Teaching cinematography the way it’s practice : on real sets, under real deadlines, for real audiences. Student-centered. Project-based. Built for the industry students are entering.

As a teacher, my goal has never been to get students to fit a prescribed idea of what a storyteller should be. It's to help them tap into their own talents and perspectives, and equip them with a knowledge base in style, form, and function strong enough to mature their own voice. Every course I teach runs on project-based assessment: students form ideas, pitch them to peers, produce, and revise against a detailed rubric that makes every technical and creative expectation transparent before work begins. Assignments start as team projects and evolve into self-directed productions — the same arc professionals move through, from crew to author.

CIN303 | 603 Nonfiction Video Storytelling

Short-form documentary craft from first pitch to final export — subject research, interview technique, image capture, and editing, each phase building on the last. This course anchors the annual Alexia Fall Workshop and produced Piloting the Past Into the Future, winner of the 2026 BEA Chairman's Award — the top honor among more than 2,000 student entries nationwide.

CIN 323 | 623 Cinematic Light and Lens

The anchor course of the cinematography track. Students take a deep dive into lighting design and lens theory, learning to previsualize and execute intentional visual design before they ever reach set. Students work with the latest state of the art LED lighting instruments and light/color meters and also explore anamorphic lenses.

VIS502 AI for Creative Professionals

Newhouse's first generative-AI course, now required for Advertising majors and an elective in the school's forthcoming AI Minor. Students generate and curate text, image, video, and sound for real deliverables while examining the ethics behind the tools .