Featuring Guest Lecturer and Award-winning Writer and Director Chloé Zhao
One of Variety's 10 Directors to Watch for 2018!
Apply Now for Spring Term! Taught by Cinema Studies Instructor Masami Kawai, this spring term course features lectures by Chloé Zhao, director of The Rider (2017) and Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015).
Applications are now closed.
ONLINE APPLICATION DUE 8 A.M. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 2018
Find Your Voice as a Filmmaker – Learn from Award-winning Writer and Director Chloé Zhao
CINE 408: The Art of Directing focuses on the building blocks to develop a narrative director’s voice. Students will explore how to create compelling characters and use the power of cinematic language to affect audiences. The award-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao will guest teach four classes, sharing her approach to directing and providing feedback on a specific film exercise. We will view and discuss films that have influenced Zhao’s work, investigate narrative tools and aesthetics, and critique classmates’ work as a way to integrate theory into practice. By the end, students will be empowered to generate strategies to create personal, original films. Instructor approval required to register.
Apply Now for Spring Term:
Registration for this course requires instructor approval, prerequisites, and completion of the online application. Contact the Department of Cinema Studies at cinema@uoregon.edu with questions.
CINE 408: The Art of Directing:
- Mon & Wed 4–5:50 pm; Tues 6:30–8:50 PM
- 4 Credits
- CRN 31460
DEADLINE EXTENDED! ONLINE APPLICATION DUE 8 A.M. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 2018
Funded by the generous Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Endowment
About Chloé Zhao
Chloé Zhao is a writer, director, and producer. Her feature debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, screened at the Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight, and was nominated for three 2016 Independent Spirit Awards. Her most recent film, The Rider (2017), won the top prize at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes and is nominated for multiple Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature and Best Director. The Rider also received the Werner Herzog Foundation Award for its courage and vision. Zhao studied Political Science at Mount Holyoke College and Film Production at NYU. She was born in Beijing and currently resides in the United States.