Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for Professional Directions with Filmmaker Jason Goldman '03 and Colorist Greg Reese '02 on Friday, March 8, from 12:00 - 1:15 pm, in the Film Forum, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
How do you make your first documentary? What goes into producing a tv commercial? What does a colorist do anyways? What is it like working with Taylor Swift? Join Cornell alums Jason Goldman '03 and Greg Reese '02 as they discuss their career paths in the film industry and share selections from their creative portfolios.
The two classmates recently collaborated on Rowdy Girl (2023), a documentary about a former Texas cattle rancher who transformed her husband's beef operation into an animal sanctuary, which will screen at Cornell Cinema on Friday, March 8 at 7pm. More information here: https://cinema.cornell.edu/rowdy-girl
Jason Goldman has been a New Yorker for 20 years, starting his filmmaking career with acclaimed documentarian Albert Maysles where he learned the foundation of direct cinema. Applying his experience to both short and long form projects, his producing career has included worldwide ad campaigns, short documentaries, and feature length original films. Most recently, Jason turned to directing in completing his first feature, Rowdy Girl, which premiered at the Hot Docs Film Festival in 2023 and will have a theatrical release in 2024. In 2018, he produced Sidelined, the first short documentary financed and distributed by A&E IndieFilms which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He is currently in production on his second feature as a director about an Atlanta-based environmental activist, her wide-ranging efforts to fight environmental racism and stop construction of the largest police training facility in America: Cop City. In addition, he is producing The Boy Next Door about Provincetown Massachusetts, the queerest small town in America, which defied fears and stigma to become a haven of hope for those afflicted with AIDS during the 1980s epidemic.
Gregory Reese is an award-winning colorist in Los Angeles, CA. He began his career in post as a runner at The Mill in New York city in 2005 where he was first introduced to the craft of color grading. His work includes global ad campaigns, narrative and documentary features and shorts, music videos, and art installations.
This event is co-sponsored by Cornell Cinema.
