1920: Iowa Professor of Greek, Grace Partridge Smith, calls for Motion Pictures based on Greek mythology in the newly created journal Visual Education. 

1949: University Art Guild (organizers of the University Film Society) Poses for the Hawkeye Yearbook 

1952: New Television Studios Completed

1960: Experimental Film from the UI Graduate Program Awarded at San Francisco Film Festival

1966: Josef von Sternberg visits Iowa City

1968: UI Film Studies Book wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival

1972: Center for New Performing Arts and Film Program Organize an Outdoor Film and Video Festival in Iowa City.

1972: Yearbook Exposé on Filmmaking Program at the UI

1974: UI Undergraduate Wins Top Prize in the Atlanta Film Festival

1975: UI Motion Picture Unit Wins Film Award

1975: Filmmaker in Residence: Leo Hurwitz spends Semester the University of Iowa

1979: Nicholas Meyer film premiers at the Hancher

1980: Re-Directions Festival on Women and Film at the UI

1980: Dance Film Festival Inaugurated in Iowa City

1985: UI Graduate Students Make Splash with Docu-Drama on The Cherry Sisters