May 21, 2026George Mason University alum Brendan Gottlieb, BA Film and Video Studies ’15, has been working at Disney as an animator since 2016. In 2025, he worked on two Academy Award-nominated films: he was an animator on the feature Zootopia 2, nominated for Best Animated Feature, and the animation supervisor for Forevergreen, nominated for Best Animated Short Film.
April 8, 2026Film and Video Studies graduate Brendan Gottlieb was Oscar-nominated.
February 2, 2026Kenge BaNikongo is the 2026 recipient of the Young Alumni Commissioning Project Award, and Taj Kokayi is the recipient of the 2026 Young Alumni Creative Development Award.
January 7, 2026George Mason University film and video studies students are working with Entertainment 2 Affect Change (E2AC), an organization that provides creative students and individuals the opportunity to use storytelling to share the mission and impact of local nonprofits.
September 29, 2025Christopher Bartolotto was the Filming and Editing Intern at Prince William County Parks and Recreation.
September 29, 2025Kalei Marantan was the Newscasting Intern at FOX 5 WTTG in Bethesda.