Contact Us

For General Inquiries

• Email (preferred): film@gmu.edu
• Call: Film and Video Studies Office, 703-993-3287

For Admissions or Academic Inquiries

• Email (preferred): film@gmu.edu
• Call: Madeline Portnoy, 703-993-6022
• Current students can Schedule an Appointment

Mailing Address

Film and Video Studies, George Mason University
4400 University Dr, MS 5D8
Fairfax, VA 22030

Visit Us

Prospective students are encouraged to attend a George Mason University Admissions event or attend a Film and Video Studies Open House. Dates for these events can be found on our Visit Us page.

We are not able to offer private tours of our facilities outside of Admissions events and Open Houses.

If you cannot join us on-campus, we recommend requesting a virtual information session with our Admissions Coordinator.

The Johnson Center Cinema has featured screenings from the Visiting Filmmakers Series including Netflix featured Patti Cake$ with Michael Gottwald, HBO’s Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland with directors Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, and Ava DuVernay’s 13^th with Film at Mason’s very own Professor and award-winning cinematographer Hans Charles.

The venue is also home to the annual Mason Film Festival and other student-focused showcases. Each year, Film at Mason screens around 140 student productions featuring short films ranging from advanced directing students in fiction and documentary, beginning video production, to senior thesis films.

A university-owned space, Johnson Center Cinema is a

294-seat cinema on the lower level of the Johnson Center on the Fairfax Campus. For more information or if interested in booking the space, inquiries may be directed to University Events Management.

Covered parking is available in the Mason Pond Parking Deck, 4500 Aquia Creek Ln, Fairfax, VA 22030. Exit the parking deck on the ground level of the 3^rd floor. The Johnson Center will be straight ahead, just to the right of the George Mason statue. Go inside and take the elevators down to the lower level. The Johnson Center Cinema is around the corner, left of the elevators.