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Portrait of Gautam Chopra
Boston College teaching record

Gautam Chopra

Part-time Faculty, Film

Film

Official BC profile

Biography

Gautam Chopra is a Boston-based filmmaker. He completed his MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program. Gautam's work as a director includes Cauliflower & Potatoes , a finalist for the AbelCine Documentary Award; and Alumni , which premiered at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Licorice , his most recent film, is currently on the US festival circuit. Gautam has also edited several films including the documentary A Matter of Conscience: Confronting Clergy Abuse ; and the narrative film Lambing Season , selected by IndieWire as one of the 10 Best Films of 2014. He currently teaches filmmaking and film studies at Emerson College and Boston College.

Official evaluation summary

4.63 / 5

Based on 201 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Courses taught

Ratings are this instructor’s response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations, on a scale of 1 to 5.

  • FILM3331 Independent American Film
    Instructor rating 4.50 / 5 · Course rating 4.41 / 5 · 85 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
  • FILM3389 American Directors Series
    Instructor rating 4.71 / 5 · Course rating 4.64 / 5 · 76 responses
    Taught Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
  • FILM4461 Filmaking III
    Instructor rating 4.90 / 5 · Course rating 4.76 / 5 · 23 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
  • FILM2273 Filmmaking II
    Instructor rating 4.59 / 5 · Course rating 4.53 / 5 · 17 responses
    Taught Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
  • FILM2202 Introduction to Film Art
    Taught Fall 2026

Data freshness

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