Alan Arrivée teaches within the BFA in Film Production Program in the Department of Theatre & Film. His classes and creative work involve screenwriting, directing, and the collaboration between the separate areas that contribute to the overall filmmaking process.
Biography
Alan Arrivée is a filmmaker, writer, and artist and Associate Professor of Film Production in the BFA in Film Production Program. His short film SILENT RADIO was awarded Best Foreign Film at The European Independent Film Festival 2007 in Paris, and his short THE ORIGINAL I.Q. TESTER received the Founder's Choice Award at the 2015 Queens World Film Festival. His short play THE ORIGINAL I.Q.TESTER was a finalist for the 2007 Heideman Award and was published in The Tusculum Review. His memoir THE APPROPRIATE USE OF HANDS appeared in The Florida Review and was selected by editor and founder of The Best American Essays series Robert Atwan as one of the Notable Essays of 2012. Alan is currently working on a feature-length iPhone film titled THE WONDER OF THE WORLD… and a series of short memoirs set in and around his childhood home of Monterey, California.
Courses Taught
- Thea 305 Screenwriting I
- Thea 351 Writing from Stage to Screen
- Thea 354 Directing for the Screen I
- Thea 393 Film Practicum IV
- Thea 394 Film Practicum V
- Thea 397 Internship in Theatre & Film
- Thea 407 Writing the Feature I
- Thea 408 Writing the Feature II
- Thea 454 Directing for the Screen II
- Thea 493 Film Practicum VI
- Thea 494 Film Practicum VII
- Hon 101 Freshman Honors I
- Hon 102 Freshman Honors II
- Hon 401 Senior Honors Research
Education
B.S. Theatre, Northwestern University (1990)
MFA Writing, Northwestern University (2008)