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G N I R P S IN PRODU CTION

FOR STUDENTS, ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF DODGE COLLEGE OF AND MEDIA ARTS AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY FROM THE DEAN A NEW VENTURE LAUNCHED

he whirlwind of attention surrounding the launch of Chapman Entertainment, our new venture into Tfeature film production, has been heady, to say the least. I have received phone calls and emails from alumni, industry people and Chapman friends from around the world. The level of interest bodes well for the success of the many next steps in moving this venture forward. I encourage interested individuals to contact Travis Knox at [email protected]. Chapman grad Travis Knox There have certainly been many other activities of note in recent will manage Chapman months, including all eight of our students on the Expedition Entertainment operations. Documentary reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro; our recent Women in Focus conference, skillfully moderated by the incredible Dawn Hudson, recently named CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; and the many terrific CHAPMAN ENTERTAINMENT IN THE NEWS: pre-release screenings we have been able to bring to our students in Dodge through our friends at Fox Searchlight. FEATURE FILM COMPANY As I look back over the past year, one highlight that stands out OFFERS POST-GRAD EXPERIENCE was my trip to the in January. I have been to Sundance many times, but had taken a break for a couple of ewspapers, industry publications and websites from India to Argentina carried years. Feeling that it was time to go back again and see how things the news that Dodge College of Film and Media Arts was taking a giant step had changed, I was immediately struck by a key difference — Ntoward another first — the creation of a feature film production and distribution company named Chapman Entertainment. Although several other universities have tried Chapman alumni were everywhere! Every time I came out of similar ventures, none have been structured like the Chapman company, which will provide a film or visited an industry venue, I encountered another opportunities for Chapman alumni to play key creative roles in feature productions. Chapman alum working in the business, including a number of PRA alumni. I was delighted to see and spend time with: “The goal is to help our talented alumni transition into the business,” says Dean Bob Bassett. “Students in our program make short , but short films are not the currency • Ben York Jones, ’06 Film Production, who co-wrote the of the industry,” he explains. “Making a feature is a far more complex venture and yet it’s feature Like Crazy that sold for $4M to Paramount and took difficult for graduates to convince production companies or studios that they are ready the U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize to handle the size and scope of a feature production. We know and trust the talents of our alumni and so • Mike Mohan, ’02 Film Production, whose short Ex-Sex screened we have created Chapman Entertainment to give them at the festival (cinematography by Elisha Christian BFA ’02) feature opportunities earlier in their careers.” • Kathleen Remington, ’05 PRA, ICM Chapman Entertainment plans to produce five to ten • Cherish McDowell, ’06 PRA, Warner Bros. International films a year in the micro-budget range ($250,000 – Television Distribution $625,000) — films that combine standout literary material with star actors in both lead and supporting Nick Hines, ’99 PR, Access West Marketing • roles to ensure productions achieve premium artistic • Christina Walton-Weston, ’09 PRA, a documentary producer, quality, with the strongest sales potential. who worked as prop master on two features in the festival, Films will be chosen primarily based on their appeal to Circumstance and Sound of My Voice a younger demographic that is more likely to embrace • Ty Sanga, ’09 MFA, whose thesis film Stones screened at the and access new media distribution channels. Funding festival (produced by Jessie Creel MFA ’09, will come from a combination of equity partners who will share in profits and donors whose philanthropy cinematography by Richie Yau MFA ’09, will support the educational mission and objectives of editing by Dennis Alaniz MFA ’09, the post-graduate feature film experience. Dodge College will contribute production design by Sarah Pott MFA ’09) facilities and equipment on a published rate basis factored into each film’s budget. Raelyn Tepper, ’11 Film Production, • Accomplished producer Travis Knox, a 1993 Chapman grad, will oversee development, working as an intern for Christina production and all day-to-day operations for Chapman Entertainment. Knox’s recent Walton-Weston credits include Warner Bros.’ The Bucket List ( and ), I came away from Sundance with the sense and ’s (, , Christopher Walken of the growing reach of our alumni and ). Knox previously served as Executive Vice President of Feature in the business with each Development at Storyline Entertainment. passing year. It’s a trend I know will continue. DODGE COLLEGE STUDENTS EXCEPTIONAL INDUSTRY RUN CITY’S TV CHANNEL ADJUNCTS RECOGNIZED odge College students studying television now have a cable channel to call their Down. Professor Pete Weitzner and a Chapman honors adjunct faculty who have made student team have begun managing two local cable exceptional contributions to their field as trustee channels for the City of Orange “Public Access” professors. Dodge College has been privileged to Channel 6 and “Government” Channel 3. nominate and receive approval from the Board Previously these channels were run by Time Warner. of Trustees to recognize several of its top adjunct The new partnership strengthens Chapman’s ties faculty in this way. Honorees include Academy to the local community, solves a logistical problem Award ®-winning producer Michael Phillips (The for the city, and provides students a unique outlet Sting, Taxi Driver, Close Encounters of the Third for their creativity — one that is guaranteed to Kind), production executive Madeline Warren, reach more than 30,000 homes! talent and literary agent Harry Ufland (clients include Robert DeNiro and ), Chapman secured the rights to manage the local and artist and animator Sheldon Borenstein. cable channels because a 2007 law allowed large cable providers to stop funding public television, Trustee Professor Michael Phillips (The Sting, Taxi Driver, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) receives forcing the city to shoulder all the costs of a poster from his favorite sci fi film signed by students in his Science Fiction in Cinema class. Phillips will be production, or lose the channel entirely. Luckily, teaching a class on master director Arika Kurosawa in the fall. Phillips brought several guests, including director Dodge College faculty were quick to answer Robert Zemeckis, actor Richard Dreyfus and Academy Awar d®-winning visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund President Doti’s call to assist Orange, and preserve () to his class. the community’s right to the airwaves by managing the channel. As part of the deal, Chapman will receive a portion of the revenue generated by cable customers to help purchase equipment and cover CHAPMAN PR DEVELOPS A PRESCRIPTION channel expenses; in return, students tape local government and live events for Channel 3, and FOR CHANGE FOR LOCAL NON-PROFIT program broadcast content, including original Last fall, the Lestonnac Free Clinic, based right next door in Santa Ana, Calif., presented our student shows, every day for Channel 6. PR students with a unique problem in the world of public relations: a surplus of customers.

n the case of this volunteer-run, non-profit medical clinic, Dodge students direct a broadcast a surplus of clients became a significant organizational for the City of Orange. Ichallenge. On the heels of the 2008 economic collapse, an exodus from expensive medical insurers meant one thing for Lestonnac: a deluge of new customers, up 84 percent in one year. As part of the PR Campaigns class, which focuses on students creating campaigns for local non-profits, the students who tackled Lestonnac’s problem decided to leverage the clinic’s guiding principle, volunteerism, to solve their overcrowding problem. The solution? To focus their efforts on recruiting more volunteer doctors, and specifically those who had recently retired from private practice. And so, the Prescribe Hope campaign was born. Ed Gerber, the Lestonnac representative who worked with the students, was absolutely bowled over by the enthusiasm, creativity and obvious expertise of the Chapman students. He is currently implementing all of the team’s suggestions; the clinic’s publications already sport their redesigned logo, local hospitals now display posters advertising the clinic’s services, and a golf tournament designed to recruit local doctors went off without a hitch, bringing the clinic Chapman students now manage broadcasting city media coverage, as well as a much-needed cadre of new volunteer physicians. council and planning commission meetings and will tape several live events each year. Any concerns about staffing were happily lifted by the flood of students interested in participating in the project. FACULTY NOTES “Producing Mayors’ Breakfasts may not be why students chose TV/Film as a profession,” says Professor Ross Brown has just published Weitzner of the opportunity, “but it’s a chance to Byte-Sized Television: Create Your Own TV Series produce important events that will be broadcast.” for the Internet, a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step guide to writing, producing, editing and marketing your own original web series. Based on the groundbreaking Byte-Sized Television courses he created and teaches at Chapman, Professor Brown’s book shows the aspiring creator Professor Adam Rote answers questions on the red carpet how to navigate the creative process just like the at the Atlantis Down premiere. pros, giving readers the tools to take ideas and turn them into fully developed, polished web series. Dean Bob Bassett joined Chapman alumnus Professor Judy Kriger is completing a book on animated documentaries, Animated Realism, scheduled Don Zirpola ’70 at the for publication by Focal Press next year. Her award-winning animated film Souvenir screened in the biannual conference of Jerusalem Cinematheque’s Yom HaShoah program in Israel in December. CILECT, the international Professor Adam Rote served as visual effects supervisor on the film Atlantis Down, an independent association of film schools. sci fi about bizarre occurrences on a space shuttle, which had a red carpet premiere at the Mann’s Zirpola, a professor at Chinese Theater in Hollywood on the opening day of the Los Angeles Italia 2011 Film Fashion and Art Loyola Marymount Festival. He also served as VFX supervisor on Wreckage, starring Aaron Paul from TV’s Breaking Bad. University is president of CILECT, which has 178 member schools in Professor Jurg Walther filmed the “Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues” jazz concert 56 countries. Several Dodge faculty attended at Lincoln Center in for broadcast on PBS. He also completed principal photography on a the conference in Barcelona, Spain where, Dodge documentary about musician/record producer Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys), College Senior Associate Dean Dezso Magyar including interviews with Tom Petty, comedian Eric Idle (Monty Python), Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo made a well-received presentation on directing. Starr and Olivia Harrison.

2 CHALLENGES AT 19,000 FEET

aving just hiked for H13 hours to reach the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on five hours sleep, Liz Hartnett was exhausted. But as luck would have it, the group of eight Chapman students and two professors had descended to camp about five minutes before the 40 porters who made their trip possible. For Hartnett, a Television/Broadcast Journalism major focusing on documentary filmmaking, the moment was golden. Rather than resting, she forced herself to go back to work — filming the porters setting up camp.

“At times when you could feel the altitude, and had been hiking for nine hours, it was difficult to film and focus on the film you were making,” she says. “I missed opportunities to get footage that I needed, but as the trip continued I was able to force myself to shoot even at my weakest moments.”

Like all of the students traveling with Professors Jeff Swimmer and Jurg Walther in the Expedition Documentary class, Hartnett was making a personal documentary on the subject of her choice. Her film profiles the lives and choices of the porters who make it possible for people like herself to have the experience of a lifetime at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

The group is also completing a 3D film on their trip as part of growing opportunities to use 3D technology offered by Dodge College. Professor Swimmer found the “big, open, grand vistas” of the African landscape great elements for 3D filmmaking. The students used a new portable 3D camcorder on loan from Panasonic.

“Being physically taxed and staying focused on the film was really hard. With thin air, decision-making falters and heads get mushy,” says Swimmer. “But being at those high altitudes and the summit were exactly the times when we needed our brains to be firing on all cylinders so we could capture those indelible moments.” Or, as Hartnett puts it, “The trip challenged me both physically and mentally, but overall made me a better filmmaker and human being at the same time.”

3 Young members of Girls Inc. of Orange County thank the student filmmakers who helped tell their story. STUDENT DOCUMENTARIES MAKE A DIFFERENCE

EXPLORING LOCAL ISSUES “The documentary genre can and will make the world a better place,” says Mauri Zingarelli (BFA/Film Prod. ’12) one of the 15 students who participated in the Community Voices class last Fall. “I now know what I want to do with my life: I want to spread knowledge and power through documentary film.” Each semester Professor Sally Rubin selects non-profit organizations in Orange County about which students create short documentaries. “Community Voices helped me realize the awesome potential in combining entertainment and activism,” adds Zingarelli. “In a more specific sense, it opened my eyes to the beauty of Orange County. That such selfless organizations exist here blew my mind. I am proud to say I live in Orange County, surrounded by so many generous and hardworking people.” Zingarelli was part of a team of four who documented Girls, Inc., a non-profit organization aimed at empowering young girls. Their documentary Breaking Through screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The documentary Mountain Man screened at both Newport Beach and the prestigious Atlanta Film Festival. The film profiles Joel Robinson, founder of the non-profit organization Naturalist For You that takes community members on nature walks through the breathtaking scenery of Orange County’s “unknown” canyons and waterfalls. Two other documentaries made in the Community Voices class are screening in the Awareness Fest in Los Angeles this month: Food For Thought, which profiles the Second Harvest Food Bank in Irvine, and She’s My Superman, about a women’s shelter. “There is nothing that drives learning more so than passion,” says Ariel Fisher, co-director of She’s My Superman. “Our group wanted to learn how to make this film creative and beautiful because we didn’t want to let down the women at the shelter. This drove us to work harder than any grading system could.”

TAKING ON INTERNATIONAL CAUSES Travelling outside of Orange County, the Destination Africa class took 17 students to Botswana and Tanzania to profile NGOs in those countries. Led by award-winning documentarian and Professor Jeff Swimmer, the students created five short documentaries: Lost and Found profiles the Hope Mission, which helps orphans and unwanted kids in Botswana leave their dangerous life on the streets and provides them with education and a stable home. Positive to Positive tells the story of a young girl from Botswana who, upon learning of her HIV positive status, decides to join a youth dance and theater organization to share her story and educate and empower other youth. The Stars Know Our Home profiles the organization known as The First People of the Kalahari, which advocates for the rights of the native San people who have been moved into relocation camps after having their homes and land in the Kalahari Desert taken away by the government of Botswana. We Come From Jambiani documents the discrimination that disability groups face in Zanaibar as well as the extreme poverty that exists on the island. “Filming a documentary was an amazing way to get to see how people in Tanzania really live and not just see tourist attractions,” says Bobby Moser (BFA/TJB ’12). “The trip created a burning desire inside me to help others through film,” says Gregg Lillie (BFA/Film Prod. ’12). “It showed me I have power with the camera; and it showed me that there are people out there who don't have the technology and resources to get help.”

4 TRON SCREENING SHOWCASES BILL KROYER’S LEGACY

Months before it was released on DVD, students were treated to a screening of TRON: Legacy (2010) in full 3D. In addition to amazing action sequences and a pulse- pounding soundtrack from superstar duo Daft Punk, TRON: Legacy showcases some of the most impressive 3D animation ever put on film. Following the screening, Professor Bill Kroyer’s guests from Digital Domain, the Caucus members writer/producer Dorothea Petrie (left) and TV film’s primary Visual Effects company, answered questions producer Syd Vinnedge (right) presented awards to Dean Bob and explained how effects were designed and created. Bassett and producer and disability activist Loreen Arbus. Professor Kroyer, who helped create the computer effects for the original TRON, provided a unique perspective on the evolution of the cult classic. DEAN BOB BASSETT HONORED BY During the semester, students also heard from director Ralph Eggleston (, Ferngully); Richard CAUCUS FOR PRODUCERS, WRITERS Baneham (Lord of the Rings), who explained the animation techniques used to create the Na’vi in Avatar; longtime directing team and (Little AND DIRECTORS Mermaid), and Simon Wells ( of Egypt) who touched on his early start in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. urrounded by key community leaders from Orange County, including Larry and Kristina Dodge and Millennial Studios Campaign Chair Paul Folino, Dodge College Dean Bob SBassett was honored for his support of and commitment to the entertainment creative community with a Special Educator’s Award at a gala dinner at the Beverly Hills Hotel in April. The Caucus, which also provides grant support to student filmmakers (Chapman students have been recipients of these grants over the years), is described as the creative conscience of the television industry. The organization stands for better and more meaningful television, a mission shared by Dodge College. “We have a common aim, to make this society a better place through telling stories that change people’s minds, change people’s attitudes, and we’re training the young people who will help do that,” Bassett said on accepting the award. Dean Bassett joins exclusive company in receiving this award; UCLA and USC deans were previous recipients.

FINDING GREAT STORIES

inding a good book or article and negotiating the rights so that it can be adapted as a movie is a Fprocess students may dream of, but few understand. Enter agent Harry Ufland who has taken Dodge College students on a guided tour of the world of literary rights during the spring semester, accompanied by some of the biggest, most successful names in the business. Among the guests visiting Ufland’s Optioning Books for Film and TV class were Alan Ladd Jr., former chairman of 20th Century Fox; writer Scott Silver, nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay for The Fighter; literary agent Lynn Pleshette, who in one year sold motion picture rights to Cold Mountain, Broke Back Mountain and PRE-RELEASE AND SPECIAL SCREENINGS Memoirs of A Geisha; and Jocelyn Diaz, the HBO executive who helped launch the new series Game of Thrones. Ufland’s goal is to help students “be clear and self-sufficient BONUS FOR DODGE COLLEGE STUDENTS about the process and learn how to build relationships with young agents, subsidiary rights people etc.” In addition tudents who see as many films as possible enrich their filmmaking vocabulary. Having the to learning how to find and identify commercial literary opportunity to see pre-release screenings in the Folino Theater is a special perk for Dodge properties, Ufland asked his students to research publishing SCollege students. companies and create a contact book including all of the Students got a first look at and Hailee Steinfeld in the Coen brother’s True Grit. information gathered in the class as a resource. Before the film, the audience got a look at Steinfeld’s performance in what her mother said was her last student film, She’s A Fox, directed by by Dodge College student Cameron Sawyer. Clips from Sawyer’s thesis film previously screened nationwide during a profile of Steinfeld, nominated for an Oscar for her performance in True Grit, on the CBS program Sunday Morning. Other pre-release screenings, courtesy of Fox Searchlight, gave students the chance to follow Ed Helms to Cedar Rapids, watch wrestle with his conscience in Win Win and jump out of their seats during Insidious. Keep an eye on the Dodge website for upcoming screenings. A special screening early this semester brought actor/director Tony Goldwyn and Conviction to the Folino stage. Classic film screenings included the newly restored The Complete Metropolis and Jalsaghar. Documentary screenings included Dear Zachary and Inside Job. As a final treat for our Harry Ufland, left, welcomes screenwriter students before spring break we hosted a Scream-a-Thon. All three of the Scream films were shown Ron Bass (Rain Man, The Joy Luck Club, back-to-back in the Folino Theater in advance of the release of Scream 4. My Best Friend’s Wedding). DODGE COLLEGE ALUMNI NOTES

Matthew Anderson Carlos Lopez Estrada ’s (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) navigating tape decks, as well as sharpening her Final (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) independent music video of the song “Groove Me” Cut skills (for audio syncing and reel creating) to go is currently in post- for the band Maximum Balloon screened at the with her Avid skills learned at Chapman. Prior to life production on a short SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. at New Hat, Lynes worked as a marketing specialist film titled Franky, Frankly for World Wide Motion Pictures helping ensure that starring Mikandrew Todd Croak-Falen (BFA/Film & TV Prod. ’02) is independent foreign films have a voice here in the Perdaris (BFA/Screen currently working as a receptionist at Sundance Institute. United States. (wwmpc.com). She also helped with Acting ’11), Allan Hyde Paul J. Higgins art direction on fellow Chapman alum S. Mohen’s (Godric of True Blood ) (BFA/TV Prod. ’85), feature film True Perfection , a mockumentary-style and Bella Dayne. The President of Athletes In film about love, life, and fashion that wrapped in film was written, directed Motion Sports Television, January. (trueperfectionfilm.com) and edited by Anderson, produced by Kevin Slee ’s has joined PBS So (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) company Artistic Analogies, Cal/KOCE as the Sports shot by Jordan Black (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) and Producer/Anchor and co-edited by Craig Orsland (BFA/Film Prod. ’11). will appear six times a The film follows a young man over the course of a week on Real Orange night, drifting between relationships, as he comes airing throughout the to the realization that he is still a child and needs Southern California to grow up. television market. Higgins will cover professional, college, high school and youth sports with a positive and entertaining approach. In addition, he continues to expand programming on www.aimsports.tv and works with the ESPN Sports Networks producing and hosting. Higgins will be in Shanghai China to host the KIA X Games for the sixth consecutive year and will continue his coverage of PAC-10 football Andi Hamamoto Kowal (Film Production ’05, in the fall with ESPNU. Higgins and his wife are MBA ’07) graduated from AFI’s Producing Program expecting their fifth child in August. in 2009, where she was the beneficiary of the HP scholarship award. Her thesis film Eggbaby was Casey Kasprzyk (BFA/Film & TV Prod. ’01) is accepted into festivals including Berlin Asian Film currently a producer on the Emmy award-winning Festival, Hawai’i International, Newport Beach, Nathaniel Atcheson (MFA/FP ’08) will be daytime series The Bold and the Beautiful . Los Angeles Asian, San Diego Asian, and the Seoul premiering his film Dead Herring in May 2011. International film festivals. Since graduation, Atcheson wrote and directed the film with fellow Andrew Kilcoin (MFA/Film Prod. ’07) edited a Hamamoto Kowal enjoyed a stint as a relationships alumni in other key roles. M. Elizabeth Hughes feature documentary entitled Shakespeare High that writer for AOL and is finishing up a few film projects, (MFA/FP ’08) produced with Benjamin Kantor screened at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film including Grey Matter based on a short (MFA/FP ’08) serving as cinematographer. Dead stars , Mare Winningham, Richard story and a documentary on the consumer behavior of Herring is about six friends who are called together Dreyful, and . www.tribecafilm.com stay-at-home and single dads. She also moonlights as a under the guise of an emergency, only to find Jillian Lynes (BFA/Film professional photographer, working mainly on political themselves at the center of an elaborate scheme Prod. ’09) has been campaigns, and teaches film theory at a Santa Monica concocted by a mysterious mastermind who threatens working in the post- area charter school. She volunteers her time to raise to kill them if they do not obey his instructions. production world since money for cancer research. In August of 2007, Andi Gavin Carlton ’s (BFA/Film Prod ’00) short January 2010. She loves married fellow Chapman grad, Tim Kowal (Law ’09). independent film Chum has screened at the LA her position as Vault They are expecting their first child, a girl, in July. Shorts Fest, Anaheim, Cleveland, and Seattle Coordinator at New Hat, Film Festivals. a boutique color Jeff D. McCoy (BFA/Film & Television ’03) was the correction and telecine camera operator on a feature film, Love , that screened Benjamin Dynice ’s (BFA/Film Prod. ’03) independent facility in Santa Monica at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, selling out the short film Nowhere Road (written by Ryan Parrott (newhat.tv). It is there she majority of its shows, including an additional showing BFA ’03) screened at the San Luis Obispo Film has been able to learn the technical side of post - that was added to accommodate interest. McCoy Festival and Santa Catalina Film Festival. everything from film cleaning and scanning to recently returned from Dubai, were he worked as the

ALUMNI SHARE CAREER INSIGHTS WITH SOON-TO-BE-GRADS

ome 40 alumni from across the entertainment industry in film, TV, marketing, (L–r) Sinan Kanatsiz (’97, COM/PR), and broadcast sat down as table hosts with more than 100 graduating seniors Chairman and CEO of KCOMM, Inc., at the second annual Dodge College College to Career Night in March at S and his wife Kai, welcomed Kristina, La Vida Lounge in Los Angeles. Laurenz and Larry Dodge to the Anaheim The alumni were invited to share their insights and firsthand knowledge of how to International Film Festival, which Kanatsiz prepare for life after college at the event, which is organized like speed dating: each spearheaded and where the Dodges were student gets to speak with several alumni, moving from table to table during the event. honored. Some 5,000 people attended the “It was incredibly inspiring to see and meet so many Dodge alumni in such important festival, which screened 127 films. and influential positions in the industry,” says Kai de Mello-Folsom, who graduates Marc Messenger (’86, Com/Film), (left) this May. “It was heartening to see all of these successful people who have just gone and his producer Phillip Hillenbrand of out there and done it in literally all different parts of the industry. There was no Blizzard Entertainment accept the award ‘typical’ career path; each of these alumni seemed to have blazed their own way through. for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Video Every single person I met was so friendly, and so ready to help out a fellow, or Game Trailer for the cinematic for World soon-to-be, alum.” of Warcraft: Cataclysm given by the Visual Some 200 alumni attended the Spring Alumni Mixer that followed the Career Night. Effects Society.

6 FESTIVAL SUCCESSES first camera assistant on a television commercial Mian Adnan Ahmad (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) Heal: Sedona Int’l. The Things You Lose in the Ocean: series for Mercedes Benz, starring Roger Federer. Audience Award at Beijing Student (China), Jury Prize at South Dakota; Harlem Int’l. This year he is merging his company McCoy Film Audience Award at Sacramento; Best Film Production with Victor Huber Photography to and Cinematography Award at Hatchfest, Best Lucien Knotter (MFA/Film Prod. ’11) Abduct Me!: form a new company that specializes in both still Student Film at Victoria Film Festival (Canada), Siouxland, Worldwide Shorts (Canada). photography and live-action production. They are Frank Capra Award at Fallbrook; Amelia Island, Garance Meillon (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) Violets looking for new office space in the Santa Monica Bend, Big Bear, Foyle (U.K), Newport Beach, Are Blue: LA Femme, LA Shorts. area and plan to close their studio in Irvine. Reynolda, Rhode Island, San Diego Asian, Michael Moore (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) Bait: Best Emily McGregor (BFA/Film Prod. ’08) is the VP Tiburon, Treasure Coast. of production at Comediva.com, a new comedy site Student Animation at Durango, Best Animation Joseph Albanese (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) Clemency : at Sedona Int’l, Audience Award at SENE Film; that’s a one-stop shop “for a girl to get her giggle Best Horror Thriller at Int’l Student Hollywood, on.” McGregor is in charge of overseeing all the Anaheim Int’l, Bermuda Int’l, Big Island, Best Short at Indie Gathering; Amelia Island, video content production and acquisition and had Charleston, Chicago Int’l Children, Dam Short, Atlantic City, Beloit, Big Bear, Brantford, Chicago an integral role in the design of the site. She also Fallbrook, Kansas City, Lake Arrowhead, LA Horror, Dam Short, Estes Park, Eugene, Flagstaff, directed the web series “The Divas” and many of Comedy, Nantucket, Newport Beach, NFFTY, Hell’s Half Mile, L’Etrange (France), Naperville, their promotional materials. Phoenix, Riverside, Sarasota, Sunscreen, Tupelo, New Orleans, Oklahoma Horror, Orlando, Other WestChester. Holly Miller (BA/PRA ’06) has recently transitioned , Route 66, Sacramento, SoCal Independent, within Local.com into an account management Denver. James Nguyen (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) Beard the role. She works with a team managing Local.com’s Lion: Grand Prize (Asian category) in DGA Student Renee Baltsen (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) Gringo Loco: suite of network products, which consist of the Film Awards, Regional Finalist in Student Audience Award at Show Me Social Justice; company’s private label local search platform ; St. Louis Int’l. and syndication network of over 1,000+ regional Award of Merit at Los Angeles Cinema; Central media (print, radio and broadcast) sites. Miller Florida, Columbia Gorge, Los Angeles Women, Zac Petrillo (MFA/Film Prod. ’10) Between the is also a competitive ballroom dancer and attends Tiburon, Wisconsin. Shadows : Best Drama at Int’l Student Hollywood, competitions all over the U.S. She competes with Director’s Choice Award at Angelus; Bare Bones, Mike Bernstein (MFA/Film Prod. ’10) Chill Pill: her partner in the International Standard 5-dance Bend, DC Independent, Durango, Kerry (Ireland), Best Screenplay Award at Hatchfest; Dam Short, category dancing the waltz, , foxtrot, LA Shorts, Reynolda, St. Louis Int’l. Viennese waltz and quickstep. Miller has a focus DeadCenter, Ivy, Kansas City, Litchfield Hills, St. on entertainment marketing/PR and would like Louis Int’l., Tallahassee. Royalty Free : Downtown Ammar Rasool (MFA/Film Prod. ’10) Kingdom’s to extend her services to film students seeking LA, Other Venice, Raindance, Red Rock, Temecula, End: LA Shorts, Plus Camerimage (Poland). to develop an integrated marketing campaign or Young Cuts. Jocelyn R.C. (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Pocket Elephant: promotional launch strategy for their film. Rachel Berry (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) Puck: Chicago Regional Finalist in Student Academy Awards ; Noelle Novoa (BFA/PRA. ’06), previously the Int’l Children, Sedona Int’l. NFFTY. communications coordinator at Dodge College of Matt Brailey (MFA/Film Prod. ’11) Long Live the Film and Media Arts, has joined the Competitor Grant Reed (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Yes Man: Duke: Amelia Island, Port Townsend, Young Cuts. Group in San Diego as an event coordinator. She Anaheim Int’l, Atlanta, Cleveland Int’l, Connecticut LGBT, Honolulu Rainbow, Provincetown, St. Louis will be managing Rock and Roll Marathons in cities Jon Byron (MFA/Film Prod. ’11) Perspective: Best Q Fest, Victoria (Canada). across the United States, including Miami this fall. Student Film at Beaufort; Dam Short, Fort Myers, Matthew J. O’Neill’s (MFA/Screenwriting ’05) Int’l Family, Phoenix, SENE Film. Malachi Rempen (BFA/Film Prod. ’09) La Nina spec script “Bait and Switch” was recently acquired del Desierto: Best Short Film at Foursite; Best Daniel Dalimonte (MFA/Film Prod. ’10) The by to be developed as a possible Drama Short Film at Reno; Burbank, Port Haymaker: Bermuda Int’l, Big Island, DeadCenter, starring vehicle for , who will also Townsend, Temecula. Fallbrook, Kansas City, Litchfield Hills, Newport serve as producer. Beach, San Luis Obispo, Starz Denver, Treasure Ty Sanga (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) Stones : All Roads, Coast, Vail. Fallbrook, ImagineNative, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Newport Beach, Seattle Int’l, Sundance . Eric Day (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) The Unnatural: Honorable Mention at ; Fallbrook, Fantastic Cameron Sawyer (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) She’s Planet (Australia). A Fox: Audience Award Best Short Film at Sacramento, Audience Award at Siouxland, Best Nick Erickson (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) Palm County: Student Film at Pune Int’l (India), Best Children Best at Int’l Student Hollywood; Comedy at Int’l Student Hollywood; Amelia Action on Film. Island, Dam Short, IndieLisboa (Portugal), Lake Brian Faye (MFA/Film Prod. ’10) Jeremy: Triumph Arrowhead, Ojai, Port Townsend, Red Rock, Kanarose Oonhateparuk (MFA/Producing ’08) of Award at Angelus; Best Actor Award at Rehoboth Beach, Sacramento, Tallahassee, Treasure had her script “The Given” selected for the Film Bend, Best Student Film at Lake Arrowhead; Coast, Tupelo. Expo Asia Bangkok 2010 and was invited to make Bahamas, Charleston, Fallbrook, Heartland, Int’l the film in Bangkok, Thailand. Recently, she Family, Mammoth, Newport Beach, Phoenix, Michael Sasso (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) Nimble Digits : opened a new restaurant featuring international Riverside, San Luis Obispo. Sunscreen, Victoria (Canada). cuisine, Kala Eatery, in Gardena, Calif., which also offers catering for film productions. Christopher Fernandez (MFA/Film Prod. ’10) Taylor Sella (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) The Real Deal : Andre: Award of Merit at Los Angeles Cinema; DeadCenter, Newport Beach, Young Cuts. Andrew Putschoegl ’s (BFA/Film Prod ’01) Best Suspense Thriller at Int’l Student Hollywood; independent short Hello Caller won the Theatrical James Sweeney (BFA/Film Prod. ’12) The First : Distribution Offer award at the 2011 Slamdance Buffalo Niagara, Dam Short, DC Shorts, Athens, Atlanta, NFFTY, San Francisco LGBT. Film Festival. It also screened at Cinequest, SXSW, DeadCenter, Kansas City, LA Shorts, Sacramento; Newport Beach, and the Vail Film Festivals. Beneath: DeadCenter. Jonathan Thompson (MFA/Film Prod. ’11) Mercy Grace and Crabmeat : Honorable Mention at Justin Simien (BFA/Film Prod. ’05) recently started Ori Guendelman (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) King Dam Short; Florida, Newport Beach, Sacramento. with Pictures Entertainment as Social Media Eternal: Durango, Fallbrook, Kansas City, Newport Manager for Crackle.com. Beach, NFFTY, Seattle Sci Fi & Fantasy, Sedona Megan Weaver (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) Without Int’l, Treasure Coast, Vancouver Int’l. Wings : Int’l Family, Lake Arrowhead. Justina Turner (BFA/Film Prod. ’99) started her own production company, Asta Forever Films in her Nadia Hamzeh (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) Fiasco : Ora Yashar (MFA/Film Prod. ’09) Melting the hometown of Huntington Beach with some of her Amelia Island, Doha Tribeca (Qatar), Contravision Snowman : Best Comedy at Int’l Student friends. 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