AI Rate Professor

Film

Zaki Lisha

FTVTV · FTV20 · FTV51A · FTV26 · FILM20A · FTV50 · FILMGRAN · FILM20 · 77 lifetime ratings

AI rating
92/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.2

The decision

Take Zaki Lisha if you want serious film guidance and can handle long lecture-heavy classes.

Best fit · Effort For RewardInsightful Film MentorLong LecturesStrong FeedbackCaring and RespectedGroup Projects
  • Students consistently praise his film experience, passion, and .
  • The main downside is very long, sometimes dry lectures that can feel slow.
  • Grades seem fair and reachable, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Getting an A looks very reachable because , though group projects and long classes still require real participation.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

73/100

The course content is usually beginner-friendly and practical, but .

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

as mandatory, and the long in-person class time is a repeated complaint.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

93/100

Students strongly recommend him for serious film students because , and .

All recommendation evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

and effort-based, with a few tougher comments tied to subjective film work.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

The workload is manageable, but long lectures and .

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Excellent

84/100

Students praise his experience, passion, and feedback, while repeatedly noting that lectures can drag.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

Balanced

45/100

, and practical production work.

Format shift

All .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews describe a respected, passionate film professor with strong critiques, practical guidance, and long dry lectures.

Main concern

Long lectures and .

What students said

“Great professor. I took F/TV20 with Lisha this quarter and he is awesome!”
FTV20
“Oh my god, this guy. I don't know how he does it, but he seriously lectures for five hours, with a ten-fifteen minute break in between.”
FTV50
“He grades you based on effort, not based on how experienced of a film maker you are.”
FTV20

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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The and the , and students do not describe strict proctoring.

Open-Note ExamsOpen-Note FinalStudy-Based Exams

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and an , but they do not clearly prove closed-book rules or proctoring rules.

Open-Note ExamsOpen-Note FinalExams Not Too Hard If Studied
“A couple of exams (open-note) and make a short film.”
FTV20
“ .”
FTV50
“ as long as you study well.”
FTV20

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Great professor. I took F/TV20 with Lisha this quarter and he is awesome!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“He gives you the perspective to think like a filmmaker.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

93/100

“He's definitely the one to take FTV 20 with, expect he lectures too much.”

⚖️

72/100

“He grades you based on effort, not based on how experienced of a film maker you are.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's very passionate about being a teacher, although his lecturing is very dry, but he's very knowledgeable.
  • His lecturing is not all that thrilling and goes on too long.
  • Phenomenal lecturer.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • He's not a hard teacher, but he's very firm when it comes to talking about the real world aka the film industry.
  • The class is only hard if you don't have dependable cast or crew.
  • as long as you study well.

Theme 3

🎬

  • He respects his students' work and ideas, he can be firm on the feedback.
  • The exercises are very practical in giving you directing skills.
  • and if you don't have committed and dependable people, it can affect you pretty badly and you don't get to make what you want.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

77

Lifetime ratings

89/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is high because 50 in-person reviews over many years show a consistent pattern, though many reviews are older.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 540
4 out of 524
3 out of 58
2 out of 54
1 out of 51

Course coverage

FTV2027 reviews
FTV5015 reviews
FILM202 reviews
00895611 review
FILM20A1 review
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FILMGRAN1 review
FTV261 review
FTV51A1 review
FTVTV1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

9

A 5 · A- 4

B range

3

B+ 2 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

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No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

No reported values