WOMEN in FOCUS on the Importance of Role Models • When You See Someone Who Looks Like You Doing a Job, You Think You Can Do It

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WOMEN IN FOCUS On the importance of role models • When you see someone who looks like you doing a job, you think you can do it . Nelson • I saw a woman win the Oscar for screenwriter as a little girl. It stuck with me . Dixon On how movies can change the world • When you see a great movie, your guard goes down, you surrender to the images and walk in someone else’s shoes. (The movie) Philadelphia was one of the TOP INDUSTRY WOMEN SHARE INDUSTRY INSIGHTS greatest life experiences I’ve had. You can tell people to be tolerant all day long but if they watch Tom Hanks in a loving From left: Dawn Taubin, Leslie Dixon, Debra Martin Chase, Professor Alex Rose, Dean Bassett, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, relationship, they are changed . Snider Nina Jacobson, Stacey Snider. • I was hitchhiking through Spain and two guys we met thought we were drug he power level in the room at this year’s Women in Focus conference was as jaw-dropping as addicts or prostitutes. I realized those the films the panelists have written, directed, produced or marketed — from The Hunger Games were the only images of black women to The Help, from Kung Fu Panda to Pirates of the Caribbean — as six of the industry’s top they’d ever seen. And I realized I could wTomen shared their insights on the business with the crowd in the Folino Theater in April. change that . Chase As The Hollywood Reporter noted in its coverage of the event, “Last year’s panelists had current films On how audiences respond to a story with over $271 million in worldwide grosses, but the women on the 2012 panel were fresh off projects • There’s only one rule of screenwriting. grossing over $1.6 billion.” Does the reader want to turn to the The panelists were producer and former Walt Disney Motion Picture Group President Nina Jacobson next page? Dixon (Hunger Games, The Sixth Sense, Pirates of the Caribbean); DreamWorks Studios Co-Chairman On making it in the industry and CEO Stacey Snider (The Help, War Horse); screenwriter and producer Leslie Dixon (Outrageous ® • It’s not a level playing field (for women). Fortune, Mrs. Doubtfire); Academy Award -nominated director Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda Just get over it and believe in yourself. 2, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar) and producer Debra Martin Chase (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Chase Pants, The Princess Diaries, Courage Under Fire). • There used to be greater barriers to Dawn Taubin, Professor of Public Relations and Advertising and former head of Marketing production and distribution; you had to at Warner Bros., served as moderator. raise a lot of money. Now there’s nothing to keep you from telling your story. If The 2012 Women in Focus Conference was sponsored by Tricia Berns, Eve Kornyei Ruffatto, it’s good, someone will notice . Jacobson Twyla Martin, Laurie Rodnick, Harriet Sandhu and Bonny Schumacher.

WOMEN IN FOCUS FROM THE DEAN MRS. DOUBTFIRE SCREENWRITER Chapman Named a IS FALL FILMMAKER-IN-RESIDENCE creenwriter and producer Leslie Dixon (Limitless, Hairspray, Top Ten U.S. Film School Mrs. Doubtfire,Overboard) has been named Dodge College’s SFilmmaker-in-Residence for Fall 2013. ummer is always a time to regroup: to “We’ve had the pleasure of welcoming Leslie Dixon to numerous events reflect on the progress of the last school at Dodge College over the years,” says Dean Bob Bassett. “Her humor Syear and to prepare for the next. We chart and realism resonate with students.” our progress using various measures —from job placement among our graduates to success Dixon’s screenwriting credits include Overboard, Mrs. Doubtfire, The in student film festivals to on-going faculty Thomas Crown Affair, Pay It Forward, Freaky Friday, Hairspray, The accomplishments — but it is also gratifying Heartbreak Kid, That Old Feeling, and Look Who’s Talking Now. In 2011, to see our efforts recognized by external she wrote and produced the hit film Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper measures as well. and Robert De Niro. Thus the recent listing by The Hollywood Reporter “I’m looking forward to the students’ virgin enthusiasm — they haven’t been jaded, trampled, or rejected,” of our film school as #13 among the top 25 says Dixon. “I hope they will learn what it takes to visualize something that actually makes it to the film schools globally (and #10 in the U.S.) is screen and, once it does, what works and what doesn’t — they can learn from my mistakes!” particularly gratifying. Being recognized at the very highest levels by a major industry publication says a great deal about the fine work of our alumni, students and faculty. Reaching this point truly takes a team effort and we are blessed with NEW FACULTY HAVE VAST EXPERIENCE a tremendous team and truly talented students. rriving this fall with the class of 2017 are three industry professionals who join Dodge A College’s award-winning faculty. Barry Blaustein has spent the last 30 years writing screenplays. He directed and produced the award- winning documentary Beyond the Mat. Most recently he directed Peep World; with his writing partner David Sheffield, Blaustein’s feature credits include Coming to America, Nutty Professor 1 and 11, and Boomerang. The pair also worked as head writers and supervising producers on Saturday Night Live for three years, Barry Blaustein (right) working with Director of developing Eddie Murphy’s more famous characters. Photography Tobias Datum on the set of Peep World. Harry Ufland brings his many years in the industry Dean Bassett addresses the General Assembly of CILECT as an agent with William Morris representing names at its most recent conference in Cape Town, South Africa. like Martin Scorsese, Robert DeNiro, Ridley Scott and Harvey Keitel. He has packaged films such as Last semester saw many high points, including Raging Bull and Blade Runner and produced films the amazing Women in Focus panel we assembled including Crazy/Beautiful, One True Thing and The in April, bringing together some of the top Last Temptation of Christ. His most recent project is women in Hollywood, including Dreamworks The Big Wedding, starring DeNiro, Susan Sarandon, CEO Stacey Snider and Hunger Games producer and Diane Keaton, due this October. Nina Jacobson, for an unforgettable afternoon. Steve Hirsen is best known for directing 11 seasons of Harry Ufland (left) regularly brings key industry The end of the year brought Avatar producer America’s Funniest Home Videos. He was also the Emmy guests such as Amy Pascal, president of Sony Pictures, Jon Landau back for an inspirational yet practical Award-winning director of Entertainment Tonight, spent to Chapman. Steve Hirsen (right), director of the commencement speech. You can read more more than a decade in live news and events coverage world feed for the Tennis Channel in the remote about both of these in this issue. truck at the Farmer’s Classic ATP Tournament including directing the CBS Evening News Western at UCLA in July. Summer, as always, is full of international Edition, live coverage of the Winter Olympics for ABC, adventures for our students, as we continue and directing local programs in Washington, D.C., such as The NBC Nightly News, Meet The Press, and to push our efforts to give them a truly global The Today Show. Hirsen has been the producer of the annual Local Cableace Awards for 11 years running. perspective and experience for creating their stories. Their travels ranged from seeing classic films and learning about the influences of Renaissance artists in Italy to documenting the work of an NGO battling HIV in Mozambique. Looking ahead, Chapman will have the oppor - tunity to further showcase our students and our programs in the next two years as we have been selected to host conferences for both the American and international conferences of film schools. In August 2013, we will host the annual conference of the University Film and Video Association (UFVA), the primary association of film schools in the U.S. This will mark the third time we have had the privilege of bringing faculty from film programs around the country to Chapman and they, too, have seen our evolution, as our guests first in 1996 and again in 2006. Then, in October 2014, Chapman will be the first U.S. host for CILECT (Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et de Television) Women of Chapman Award Filmmaker Funds in nearly two decades. Being invited and then Four Dodge students were presented with $5,750 each for their thesis films as recipients of the first voted on by the membership to host this presti - awards from the Women of Chapman (WOC) Endowed Filmmaker Fund. From left, Kelle Leonard, gious international conference is a great honor. Genna Ford, Dean Bassett, Naomi Shepherd and Elizabeth Iverson at the summer luncheon where In the meantime, I expect we will have a great the students received their awards. The $1M fund was established by the WOC to support students in many exciting projects, films, and accomplish - making their senior thesis films. The selection committee consisted of WOC President Kathy Hamilton, ments to share. Stay tuned. Adrienne Brandes (past president), Donna Bianchi (president-elect), and Jacqueline Penner. CHAPMAN CINEMATOGRAPHER SHOOTS NASA MISSION The stars in Hollywood aren’t the only ones that our faculty work with. On August 5, Professor and alumnus, Jillian Arnold (Freakonomics), was part of NASA’s mission control that sent the Science Laboratory, known as Curiosity, on a 34,000,000-mile journey to the planet Mars.

hen the vehicle launched on November 26, 2011, Arnold was the closest woman to the launcWhpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., where she was part of a two-person crew who outfitted and shot with Digital Arts seniors received special recognition as Cecil nominees two stereo, high resolution 3D rigs for 3D footage. When the were announced by Academy Award-nominated animation directors rover reached its final destination, she John Musker and Ron Clements. was in the mission support area of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), shooting DIGITAL ARTS SENIORS for the live broadcast of the event. In addition to her work on Curiosity, CELEBRATE RECORD YEAR Arnold has worked on twelve other missions for NASA, including the he Folino Theater exploded with raucous Juno spacecraft sent to Jupiter and cheers as Digital Arts Professor Bill Kroyer the crew exploration vehicle, Orion, Tbounded on stage to the guitar riffs of Dire for the proposed, manned mission Straits’ Money for Nothing and the words “2012 Digital Arts Show” burst from flames on the screen behind to Mars. NASA also asked her to him. This dramatic opening marked the first time shoot footage in Paris for the PBS the Digital Arts program hosted its own senior film documentary, The American Rocketeer, screening and judging from the standing room only which aired last November. audience, it was a roaring success. “The Digital Arts program took a quantum leap forward this year, with 20 completed films, compared to seven the previous two years,” says Kroyer. Top: Arnold used a 3D rig to capture Curiosity's launch. Right, the Vehicle Assembly Building, the The projects produced by the Digital Arts seniors this largest single-story building in the world. “This year included live action films with digital effects, short is a mission of monumental importance for the animated films, and computer games. After the screening, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA,” she says, special VIP guests John Musker and Ron Clements, “and one that is close to my heart. In this time of severe budget cuts, public support of our directors of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, among other nation’s scientific and technological endeavors animated hits, stepped onto the stage to announce the has never been more important.” names of the 2012 Digital Arts Cecil Awards nominees.

AVATAR PRODUCER ADVISES: MAKE ART THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE

n making art, always ask yourself what is it about,” Academy Award-winning producer Jon “ Landau advised Dodge College graduates at their commencement ceremony in May, reminding Ithem that audiences “leave the plot at the theater” but that bigger themes resonate long after. “It’s one thing to be a leader in a career,” he said, “but another to be a leader in life.” As storytellers enabled by technology, this generation has the ability to tell stories “that reach around the world.” Landau expressed the hope that Dodge College grads would use their stories to better the lives of their families, create a greener and more sustainable world, create a better public school system, and help rid the world of racial and religious bigotry. “If you can do these things, you will have truly succeeded,” he concluded.

Landau challenged graduates to “Dare to dream. Ask yourself not what you can do, but who you want to be in life.” Left, he receives honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Dean Bassett (right) and Chapman President Jim Doti (left).

Professor Pete Weitzner Honored The Orange County Press Club honored broadcast journalism Professor Pete Weitzner with its highest honor, the Sky Dunlap Award, at its annual Journalism Awards gala. Weitzner, business anchor for PBS SoCal’s Real Orange show, and host/producer of The Chapman Business Report, was honored for his longtime contributions to Orange County broadcast journalism and the community. In another competition, Weitzner was also part of a team honored with a Telly award for The Chapman Business Report. DODGE STUDENTS ABROAD: SUMMER ADVENTURES FROM ASIA TO AFRICA TO EUROPE

Dodge College students scattered to various parts of the globe this summer, developing stories, collaborating on projects and experiencing different cultures. > CROSS-CULTURAL FILMMAKING >

>> ITALY: RENAISSANCE ART AND RESTORED FILMS HENGDIAN, CHINA: The World’s Largest Backlot Dodge College students embarked on two separate trips to Italy this Fifteen students from Dodge College, including one from summer, focusing on classic cinema Chapman Singapore, embarked on a two-week trip to and the influence of the world of art. Hengdian World Studios in Hengdian . One group spent a month in Perugia , “This is the largest studio backlot in the world so it is a great an ancient Etruscan and Roman city, opportunity for our students to not only learn about Chinese where they learned how the artistic culture but about China’s position as a dominant player in influence of the Renaissance continues the industry overall,” says Associate Dean Michael Kowalski, to influence filmmakers today and who accompanied the students on the trip. visited cultural landmarks including Film Production, Production Design, and Screen Acting the Cinecitta Film Studios in Rome, students collaborated on the time-traveling love story written Fellini’s cinematic home, and the to utilize the resources of the backlot. Basilica of Assisi. The other group visited Bologna for the Il Cinema Ritrovato (cinema rediscovered) festival where TAIPEI, TAIWAN: they viewed film restorations and attended retrospectives on directors and symposiums on cinefilia in the digital age. Crossing Cultures Via Facebook

>> AFRICA: NGOS AND A CHANGING WORLD In late May, Professor Jeff Swimmer led a group of 15 students from Dodge College, Wilkinson College and the Law School to Mozambique . The students created short documentaries profiling innovative NGOs (non-governmental organizations) addressing issues from supporting fisheries to helping improve the lives of those in villages surrounding war-ravaged Gorongosa National Park. When completed, the films will be given to the NGOs to use in their fundraising and outreach efforts. “After this experience I know without a doubt that my dream as a filmmaker will continue to be one that focuses on making films about human issues that promote a better world for all.” David Thompson (BFA/Film Prod. ’13) In July, Dodge College students, accompanied by Professor Roy Dodge College students also embarked on a 10-day journey with Professors Jeff Stanzler and Jurg Finch, participated in an exchange through the Taipei National Walther to Burkina Faso , West Africa, where they created 3-6 minute narrative films on the theme University of the Arts (TNUA) in Taipei, Taiwan. A core of “A Changing World,” how the lives of today’s youth are different from the lives of their parents. group started out at Dodge creating the story and planning The films will be shown at FESPACO, the premiere film festival of Africa, in February 2013. the shoot, while initial casting and location scouting were being done simultaneously in Taipei. The two groups communicated via Facebook, which “allowed us to get to know the Taipei film crew as well as plan the shoot so we could hit the ground running,” says Professor Finch.

SOUTH KOREA: Spiderman and Kimchi Two ongoing exchanges in Korea took place again this summer, with the Seoul Institute of the Arts and Dongseo University in Busan . In each case, students worked on a film in each country. But it wasn’t all work and no play as the students also participated in field trips, workshops, and screenings in both Korea and Southern California. “The students communicated through the common language of film and food,” says Professor James Gardner who traveled to Seoul. “It’s amazing that after a few days a bulgogi burger and kimchi are as familiar as a big Mac and fries! Language and Spiderman, film students find a way!” The little gear named Axle starts out as an invention made to repair toys. Later, he moves on to fix bigger machines.

STUDENT GAME DESIGNERS TAKE TOP PRIZE

hapman students took first place out of 36 schools at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Gaming Conference this year for their platform video game, Axle. Produced by seniors (shown from left, above, with Computer Science Professor Michael Fahy) Liz Fiacco (BFA/DA ’12), Lauren Gragg (BFA/DA ’12), Jessica Kernan (BFA/DA ’12), Alex Solano (BS/CPSC ’12), and Bryson Thill (BS/CPSC ’12), Axle is the culmination of an interdisciplinary collaboration between the departments of Computer Science and Digital Arts.

“It’s a bit of a Pinnochio story,” says Gragg, director of the student-produced game. “It starts out with this little gear, named Axle, that’s been created by a toy shop inventor to fix broken toys. Eventually, Axle is discovered by a business tycoon and gets whisked away on a series of adventures to fix other machines.” Axle players must navigate past crushers and steam vents by spinning the character over a series of rotating gears. “We did a lot of research and could not find Cany games that had the same rotational navigation that we had,” says game designer Liz Fiacco. “We had to come up with our own rules for jumping and even for what the controls should be.” The students are now working with Chapman’s incubator program, eVillage, to start their own gaming business. The students are working feverishly to put the finishing touches on Axle for the Google Android. They’re also initiating a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for tests on the iPhone and iPad operating systems. For information about Axle and to sign up on their mailing list, visit their blog (http://axlegame.weebly.com/). You can also look for Axle in the Google Play App Store.

PR AND AD TEAMS HONORED

or tapping into the desires of millennials and empowering kids to make healthy decisions, Chapman’s Public Relations and Advertising teams were honored by the annual National Student Advertising F(NSAC) and Public Relations Student Society of America Bateman Case Study competitions this year. The NSAC team designed a multicultural marketing campaign for Nissan targeting Chinese American, African American, and Hispanic American millennials. The team came in third in the district’s competition against eight other schools, marking the fourth year in a row that the Chapman team has received recognition at the district level. “Multicultural millennials are a generation of doers trying to distinguish themselves in the world, even if it means staying up late to complete life’s tasks, while everyone else is sleeping,” says Ashley Coffey (BA/PRA, ’12). “That’s something we felt connected multicultural millennials to Nissan, a company that is working just as hard to distinguish themselves from other car manufacturers, which is how we came up with our campaign slogan, ‘The Rest Just Dream.’” The Bateman team members created a public relations campaign aimed at fighting childhood obesity in 10–11-year-olds, called Power Up! Power Up! was a five-day program implemented at the Boys & Girls Club of Garden Grove that involved several community partners, including the American Heart Association, the Garden Grove Police and Fire Departments, Chapman athletes, and the Sapphire Laguna restaurant program, dedicated to providing healthy meals for young school children. The team was recognized as one of top 15 projects out of 70 schools that entered. This marks the eleventh time Chapman has received national recognition over 14 years of entries.

Photo on top: Fun physical activities included a session with Jump Rope for Heart offered by the American Heart Association.

Photo on right: The Chapman team taught kids the new My Plate concept of food groups and how it relates to making healthy choices at meals. DODGE COLLEGE ALUMNI NOTES

Hiyam Abousaid (MFA/FP ’12) secured a job MTV OMA Award. Brawner is in pre-production Laura Jones (BFA/Film Prod. ’08) was nominated as the office coordinator for Passion Pictures on the feature film Present Tense which he will be for an Emmy in the Outstanding Special Visual (Restrepo ) two days before commencement. producing with Ruggieri. Effects category for Once Upon a Time . Jones is a visual effects producer for the show. Joey Andrade (BFA/FP Jason Michael Brescia’s (BFA/Film Prod. ’09) ’04) and his wife Maria film, The Newest Pledge , has been acquired by Lauren Kacura (BA/PRA ’09) is now the Assistant have written a children’s Lionsgate for domestic distribution and is slated Director of Admissions for Dodge College of Film book titled Elfbot, that to be released this October! The feature film and Media Arts. is being print published was written and directed by Brescia, edited by Missy Laney (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) is working and turned into an Ebook Alex Oppenheimer (BFA/Film Prod. ’08), for the Sundance Institute in Artist Services. narrated by Jim Cummings shot by director of photography Trevor (Winnie the Pooh , Tigger , Wineman (BFA/Film Prod. ’11), produced Rob Margolies’s (BFA/Film Dark Wing Duck ), starring by Bob Burton (BFA/Film Prod. ’10), and Prod. ’05) film She Wants Me , Jane Lynch ( Glee ), Mark stars several Chapman alumni. executive produced by Charlie Hamill ( Star Wars ) and Sheen, celebrated its LA pre - Darren Bunkley (BFA/Film Prod. ’98) was original music and the voice of the main character miere in April and is slated nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding by Kenny G. http://elfbotbook.com/ for release in September in Reality – Competition Program category for theaters and VOD. Brian Michael Ashley’s (MFA/Screenwriting ’07) The Amazing Race . Bunkley is a supervising Singbiel (BFA/Film Prod. web series Bad Love was nominated for Best producer on the show and was nominated for ’04) and Jeremy Schott Comedy series by Stay Tuned TV-Net for the his work on the producing team. ITVFes t/ STTV awards to be held in tandem (BFA/Film Prod. ’08) also with Pop Con LA. Other alumni involved with Matthew Celia (BFA/Film Prod. ’07) and worked on the film. his wife, Katie Celia, successfully fundraised the project are writer/creator, along with Michael, John Walstad MacDonald through Kickstarter to complete their feature- Valerie Ashley (MFA/Screenwriting ’08), producer (MFA/FP ’11) and Nicholas length documentary Off the Floor: The Rise of M. Elizabeth Hughes (BFA/Film Prod. ’03), Wiesnet (BFA/Film Prod. . The film follows Jagged, director Tom Flynn (MFA/FP ’08), guest director Contemporary Pole Dance ’11) were selected as nominees Sean O’Brien (MFA/FP ’08), cinematographer a contemporary pole dance company founded for the 2012 ASC Andrew Benjamin Kantor (MFA/FP ’08), and editors in Los Angeles. www.offthefloormovie.com Laszlo Student Heritage Bryan Tuck (MFA/FP ‘08), Willie Talbert Daniel D’Alimonte (MFA/FP ’10) is starting a Awards. MacDonald was John (MFA/FP ’07). The cast included Michael Walstad six-month directing residency at Norman Jewison’s nominated in the Graduate Ashley, Valerie Ashley, M. Elizabeth Hughes, MacDonald Canadian Film Centre next month where he will category for his work on The Mike Danner (MFA/FP ’08), Sean O’Brien, develop his feature projects. The program is very Bullet Catcher and Wiesnet Willie Talbert. www.badlove.tv selective and only admits 5 directors from across was nominated in the Janet Avelar (BFA/TBJ ’07) has joined CBS Canada each year. Undergraduate category affiliate KSWT-TV in Yuma, AZ, as a general for his work on The Drop . assignment reporter. DJ Dodd (MFA/Producing ’12) recently began MacDonald and Wiesnet working as an associate producer for Hot Snakes both received an honorable Nicholas Kent Bassett (MFA/FP ’08) was nominated for Media, a NY-based production company specializing mention for their work. Wiesnet an Emmy in the Outstanding Picture Editing in reality television. Dodd is currently working on Dodge College was the For Reality Programming category for his work two new reality series shooting in Pennsylvania only school represented as part of the editing team on Top Chef . for TLC and Discovery. in both categories! Andy Erish (MA/FS ’08) Maria “Majo” Mansilla , had his first book (BFA/TBJ ’11) the Co-Executive producer of published earlier this year, Chapman News , launched her professional career William N. Selig, the Man as the morning-show producer at KXRM-TV, the Who Invented Hollywood . Fox affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colo. “Majo” is Erish recently spoke at re-vamping and re-branding the station’s four-hour Oxford University and later morning show. this year will be a principal Mark Miller (BFA/Film Prod. ’06) recently took Michael speaker at a prestigious film the position of Creative Executive at Clive Barker’s Charles Borg Ashley festival in Italy. company, Seraphim, Inc. Andy Fielder (BFA/Film Prod. ’03) was recently Charles Borg (MFA/Screenwriting ’07) and Michael Mohan’s (BFA/Film Prod. ’02) romantic accepted into the PGA’s Producer’s Council. Michael Ashley (MFA/Screenwriting ’07) were comedy Save the Date has seen the sale of all North Fielder’s studio is running a Kickstarter campaign recently named writers on Dome , an original new American rights to IFC films, from Gilbert Films, to finance an independent animated feature. animated series that just made its fundraising goal Night and Day Pictures and Huffington Prods. The More information can be found at via an independent Kickstarter campaign. film had its world premier in dramatic competition http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dickfigures/ at Sundance earlier this year. Jen Braeden (MFA/Screenwriting ’05) is now dick-figures-the-movie. a staff writer on MTV’s new scripted show Stephen Nelson , (BFA/TBJ ‘10) moved from the Coltan Gibby (BFA/Film Prod. ’02) was recently Underemployed , and recently sold a show to Teen Rockford Ice Hogs to a sports-reporter role at KEZI- promoted to Manager, Alternative Programming Nick called “The Main Line.” Braeden was hired TV, the ABC-affil in Eugene, Ore. Nelson will be & Development at FOX Broadcasting Company. to adapt an article about internet sensation Kiki covering Oregon State sports including the Olympic Gibby has been with FOX more than 8 years. Kannibal from Rolling Stone Magazine into a Track & Field Trials at storied Hayward Field. movie for MTV. Tyler Holtman (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) has been Noelle Novoa (BA/PRA ’06) has recently moved working as a post assistant on a movie called DJay Brawner into the role of Public Relations Specialist at Werewolf: The Beast Among Us , a film for Universal. (BFA/Film Prod. ’04) ASICS America. currently runs Anthem Last fall, Holtman went on a tour across the Films, a film and country on an ethanol-fueled bus promoting Taylor O’Sullivan (BFA/CP music video production a documentary about alternative fuels called ’12) had the opportunity company. Brawner is Freedom with acclaimed documentarian Josh to go to the Cannes Film in post-production on Tickell ( Fuel ). Holtman filmed behind-the-scenes Festival in France to intern the feature film Measure of the tour for webisodes online. with American Cinema International, an international which he directed Jenny Hou’s (BFA/Creative Prod ’11) senior and produced with distribution company based thesis, Sirk! , won the College Television Award out of LA. Chapman alumni Mike from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Longnebach (BFA/FP ’05) and Joseph Foundation for Alternative Programming. Chris Marrs Piliero Ruggieri (MFA/FP ’04). The film will premiere (BFA/Film Prod. ’01) won Taylor O’Sullivan (right) at the Cincinnati Film Festival in September. David Jibladze’s (MFA/FP ’08) drama Beholden the 2012 MVPA Award for Best Direction of a Band Brawner’s short film 72 Hours: A Love Story, was selected as Judges Choice by SeeFlik’s panel for The Black Keys’ “Howlin’ For You” music video. produced by David Johnson (BFA/CP ’12) for their fall 2011 competition. The jury included will be released in June. Brawner has directed Michael London, Shane Black and Luis Guzman. Matt Prichard (BFA/TBJ ’11) is a general-assignment music videos for the bands Shinedown, The Foo Jiblaze received a $7,500 cash prize and earned an reporter for WFXL-TV, the Fox affiliate in Albany, Fighters, Gym Class Heroes, Flo-Rida, Fake additional $20,000 for taking the top prize. The Ga. The Atlanta Fox-affiliate grabbed a first-week Figures, and Day 26. His video for Gym Class prize also includes a meet in L.A. with Endeavor story of “Matty Ice’s” on a military funeral for Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts” was nominated for an founding partner David Greenblatt. its newscast.

6 Lexi Sakowitz (BFA/SA Kevin Staniec’s (BFA/Film Prod. ’01) non-profit distribution by Magnolia Pictures and is available ’11) has been cast in Sons arts organization, ISM: A Community Project, is On Demand and will be in theaters on June 1st. of Anarchy in a regular role celebrating 10 years of creativity and accomplish - Kelsey Watts (BFA/TBJ ’07) has moved onward and as “Fawn Trager.” Tune ments with a retrospective book and an exhibition upward from the ABC-affiliate in Bend, Ore., to the in when the fifth season at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. To NBC-affiliate KHQ-TV in the highly-competitive premieres this September. commemorate the occasion ISM developed three and respected news market of Spokane, Wash. Watts, new projects for public participation that will be Heather Schlossnagle a former Nightcap executive producer, will be reporting on display for the anniversary. (MFA/FP ’09) has accepted during the week, and anchoring the stations’ weekend a position as the full-time Natalie Testa (BFA/CP ’11) was the producer’s morning show. production coordinator assistant on Snow White and the Huntsman . Lexi Sakowitz Steve Wellington (BFA/Film Prod. ’98) edited for Chapman University’s Neil Thibedeau’s (BFA/Film Prod. ’00) film AdWeek’s Ad of the Day: Cape Cod Potato Chips. Panther Productions. The Accidental Death of Joey By Sue had its http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/ Peter Silverman (BFA/Film Prod. ’07) is now a TV premiere on the East Coast June 30 th ad-day-cape-cod-potato-chips-140726 Producer/Editor for Digital Media at the National on WNET Thirteen (Reel 13), the NYC Nicole Zwiren (MFA/FP ’10) is currently making Geographic Channel in Washington, DC. and Tri-state areas’ PBS affiliate. a feature-length documentary about whether or not http://theaccidentaldeathofjoeybysue.com/ Rachel Skidmore (MFA/Producing ’10) recently HIV causes AIDS which will be finished in June became the YouTube Talent Manager at Big Frame Carles Torren’s (BFA/Film Prod. ’08) film of 2013. Watch the trailer at www.hivorlive.com in West Hollywood. Apartment 143 [Emergo] was picked up for

FESTIVAL SUCCESSES

Hiyam Abousaid (MFA/FP ’12) Dear Dad : Indie Int’l Movies & Music, Durango, HollyShorts, DOCUMENTARY SUCCESSES Fest USA, Newport Beach. Jecheon Int’l Music & Film (South Korea), Kansas City, Litchfield Hills, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, Among Giants (Chris Cresci BFA/Film Prod. ’12, Jack Brungardt (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) The Trap: Newport Beach, Palm Springs Int’l, Park City Ben Mullinkosson BFA/Film Prod. ’12, Sam Litchfield Hills, Sunscreen. Music, Prescott, Provincetown, Rhode Island Int’l, Price-Waldman BFA/Film Prod. ’12): Best Short Documentary at Kansas City, Best College Short at Chris Bryant (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Domestic : Riverside, Sacramento Film & Music, Sarasota, Cinema Verde, Best Student Documentary at Desert Desert Rocks Film and Music, Hollywood, Kansas Sonoma. Yes Man : Best Student Film at SENE Rocks Film and Music 3 rd place at Fort Lauderdale, City, Litchfield Hills, Sunscreen, Tupelo. Film & Music; Atlanta, Breckenridge, Cleveland, New Fest, Pink Apple (Switzerland), Reeling Best Cinematography at Chagrin Doc, Best Nick Erickson (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) Palm County : Chicago, St. Louis Q Fest, Victoria (Canada). Environmental Documentary at Silicon Valley, Best Best Student Film at ActionFest. Short Documentary at Columbia Gorge; American John Rocco (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Just Say No: Conservation, American Doc, Atlanta, Big Muddy, Alexander Gaeta (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Shoot the A Night of Horror (Australia), Dead Center, Big Sky, Byron Bay (Australia), Chagrin, Desert Rocks, Moon : Best Actress at Breckenridge, U.S. Short Litchfield Hills, Sunscreen. DocMiami, DocNYC, DocUtah, DOXA (Canada), Film and Best of Fest at Kansas City, Best Short Greenville, Hot Springs, Humboldt, I’ve Seen Films Film at Stony Brook, Best Best Student Film at Gursimran Sandhu (MFA/FP ’11) Homecoming : Festival (Italy), New Zealand Mountain (N.Z.), Port Provincetown, Best Student Film at Greenville, Best Short Award at Bahamas, Best Student Film Townsend, River Run, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Grand Prize Best Student Film at Worldfest at Breckenridge, Silver Medal at Lake Arrowhead, Santa Fe Independent, Sausalito, Sebastopol Doc, Houston, Gold Medal at Lake Arrowhead, Audience Award Best Student Film at Sedona, Sedona, SilverDocs, St. Louis, Telluride Mountain, Thin Audience Director’s Choice Award in Angelus Honorable Mention at Fort Lauderdale; Athens, Line, Topanga, White Sands, Wild & Scenic, Woodstock. Awards; Honorable Mention at Fort Lauderdale; Atlanta, Bend, Charleston, Central Florida, Arizona Int’l, Austin, Badalona (Spain), Bermuda, Chicago South Asian, Durango, Greenville, Hold My Hand (James Parker BFA/Film Prod. ’13, Beverly Hills, Central Florida, Charleston, Kansas City, Litchfield Hills, Little Rock, New Virginia Thomasi BFA/TBJ ’11, Ruby Stocking Clermont-Ferrand (France), Cleveland, Hampshire, New Orleans, Newport Beach, BFA/TBJ ’13, Bobby Moser BFA/TBJ ’12): Desert Connecticut, Crested Butte, Cucalorus, Ojai, Prescott, Rainier Independent, Rhode Rocks Film and Music, DocUtah, Thin Line, Topanga. Downtown LA, Durango, Encounters (U.K.), Island Int’l, Riverside. Port Townsend. The Modern Man (David Thompson BFA/Film Indianapolis Int’l, Hamburg Int’l (Germany), Prod. ’13, Malica Cherhzad BFA/TBJ ’11, Haley Krakow (Poland), New Orleans, Newport Beach, Nick Snyder (MFA/FP ’12) Damon : Best Costume Quartarone BFA/TBJ ’13) Desert Rocks Film Next Reel (Singapore), Prescott, Rhode Island Int’l, Design and Best Special FX Makeup at Los Angeles and Music, DocMiami, Newport Beach, Santa Fe Riverside, Rome Int’l, San Luis Obispo, Santa Reel; HollyShorts. Independent, St. Louis, Topanga. Cruz, Sao Paulo Int’l (Brazil). James Sweeney (BFA/Film Prod. ’12) The First : Mountain Man (Alexandra Santoro BA/FS ’12, Brant Hansen (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Hay Un Honorable Mention at Athens; Atlanta, Cleveland, Jonathan Formica BFA/TBJ ’12, Bobby Moser Diablo : 1 st place at Rhode Island Horror, Lake Cork (Ireland), Honolulu Rainbow, Melbourne BFA /TBJ ’12, MJ Lat BF A/TBJ ’11): Honorable Arrowhead, SouthSide. Queer (Australia), Palm Springs Int’l, Santa Cruz. Mention at Fort Lauderdale; American Conservation, Arian Harandi (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Over the Michael Tacca (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Burmese Atlanta, Biografilm (Italy), Cinema Verde, Desert Line: Big Island, Desert Rocks Film and Music, Refugee : Athens, Phoenix, West Chester. Rocks Film and Music, Newport Beach, Silicon Valley, Litchfield Hills, Sunscreen. Zach Wechter (BFA/Film Prod. ’12) Election Day : SoCal Independent, Topanga. Scott Hartmann (MFA/FP ’11) Mascots : Best Student Narrative Film and Best Screenplay A Salton Soul (Greg Balkin BFA/Film Prod. ’12, Excellence in Achievement of Native American at Desert Rocks Film and Music, Honorable Mike Agnew BFA/Film Prod. ’13, Tim Kressin BFA/ Film at Lake Arrowhead, American Indian, Mention in Fort Lauderdale, Honorable Mention Film Prod. ’12): 1 st place at Fort Lauderdale; American Columbia Gorge, Greenville, Red Nation. in Rehoboth Beach Student Awards; 1 Reel/ Doc, Bend, Big Sky, Chagrin Doc, Cucalorus, Desert Bumbershoot, Action on Film, Albany, Be Film Rocks Film and Music, DocUtah, Humboldt, Lake Donte Murry (MFA/FP ’13) The Batting Cage: Underground, Big Island, Carmel, Central Florida, Arrowhead, Newport Beach, Phoenix, San Joaquin, Comic Con, Riverside. Dam Short, Detroit Windsor, Durango, Fresno, Sebastopol, Sedona, Temecula, Thin Line, Topanga. Oren Peleg (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) The Big Bris: Gasparilla, Hill Country, Hoboken, Lake Breckenridge, Audience Los Angeles Comedy, Arrowhead, Litchfield Hills, Macon, Myrtle Beach, Desert Rocks Film and Music, Lake Arrowhead, Newport Beach, NFFTY, Palm Beach, Prescott, Palm Beach, Riverside, San Luis Obispo Jewish. River Bend, Riverside, Sacramento Film & Music, San Antonio, SENE Film & Music, Snake Alley, Grant Reed (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Incest! The Soho NYC, Stony Brook, Tupelo, Vail, White Musical : Best Comedy Short at Arizona Int’l, Sands, Woods Hole. Best Student Film at Rainier Independent, Grand Prize in Rehoboth Beach Student Film Awards, Tyler Zelinksy (BFA/Film Prod. ’10) European Audience Award at Williamstown, Best Student Son : Best Student Film at Tiburon; Honorable Film at Dam Short; Action on Film, Atlanta, Mention at Anchorage Int’l; Litchfield Hills, Bahamas, Big Island, Big Sur, Breckenridge, Memphis Int’l Film &Music, New Hope, A scene from Alexander Gaeta's (BFA/Film Prod. ’11) Audience Central Florida, Charleston, Chicago Newport Beach, Sacramento Int’l, Sarasota. Shoot the Moon.

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