Columbia Faculty Member Films Featured in Multiple Film Festivals
Professor David Tarleton with "Gray Area" co-director and screenwriter Adria Dawn at the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles.
CTVA Professor David Tarleton served as producer, director, director of photography, and editor on the films “Gray Area,” “Identity,” and “Karen.”
Three films that Columbia Cinema and Television Arts Professor David Tarleton worked on (Gray Area, Identity, and Karen) have been screening at film festivals across the country including the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the Lonely Seal Film Festival in Boston, and the Reel Recovery Film Festival in Hollywood. The film Gray Area was also awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Narrative Film at the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles. Tarleton served as producer, director, director of photography, and editor on all three of these films.
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