School of Theatre, Film & Television

What's it like to make a senior thesis film at the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television (TFTV), the nation's No. 2 ranked public film school?

Class of 2024 award-winning filmmakers Tatum Sailors ("Dear Addie," "Mines of Montezuma") and Marley Councilor ("Circling Back," "Ricardo Rivera") share their experience making their senior thesis films from pre-production pitches all the way to the big premiere at the annual showcase.

At “I Dream in Widescreen” students are celebrated for their creativity and technical achievements on screen. This year is the 20th anniversary edition!

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“Filmmaking is a team sport, and no one can do it alone," said Councilor. “For me, “I Dream in Widescreen” is better than graduation."

TFTV is currently ranks No. 9 nationally overall in The Wrap's annual 2024 "Top 50 Film Schools," No. 2 among public universities, behind only UCLA. These are the school's highest-ever rankings.

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Associate Professor Christie Kerr, new Artistic Director of the Arizona Repertory Theatre, gives us a preview of the exciting 2024/25 season here at the University of Arizona.

“We look forward to welcoming audiences to the beautifully renovated Marroney Theatre to experience the master works "Uncle Vanya" and "Little Women," the thrilling, new play "John Proctor is the Villain," and a sweeping tale of love and redemption in "Bright Star," the musical written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell,” said Kerr.

Kerr has worked as director, choreographer and intimacy coordinator on numerous ART productions including Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar, Head Over Heels, Spring Awakening, and TFTV’s Broadway Regional Award-winning production of Legally Blonde.

The School of Theatre, Film & Television is excited to share that this season, college and high school students are eligible to attend many TFTV theatre productions for free or at a discount!

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Sing along with Class of 2024 graduating seniors Katie Browne, Brach Drew, Clayton Lukens, Lydia Schmidt, John Henry Stamper, and Madelyn Whitehead performing the University of Arizona Alma Mater.

The five students, who earned BFA degrees in musical theatre from the School of Theatre, Film & Television, performed the song live at the 2024 University of Arizona Commencement ceremony. Jamie Reed, TFTV assistant professor, provided musical direction.

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Gemma Pederson and Lydia Schmidt, BFA musical theatre seniors from the School of Theatre, Film & Television, perform “Flight” at the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts Graduation Convocation.

Musical direction by Assistant Professor Jamie Reed. Composer and lyricist Craig Carnelia, this duet version originally appeared on Sutton Foster’s CD “Wish” in 2008.


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Ten students in the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television traveled to Park City to take it all in and shared their experiences volunteering, meeting new people in the industry, and of course going to screenings of new independent films. The students came to Sundance as part of a weeklong trip organized and funded by the school's Hanson FilmTV Institute.

Mia Farrell, director of the Hanson Institute, is herself a film-festival veteran, having attended Sundance and countless other festivals numerous times over a nearly three-decade career in film publicity.

"It's always special and always a learning experience as professionals to see and be able to witness through a young person's eyes their first festival experience, and especially a festival on the level of Sundance," Farrell said. "To see the excitement, the joy and the enthusiasm for the profession that they're choosing to go into, it absolutely recharges my battery and renews my love for wanting to work in this space."

Jacob Bricca, associate professor in the School of Theatre, Film & Television, also attended Sundance with Farrell and the student group. Bricca, an award-winning documentary editor, is another Sundance filmmaker alum; he co-edited the documentary "The Bad Kids," which premiered at Sundance in 2016. He also led a Sundance Collab Master Class in Documentary Editing earlier this year.

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Senior acting major Babacar Ba has had the experience of a lifetime playing his professor Greg Pierotti in the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film & Television’s production of “The Laramie Project.”

Pierotti, an assistant professor at TFTV, co-wrote the play and was an original cast member.

“The main direction is to make Babacar … less nice,” joked Pierotti.

Babacar shares his experience playing his professor and both discuss the challenge and the joy involved in bringing the play to life.

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