Each week, we will begin highlighting a new Media Center Resident organization with an interview with their founder or an employee. We kick it off with Huriyyah Muhammad, the founder of The Black TV and Film Collective. Huriyyah recently took home the Producers Award from Sundance Institute and Amazon Studios for her work on IFP…
Are you finding yourself with a lot of extra time on your hands while isolated and/or quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic? Already run through everything on your list you wanted to listen to? We’ve compiled some amazing podcasts from alumni, residents, and friends of the Media Center below. They range from sci-fi Back to One:…
The Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment and the Made in NY Media Center by IFP have chosen the 2018 Made in NY Fellows! The Made in NY Fellowships is a year-long program that provides expanded resources and opportunities for New Yorkers to bring their media projects to the next level. The fellowship program aims to…
Chesher Cat is a creative storyteller who incorporates photography, video, and prose into her projects. Selected as one of our 2017 Made in NY Fellows, she is currently developing Under New York City, a new project that will detail a physical world below – the subway tunnels and the people who live there – through…
1 Minute Meal, a documentary web series created by filmmaker James Boo, is set to premiere its third season on July 24th, showcasing thirty different one-minute stories about food and life in the five boroughs of New York City. James, a 2016 JustFilms Fellow, uses food to uncover the communities, legacies, dreams, realities, and unseen…
The one question we get more than any other is, “what kind of professionals do you have in your collaborative workspace?” With members working in fields ranging from film and journalism to branded content, game design, and VR/AR development constantly pushing the boundaries of their respected mediums, we like to say that we’re home to…
Timm Dapper came to the Media Center as one of the two entrepreneurs that were selected to complete the Berlin Media Residency Program Berlin Capital Region NYC. He is the Co-founder of Laubwerk, a Berlin-based company that specializes in software tools for creating digital vegetation for virtual worlds. Laubwerk’s current customers range from landscape architects to visual…
Olivia’s making business happen here at the Media Center. Her startup, Guerilla Science, brings art and science together to create beautiful experiences and art installations that entertain, inspire, challenge and amaze. Olivia joined the Made in NY Media Center by IFP community in 2015 and quickly became an active part of our programs. She first…
Alex’s making projects happen here at the Media Center. His platform, ProductionPro, is changing the way film, theater, and television creators collaborate. ProductionPro lets both professionals and amateurs visually assemble all of a production’s moving parts into one dynamic platform. Alex came to Dumbo for the Media Center and has since made a splash in…
The Made in NY Media Center by IFP was developed through a unique partnership between Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation.