Alumni Makaio Frazier’s short film premieres at SFIFF
Congratulations to Film & Digital Arts alum Makaio Frazier whose film "The Way We Carry Water" has been accepted into the renowned Santa Fe International Film Festival
Oct 8, 2025
Emmy & Golden Globe winner Norm Gunzenhauser joins us for the Mentor Series
Emmy and Golden Globe winning Writer and Producer, Norm Gunzenhauser (Murphy Brown, Newhart, Rugrats), joins us for a talk on Tuesday October 14 at 1:30PM in HARTUNG HALL 100 as part of our Mentor Series.
DATE: Tuesday, October 14
TIME: 1:30PM
LOCATION: Hartung Hall 100
Norm Gunzenhauser is a writer and producer whose work on iconic TV shows such as Murphy Brown, Newhart, and Rugrats has brought him an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe. He has written for The Disney Channel, CBS, Nickelodeon, Paramount Television and Warner Brothers. From 2008-2016, he mentored Russian writers by creating American-style writer’s rooms in Moscow.
The Department of Film & Digital Arts Mentor Series was inaugurated to celebrate thirty (plus!) years of film education at UNM. Each semester we invite a distinguished group of alumni and film luminaries to talk to our students and the community about how they found success doing what they love. If you want to work in the digital media fields, this series is a fabulous source of advice and useable strategies. All events are free and open to the public.
Alumni Alonso Rappa added to cast for Prime Video Biblical Drama ‘Joseph of Egypt’
After graduating, Film & Digital Arts alumni Alonso Rappa landed a role on the AMC thriller Dark Winds, filmed in New Mexico.
Alejandro Montoya Marín joins us for the Mentor Series
Born in Laredo, Texas and raised in Mexico, Alejandro began his career in film by studying at the prestigious Vancouver Film School. In 2018, he was hand selected by director Robert Rodriguez to be a participant in his documentary series REBEL WITHOUT A CREW. The film he produced on the show, MONDAY, was screened at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival.