Dien Vo
Faculty in Film and Media Studies
Contact
Daniel Arts Center 131
Academic Program Affiliation(s)
Areas of Specialization
- Art Cinema
- Modernist movements
- Aesthetics
- Independent and community media
- Micro-budget filmmaking
Favorite/Regular Courses Offered
- Introduction to Film and Media
- Audio Production and Storytelling
- Avant-Garde and Art Cinema
- Fiction 1 – Screenwriting
- Fiction 2 – Directing and Acting for Film
- Non-Fiction 1 – Theory, Ethics, and Field Research
- Non-Fiction 2 – Participatory Film and Media
Biography
MFA with Distinction, Media Arts Production, University at Buffalo, SUNY
BA, Sociology, Media Studies, Philosophy (minor), Hunter College, CUNY
Dien is a filmmaker and multimedia artist with interests in Art Cinema, modernist movements, aesthetics, community media, and independent filmmaking. Before joining Bard College at Simon’s Rock, he taught at the University at Buffalo SUNY and Virginia Tech, where he co-developed the filmmaking program. Dien is the first and only graduate to earn departmental distinction from SUNY Buffalo’s MFA program in experimental media arts since its founding. He started teaching at Simon's Rock in 2017.
Highlights
- “An Occurrence” (writer, director): Screened at Made Here Film Festival (Vermont Public Media and Vermont Int’l Film Festival), Queens World Film Festival, Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, New York State Writers Institute’s Albany Film Festival, Vienna Independent Film Festival, Shawna Shea Film Festival, LAVA Film Festival, Blow-Up: International Arthouse Film Fest Chicago.
- “Let Them Have Their Way” (debut feature film as writer, director). Screenings at Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, FIC AUTOR – Author’s International Film Festival, Queens World Film Festival, Blow-Up: International Arthouse Film Fest Chicago, and Buffalo International Film Festival.
- “Beyond Boundaries: Personal Stories from a Small Planet” (editor). Won the Peabody Award in 2006 and premiered on the Independent Film Channel.