Alumni

Stanford MFA alum receives the prestigious fellowship in Film-Video.

Documentary films by Stanford MFA alumni are screening at Tribeca 2025, including a World Premiere that reimagines a former institution's dark history through performance.

Stanford documentary alumni have been nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Awards including directing and producing nods for a film about disability rights and editing recognition for a climate crisis investigation

Numerous alumni and one current MFA student have work screening at SFIFF, ranging from labor organizing to Girl Scout cookies, longevity hacking history to personal narratives

The documentary by David Alvarado ’10 won the “Audience Award: U.S. Documentary” and the “Festival Favorite Award.”

Thesis films by Carlo Nassise, Enrique Pedráza-Botero and Dominic Yarabe to play at boundary-pushing fest

Stanford MFA alum's documentary on disability rights and end-of-life debates praised for its "unflinching approach" to complex ethical questions

Films directed by Dominic Yarabe, Ethan Wu, Aurora Brachman and Reid Davenport selected for Sundance 2025

Lo's second feature focuses on a new industry devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity

Work by alums Reid Davenport, Laura Gamse, professor Jamie Meltzer and others receives ITVS funding.

Dominic Yarabe, Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk premiere films at Telluride

This fellowship includes a $100,000 unrestricted grant, recognizing Burrell’s contributions to the Bay Area’s cultural scene.

Carla Gutiérrez (MFA ‘04), premiered her latest film, Frida, at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

In his role as Manager of Special Projects, Pedraza Botero will work to support new research, analysis, innovation, and provocation around core issues facing the documentary field.

Faye Tsakas (MFA '23) and Aurora Brachman (MFA '21) featured in Filmmaker Magazine's 2023 selection of up-and-coming filmmakers

Drew de Pinto, an alum of Stanford's MFA in Documentary Film program, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2023 New Voices Filmmaker Grant, awarded by Netflix and NewFest. This grant recognizes emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers.

Two Stanford thesis films are playing at Hot Docs this year: ENTITIES WITH KNOWLEDGE by Max Mueller and STILL WATERS by Aurora Brachman

Stanford MFA Documentary Film alum picks up Truer Than Fiction Award for his debut feature "I Didn't See You There"