Film and Video Studies Faculty and Staff

  • 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 is a FAVS Alumnus and visual storyteller who has worked across the film and media industry as a Director of Photography, Camera Technician, and Camera Operator. 
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cynthia Fuchs

    Program Director and Associate Professor, Film and Video Studies, CVPA 
    Director, Visiting Filmmakers Series

    Cynthia Fuchs (PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1989) is the interim Director of Film at Mason (CVPA) and Associate Professor of English (CHSS), as well as a faculty member in African and African American Studies (AAAS) and Sport and American Culture; she is an Executive Committee member for Women and Gender Studies (WGST).
  • Lucy Gebre-Egziabher

    Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Lucy Gebre-Egziabher is an award winning, independent filmmaker and a Fulbright Scholar who lives in Falls Church, VA. 
  • Wesley Hunt

    Adjunct Faculty, Film and Video Studies, CVPA

    Wesley Hunt (he/him) is an award-winning cinematographer in the D.C. Metro area with over ten years of experience as a freelancer. Though he makes a living shooting educational and corporate videos, his real passion is genre filmmaking.