Featured Alumni
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The alumni network of the MFA program is very active, and students frequently work together throughout their post-graduate careers. Our alums work in a variety of fields – as editors, producers, cinematographers, professors – and find success in funding and making their own films post-graduation.
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Paloma Martinez
Paloma Martinez was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker in 2018. Her short documentaries made at Stanford have been broadcast nationally on PBS, featured in The Guardian, The New York Times Op-Docs, and The Atlantic. -
Elizabeth Lo
Elizabeth Lo (‘15) was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine in 2015 and was featured in the 2015 New Directors Showcase at Cannes Lion -
Reid Davenport
For his debut feature, Reid Davenport ('16) received the 2022 Sundance Directing Award in the U.S. Documentary Competition. -
Leslie Tai
Leslie Tai's short films have premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, Visions du Réel, IDFA, MoMA, and were featured on The New York Times. -
R.J. Lozada
R.J. Lozada’s works have exhibited internationally and nationally on New York Times, The Atlantic, Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and others. -
Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz
Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz’s (‘17) thesis documentary film ROOM 140 is now streaming on The Atlantic Selects. -
Elivia Shaw
Elivia's thesis film THE CLINIC won awards at seven film festivals including AFI Fest. She is in pre-production on her first feature documentary which received the 2022 ITVS Documentary Development Fellowship and an SFFILM House Residency.
