Faculty and Staff

For questions regarding Film at Mason, please email us at film@gmu.edu

Program Director, Associate Professor - Cynthia Fuchs

  • Samirah Alkassim

    Term Assistant Professor in Film Theory, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Samirah Alkassim is an experimental documentary filmmaker whose films include Far From You, From Here to There, and current work in progress Love Letters, among other projects.
  • Meagan Arnold

    Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Meagan Arnold
  • Monica Bellais

    Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Monica Lee Bellais' professional memberships include the Writers Guild of America, East, the Producers Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Documentary Programming Peer Group, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and The National Press Club, in Washington, D.C.
  • Evan Bowen

    Post-Production Coordinator, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Evan Bowen (they/them) is the Technical Assistant for the Film and Video Studies Department.
  • Tommy Britt

    Full Professor, Film and Video Studies, CVPA
     

    Thomas Britt joined Film and Video Studies in 2007 as the first full-time faculty member hired by the program.
  • Hans Charles

    Associate Professor of Cinematography, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Hans Charles studied cinema at the Los Angeles Film Studies Center and worked for Tracey Edmonds (Soulfood, Set it Off), Bridget Davis (Sister Act II, Hav Plenty) and Patrick Ian Polk (Punks, Noah’s Ark) at Edmonds Entertainment.
  • G Chesler

    Full Professor, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Affiliated Faculty Women and Gender Studies

    Professor G. Chesler (pronouns they/them) directs, produces, and writes fiction and documentary films that address sexuality, the body, gender and racial justice.
  • Leonard Collins

    Teaching Assistant, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Leonard Collins
  • Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Scott Cooper, Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies
  • Robert Farr

    Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Rob Farr is the executive producer for Arlington TV, Arlington County's government cable channel and website.