The new Videography Fellows Program was recently launched at the Graduate Center. This pilot project is part of the Provost’s Digital Initiatives Program, and is designed “to promote the center’s scholarly activities online, making them more available and accessible to public audiences.”
The focus of the program is to produce “high quality videos for a very small number of Ph.D. programs, centers, and the three Mellon committees.” But due to its small staff, “only four hours of programming from each doctoral program, center, OR Mellon committee per semester” will be available.
This year’s Videography Fellow, David Viola, uses video in his doctoral studies to document his research. Please visit the Videography Fellows site to read more about the program or to propose future projects using their online “Video Request Form.”
Videography Fellow: David Viola
David Viola is a Doctoral candidate in history. He earned a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a Bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Binghamton. David has a long career in documentary and narrative filmmaking. His documentary credits as Producer include TRUMBO, a film about the life and trials of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted and imprisoned for his political beliefs during the McCarthyism era. TRUMBO premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically across the United States and the world in 2008. That film won a National Board of Review award, and was also broadcast on the “American Masters” series on PBS and released on DVD. He also produced DOWNTOWN CALLING, a documentary about the New York music and art scene during the 1970’s and 1980’s. DOWNTOWN CALLING screened at film festivals around the world including HBO’s New York Latino Film Festival and the London East End Film Festival. David has also worked in feature film development with Artisan Entertainment (BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB), and Julia Robert’s production company (MONA LISA SMILE, etc). He is currently in post-production on a documentary film exploring Israeli-Palestinian cooperation during a historic 2010 natural disaster.
