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Feature Story
Alum's 'zig-zag' path to LucasFilm
After graduating from the University of Rochester with a film and media studies degree, Steve Blank ’07 had his future planned. “I was going to be a movie editor,” he says. “I love taking all these different pieces and putting them together into a complete whole story.”
But his plans didn’t match his luck—or the economy. A global financial crisis was in its early stages when Blank left Rochester. That’s when he entered what he calls the “zigzag” portion of his career, working nearly two dozen odd jobs over three years before an impromptu conversation with his boss led to a marketing opportunity at TV Land, which began his path toward LucasFilm.
Read MoreMaster of Arts in Film and Media Preservation
Combining practical, hands-on training in motion picture preservation with a formal graduate degree program, the Selznick School of Film Preservation and the Department of English offer a Masters of Arts degree program in film and media preservation. Students in the Selznick Graduate Program in Film and Media Preservation work with Film and Media Studies faculty through the Department of English at the University of Rochester.
Did you know?
The Film and Media Studies Program has an enrollment of approximately 40 students in the major and minor.
Why FMS?
There are many opportunities open to students of film and media arts. Many students go on to film or television school, pursuing graduate work in producing, directing, editing, cinematography, screen writing, acting, and other creative aspects of media.
