Louis Massiah
Encyclopedia
Louis J. Massiah is an American documentary filmmaker.
He graduated from Cornell University
with a B.A., and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
with an M.S. in documentary filmmaking.
He has been an artist-in-residence and on faculty at City College of New York
, Princeton University
, Ithaca College
, the University of Pennsylvania
, American University
, Haverford College
, and most recently at Swarthmore College
.
He is the founder and executive director of the Scribe Video Center.
He graduated from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
with a B.A., and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
with an M.S. in documentary filmmaking.
He has been an artist-in-residence and on faculty at City College of New York
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Ithaca College
Ithaca College
Ithaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...
, the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
, Haverford College
Haverford College
Haverford College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States, a suburb of Philadelphia...
, and most recently at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....
.
He is the founder and executive director of the Scribe Video Center.
Awards
- 1996 MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
- 1990, 1996 Tribeca Film Institute Fellow
- 2009 Fleisher Founder's Award
Filmography
- The Bombing of Osage Avenue (producer/director), 1986
- Power! (co-producer/writer/director) 1990
- A Nation of Law? (co-producer/writer/director), 1990
- W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices, 1996
- Louise Alone Thompson Patterson: In Her Own Words, 1996
- Haytian Stories