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Visiting Faculty Member CRAIG VOLK is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film and Video Production teaching script-writing and screen-writing at UCLA. He earned his B.A. in English and a double M.A. in English and Theatre from the University of South Dakota. He earned M.F.A. in Playwriting/Screen writing from the Yale School of Drama.  Volk is an instructor in the Writer’s Program at UCLA, having held assistant professor appointments in theatre at UC-Davis and Green Mountain College in Vermont.  Professor Volk’s writing credits include work as the producer of the series “Higher Ground” for Fox Family Television, executive creative consultant for the syndicated series “The Adventures of Sinbad” executive story editor for “Charley Grace” (ABC/Viacom), and “Marker” (UPN). He was a staff writer for the hit series “Northern Exposure” and wrote pilots for CBS, ABC, and a feature film for Showtime while under contract at Viacom.  As a free-lance writer, Volk wrote episodes for “Days and Nights of Molly Dodd” and “Diagnosis Murder,” among others. His original plays have been produced at Lincoln Center, Actors Theatre at Louisville, Yale Rep, the George Street Playhouse, and the Denver Center Theatre Company.

Professor Volk will be presenting two programs:

‘No Longer Just The Tele’
(The New Dramatic Vision)
Thursday 4/15 @ 8pm
Broome St. Residence Hall, Broome Room, 1st Floor
Craig Volk
With the advent of the Internet’s platform, the reach for media
presentations is now readily global. Creation of dramatic content is no
longer the sole province of Hollywood or major entertainment centers.
YouTube and other video streaming venues have become primary delivery
systems for getting one’s creative efforts into the world. Concurrently, the
development of mobisodes and webisodes is adding a new layer to the means
and methods for generating an alternative for traditional series television.
In this session, award-winning television and stage writer Craig Volk
explores the history and changing dynamic of dramatic content for television
and beyond. Drawing upon his extensive experience as a writer and producer
for the television industry, Volk will supplement his presentation with
video examples creating new streams of series content created in
collaboration with his students.

dc dakota films
Sunday 4/18 @ 7pm
Broome St. Residence Hall, Broome Room, 1st Floor
Craig Volk & Stephanie Two Eagles dc dakota films is a Colorado Production Company with a focus on social

justice issues. The company has produced three short documentary films and a regional PBS television series. Their productions have screened at the Florida Film Festival, the Denver International Film Festival, the San Francisco Black Film Festival, the World Refugee Film Festival, the DC Independent Film Festival, Rocky Mountain PBS and numerous others. Three of their short films will be screened and discussed: one story – a first person testimonial that focuses on Sudanese “Lost Boy” Isaac Khor Bher; Her Life is My Teacher – a short doc on the life and work of the blind yogi and Indian women’s rights activist Dr. Abdul Salam; Del : 100 – a showcase on the words and life of noted centenarian journalist Delores Plested. Stephanie Two Eagles, the former Colorado Film Commissioner, recent selectee to the Colorado Film and Hall of Fame, and co-founder of dc dakota films will also be in attendance.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend as we would like to order food and need to know how many will be in attendance.  Please RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/nyu-craigvolk