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 (directed by Godfrey Reggio, music composed by Philip Glass), Worst Possible illusion: The Curiosity Cabinet of Vik Muniz (also receiving writing credit), Fragments of Kubelka, Lessons From and American Primary (which she also produced), 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.[1] Her work has appeared at Cannes and Sundance, in addition to Berlin, Lincoln Center and the Robert Flaherty Film Festivals.
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