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Where are you from and what brought you here to the David Lynch MA?
I am from a very politicized region on the border of Mexico in the US, El Paso, Texas. I was attracted here by some the energy and desire to create great art, and this place allows me that freedom. I’m glad to be in Fairfield, Iowa.
How are you liking the MA program?
The program had a successful first semester in my opinion, bringing great teachers who inspired and pushed us to our...
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Where are you from and what brought you here to the David Lynch MA?
In November 2009, I journeyed from St. Louis, MO to Fairfield, IA to attend MIU’s annual David Lynch Visitors Weekend. On the first night of the event, my family and I wound up sitting in the front row next to David Lynch and Donovan (shown left). I was 18 years old at the time and was a huge fan of David Lynch, so getting to meet him was a thrill. At the time,...
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Where are you from and what brought you here to the David Lynch MA?
I’m from Washington, DC and my love of David Lynch and photography brought me to the David Lynch MFA in film. I love film. I love images. I adore storytelling. I like the MA program and the practice of TM meditation. I went to the famous arts high school: Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC where I received professional arts training and various internships that help shape my drive. Then I got my Bachelors of Arts in Photography from Columbia College...
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Last Saturday night a special yearly fashion show, “EcoJam,” took place in downtown Fairfield, Iowa and some MIU students were involved in putting on the show. Everyone from alumni, current students and prospective students took part in organizing, designing, modeling and attending. Even this month’s MIU Visitors’ Weekend participants were lucky enough to come watch.
One of our David Lynch MFA in film students, Agnes Baginska, showcased the costumes from her thesis film “Last Tree Standing.” The costumes were designed and built Jami Johnson and Gage Blanton. Agnes’ film is set...
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How are you liking the MA program?
I am loving the DLMA program. First and foremost I came to grow on a personal level, through meditation, through consciousness and through my creativity. That’s been the best aspect of this program because I’ve transformed into more of me and more of who I’m meant to be. Being in a program where David Lynch is the mentor is a dream come true because he’s influenced me so much personally and professionally. David Lynch introduced me to Transcendental Meditation and I...
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Where are you from and what brought you here to the David Lynch MA in film program?
I’m a Brazilian filmmaker and I came here because I was looking for a desert island in order to create. A place where I could be 100% connected to myself while developing my film project. Here, I would be far from my land and I’d would use David Lynch’s techniques to dive into deep waters in ourselves to search for what I was going to write about. I won an award from my...
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Chandler Baucom is from the Charlotte, North Carolina area. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from UNC in Wilmington in 2014 before coming to the David Lynch MA in film program here at MIU last Fall.
“I found an MIU testimonial online while browsing www.reddit.com and followed the links to MIU’s site. Next thing I sent one of my student films for admission to the David Lynch MA. Once I was accepted, everything in my life fell into place at the right time to come study here.
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Laura Bustillos is a documentary filmmaker/visual journalist from the US-Mexico border of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas. She was born less than 10 miles away from US territory, lived her early childhood years in Mexico, and moved to the US with her family when she was 12 years old.
Laura grew up in a cultural limbo of nationality and identity, that now highly influences her work. She received a BA with a special recognition in Visual Journalism from Brooks Institute in Ventura, CA. During her time in California, she...
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Students in the David Lynch MA in Film are gearing up to film their final projects, with some even starting production late last month.
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David Lynch MA in Film student Agnes Baginska grew up in Poland and was introduced to the theatre at an early age by her grandmother. She participated in monologue competitions and directed her first play in high school.
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