Fabio Andrade

Assistant Professor of Film

Fabio Andrade, assistant professor of Film, received his PhD from NYU. He is also a filmmaker and artist, with an MFA from Columbia University. His research interests include Latin American cinema and video, Lusophone cinemas, hybrid practices, experimental nonfiction filmmaking, film criticism, and sound. His work has been published in vehicles such as vehicles such as the Criterion Collection, Film Quarterly, Film Comment, Cinema Tropical, Berlinale, Kino Lorber, Filmmaker Magazine, Filme Cultura, Aniki, DAAD, IFFR, as well as several chapters in books and catalogs.

BA, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio); MFA, Columbia University in the City of New York; MPhil, New York University
At Vassar since 2024

Contact

845-437-7737
Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
Box 741
Hours
Tuesdays 3:00–5:00 p.m., VCDF 312

Research and Academic Interests

Latin American cinema and video
Lusophone cinemas
Hybrid practices
Experimental nonfiction filmmaking
Film criticism and sound

Departments and Programs

Courses

First-year writing seminar: Mise en scène
World Cinema

Selected Publications

“Black God, White Devil: Feeding on Hunger,” Criterion Collection (2024).

“A Entrevista and Meio-Dia, by Helena Solberg,” Senses of Cinema 107 (November 2023).

“The Monstrification of Underdevelopment in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema,” Film Quarterly, 74-2 (2020).

“Limite: Memory in the Present Tense,” Criterion Collection, (2017).

Grants, Fellowships, Honors, Awards

Fellowships

CAPES/Fulbright (Columbia University, 2014-2017)

Corrigan Fellowship (NYU, 2017-2022)

Academic Awards

Jay Leyda Award for Academic Excellence (NYU)

Filmmaking Awards

Best musical selection in a fiction film (The Volcano Exiles), CineMúsica, Brazil,  2014.

Best sound work in a fiction film (The Volcano Exiles), Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro, Brazil, 2013