Alumni Success
Watch what our alumni say about their experience in The MFA in Independent Film and Digital Imaging:
Seth McClellan
Award-winning Filmmaker and Tenured Faculty at Triton College&
Mercedes Kane
Creative
Director at Kindle Communications and award-winning Documentary Filmmaker
Dirk Fletcher
Award-winning Photographer and Professional Market Representative for Canon USA
Testimonials
"The IFDI program is all about authorship and encouraging the creative growth of individual writer-directors and photographers. GovState student and alumni films have been screened at hundreds of international film festivals and won multiple awards. Our faculty has received recognition from major entities such as the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Times, and Roger Ebert. To top it all off, an MFA at GovState is more affordable than one at other Chicago-area schools."
Dan Nearing, Full Professor of IFDI
"IFDI offers a unique Chicago based MFA experience where self-motivated, independent writer-directors and photographers come together to form an artistic community in which each individual develops their own artistic voice and vision under the mentorship of renowned faculty."
Beth Parin, Associate Professor IFDI
"IThe MFA program encourages you to take your big ideas and turn them into a real production by providing you with the creative channels, skills, and knowledge you need to do it. My professors gave me the push to take strategic risks and follow my passion—that created confidence that I now implement in my current job where I use the skills I gained as an M.F.A. student in studio production, filming, and editing."
Uriah Berryhill, Specialist, TV & Media Production