UM Professor Brings Directing Experience to Classroom 

Rafal Sokolowski, assistant professor and award-winning film and theater director, is the artistic director of Blind Dog Films, which specializes in developing and producing narrative fiction. His last project, “22 Chaser,” premiered in Toronto and won the Writers Guild of Canada’s Screenwriting Award. It also was nominated for the Canadian Cinema Editors Best Editing Award. Sokolowski shares his experience with students, regularly inviting student and professional actors to class for hands-on learning.