Andrew Halasz, M.F.A.
Chair of Cinema Arts
Interim Director of Cinema Production
Professor
Contact Information
- Office: 202 University Center
- Phone: 412-392-4309
- Email: ahalasz@pointpark.edu
Education
- M.F.A., Film and Digital Technology, Chatham University
- B.A., Communications, William Paterson University
Courses Taught
- Advanced Sound
- Intermediate Sound
- Production III - Sound
- Sound for Animation
- Post-Production Sound for the Short Film
- Production IV - Cinema Production Thesis
- Advanced Producing
- Intermediate Producing
- Advanced Digital Tools
- Intermediate Digital Tools
- Production I
- Production II
- Introduction to Cinema Technique and Production
- History of Image and Design
Background
Andrew Halasz works creatively with sound and moving images. He worked as a sound editor/mixer for motion pictures and television in New York City and is currently a professor in the Cinema Arts program at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa. His current creative work and research revolves around the use of immersive sound in storytelling.
Selected Artistic Work
- By the Waters of Babylon (virtual reality documentary), co-producer, co-director, sound designer, 2020
- Midnights, sound designer, re-recording mixer, 2018
- The John Show, sound designer, re-recording mixer, 2017
- After Hours Trading, re-recording mixer, 2017
- Back for Good, re-recording mixer, 2017
- Emmett, a tomato's life, director, writer, animator, 2014
- Ghost's of Amistad, sound designer, re-recording mixer, 2014
- What Does Trouble Mean, Nate Smith's Revolution, supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer, 2011
- Greetings from Pittsburgh: Neighborhood Narratives, co-creator and co-producer, 2011
Selected Awards (Post-Production Sound Credits)
- Family Portrait, Sundance Film Festival award-winner
- Vanaja, Berlin Film Festival award-winner, named by Roger Ebert as one of the top foreign films of 2007
Point Park Features
- "Andrew Halasz Named Cinema Arts Chair," Point Park University website, Aug. 13, 2021.
- "Faculty Profile: Meet Andrew Halasz, Cinema Arts," Point Park University website, Nov. 27, 2012.