Assistant Professor - Emerging Media Arts: Film Production

Description of Work

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film seeks visionary filmmakers for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Arts: Film Production.

The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Emerging Media Arts in film production. Duties include teaching a range of film production courses. As a tenure-track professor, you will continue your outstanding creative work, further develop your research area, mentor students, help develop new curriculum, and participate in university service and outreach. As part of our community, you will contribute to and promote a culture of belonging.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach courses in film production, combining theoretical, critical approaches with hands-on production techniques.
• Teach a range of pre-production, production, and post-production courses.
• Teach potential projects courses like narrative, documentary, essayistic, or experimental practices.
• Develop undergraduate and graduate curriculum.
• Mentor film capstone projects.
• Ongoing production of creative research projects in filmmaking.
• Help develop production spaces and capacity.
• Connect students to internships and professional networks.
• Mentor students on career goals, opportunities, and/or future graduate studies.
• Contribute positively to a community and culture of storytellers and makers.
• Engage in interdisciplinary collaborations across campus.
• Participate in department, college, and university service.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• BA or BFA in film production or an equivalent arts-related field.
• Working career as a filmmaker represented through a body of work that has received national/international festival, museum, theatrical, network, or streaming exhibition.

Preferred Qualifications

• MFA in film production or an equivalent arts-related field, OR in exceptional cases, significant professional credentials and experience in lieu of a terminal degree.
• Two years of teaching at the university level, beyond the teaching assistant level, or equivalent experience in a non-university setting.
• Experience working collaboratively across disciplines.
• Connections to industry partners.
• Active creative research agenda.