Faculty Distinction 2020/21
Film Program
Faculty Distinction 2020/21
![Bogdan_Apetri](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Bogdan_Apetri.jpg)
Bogdan Apetri
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Special Jury Prize for Unidentified, Warsaw International Film Festival
![Bogdan_Apetri](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Bogdan_Apetri.jpg)
Bogdan Apetri
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Special Jury Prize for Unidentified, Warsaw International Film Festival
![Bogdan_Apetri](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Bogdan_Apetri.jpg)
Bogdan Apetri
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Special Jury Prize for Unidentified, Warsaw International Film Festival
![Nico_Baumbach](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Nico_Baumbach.jpg)
Nico Baumbach
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Faculty of the Arts
Columbia University Alliance Program Grant
![Nico_Baumbach](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Nico_Baumbach.jpg)
Nico Baumbach
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Faculty of the Arts
Columbia University Alliance Program Grant
![Nico_Baumbach](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Nico_Baumbach.jpg)
Nico Baumbach
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Faculty of the Arts
Columbia University Alliance Program Grant
![Andrew_Bienen](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Andrew_Bienen.jpg)
Andrew Bienen
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Texas Independent Film Award by the Houston Film Critics Society for Yellow Rose
![Andrew_Bienen](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Andrew_Bienen.jpg)
Andrew Bienen
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Texas Independent Film Award by the Houston Film Critics Society for Yellow Rose
![Andrew_Bienen](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Andrew_Bienen.jpg)
Andrew Bienen
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Texas Independent Film Award by the Houston Film Critics Society for Yellow Rose
![Trey_Ellis](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Trey_Ellis.jpg)
Trey Ellis
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Emmy Award for Best Documentary for True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
![Trey_Ellis](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Trey_Ellis.jpg)
Trey Ellis
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Emmy Award for Best Documentary for True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
![Trey_Ellis](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Trey_Ellis.jpg)
Trey Ellis
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Emmy Award for Best Documentary for True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
![Annette_Insdorf](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Annette_Insdorf.jpg)
Annette Insdorf
Professor of Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Extraordinary Women Award, 92nd Street Y
![Annette_Insdorf](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Annette_Insdorf.jpg)
Annette Insdorf
Professor of Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Extraordinary Women Award, 92nd Street Y
![Annette_Insdorf](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Annette_Insdorf.jpg)
Annette Insdorf
Professor of Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Extraordinary Women Award, 92nd Street Y
![Tom_Kalin](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Tom_Kalin.jpg)
Thomas Kalin
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Barbed Wire Kisses Redux, Sundance Film Festival, Panel, Hosted by B. Ruby Rich, 30th anniversary of New Queer Cinema
![Tom_Kalin](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Tom_Kalin.jpg)
Thomas Kalin
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Barbed Wire Kisses Redux, Sundance Film Festival, Panel, Hosted by B. Ruby Rich, 30th anniversary of New Queer Cinema
![Tom_Kalin](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Tom_Kalin.jpg)
Thomas Kalin
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Barbed Wire Kisses Redux, Sundance Film Festival, Panel, Hosted by B. Ruby Rich, 30th anniversary of New Queer Cinema
![David_Klass](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/David_Klass.jpg)
David Klass
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Film and Theatre Arts in the Faculty of the Arts
The Times Thriller of the Month for Out of Time
![David_Klass](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/David_Klass.jpg)
David Klass
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Film and Theatre Arts in the Faculty of the Arts
The Times Thriller of the Month for Out of Time
![David_Klass](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/David_Klass.jpg)
David Klass
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Film and Theatre Arts in the Faculty of the Arts
The Times Thriller of the Month for Out of Time
![Christina_Lazaridi](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Christina_Lazaridi.jpg)
Christina Lazaridi
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
CQNL Grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
![Christina_Lazaridi](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Christina_Lazaridi.jpg)
Christina Lazaridi
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
CQNL Grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
![Christina_Lazaridi](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Christina_Lazaridi.jpg)
Christina Lazaridi
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
CQNL Grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
![Richard_Pena](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Richard_Pena.jpg)
Richard Peña
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Alliance Fellowship for Teaching at the University of Paris, France
![Richard_Pena](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Richard_Pena.jpg)
Richard Peña
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Alliance Fellowship for Teaching at the University of Paris, France
![Richard_Pena](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Richard_Pena.jpg)
Richard Peña
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Alliance Fellowship for Teaching at the University of Paris, France
![Maureen_Ryan](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Maureen_Ryan.jpg)
Maureen Ryan
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Best Documentary Feature, Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Writing, IDA Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Editing, IDA Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson is Dead
Outstanding Achievement in Directing, 2021 Cinema Eye Awards for Dick Johnson is Dead
Recognized by the National Board of Review for Dick Johnson is Dead
![Maureen_Ryan](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Maureen_Ryan.jpg)
Maureen Ryan
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Best Documentary Feature, Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Writing, IDA Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Editing, IDA Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson is Dead
Outstanding Achievement in Directing, 2021 Cinema Eye Awards for Dick Johnson is Dead
Recognized by the National Board of Review for Dick Johnson is Dead
![Maureen_Ryan](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Maureen_Ryan.jpg)
Maureen Ryan
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Best Documentary Feature, Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Writing, IDA Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson Is Dead
Best Editing, IDA Documentary Awards for Dick Johnson is Dead
Outstanding Achievement in Directing, 2021 Cinema Eye Awards for Dick Johnson is Dead
Recognized by the National Board of Review for Dick Johnson is Dead
![James_Schamus](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/James_Schamus.jpg)
James Schamus
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Guest of Honor, London Film Festival Market
![James_Schamus](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/James_Schamus.jpg)
James Schamus
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Guest of Honor, London Film Festival Market
![James_Schamus](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/James_Schamus.jpg)
James Schamus
Professor of Professional Practice in Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Guest of Honor, London Film Festival Market
The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.
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