Film and Television professors Sam Kauffmann and Garland Waller each won an Indie Award of Merit for separate projects. Kauffmann won for his short film Where’s The Blood Money? Waller’s No Way Out But One won for Feature Documentary. Indie awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries. The [...]

The annual COM Blue Chip award is given to College of Communication seniors who are leaders at Boston University, the College of Communication or in the community. These students also have demonstrated talents in their area of interest, are involved in professional activities and have excelled academically. This year, the winners include a Redstone winner, [...]

Prof. Garland Waller’s No Way Out But One, a documentary about a mother who resorts to kidnapping her children to save them from domestic violence, won best documentary at the Bare Bones International Film Festival in Muskogee, Okla. Additionally, Waller, who co-produced the film with Barry Nolan and Toby Kleinman, was presented with a medal [...]

butv10, Boston University’s student-run television station and website, announced today that it is the recipient of a 2012 Telly Award. Welcome Back, Brotter, a sitcom about two wayward friends, was selected as a winner in the 33rd annual competition. This year’s recognition also distinguishes butv10 as it marks its fifth consecutive Telly Award in as [...]

Husband-and-wife team Andre and Maria Jacquemetton (’85) — executive producers and writers on AMC’s Mad Men talk to BU Today about their role on the show in advance of their visit to Cinematheque: Was it difficult to get back into the swing of writing for the show after such a long break? What did you [...]

It could be a happy ending right out of a movie. Four COM students have reached the final rounds of the first annual Boston Student Film Fest, which they say could help them get the exposure they need to jump-start their cinematic dreams, according to a March 22 article in The Daily Free Press. The [...]

Maggie Kimball (’12) accepted first prize at the 2012 Redstone Film Festival for Entrapped, a comedy about a young woman’s efforts to lose a clinging boyfriend, which she wrote, directed and edited. More from BU Today: “I’m shocked I won. I was hoping for maybe third place,” said Kimball, who took home a $2,000 cash [...]

Director Jennifer Getzinger (COM ’90) screened an episode of the acclaimed series Mad Men for Cinematheque. An excerpt from the article in the Daily Free Press: As part of COM’s Cinematheque program, Getzinger showed “The Suitcase,” one of two “Mad Men” episodes that earned her nominations from the Director’s Guild of America. Getzinger has worked [...]

In The Hollywood Reporter’s 20th annual ranking of the females who rule the business, three BU alums were listed in the top 10, including Bonnie Hammer (COM ’71), Chairman, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment: #3, Nina Tassler, President, CBS: #7, and Nancy Dubuc (COM ’91), President, History and Lifetime Networks: #9. An excerpt from The Hollywood Reporter [...]

When Prof. Garland Waller first conceptualized her documentary, No Way Out But One, she did not imagine a project of such enormous magnitude. Originally created as a 15-minute short film, Waller’s award-winning movie about love, courage and perseverance grew into a feature-length documentary. The film tells the compelling story of divorced mother, Holly Collins, and [...]