Performance poet Saul Williams with Cornell Cinema manager C.A. Carlson. Williams visited in Spring 1999 as part of the series Slams! featuring readings by local poets and films about the popular spoken-word movement, including Slam (1998), starring Willi
Authors
Tom Lewis, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
John Loomis, Revolution of Forms, Cuba’s Forgotten Art Schools
Edward McGowan, Peace Warriors: The Story of the Camden 28
John Mueller, Astaire Dancing—The Musical Films
Walter & Miriam Schneir, Invitation to an Inquest: A New Look at the Rosenberg-Sobell Case
Devyani Saltzman, Shooting Water: A Memoir of Second Chances, Family and Filmmaking
Documentary Subjects
James Balog of Chasing Ice & The Human Element
Mark Borchardt of American Movie
Gentian Grezda of From Refugee to Immigrant: The Story of Three Kosovar Albanian Americans
Diane Hazzard of Love and Diane
Ricky Jay of Deceptive Practices: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Shelby Knox of The Education of Shelby Knox
Timothy “Speed” Levitch of The Cruise
Carolee Schneemann of Breaking the Frame
Film Distributors & Festival Directors
Stefan Altevogt, Goethe Institute, NY
Hugues Barbier, Ithaca Fantastic Film Festival
Livia Bloom ’01, Icarus Films
Peter Chow, Asian CineVision, Peter Chow International
John Columbus, Black Maria Film & Video Festival
Dennis Doros & Amy Heller, Milestone Film & Video
Jon Gartenberg '73, Gartenberg Media Enterprises
Murray Glass, EmGee Film Library
Shira Golding '02, Third Annual Media That Matters Festival
Larry Jackson ’71, Samuel Goldwyn Co., Orion Pictures and Miramax
Greg Klymkiw, Winnipeg Film Group
Wendy Lidell ’78, International Film Circuit, Winstar Cinema & Kino Lorber
Seana Strain, 25th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival
Debra Zimmerman, Women Make Movies
Others
Nancy Bereano, Firebrand Books founder
Bob Brodsky & Toni Treadway, Super 8 advocates & technicians
Bill & Mary Buchen – audio artists
Murray Burnett ’31 – playwright of Everybody Comes to Rick’s upon which Casablanca was based
Catherine Galasso ’06 – choreographer who spoke about the film music of her father, Michael Galasso
Jack Goldman – nephew of film director Jules Dassin
Stephen Hendee, sculptor & installation artist
Scott Hitz, puppeteer & designer
Rollie Krewson, puppet designer
Professor Natalie Jeremijenko (Yale University)
Gerald Jonas, staff writer for The New York Times Book Review
Professor Ali Mazrui (SUNY Binghamton)
Leanne Mella, arts manager
Billy Mills – gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; spoke in conjunction with Running Brave
Robert Moog, PhD ’65 – synthesizer inventor
Bob Proehl, local author and emcee
Paul Robeson Jr. ’49 – civil rights activist
Mike Solomon ’00, YouTube architect
The Yes Men, activist filmmakers and performance artists Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos
Performers
Richard Driscoll, actor
Linda Fisher, media artist & Mother Mallard member
Mirage Belly Dancers
Pat Olesko, multi-media performance artist
Howard 'Sandman' Sims, tap dancer (No Maps on My Taps)
Michael Smith, Doug Skinner & Alison Mork (Mike’s Kiddie Show)
Professors-at-Large
Michelangelo Antonioni, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1981-87
John Cleese, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1998 to 2006
Temple Grandin, Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor, 2005 - 06
Toni Morrison, MA ’55, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1997 to 2003
Richard Schechner ’56, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1999 to 2005
Haris Silajdzic, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1998 - 2004
John Pilger, Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor, 2003 - 06
Lynn Hershman Leeson, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 2004 - 10
