Profiles

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Zeke Allis is a Class of 2023 media and cinema studies major.  Where do you hope your career goes after graduating from UIUC? The end goal is to get into film production. I have been interested in films as a child and have also been interested in… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Brynne Spears is a Class of 2022 (Winter) media and cinema studies major. What excited you about majoring in media and cinema studies here at Illinois? I was originally a communications major, but I realized that I was really interested in film so… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Robyn Pease is a Class of 2023 media and cinema studies major.  What excited you about majoring in media and cinema studies here at Illinois? What excited me most is that there are a lot of promising resources here. There is a lot of involvement… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Grace Johnson is a Class of 2022 media and cinema studies major. She is also a past Ebert Fellow. What excited you about majoring in media and cinema studies here at Illinois? In high school, I found myself being passionate about representing… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Maggie Morris is a Class of 2023 media and cinema studies major. What excited you about majoring in media and cinema studies at Illinois? I came for a campus visit when I was in high school. Since I was the only student from my high school looking… Read More

Vincent Jurgens (BS  '86, Media and Cinema Studies)  Photographer, Videographer, Webmaster What is one of your favorite memories as a student in media and cinema studies? (It could be a memorable class, professor, event, etc.) Being the first student in the new Media Studies program, rescuing me… Read More

Alexandra Pate (BS '16, Media & Cinema Studies) Communications Designer & Social Media Coordinator, Common Ground Research Networks What is one of your favorite memories as a student in media studies, cinema studies, or media & cinema studies? (It could be a memorable class, professor… Read More

Page Wolf (BS '93, Media Studies) Faculty Development Chair, College of Lake County What is one of your favorite memories as a student in media studies, cinema studies, or media & cinema studies? (It could be a memorable class, professor, event, organization, etc.) As Media Studies majors, we… Read More

Hannah Brennan Lamore (BS' 12 Media & Cinema Studies; JD '16, Law) Attorney, Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, LLC What is one of your favorite memories as a student in media studies, cinema studies, or media & cinema studies? (It could be a memorable class, professor, event, organization,… Read More

Curtis Cook is a media and cinema studies major who hopes to pursue film production or write about film after graduation. “I enjoy movies so much because I believe that film transcends entertainment like no other medium,” Cook said. When he’s not in class working on his latest project, Cook is… Read More