student, premiered his short film Toy Man at the Short Short Film Festival 2010. Shot over four days in Singapore, Toy Man is Hsieh’s first film project for his MOS assignment at Tisch School of the Arts Asia.
Kenny Gee’s Meat at Block 320 won the Voice Award at the 5th Singapore Short Film Festival. Meat at Block 320 is “a post-apocalyptic vampire-zombie love story.” Gee is a student in the Graduate Film program.
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Teleglobal Dreamin’, by Eric Flanagan ’10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film), was screened at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas on 16 March. This film was also selected for the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2010.
Rare Fish directed by Basil Mironer ’10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film) won the Sonje Award for Best Short Film at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival. Mironer also won first prize in the Tisch Asia category at the 2010 First Run Film Festival at NYU. Additional winners can be found at www.firstrunfestival.com/news.
May, a film by Wai Ha Ng ‘10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film), shot entirely in a Singapore hawker center, was selected to compete at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival dedicated to the short format.
Jordan Schiele, a student in the Graduate Film program, was named one of 15 finalists in the Louis Vuitton Journeys Awards in association with Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai. Jordan’s short film Canvas was in competition for the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Prize.
Melanie Schiele ’10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film) won Virtual Best Short Film at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival for her film, Delilah, Before. The film also received the Faculty Commendation Craft Award for Directing at the 2010 First Run Film Festival at NYU.
DRAMATIC WRITING Josh Billig, a student in the Dramatic Writing program, won the 24th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival’s OneAct competition with his play, Outside Sitka. The festival was held 24 – 28 March in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
ANIMATION & DIGITAL ARTS Dinner Time by Sandhya Prabhaa, a student in the Animation and Digital Arts program; The Last Paradise by Yiran Xu ’10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Animation and Digital Arts);
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and Tennis for Two by Lia Johnson, a student in Graduate Film, were part of the official selection for the Very Short International Festival 2010 held in Singapore.
NEW MFA IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA PRODUCING
SCHOOL AWARDED “INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC CHARACTER” STATUS
New York University, the Board of Directors at Tisch School of the Arts Asia, and President Shirazi are pleased to announce a new MFA degree offered exlusively in Singapore: International Media Producing. This unparalleled program distinguishes itself by training producers as thinking artists whose unique education prepares them for global challenges, and is designed to provide graduate students with a framework for understanding the dynamics of producing as an art form and a business profession.
On 15 December, Tisch School of the Arts Asia was awarded the status of Institution of Public Character (IPC). This is a status awarded by the Commissioner of Charities in Singapore. Not-for-profit organizations with the IPC status are authorized to receive Singapore tax deductible donations. Donors will be given a double tax deduction for donations made to Tisch School of the Arts Asia.
The curriculum is designed to train individuals in all aspects of producing, finance and marketing as well as the art and craft of media production. MFA in Producing students will be required to complete a minimum of 68 credits that deepen their understanding of the interdisciplinary, global and creative dimensions of producing. Fundamentally, all students will be trained in multiple artistic media, but they can concentrate on a track of their choice, includingFilm and Television, New Media, Music, Theater
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Tisch School of the Arts Asia’s Board of Directors, Sheril Antonio, Meileen Choo, Jennie Chua and Eric Khoo were the first to make donations to the school.
Over a five-day span, 2,000 Singaporeans filled the Cathay Cineplex to get a glimpse of the world¹s emerging filmmakers. And on the closing night of the 2010 Next Reel International Film Festival hosted by New York University Tisch School of the Arts, films from
Germany, Finland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Singapore and the United States took the top awards and $30,000 USD in cash prizes. A list of winners can be found at www.nextreel.org.
DEPARTMENT NEWS
ALUMNI NEWS
The First Symposium on Film in Singapore
FILM
Tisch Alumni Gathering: “Next Gen Asia 2010” Party at W Hotel, Hong Kong Tisch School of the Arts Asia co-hosted the “Next Gen 2010” party with The Hollywood Reporter at the W Hotel, Hong Kong on 23 March. A total of 70 Tisch alumni, students and guests attended the event. Some of the alumni from Hong Kong and China present included Mr. Edmund Cheung ‘85 (MFA, Kanbar, Film), Mr. Chang Yee Yeo ’05 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Ms. Julliet Pan ‘04 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Ms. Ivy Ho ‘95 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Mr. Ryan Wong ‘04 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV), Mr. Noel Leung ‘79 (MA, Cinema Studies) and Mr. Larry Shiu ‘79 (BFA, Kanbar, F&TV). Also attending were Mr. Cecil Yow, Mr. Stephen Lam, Mr. Daniel Yun, Ms. Nelly Song, and Mr. Bill Song.
Tisch Asia and NYU Law: Exclusive Screening of Akira Kurosawa’s Scandal For the first time, Tisch School of the Arts Asia and NYU Law in Singapore organized a joint event on 19 April for an exclusive screening of Scandal by Akira Kurosawa, one the greatest Japanese filmmakers of the 20th century. After the screening, the students had a discourse on celebrity, privacy and freedom. Masterclass with Pupi Avati
The Department of Film held the first Symposium on Film in Singapore on 22 April at Tisch School of the Arts Asia. The symposium focused on “Film and Television: Singapore as a Media Hub” with a panel of local and international experts, including Roger Spottiswood, writer/director, Tomorrow Never Dies; Daniel Yun, founder, Homerun Singapore, Isaac Kerlow, director/visual Creator; Yee Yeo ‘05 (BFA Kanbar Institute, Film), creative executive, Hyde Park Imagenation Singapore; Freddie Yeo, general manager, Infinite Frameworks); and Kathleen McInnis, publicist.
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Italian director, producer and screenwriter, Pupi Avati conducted a masterclass on 19 April. Avati is one of the most atypical and accomplished Italian contemporary directors and has made one film a year since 1968. He is also the Chairman of the Fellini Foundation. Mao’s Last Dancer Director Bruce Beresford and Lead Actor Chi Cao Visit
On 16 April, director Bruce Beresford (Mao’s Last Dancer, Driving Miss Daisy) and his lead actor from Mao’s Last Dancer, Chi Cao, had a brown bag lunch workshop on campus. Bruce spoke about the process of making Mao’s Last Dancer and directing non-actors such as Chi Cao, a classical dancer.
Workshop on Short Film Festivals
titled Black Echo. Widescreen-Revolutions provided the 3D camera comprising a mirror rig with two RED cameras. Mironer collaborated with local action star Sunny Pang and actress Amanda Klein from Universal Studios Singapore for the shoot. Allan Nicholls and Chris Martin Judge Film Scoring Competition
Workshop with Prince of Tears Director
On 13 April, Kathleen McInnis, a publicist and film festival programmer, conducted a workshop on developing strategies for entering short film festivals. First 3D Shoot in Tisch History
Allan Nicholls, associate arts professor, and Chris Martin, a student in the Graduate Film program, judged the Berklee College of Music’s Film Scoring Competition 10 April. The competition required contestants to compose and record an original musical score for Martin’s short film WHAM. Oscar-Nominated Film Editor Matt Chesse Teaches Film Editing Workshop
Famed Hong Kong director Yonfan was in Singapore for an exclusive directing workshop with Tisch School of the Arts Asia students and the premiere of his latest film, Prince of Tears. The workshop started with a Q&A session about his new film and directing experience, and then four students – Marc Wiltshire, Jason Chew, Paloma Nafarrate and Ting Song, directed scenes of their films with actors in the Black Box Theatre. Yonfan provided constructive feedback on their exercise and shared his directing tips during the three-hour workshop.
Oscar-nominated film editor Matt Chesse conducted a presentation on film editing on 9 March. His credits include Warrior, Quantum of Solace, The Kite Runner, Stranger Than Fiction, Ellie Parker, Finding Neverland (Academy Award nomination), and Monsters Ball. The first stereoscopic 3-D film-shoot in the Tisch film history happened at Tisch School of the Arts Asia on 12 March. The shoot was for a trailer for Basil Mironer’s ‘10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Film) first feature
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Singapore/NYC MOS Skype Session 2010 The tradition continues for first-year students in the Graduate Film programs. On 6 March, Tisch students in Singapore and New York
screened their first MOS films and followed up with a Skype session to discuss their films. The Importance of Film Preservation
Asian Film Archive and Tisch School of the Arts Asia jointly presented a talk on the concept and importance of film preservation on 26 February. The talk highlighted the importance and usefulness of preserving materials from the beginning of a film shoot such as storyboards and student films. The talk also covered how film preservation extends across mediums and preservation of film and digital mediums. Oliver Stone Visit
Artistic Director Oliver Stone ’71 (BFA, Film) held an all-school workshop on Wall Street and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on 29 January. Stone talked about his experience making both films and emphasized the importance of research in filmmaking. Stone also spent a day in the classroom with second year students. He watched rough cuts of their films and provided feedback to second-year students on their latest films, and he also hosted a graduation dinner for seniors. Stone was also available for a Q & A following the exclusive screening of his film Comandante at the opening night of the Next Reel International Film Festival.
You Can Count on Me, and one of the writers for Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York. 1st Thesis Reading by Final Year Dramatic Writing Students
Brown Bag Lunch with Emmy Award Winning Duo Judd Pillot & Kris Trexler On 21 January, at a brown-bag lunch event, the Emmy Award winning duo Judd Pillot and Kris Texler shared their insights on working in Hollywood for top sitcom productions.
DRAMATIC WRITING Professional Colloquium: Kenneth Lonergan On 5 May, Kenneth Lonergan ’86 (BFA, Dramatic Writing ) spoke to students via Skype. Lonergan is a playwright, a screenwriter, a theater director and a movie director. He is also an Academy Award nominee for his film,
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The premiere reading of K-9 by Jill Karkosak ’10 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Dramatic Writing) marked the first ever thesis reading for the department on 19 April. Being the first to complete her thesis, the reading featured Bill Kovascik as Dr. Ben Stark, Mary Beth Dickerson as Christine McIntyre, Kyle Haskett as Ricky Baxter and Josh Billig on stage directions. Other guests include famed literary agent Morgan Jenness, Mark Dickerman and Wendy Hammond.
Professional Colloquium: Literary Agent Morgan Jenness
ANIMATION & DIGITAL ARTS World Premier for Students
the Animation and Digital Arts department. Osborne is currently the director of the comedy segment in the upcoming film Heavy Metal. Two-Time Oscar Nominee Visits
On 21 April, literary agent Morgan Jenness spoke to Dramatic Writing students about experiences that shaped her into a unique theater professional and her contribution to contemporary American theater.
Candidates for the first MFA in Animation & Digital Arts presented the world premiere of their thesis productions on 5 May. The students included Colleen Cox, Jordan Mann, Kaizin Pooniwala, Aylina Juanda, Ayse Suter, Yiran Xu and Ilmo Chung.
Reading: I Was Told There’d Be Wine
Animation and Digital Arts Spring Show 2010
The Department of Dramatic Writing’s Class of 2011 presented an evening of new works in the Black Box Theatre to the Tisch School of the Arts Asia community and invited guests on 15 December. Ten readings and two acts were presented with actors as well as faculty members from the Dramatic Writing Department.
On 5 May, all Animation and Digital Arts students presented an evening of animation, installations, and multi-media productions using a range of techniques from traditional to advanced digital technologies. Discussion with Director of Kungfu Panda On 28 April, Mark Osborne, co-director of Kungfu Panda, conducted a Skype session for
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Two-time Oscar nominee Bill Plympton is no stranger to the animation industry. The American animator gave a talk and screened some of his work from Plymptoons at Tisch School of the Arts Asia on 2 April. Intellectual Property Discussion Singapore’s entertainment lawyer, Samuel Seow conducted a talk about intellectual property and entrepreneurship for Tisch School of the Arts Asia students. Seow is the managing director of Samuel Seow Law Corporation and foreign legal advisor to Seow & Associates. He will be teaching a new class on Intellectual Property and Animation during Fall 2010.
World of Puppetry Introduced
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MAKE A GIFT
This fall, a team of people from Tisch School of the Arts Asia will be traveling around the world to identify the next generation of artists to study at the school. If you live in one of the cities, please join us. Write to Josh Murray, director of global communications, at josh.murray@nyu.edu to learn more.
By Mail Send check or money order, noting that your gift is for Tisch School of the Arts Asia, to:
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Czech puppeteers Mirek Trejtnar and Leah Gaffen conducted a master class on stop motion and puppetry in February 2010. Graffen founded the Puppets in Prague workshops with Trejtnar, who graduated from the puppet design department of the Prague Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU). Graffen has also done production and translating work for the Prague Theatre Academy and numerous theatre education projects. The duo has been organizing puppet workshops for students around the world.
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DATES TO REMEMBER
DECEMBER
November 1, 2010 - Producing (Spring Intake)
12/3 12/5 12/7
January 1, 2011 - MFA Applications for Film Due
FEBRUARY 2/19 2/28
MARCH 3/3 3/5 3/11
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February 1, 2011 - MFA Applications for Animation and Digital Arts, Dramatic Writing, and Producing Due
TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ASIA
TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LEADERSHIP
DEAN’S COUNCIL
Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D. Chair
Oliver Stone Artistic Director
Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D. Dean, Tisch School of the Arts
David McLaughlin, Ph.D. Vice Chair
Pari Sara Shirazi, Ph.D. President
Alec Baldwin Dean’s Council Co-Chair
Bonnie Brier Secretary
Gerard I. Bueno Executive Director
Andrew Tisch Dean’s Council Co-Chair
Sheril D. Antonio, Ph.D. Meileen Choo Jennie Chua Eric Khoo
Annie Stanton Executive Director
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Kwan Lui, Chair Fang Ai Lian Gerard Ee Sarah Schlesinger
Jason Seth Beckerman Director of Administration Jean-Marc Gauthier Director, Graduate Department of Animation and Digital Arts David K. Irving Chair, Film Richard E. Wesley Chair, Dramatic Writing Mark Dickerman Acting Chair, Dramatic Writing Timothy Tan Director, Public Affairs & Marketing
ADVISORY COUNCIL Alec Baldwin, Co-Chair Andrew Tisch, Co-Chair Edmund Cheung ‘85 Raymond T. Dalio Kazuo Hiramato Mr. and Mrs. Richard B.C. Lee Ong Keng Sen ‘95
Alan J. Bernon Martin Bregman ‘49 Colin Callender, CBE Iris Cantor Sharon Chang ‘95/‘98 Alexandra M. Cohen Chris Columbus ‘80 Martha Coolidge ‘71 William H. Cosby, Ph.D. Billy Crystal ‘70 Clive Davis ‘53 Barry Diller Alphonse Fletcher Mitchell Glatt ‘78/’80 Brian Grazer Robert M. Greenberg Brad Grey Elizabeth Hemmerdinger ‘03 Maurice Kanbar George S. Kaufman ‘55 Alan Landsburg ‘53 Ang Lee ‘84/Hon. ‘01 Spike Lee ‘82/Hon. ‘98
Margo Lion Amanda Lipitz ‘02 Jillian Manus-Salzman ‘84 Laurence Mark ‘73 Lorne Michaels Sidney Poitier Hon. ‘95 Jack Rapke ‘74 Brett Ratner ‘90 Dennis Riese ‘73 Jane Rosenthal ‘77 Daryl Roth Scott Rudin Henry S. Schleiff Martin Scorsese ‘64/’68/Hon. ‘92 Jay Stein ‘65 Sir Howard Stringer Ann Rubenstein Tisch Jonathan Tisch Steve Tisch Richard Vague Casey Wasserman George C. Wolfe ‘84
SNAPSHOT STILLS FROM FILMS MADE AT TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ASIA
Melanie Schiele - Delilah Before
Basil Mironer - Rare Fish (Ikan Langka)
Ashish Ghadiali - Encounter
Kenny Gee - Meat 320
Ng Wai-Ha - May
Uta Arning - The Perfect Woman
Eric Elofson - Master of the Domain
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