J. Stephen Hank

Director of Film Program

Area of Specialty: Screenwriting

Professor Hank is the Director of the Film Program at the University of New Orleans where he teaches courses in film production, screenwriting and media aesthetics. He has written, produced and directed over two dozen films in the last 30 years. His films have been broadcast nationally and have won numerous national and international awards. He was the regional coordinator for the Motion Picture Academy's Nicholls Screenwriting Fellowship and has been a judge in numerous film competitions. He is a long-standing member of the University Film and Video Association, a past board member and Executive Vice President, and was its scholarship chair for over ten years. His articles on film theory and production have appeared in Wide Angle, Film Journal, Southern Quarterly, and the American Film Institute's Educational Journal. 

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