Professor
Areas of Expertise:
Graduate Film Production, Undergraduate Film Production, Screenwriting, Cinematography and LightingOffice:
Fine Arts Building, Room 437Phone:
(415) 338-6173E-mail:
songhai@sfsu.eduOffice Hours:
No office hours for the rest of Fall 2009
Education
- M.F.A. Motion Picture Department, UCLA
- B.S. Miami University
Areas of Expertise
- Graduate Film Production
- Undergraduate Film Production
- Screenwriting
- Cinematography and Lighting
Films
- BLUE HAWK (feature in development)
- THE HONEYCREEPER (feature in development)
- CUTTING HORSE, 115 min.
- PASSING THROUGH, 105 min.
- AS ABOVE, SO BELOW, 55 min.
- WATTSTAX, 90 min. co-cinematographer credit
- TAMU, 13 min.
Awards and Honors
- Special Jury Prize, Locarno International Film Festival
- Best Use of Music In Film Award, Alger Film Festival
- Oscar Micheaux Award for Best Music Film
- Oscar Michaux Award for Best Cinematography
- Participated in major international film festivals, and retrospectives such as:
- Cannes International Film Festival, France (special event)
- Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland (special jury prize)
- Moscow International Film Festival, (information section) USSR
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland
- Deauville International Film Festival, France
- Pesaro International Film Festival, Italy
- Amien International Film Festival, France
- Torino International Film Festival, Italy
- New Dehli International Film Festival, India
- The French Cinematheque, France
- FESPACO, Burkina Faso, West Africa
- MOGPAFIS, Somalia, East Africa
- Many retrospectives and screenings in USA, Europe, Africa, Caribbean, French West Indies
- Fellowships, Grants and Funding from:
- Rockefeller Media Fellowship
- Oakland Artist Fellowship
- California Arts Council Fellowship
- Columbia Foundation
- Third World Fund
- Ruth Mott Fund
- National Endowment for the Arts
- AFI Alumni Association Writer's Workshop Grant
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Grant
- American Film Institute's Internship Program

