Fusion Voices

"The Stern Tisch Entertainment Business Association brings together a diverse and talented group of students at New York University who share a common interest in the entertainment industry. STEBA provides a forum for student interaction with industry professionals as well as a grounded platform for students to gain experience in their chosen field. Though our programmings are grounded in the Stern-Tisch-Steinhardt collaborative BEMT minor, our membership is open to students OF ANY SCHOOL (not Stern or Tisch exclusive). Join us to find your community!" Learn more at https://engage.nyu.edu/organization/stern-tisch-entertainment-business-association WHO ARE WE? Fusion Voices is the official podcast of Fusion Film Festival, New York University's premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. CREDITS Hosts: Illia Solano  Producers: Alora Lindsey & Fusion Voices Team Sound Mixer: Illia Solano “Dreamer” by Vodovoz Music Productions: https://youtu.be/N4ex28rjYDk Special thanks to our festival Co-Directors Juliette Ho, MacKenzie Packer, and Harper Stein & Selin Dursun, our faculty advisor Susan Sandler, the Marketing Department, and the Fusion Voices team: Schuyler Barefoot, Riley Foster, Alora Lindsey, Illia Solano, Anika Brown, Esther Liu, and Margeaux McCaughey.

"Jude Dry is a New York–based Associate Editor for IndieWire, where they write daily for the site with a focus on LGBTQ film and television. Jude was a fellow of the 2013 New York Film Festival Critics Academy, when they first began writing for IndieWire. Their previous work can be found at Variety, Splitsider, FilmLinc, and Teachers & Writers Magazine. Jude lives life like Gene Kelly in “Singin' in the Rain.” Follow Jude @jdry." Bio on https://www.indiewire.com/team/ WHO ARE WE? Fusion Voices is the official podcast of Fusion Film Festival, New York University's premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. SAVE THE DATE! Fusion Film Festival 2023 will be held APRIL 12-15 2023! Stay tuned for more information by following us on Instagram @fusionfilmfest. CREDITS Hosts: Carly Kline, Aspen Nelson, & Illia Solano Producers: Alora Lindsey and Fusion Voices Team Sound Mixer: Illia Solano “Dreamer” by Vodovoz Music Productions: https://youtu.be/N4ex28rjYDk Special thanks to our festival Co-Directors Juliette Ho, MacKenzie Packer, and Lucy Walkowiak, our faculty advisor Susan Sandler, the Marketing Department, and the Fusion Voices team: Schuyler Barefoot, Riley Foster, Alora Lindsey, Anika Brown, Esther Liu, and Margeaux McCaughey. Thank you to the team who worked on this episode in 2021: Nina Leitenberg, Roni Polsgrove, Aspen Nelson, Maya Gavant, and Sam Whitley.

“Named after the screenplay font, Courier seeks to create a space that motivates screenwriters to produce imaginative stories beyond the classroom with the support of fellow writers. By collaborating on scripts, reviewing and providing constructive feedback, and organizing engaging workshops, we hope to facilitate an inspiring and productive writers' room environment for all students.” Learn more at https://engage.nyu.edu/organization/courier  WHO ARE WE? Fusion Voices is the official podcast of Fusion Film Festival, New York University's premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. SAVE THE DATE! Fusion Film Festival 2023 will be held APRIL 12-15 2023! Stay tuned for more information by following us on Instagram @fusionfilmfest. CREDITS Hosts: Illia Solano  Producers: Alora Lindsey Sound Mixer: Illia Solano “Dreamer” by Vodovoz Music Productions: https://youtu.be/N4ex28rjYDk Special thanks to our festival Co-Directors Juliette Ho, MacKenzie Packer, and Edie Peffley, our faculty advisor Susan Sandler, the Marketing Department, and the Fusion Voices team: Schuyler Barefoot, Riley Foster, Alora Lindsey, Illia Solano, Anika Brown, Esther Liu, and Margeaux McCaughey. 

“Alicia Maree Malone is a Film Reporter, TV Host, Producer, Writer, Editor, and all around film geek. She developed her taste for film at a young age, spending many a heady Friday night pajama-clad at the video store, picking out her 7 films for 7 days for $7. Bargain! While at school she created a Film Club, electing herself President. Eventually the School Principal asked her not to get up in assembly to talk about movies anymore. The day after graduating high school, Alicia moved to Sydney and got a job at a video store, where she took to advising customers of the correct movie choices, whether it was asked for or not. Soon, she scored a position at the TV station Channel Seven, where she stayed for 6 years in a variety of production roles. After responding to an ad for a job at cable TV station Movie Network Channels, Alicia took up a role as host, producer and editor. There she created and fronted several movie-related shows, including Movie Juice and Premiere, and hosted live red carpet events for the AFI Awards and Tropfest Short Film Festival. Alicia was also seen weekly on the national breakfast show The Morning Show as their movie expert, was heard talking about films on radio station Triple M, and her written reviews were published in Filmink Magazine. In late 2010 Alicia quit everything, packed two suitcases and moved to Hollywood to chase her dreams in the film capital of the world….” Bio continued on https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4435291/bio You can find Alicia's Amazon page here to shop her books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001K83468 WHO ARE WE? Fusion Voices is the official podcast of Fusion Film Festival, New York University's premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. SAVE THE DATE! Fusion Film Festival 2023 will be held APRIL 12-15 2023! Stay tuned for more information by following us on instagram @fusionfilmfest. CREDITS Hosts: Schuyler Barefoot & Carly Kline Producers: Fusion Voices Team Sound Mixer: Schuyler Barefoot “Dreamer” by Vodovoz Music Productions: https://youtu.be/N4ex28rjYDk Special thanks to our festival Co-Directors Juliette Ho, MacKenzie Packer, and Lucy Walkowiak, our faculty advisor Susan Sandler, the Marketing Department, and the Fusion Voices team: Riley Foster, Alora Lindsey, and introducing Illia Solano, Anika Brown, Esther Liu, and Margeaux McCaughey. Thank you to the team who worked on this episode in 2021: Nina Leitenberg, Roni Polsgrove, Aspen Nelson, Maya Gavant, and Sam Whitley.

Lucy Heavens is a comedy writer known for her series development work and script writing for TV series out of the UK, Europe and the USA with Disney and Nickelodeon. She has a background in comedy, performance and voice over work and works mainly in animation and cartoons. She is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Biography courtesy of: IMDb Mini Biography https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9473090/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Fusion presents this three part series to audiences in collaboration with NYU's Student Animation League, an organization for students to learn together and share their passions for all things animation. We were thrilled to be able to bring this series to life and hear from some incredible women in animation! Fusion + SAL =

Julia Pott is an award-winning British animator / illustrator living in Los Angeles. She graduated with an MA in animation from the Royal College of Art and her films have screened at festival worldwide including Sundance and SXSW. She is the creator and executive producer of Summer Camp Island on HBO MAX. She was named one of the 25 new faces of film by Filmmaker Magazine + is an ADC Young Gun. Clients include Channel 4, Toyota, Oreo, J. Crew, Hermes, Madewell, Rachel Antonoff, MTV, Cartoon Network, Bat for Lashes + Glamour. - Biography courtesy of https://www.juliapott.com/about We apologize for the occasional audio glitches-- this recording was done through Zoom, so we thank you for your patience as we navigate panels and events during Covid times! Fusion presents this three part series to audiences in collaboration with NYU's Student Animation League, an organization for students to learn together and share their passions for all things animation. We were thrilled to be able to bring this series to life and hear from some incredible women in animation! Fusion + SAL =

Shauna McGarry grew up in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, and graduated from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. An award-winning tv writer, Shauna currently writes for “Katy Keene.” Other TV writing credits include “BoJack Horseman”, “Tuca & Bertie” (for which Shauna's episode “The Jelly Lakes” won the 2019 Annie Award for Best EpiSodic Writing), “Craig of the Creek”, “Jeff and Some Aliens", “Bajillion Dollar Properties", "Take My Wife", “Anger Management”, “South of Nowhere” and “24”. Shauna is in development with an original pilot for FX networks. In her free time, Shauna serves as a board member at the non-profit micro-cinema and media school, Echo Park Film Center, where she has taught media arts for 15 years. A recent experimental film, “It Could Be Anything,” was commissioned by the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. A comedic storyteller, Shauna's stories have been featured on various stage and radio shows, most recently at Risk! and The Moth MainStage. She co-hostED and produced two long-running LIVE showS in Los Angeles: "Radio Picture Show", a storytelling show and "I Present two", A showcase of short films and art. her solo show, “L.A. Homebody,” ran at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, having premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival where it received the Encore Award. - Biography courtesy of shaunamcgarry.com Fusion presents this three part series to audiences in collaboration with NYU's Student Animation League, an organization for students to learn together and share their passions for all things animation. Shauna is also an NYU and Fusion alum, so we were especially excited to get to chat with her! We were thrilled to be able to bring this series to life and hear from some incredible women in animation! Fusion + SAL =

Kirsten Johnson (she/her) is a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer whose career spans over fifty films across two decades. Her film Dick Johnson Is Dead premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020 where it won the Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling. In Kirsten's own words, Dick Johnson Is Dead is “a film in which my father dies over and over again in the hope of keeping him alive forever.” Please welcome our special guest host, Lucy Walkowiak (she/her), co-head of the Fusion Film Festival submissions department. In this episode, Lucy and Kirsten talk about: Dick Johnson Is Dead Cameraperson Putting Kirsten's personal life on camera Young filmmakers What drew Kirsten to documentaries Filming in a conflict zone and a maternity ward Making personal connections with documentary subjects The future of documentaries You can watch Dick Johnson Is Dead on Netflix. WHO ARE WE? Fusion Voices is the official podcast of Fusion Film Festival, New York University's premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. CREDITS Producers: Lucy Walkowiak & Maya Gavant Guest Host: Lucy Walkowiak Hosts: Schuyler Barefoot & Carly Kline Sound Editor: Sara Gabriela Long Sound Mixer: Nina Leitenberg “Dreamer” by Vodovoz Music Productions: https://youtu.be/N4ex28rjYDk Special thanks to our faculty advisor Susan Sandler and the Fusion Voices team: Nina Leitenberg, Roni Polsgrove, Aspen Nelson, Schuyler Barefoot, Carly Kline, Maya Gavant, Sam Whitley, and introducing for the first time: Sara Gabriela Long!

“When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else.” - Toni Morrison Julia Furlan (she/her) is an independent podcaster and reporter. She hosted the Vox Media podcast, “Go For Broke.” Before Vox, she was the head of the BuzzFeed News PodSquad and hosted a series of podcasts for NPR. Julia is also a professor at The New School and NYU Alumni! In this episode, Julia, Carly, and Schuyler explore: Being a woman in the podcast industry Power dynamics and women solidarity in the workplace The role of media and entertainment in representation and activism Advice for young women and non binary people entering the podcast industry You can follow Julia on Twitter (@juliastmi) and listen to Go For Broke on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Correction: In the episode, Carly said Purl was one of Pixar’s first shorts. In fact, Purl was the first release in SparkShorts, a special animated short film series produced by Pixar which gave employees a chance to develop animated shorts in limited time and budget. The series began in 2018. Pixar has been making shorts since 1984. WHO ARE WE? Fusion Voices is the official podcast of Fusion Film Festival, New York University’s premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. SAVE THE DATES: April 1-3 2021. Fusion will reward NYU student work and hold virtual panels and masterclasses with top industry professionals including Fusion’s 2021 Woman of the Year, Issa Rae! CREDITS Producers: Nina Leitenberg Hosts: Schuyler Barefoot & Carly Kline Sound Editor & Mixer: Nina Leitenberg “Dreamer” by Vodovoz Music Productions: https://youtu.be/N4ex28rjYDk Special thanks to our faculty advisor Susan Sandler and the Fusion Voices team: Nina Leitenberg, Roni Polsgrove, Aspen Nelson, Schuyler Barefoot, Carly Kline, Maya Gavant, and Sam Whitley!

Celebrate International Women’s Day with the very first episode of Fusion Voices! Aidan Devore Haley (she/they) and Julia Moser (she/her) are the co-founders of the sketch comedy group UR GOOD in which they write and star in their own skits, and run a website that features satirical and humorous writing. Aidan is the co-head writer of Views from NYU, the university’s student-run late night talk show since 2017. Julia is also a writer and actor in Views, where the pair met. In this episode, Aidan, Julia, Carly, and Schuyler discuss Identity and representation in sketch comedy Perks of being student comedians Adam Sandler (of course) Being funny during COVID-19 (Zoom comedy) Advice for aspiring comedians Views from NYU: Insta: @viewsfromnyu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgHnoyY0kR8C8_8jjKhO7dQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viewsfromnyu/ UR GOOD: Insta: @urgoodcomedy Twitter: @urgoodcomedy Website: urgoodcomedy.com WHO ARE WE? Fusion Voices is the official podcast of Fusion Film Festival, New York University’s premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. SAVE THE DATES: April 1-3, 2021. Fusion will reward NYU student work and hold virtual panels and masterclasses with top industry professionals including Fusion's 2021 Woman of the Year, Issa Rae! CREDITS Producers: Aspen Nelson, Carly Kline, & Schuyler Barefoot Hosts: Schuyler Barefoot & Carly Kline Sound Editor & Mixer: Nina Leitenberg “Dreamer” by Vodovoz Music Productions: https://youtu.be/N4ex28rjYDk Special thanks to our faculty advisor Susan Sandler and the Fusion Voices team: Nina Leitenberg, Roni Polsgrove, Aspen Nelson, Schuyler Barefoot, Carly Kline, Maya Gavant, and Sam Whitley!

Welcome to FUSION VOICES: the brand new official podcast by FUSION FILM FESTIVAL, New York University Tisch School of the Arts' premiere student-run festival that celebrates women and non-binary creators in film, TV, and new media. Our first season premieres MARCH 8, 2021, international women's day! We have some exciting episodes coming up featuring conversations with documentary filmmakers, podcasters, student comedians, and more. Until then, please enjoy the full audio from Fusion Film Festival's conversation with our 2020 Woman of the Year, ELIZA HITTMAN. This Zoom webinar took place on January 22, 2021, where Eliza was presented with the 2020 Woman of the Year Award by Tisch Dean Allyson Green. She then took questions from Time Magazine film critic Stephanie Zacharek and from the live webinar audience. Eliza Hittman is an award-winning filmmaker, born and based in Brooklyn, NY. Her latest film, the critically acclaimed Never Rarely Sometimes Always, was released by Focus Features this spring following its international premiere in competition in the Berlin Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Award. The film had its US premiere in competition at Sundance where it won a special jury prize. Hittman recently won Best Screenplay from both the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics, among the many end-of-year accolades the film has received. Beach Rats, her previous film, premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where she won the Directing Award. It premiered internationally at Locarno in the Golden Leopard Competition and was the Centerpiece Film at New Directors / New Films. Beach Rats was released domestically by NEON Rated, and was a New York Times Critics' Pick. It was the winner of the Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting, Outstanding Screenwriting in a U.S. Feature at Outfest, and the London Critics’ Circle Film Award for Young British/Irish Performer of the Year. In 2018, it was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit awards and a Breakthrough Actor Award for the Gothams Awards. Her micro-budget feature film It Felt Like Love premiered at Sundance in 2013 in NEXT and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. She earned an MFA from California Institute of the Arts and is currently an Assistant Professor of Film/Video at Pratt Institute. She is the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center, and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow. NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS SYNOPSIS: Written and directed by Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and her cousin Skylar (Talia Ryder) embark across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery and compassion. NYU community can stream Never Rarely Sometimes Always at no charge here: https://stream.nyu.edu/media/1_un1c7jb0 Also available on HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime. Event produced with the support of the NYU Production Lab. Thank you to Fusion Film Festival's faculty advisor, Susan Sandler, and the Fusion Voices team: Schuyler Barefoot, Maya Gavant, Carly Kline, Nina Leitenberg, Aspen Nelson, Roni Polsgrove, and Sam Whitley.