Freshman Diaries
2003 • Showtime
Freshman Diaries is a 10-part documentary series that follows a diverse group of first-year students at the University of Texas at Austin as they make their way from orientation through finals.
“Everything feels so dramatic, so crucial, so immediate, yet so everlasting. Because every feeling hits an emotional peak, Cutler’s cutting reflects that intensity, all tight and in close-up, those dorm- room walls feeling ever more claustrophobic.” – New York Newsday
“Freshman Diaries nails that sense of being confused on the cusp of life.” - The Chicago Tribune
“If this is reality TV, it’s the high end of the genre. This is the place where the immediacy and edge of reality TV meets the power of the documentary film to show us the world as seen through the eyes of others.” – The Baltimore Sun
