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Welcome to the CSUN Department of Cinema and Television Arts, located in the heart of the entertainment industry.  With seven programs of study, CTVA offers unparalleled opportunities for academic and professional training in a richly diverse environment.

Our faculty bring extensive professional experience to the classrooms, studios and labs, and are committed to instilling the knowledge, expertise, creative and analytical skills that will allow students to achieve their goals in the fields of television, film and new media.

We are housed in Manzanita Hall, designed by world-renowned architect Robert A.M. Stern. Our facilities are industry-standard and include film and television sound stages, post-production and mixing suites, a new media lab, a digital visual effects and animation suite, and the 130-seat Elaine and Alan Armer Screening Room.  The CSUN Cinematheque regularly programs film series and other screenings and events in the Armer.

CTVA alumni work in every facet of the entertainment industry.  Extensive relationships with studios, networks, production companies and other organizations provide students with access to internships, jobs and other collaborative opportunities.

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Three CSUN Films to Air on PBS SoCal/KCET "Fine Cut Festival of Films"

August 23, 2023

A still image from the film "Don't Blink"
CTVA Senior Film Project Un Día Más Un Día Menos (Director, Audrey Saca), CTVA Documentary SHRED (Director, Giovanna Trujillo), and CTVA Documentary Don't Blink (Director, Kathleen Ngo) have been selected to be broadcast on the 24th season this Fall of KCET/PBS SoCal’s Fine Cut Festival of Film series.
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2019 Scholarships and Awards Presentation gallery

  • The JPF Family Scholarship Award – Jon Stahl, Jean Firstenberg and recipient Jarrett Paperno
  • The JPF Family Scholarship Award – Jon Stahl, Jean Firstenberg and recipient Sarah Welborn
  • The Judge Julian Beck Award – Scott Sturgeon and recipient Margaret Duggan
  • The Jag Mundhra Memorial Scholarship – Frances Gateward and recipient Jade Larios- Juarez
  • Polonsky Award – Jon Stahl, Hank Polonsky (son of Abraham Polonsky)
  • Polonsky Award – Jon Stahl, Hank Polonsky (son of Abraham Polonsky)
  • Polonsky Undergraduate Award in Critical Writing Award – Jon Stahl and recipient Andrew Vasile.
  • Polonsky Undergraduate Award in Critical Writing Award – Jon Stahl, Hank Polonsky and recipient Andrew Vasile.
  • Polonsky Undergraduate Award in Screenwriting – Jon Stahl, Hank Polonsky and recipient Samuel Oh
  • Polonsky Undergraduate Award in Screenwriting – Jon Stahl, Hank Polonsky and recipient Samuel Oh
  • The Jay Roper Memorial Scholarship – Erik Boccio and recipient Andrew Vasile
  • The Carson Schreiber Film / Television / Media History Scholarship – Elizabeth Leister, recipient Makenna Waters and Carson Schreiber.
  • The Carson Schreiber Interactive Media Scholarship – Elizabeth Leister, recipient Sadie Sheridan and Carson Schreiber.
  • The Carson Schreiber Interactive Media Scholarship – Elizabeth Leister, recipient Sadie Sheridan and Carson Schreiber.
  • Women in Film Scholarship – Karen Carpenter and recipient Veronika Oleynik
  • The David Somerville Memorial Media Research Scholarship – Quinn Saunders and recipient Makenna Waters
  • The Scott M. Weiss Memorial Scholarships – Quinn Saunders and recipients Isabel Evangelista, Margaret Duggan and Ruben Fuentes
  • Dr. Judith Marlane Cinema and Television Arts Scholarship – Nate Thomas and recipient Eric Pou
  • CSUN Arts Council Scholarships – Yasmine Abdullah, Michael Johnson and recipients Jacqueline Casey and Nathaniel Harris
  • CSUN Arts Council Scholarships – Yasmine Abdullah, Michael Johnson and recipients Jacqueline Casey and Nathaniel Harris
  • The Mary Bayramian Arts Scholarships – Michael Johnson and recipients Sarah Welborn and Genesis Andino
  • The Hollywood Foreign Press Awards – Nate Thomas and recipient Kaelin McDonald
  • Marc S. Yobs Memorial Scholarship – Joel Krantz and recipients Jason Lee, Maci Ulan Garcia and Jade Larios – Luarez
  • Marc S. Yobs Memorial Scholarship – Joel Krantz and recipients Jason Lee, Maci Ulan Garcia and Jade Larios – Luarez
  • The Dean’s Awards – Dean Dan Hosken, Sophmore Frank Duci and Graduate Student Katheryn Baral

Candid Shots

Jasmine Galdamez, Chayuda Sitthiphap, El Mozote, Nate Thomas
The Caucus for Producers, Writers, Directors Foundation 2019 Grantee Jasmine Galdamez, Producer/Director of El Mozote (right in the picture), 
Chayuda Sitthiphap, 1st AD El Mozote,  Nate Thomas, CTVA Film Production Option Head. 

 Prof. Krasliovsky on symposium panel

Professor Alexis Krasilovsky gave a five-day workshop on screenplay adaptation, based on her book, "Great Adaptations," at the EMK (Edward Kennedy) Center in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the International Academy of Film and Media.  She also participated in the International Conference on Women in Cinema and the "West Meets East" producers' conference at the Dhaka International Film Festival.  http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=179166&fbclid=IwAR2m2odmt9lWW6F9ZPRrAhEBt3Pkdzqtt9Hd30GghX3EAW4tJ_23fAl8Vos

Thelma Vickroy, Nate Thomas, and Frances Gateward

Thelma Vickroy (former CTVA Chair), Professor Nate Thomas (Head Film Production Option) and Frances Gateward (Head Media Theory and Criticism) at the  Hollywood Foreign Press Association 76th Golden Globe Awards.

Five CTVA Television Production Option alumni currently working at BIG BROTHER


MFA Screenwriting students Eduardo Lucatero, Marty Lang and Christine Mathewson with Michael Grillo at the 2018 Austin Film Festival. 

Contact

Department of Cinema and Television Arts
Manzanita Hall Room 195
(Campus Map - C2 )
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8317
Jared Rappaport, Chair

(818) 677-3192
FAX 677-4919
ctva_advising@csun.edu (advising)
ctva_sa1@csun.edu (office)

Monday–Friday 
8 AM to 5 PM

MFA Screenwriting Program
(818) 677-6608

Engineering Office
Manzanita 194 
(818) 677-3195

ARRI Resource Center-Equipment Room
Manzanita 191
(818) 677-3802

Script Library
Manzanita 190 
(818) 677-4251

Cinematheque
Manzanita 100 / Erik Boccio
(818) 677-3192 messages

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CTVA Tours

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Tours are available only during the Spring and Fall semesters (from mid-August to mid-May).

Regular hours are 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Please make an appointment by sending an email to csunscriptlibrary@gmail.com.

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Emerging Media Production link On-air sign with Entertainment Media Management link Film production selection featuring 35mm cameraMedia theory and criticism selection featuring Armer Theater
Screenwriting selection featuring script page TV production selection featuring tv cameras on stage   Computer keyboard, scripts, yellow post-it note/graduate screenwriting button

ATTENTION CTVA STUDENTS--Registration Info

If you took a course at another college that is the equivalent of a CTVA lower-division core course, and if that course taken elsewhere is not recognized by SOLAR as the prerequisite for an upper-division CTVA course that you are eligible to take next semester, please follow the instructions below:

  1. Send an email to CTVA_advising@csun.edu.    Type “REGISTRATION” in the subject line.

  2. State your FULL NAME, STUDENT ID NUMBER, and the OPTION you are in.
  3. Include the course or courses you took that have not articulated. Include an unofficial transcript with the request if the course [or courses] doesn’t show up on your DPR.
  4. Put the three digit CTVA COURSE NUMBER and the five digit CTVA CLASS ID NUMBER of the course(s) you want to enroll in.

The CTVA Department will get back to you as soon as possible. Please send your request a day or two before your registration appointment.

*CTVA Students who took JOUR 100 or CTVA 196DF must follow the instructions above. Please state in the e-mail that you are enrolled in or have already taken JOUR 100 or CTVA 196DF in STEP THREE. 

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Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling (Routledge 2018--written by Professor Alexis Krasilovsky) was the 2nd Place Winner in the 2019 International Writers Awards competition.

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CSUN’s Department of Cinema and Television Arts (CTVA) was one of 40 schools around the world to make Variety’s list of THE BEST FILM SCHOOLS IN 2018
 Click here to read the entire story.

 

Thelma Vickroy, Migue Flores, Maria Elena de las Carreras

CTVA Television Production student and university ambassador Miguel Flores awarded CTVA Professor Maria De Las Carreras with a Polished Apple Award. This award is given in recognition of a CSUN faculty or staff member's positive influence in the student's  life. 

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