Filmmaker and recent Guggenheim Fellow Antonio Tibaldi is the new Stuart Z. Katz Professor in the Humanities and the Arts. An installation ceremony is to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 28.
Antonio Tibaldi, professor of film and video at The City College of New York, is the new 2025-26 Stuart Z. Katz Professor in the Humanities & the Arts. The endowed professorship is supported by a $1 million gift to the City College by distinguished alumnus Stuart Z. Katz, Esq., a 1964 graduate. It supports one outstanding professorial faculty member in the Division of Humanities and the arts for an academic year.
Tibaldi will receive $10,000 to support research and creative activity for the current academic year and up to two months of summer salary.
An installation ceremony at which Tibaldi will speak about his research and creative projects is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28. It will be attended by Stuart M. Katz, his family, and colleagues. It is free and open to the public.
Tibaldi recently won a Guggenheim Fellowship, one of 198 distinguished individuals across 53 disciplines in the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows.
About Antonio Tibaldi
Antonio Tibaldi is a writer/director of fiction and non-fiction films in North America and Europe. His work has won numerous awards and has been presented at festivals such as Berlin, Sundance, San Sebastian, Rotterdam, IDFA, Tribeca; and released by companies such as Miramax, Warner Bros., and Lion’s Gate. He is a consultant for UNTV (United Nations TV) and works as a videographer to shed light on under-reported realities in South and Central America, Africa, and Asia. As a Fulbright scholar Antonio studied at Calarts (California Institute of the Arts) where he received an MFA in Film & Video. His projects have received support from The Gotham (previously known as: Independent Filmmaker Project), TFI (Tribeca Film Institute), FIND (Film Independent), WEMW (When East Meets West) and DOKINBUBATOR, NYSCA (New York State Council of the Arts). Antonio is a current member of WGA, East, and is the co-Director of CCNY’s MFA in Film Program. Click here to read about Tibaldi’s films.
About The City College of New York
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