Cinema Studies Welcomes Award-Winning Writer & Director Kent Jones

The University of Oregon Department of Cinema Studies proudly welcomes award-winning filmmaker Kent Jones to campus for the fourth annual Harlan J. Strauss "Visiting Filmmaker Series." 

This series features a public conversation and reception with Kent Jones as well as two free film screenings, followed by Q&A’s with Jones.  As part of the two-week residency on campus, Jones will also mentor students and guest lecture in the spring term course “CINE 426:  The Art of Directing.”

Talk and Reception with Kent Jones

Talk and Reception with Filmmaker Kent Jones

UO students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited to join us for a discussion with award-winning writer and director Kent Jones about his experience as a film critic, festival director, and filmmaker. An appetizer and dessert reception will follow the discussion.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
4:00 p.m.
Gerlinger Lounge
Free and open to the community

​​​​Kent Jones Named One of Variety’s "10 Directors to Watch for 2019"

Kent Jones is an internationally recognized filmmaker, film critic, and festival programmer.  He was named one of Variety’s 10 directors to watch for 2019 for his debut fiction film, Diane (2019), which won Best Narrative Feature and Screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival. One of the great thinkers on directors and cinema history, Jones wrote and directed the documentaries Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) and Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007). He has collaborated on a number of film projects with Martin Scorsese–including A Letter to Elia (2010) and My Voyage to Italy (1999)–and was executive director of the World Cinema Foundation, a film preservation non-profit founded by Scorsese.  Jones is also known for his sharp and personal film criticism, collected in the 2007 book, Physical Evidence:  Selected Film Criticism. Since 2012, Jones has served as the director of the New York Film Festival, the premier showcase for international cinema in the United States.

Photo By Karloz Byrnison, CC BY 2.0. Adapted from this image.

 

Hitchcock Truffaut Screening

Screening of Hitchcock/Truffaut and Q&A with Director Kent Jones

UO students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited to a free screening of Hitchcock/Truffaut followed by a Q&A with Director Kent Jones.

Thursday, April 11, 2019
7:00 p.m.
Bijou Art Cinemas (492 East 13th Avenue)
Free and open to the community

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.  
6:15 pm – Priority seating with UO ID
6:30 pm – Community seating

“A resourceful, illuminating and very welcome documentation both of filmmaking and the making of history.” –The Hollywood Reporter

Winner – Best Documentary – Denver International Film Festival 2015
Nominee – Golden Eye Award – Cannes Film Festival 2015

Photo by Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos

 

Diane Movie Poster

Screening of Diane and Q&A with Director Kent Jones

UO students, faculty, and staff are invited to a free screening of Diane followed by a Q&A with Writer and Director Kent Jones. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019
7:00 p.m.
EMU Redwood Auditorium
Free with UO ID.  UO ID required for admission.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.  
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

“Revelatory. Tender, wrenching, and beautifully made. Mary Kay Place is Remarkable.” –Variety

 

Winner – Best Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay – Tribeca Film Festival 2018
Official Selection – Locarno International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection – Chicago International Film Fesitval 2018

 
Photo Courtesy of IFC FIlms. An IFC Films Release.

Thank you to our cosponsors:  

Department of Art, Department of Comparative Literature, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures, Department of English, 
Department of German & Scandinavian, Department of Romance Languages, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, School of Journalism and Communication/Media Studies, UO Libraries

Funded by the generous Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Endowment 

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