“Teaching isn’t about grades, it’s about knowledge.”
Exclusive interview conducted by Jody Michelle Solis
Upon returning from the 2016 UFVA Conference (University Film and Video) in Las Vegas, StudentFilmmakers Magazine talks with New York and New Jersey-based Director of Photography and Lighting Designer David Landau, who speaks with us after working all day on the set of “Project Runway Juniors.”
Following 30 plus years of professional lighting experience in film and video, Landau started teaching lighting and cinematography at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) and travels nationwide giving lighting seminars. A five-time Telly Award winner for lighting and cinematography, as well as a member of IATSE local 52 and the University Film and Video Association, David continues to work in the lighting industry, shooting indie features and corporate videos, designing lights for theater, and working as one of the gaffers on the TV series, “Project Runway All Stars.”
How do you feel about receiving the 2016 Teaching Award from the UFVA?
David Landau: This was a great honor, as it is awarded by my peers in an international organization of film and video teachers. I have learned so much from being a member of UFVA, and I can say it really made me the teacher I am today. The members are extremely generous in sharing what they have done and how they have done it as well as encouraging and supporting each other in all efforts not only in teaching, but in growing as an artist and a professional.
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