New faculty member in 2021: Prof. Lise Raven

Fri. Dec. 3, 2021

The Faculty of Arts is pleased to welcome new faculty members in several departments this year including: Criminal Justice; English; History; Political Science; Psychology; Religion and Culture; Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications; Sociology; Theatre and Film; and Urban and Inner-City Studies.

We're asking each of our new faculty members to introduce themselves by providing us with a brief profile highlighting their research, a list of courses they'll teach, and a photo. That way we'll recognize them when we meet them in the halls on campus or in Zoom meetings online.

Prof. Lise Raven (Theatre & Film)

Speaking on behalf of the Department, Chair Christopher Brauer says, "we're thrilled [Lise Raven] has joined our department and are excited about the impact she’ll have on the film community here in Manitoba.” (Photo supplied)

Today we highlight Prof. Lise Raven, Instructor in film in the Department of Theatre and Film. Prof. Raven did her MFA specializing in film and video at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She brings a wealth of experience as a producer, director, and writer to UWinnipeg, experience which includes time spent in Berlin, Germany when she was awarded a presitigious residency in filmmaking.

Prof. Christopher Brauer, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Film, enthuses "Lise Raven is the full package: she is an incredibly well rounded filmmaker and educator - she directs, writes and is a tech whiz (!)." He adds, "she brings a wealth of teaching experience from universities in the U.S. We’re thrilled that she has joined our department and are excited about the impact she’ll have on the film community here in Manitoba."

Please join us all in welcoming Prof. Raven to the Faculty of Arts. And thank you to her for providing her profile info and photo.

Degrees

MA – Film and Video, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

BA – Humanities, New York University, Gallatin College

Biography

Producer/Director/Writer Lise Raven’s first feature film, LOW, screened in over 30 international film festivals. She is a founding filmmaker of the SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. In 2000 Raven moved to Berlin, Germany after being awarded the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm Artist Residency in Filmmaking. While living in Europe, Raven’s feature film project, SNIPE, was funded by the Irish Film Board. Her next film, STRIDE, told the story of a female combat veteran returning home to her close-knit Philadelphia neighborhood. Raven also produced, directed and co-wrote the 2014 award winning feature film KINDERWALD, which is the second part of THE KINDERWALD TRILOGY - a series of films inspired by fairy tales about children lost in the woods. Raven's newest film SNÆLAND was filmed in Iceland and Berlin in summer 2018, and had a World Premiere in late 2019.

Courses

• Introduction to Film – THFM-1010
• Filmmaking I – THFM-2310
• Filmmaking II – THFM-3310

Films

• Snaeland, 77 min. Writer, Producer, Director
• Kinderwald, 89 min. Writer, Producer, Director
• Neighbors, 18 min. Writer, Producer, Director
• Stride, 78 min. Writer, Producer, Director
• LOW, 93 min. Writer, Director