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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.”

Almada will be part of the judging panel for the U.S. documentary competition.

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

The film follows He’s father, an artist, in search of his childhood home in southwestern China, fulfilling a wish of his aging mother

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

Slice-of-life glimpse of preteen influencers wins praise.

Stanford again named top documentary program in TheWrap's annual film school ranking

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

Aurora Brachman's (MFA '21) thesis film wins Bay Area Short Film Prize

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

Feature-length documentary by faculty member Srđan Keča tells the story of three women living in the remnants of an utopian architectural project

Stanford alum and lecturer wins the Sundance Documentary Directing Award for his latest feature "A Still Small Voice"

First year Winter film by Faye Tsakas and Enrique Pedráza-Botero portrays a group of young men selling a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves online