Job

Assistant Professor, Cinematography, School of Cinema

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA 94132

Deadline

Sep 13, 2023

Posted

Sep 13, 2022

Assistant Professor, Cinematography, School of Cinema

Job No: 518774

Work Type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track

Location: San Francisco

Categories: Unit 3 - CFA - California Faculty Association, Faculty - Fine/Performing Arts, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time

San Francisco State University School of Cinema offers an exciting opportunity for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Cinematography beginning August 2023. We seek a colleague with notable experience in cinematography and lighting, bringing a creative and innovative vision to the screen. We are especially interested in qualified candidates with a demonstrated commitment – through their creative works, teaching, and service – to the diversity and excellence of our academic community/department/program.
Founded during the political activism and artistic experimentation of the 1960s, the School of Cinema fosters and champions cinematic expressions that challenge social and artistic norms, take creative risks, promote social justice, and express the diversity of human experience. The School of Cinema has been recognized for multiple years as one of the top 25 film schools in the United States, according to The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent, and Filmmaker, with a distinguished faculty of award-winning fiction, documentary, and experimental filmmakers, and scholars specializing in feminist theory, international and American cinema, sexuality studies, and film sound/voice. The School serves more than 50 graduate students (MA and MFA) and more than 900 undergraduate majors whose work has been distinguished by honors ranging from scholarly publication and conference presentations to creative recognition via numerous Princess Grace Awards, official selection in the Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, SXSW, Frameline, the Flaherty Seminar, and many others.

The mission of San Francisco State University is to create and maintain an environment for learning that promotes respect for and appreciation of scholarship, freedom, human diversity, and the cultural mosaic of the City of San Francisco and the Bay Area; to promote excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment; and to provide broadly accessible higher education for residents of the region and state, as well as the nation and world. To fulfill its mission, the University is committed to the following goals:

• Attracting, retaining and graduating a highly diverse student body
• Providing disciplinary and interdisciplinary liberal arts and professional education that is academically rigorous and intellectually challenging
• Providing curricula that reflect all dimensions of human diversity, and that encourage critical thinking and a commitment to social justice
• Recruiting, retaining and supporting a diverse faculty whose teaching demonstrates an active engagement with their individual fields of study and whose creative and scholarly work is an extension of the classroom, laboratory or studio
• Employing a staff and administration reflecting the diversity of our student community and the values of the campus;
• Fostering a collegial and cooperative intellectual environment that includes recognition and appreciation of differing viewpoints and promotes academic freedom within the University community; and
• Serving the communities with which its students and faculty are engaged.

Responsibilities

The position requires undergraduate and/or graduate teaching in cinematography and lighting; mentoring and advising undergraduate and/or graduate students; developing and maintaining a robust program in film production; and ongoing committee and service assignments.

Requirements

Qualifications

Required:

• M.F.A. or equivalent terminal degree in Cinema or related field. Terminal degree must be completed by the first day of employment
• Active record of filmmaking in the position of director of photography/cinematography with a body of peer-reviewed film works.
• Record of working and communicating effectively with colleagues and students

Preferred:

• Record of college-level teaching contributions and proven excellence in the classroom, in the areas of: cinematography and lighting; 16mm film production; bringing cinematic vision to the screen; leading pre-production, production, and post-production; or related areas.
• Active film work with a record of exhibition (i.e., film festivals, streaming platforms, theatrical runs) and recognition (i.e., reviews, awards)
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate inclusion, diversity, and educational equity in teaching and/or scholarship and/or creative works
• Experience teaching and working closely with students from historically underrepresented communities
• Record of contributing to supportive and collaborative work environments
• Knowledge and experience in, special effects and digital media; the use of cameras in non-cinematic contexts such as drones, AR/VR, videogame design, interactive platforms, etc.

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