Iris Cahn


Iris Cahn is a Full Professor and Chair of the Film Conservatory at SUNY Purchase College in Purchase, NY.

Biography

Cahn earned her B.F.A. from SUNY Purchase College and her M.A. from New York University. She edits feature films and documentaries, including Powaqqatsi, Fragments of Kubelka, Dean and Me: Lessons From and American Primary, Devo: Are We Not Men?, and directed short films which have screened at the New York Film Festival and on network television. She was nominated for two Emmy Awards for specials and a series. Her work has appeared at Cannes and Sundance, in addition to Berlin, Lincoln Center and the Robert Flaherty Film Festivals.