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C OMMENCEM ENT 1 0 2 Friday, June 15, 2018

C o m m e n c e m e n t P r o g r a m RECEPTION FOR THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION PROCESSIONAL (Coral Tree Walk)

NATIONAL ANTHEMCoral Tree Walk Kelsey Leeann Smith

WELCOME Teri Schwartz COMMENCEMENT Dean, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television CEREMONY (Royce Hall) CLASS OF 2018 STUDENT REMARKS Lauren N. Henning Department of Theater Undergraduate

Vincent Howard Blake Department of Film, Television and Digital Media Undergraduate

COMMENCEMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER Director

PRESENTATION OF 2018 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD IN THEATER Judy Kaye Actress and Singer

PRESENTATION OF 2018 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD “IN FILM,ail toTELEVISION the hills AND of DIGITAL Westwood MEDIA H Writer and Director to the mighty sea below; CONFERRAL OF THE DEGREES

CLASSHail OF 2018 to DEPARTMENTour alma OFmater, THEATER MUSICAL PERFORMANCE she will “Seasonsconquer of Love” every foe. Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson For we’re loyalPerformed to the by Southland, Claudia Baffo, Shelby Lauren Barry, Calvin John Armstrong Brady, Alana Karidad DeBlase, Kathryn Ellen Emery, Molly Jayne Grant, Grant Matthew Hodges, Ty Braden Koeller, Jacob Harris Levy, Spencer Douglasher honor Martin, Nicholas we’ll Thomasuphold, McKenna, Charles Richard Platt, Max Amadeus Risch, Brandon Joseph Root, Kelsey Leeann Smith, Shelby Lillian Talley

We’ll gladly giveA L M A our M AT E Rhearts to thee, Brandon Joseph Root to the Blue and to the Gold.” FINAL REMARKS Teri Schwartz — Jeane Emerson ’29 RECESSIONAL L e t t e r F r o m T h e P r e s i d e n t L e t t e r F r o m T h e C h a n c e ll o r

Janet Napolitano Gene Block University of California President UCLA Chancellor

Dear Graduates: Dear UCLA Graduate:

Congratulations, UCLA Class of 2018! Congratulations! As you enjoy today’s Today we join your family, friends, and the ceremony and the celebrations that follow, I entire University of California community hope you will take a few moments to pause in celebrating you and your wonderful and reflect on all you have done to reach this accomplishment. You have worked hard, point. All of your late nights. All of the support sometimes overcoming great obstacles, in from your family and friends. All of the times pursuit of your UC education. you wrestled with complex problems and discovered unexpected solutions. All of those UCLA alumnus and tennis great Arthur Ashe things brought you here. once gave some simple but elegant advice: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do No one else can ever claim credit for the degree what you can.” you’ll receive today — you earned it. Let it be a symbol of your success and incredible potential. I hope you feel proud, Your time at UCLA has given you the knowledge, skills, and confidence you fulfilled and inspired by the endless possibilities that lie before you. And I need to go out into the world and change it for the better. Nationally and hope that you always associate UCLA with those feelings. globally, we face serious challenges. But as a UCLA graduate, you are well prepared to do your part to respond to these challenges, and help your local As you face challenges throughout your life, I urge you to reflect back on this community, the nation, and the world. As you embark on this journey, you moment and let it be a reminder that with enough focus and determination, are equipped with the tools you need to gather information, think critically, you can overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal. and continually adjust your understanding of the world around you. I am grateful for all of the ways in which you have enriched UCLA. Our I hope you will always take great pride in what you have accomplished at the campus is better because you were here. University of California, and in being a part of the UC family for life. I wish you the best of luck in whatever comes next. Following commencement, some of you will begin pursuing a career; others will continue your education or take time to further fuel your passions. Go forth, Bruins, and make the world a better, brighter place. Fiat lux – let Whatever path you choose, know that you are a Bruin for life, and you are there be light! always welcome at UCLA.

Most sincerely, With very best wishes,

Janet Napolitano Gene D. Block President Chancellor L e t t e r F r o m T h e D e a n C o m m e n c e m e n t K e y n o t e S p e a k e r

Teri Schwartz Carl Franklin Dean, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Director

Dear Class of 2018, After graduating from UC Berkeley, Carl Franklin spent many years working as an both on stage and in Heartiest congratulations to each and every one of you on television before returning to school to study filmmaking at this momentous occasion — the celebration of your academic the . career at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television! Armed with his experience in front of the camera, he You have accomplished remarkable creative and scholarly successfully transitioned behind it with his first feature, One work during your time with us at UCLA TFT. As your dean, False Move, in 1992. The film garnered critical acclaim and I am very proud of all of you. I feel honored and privileged earned him several awards including Best Director at the to have been witness to your outstanding achievements Independent Spirit Awards and Best New Filmmaker at the and great dedication to excellence. On behalf of our UCLA MTV Movie Awards. He also received the New Generation TFT faculty and staff, it is with immense joy that I extend Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. to each of you our very best wishes for having reached this Franklin quickly diversified his resume with the award- milestone day. winning HBO miniseries and his follow-up film, the moody neo-noir Devil in a Blue Dress, starring Denzel . You are the newest members of our amazing UCLA TFT alumni community. We encourage you to stay connected to one another — and to us — as you embark on your exciting Franklin went on to direct One True Thing, starring Renée Zellweger, and professional journey across the entertainment and performing arts landscape. Use your work , who was Academy Award nominated for her role in the film; and the critically and successes to make a difference and to help the next generation of alumni who will one acclaimed Bless Me, Ultima. At the same time, he built a remarkable body of work in day join you in this exciting UCLA TFT network. television including directing episodes of highly lauded shows such as HBO’s , The Newsroom and The Leftovers, and Showtime’s Homeland. As you go out into the world, I know that you will use your singular voices and the power of humanistic story to carry our UCLA TFT ideals forward to not only delight and entertain, He received an NAACP Image Award and an Emmy Award nomination in the category of but to enlighten, engage and inspire change for a better world. For that, and so much more, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his work on ’s breakthrough hit House you have my unfailing gratitude. of Cards and won another Image Award in the same category for his direction of Netflix’s smash hit . Congratulations, once again, Class of 2018! All of us at UCLA TFT are very proud of each and every one of you. Franklin’s numerous other credits include the films and Out of Time; and episodes of Showtime’s and The Affair; HBO’s Rome and Vinyl; Hulu’s Chance; Warmest good wishes, and TNT’s Falling Skies, Good Behavior and the upcoming series One Day She’ll Darken. He also directed the episodes of Starz’ Magic City and ABC’s Ten Days in the Valley.

Franklin is set to direct multiple episodes of Netflix’s Mindhunter in Summer 2018. He has television projects in development with HBO and Netflix as well as numerous passion Teri Schwartz projects he plans to produce through his production banner, Monarch Pictures. Dean UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television D istinguished A l u m n i A w a r d i n T h e a t e r D istinguished A l u m n i A w a r d i n F i l m , T e l e v i s i o n a n d D i g i t a l M e d i a

Judy Kaye Allison Anders Actress and Singer Writer and Director

Two-time Tony Award-winning actress and singer Judy Kaye Allison Anders is an award-winning film and television most recently starred on Broadway and on tour as Madame writer and director. She attended the UCLA College of Fine Morrible in Wicked. She also appeared on Broadway as the Arts, now the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and the Duchess in Nice and in 1984 had her first professional break working for Work If You Can Get It, for which she won Tony, Drama Desk her film mentor Wim Wenders on his movie Paris, Texas. and Outer Critics Circle awards in 2012. She won her first While at UCLA, Anders won the Alan Jacobson Award for Tony in 1988 for her role as Carlotta in the original cast of best first film, the President’s Undergraduate Fellowship, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Other the Clifton Webb Award and the first prize in the Samuel career highlights include roles in the original productions Goldwyn Writing Award, as well as a Nicholl Fellowship of Souvenir (Tony Award nomination, LA Stage Alliance in Screenwriting in the first year the fellowship was given Ovation Award), Mamma Mia! (Tony Award and Drama Desk (1986). nominations), Ragtime (LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award) and On the Twentieth Century (Theatre World Award, Drama After graduation, Anders’ film debut, , was Desk nomination). Kaye has also played Mrs. Lovett in a released, which she co-wrote and co-directed with Kurt number of productions of Sweeney Todd, including the Broadway revival, national tour and Voss and Dean Lent. The influential indie film examined the Los Angeles punk scene in in London opposite the original Sweeney, Len Cariou. She has worked at many regional the 1980s and went on to be nominated by the Independent Feature Project for Best First theaters in productions of Souvenir, Lost in Yonkers, The Man Who Came to Dinner, You Can’t Feature. It is part of The Criterion Collection. Take It With You, Shirley Valentine, Follies, Annie Get Your Gun and Tales of the City. Anders’ other credits include , (My Crazy Life), , Kaye has recorded numerous cast albums, solo recordings and Leonard Bernstein’s Grammy and Sugar Town. In 2001, Don Cheadle was nominated for an Emmy Award-winning Arias and Barcarolles. She has sung at The Santa Fe Opera in La Boheme, The Award as Best Supporting Actor for his work in Anders’ film . The Beggars Opera and Orpheus in the Underworld, with symphony orchestras around the United powerful movie about the long-term effects of rape went on to garner the SHINE Award as States and Europe, and has performed twice at the White House. well as the Peabody Award.

Kaye was a theater major at the UCLA College of Fine Arts, now the UCLA School of Anders is also well known in television for directing episodes of hit shows such as Sex and Theater, Film and Television, where she was a two-time winner of the Award, the City, Gross Pointe, Cold Case, The L Word, Men in Trees, What About Brian?, Southland, a winner of the Frank Sinatra Award, and a finalist in the Hugh O’Brian Awards. The Mentalist, Orange Is the New Black, Gang Related, The Divide, Murder in the First, Proof, AMC’s Turn: Washington’s Spies, and the CW’s much lauded Riverdale.

In 2003, Anders became a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara, where she continues to teach.

Anders and her daughter, musician and music supervisor Tiffany Anders, together co-founded the Don’t Knock the Rock Film and Music Festival in Los Angeles. Throughout her career she has been recognized for her achievements in film and nominated for various awards and prizes. Other major highlights include a New York Film Critics Circle Award and the prestigious MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the “Genius Grant.”

Anders’ film Strutter had its Los Angeles premiere in April 2013. She directed the May 2013 Lifetime TV movie Ring of Fire, about the life of country singer June Carter Cash with singer Jewel in the title role. The film garnered Anders an outstanding directing Emmy Award nomination. CHANCELLOR’S MARSHALS DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Recognized for outstanding academic achievement and Theater identified by the Blue and Gold Fourragère:

DEGREE CANDIDATE

Theater Kimberly Chantal Welch Davis John Anderson Resisting Spatial Dispossession: Contemporary and Historic Performative Irruptions in California and Louisiana Lauren N. Henning

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Film, Television and Digital Media Vincent Howard Blake Akiva Nemetsky MASTER OF FINE ARTS MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Theater Film, Television and Digital Media

DEGREES CONFERRED DEGREE CANDIDATES (continued)

Brett Harlan Calo Anna Paulina Zander Fox Joshua Samuel Forman Natalie Powell Taylor Johnathon Dean Ekaterina Kapustina Peter Fuller Kerry Ann Reid Oscar Emmanuel Fabela Gabrielle Levion Brenna Elizabeth Galvin Christopher Cody Rogers Daniel Christopher Gilman Adriana Rotaru Sara Elizabeth Guernsey William Pollitt Rowe DEGREE CANDIDATES Julia Harter Belinda Schmid Ashley Inez Cleveland Weihsun Lee Stephen Heleker Julia Seales Daniel Corrigan James Maloof Alicia Herder Guido Segal John Bradley Dellaporta Evelina Giulietta Stampa Stephanie Leah James Jay Shipman Irena Jacobs Zachary Charles Titterington Ellie Jepperson Gelareh Soofi Siavash Shichang Jin Jayongela Vannette Wilder Griffith Rhys Jones Jessie Stegner Tatiana Kuilanoff Ying Yan Daniel Lafrentz Danielle Autumn Stratton Elizabeth Anne Lane Mads Larsen Faith Strongheart Christine Natalie Liang Michael Thomas Bijiao Liu Daniel Aaron Tino u Hailey Marshall Ananya Tmangaktsat Julia Meng Michael Tran Film, Television and Digital Media Jake Mizrahi Trina Elaine Tucker Schuyler Michele Pappas Kelly Marie Urban DEGREES CONFERRED Miri Parks Steven Mark Vivell Marcus T. Patterson Andrew Todd Wankier Cecilia Albertini Charles Longhammer Shelley Phillips Laura Renee Whang Eden Alemayehu Justin Richards Kate Bullitt Pierce Paul Simon Yim Michael Bromberg Kateryna Rusalina Cameron Pinches Xinzhong (Golden) Zhao Charlacia Dent Reed Van Dyk Nicolas Pinzon Shirley Zhou Gwendolyn May Infusino Yvonne Yi Jordan Paul Potter Yiran Zhou

DEGREE CANDIDATES

Cooper Abedin John Joseph Cerrito Adebisi Rose Ademulegun Mark William Chambers Noor Alfallah Katrine Cieslar Yaroslav Nikitich Altunin John McGuire Clifton Andrew Wyatt Arnold Robert Dantas Julia Adler Batavia Michael Davis Charles Robert Beall Kathryn Elise Drexler William Bennett Adamma Lisa Ebo Elizabeth Buda Lesley Elizondo Ceren Bulca Robert Shane Ellis George Chris Carlos Skye Courtney Emerson Maria Carolan Geoffroy Andre Pierre Faugérolas MASTER OF ARTS BACHELOR OF ARTS

Film, Television and Digital Media Theater

DEGREE CANDIDATES DEGREES CONFERRED

Camilla Jeanne Dawson Slaveya Minkova Davis John Anderson* Spencer Douglas Martin Shaina Noor Goel Tessa Merrill Matisoo Smith Mark Francis Cockfield Brynna Kelly Mason Jane Lee Nicole-Antonia Spagnola Hannah Elizabeth Connery Nicholas Thomas McKenna Caitlin Siobhan Manocchio Sylvia Spielman-Vaught Alana Karidad DeBlase Matthew McLaughlin Jake David Dvorsky* Kyra Frances Morling Kathryn Ellen Emery Charles Richard Platt Lauren N. Henning† Max Amadeus Risch Youngseo Kristin Hwang Brandon Joseph Root‡ Magdalene Aleta Jorgenson Madison Oriana Shamoun Ty Braden Koeller Sionne Elise Tollefsrud‡ Maral Manesh Camille Lucie Wormser

DEGREE CANDIDATES

Cynthia Ayala Phoebe Anna Longhi Claudia Baffo Ayanna Chika McKnight Phoebe Katherine Balson Hunter Milano Shelby Lauren Barry Rachel Lee Arizapa Millena Keeley Ann Bell Prashast Mishra Calvin John Armstrong Brady Monica Anne Mouet Priscilla Marie Buelna Scottmarie Eilish Nevil Anais Bustos Eduardo Ponce-Quiroz Brian Danilo Carrera Christopher Malcolm Pree Stephanie Cheon Maeve Jane Riley Amy Olivia Clement Marco Antonio Rivera Lopez Sarah Elizabeth Crosthwaite§ Davia Schendel Carter Wesley Dunlap III Katherine Rebecca Schindelheim Ellen Durnal Roxanne Seven Semans Samantha An Emmer-Fink Haley Rosemary Simpson Nura T. Ferdowsi Caroline Aubrey Skubik Jill Galbraith Kelsey Leeann Smith Grant Frederick Gerber Kinsey Kay Sundstrom Molly Jayne Grant Shelby Lillian Talley Laura Henao Khana Erinn Tillman Grant Matthew Hodges David Song Tran Irene Jisu Jeong Morgan Browning Underwood Claudia Ariana Keener Ke Wei Alexis Lampo Brandon Terrell Wilson Jacob Harris Levy Liangxing Zhu

† summa cum laude § Latin Honors Candidate ‡ magna cum laude (Spring or Summer 2018 candidate whose whose current G.P.A. * cum laude qualifies them for Latin Honors. Level of honor is determined by final G.P.A.) BACHELOR OF ARTS ( continued) UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION LEADERSHIP Film, Television and Digital Media Teri Schwartz, Dean Barbara Boyle, J.D., Associate Dean, Entrepreneurship and Special Initiatives Edit E. Villarreal, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Myung Hee Cho, Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion DEGREES CONFERRED Jeff Burke, Associate Dean, Technology and Innovation Rainey Tyler Dalven Susan Marcano, Assistant Dean Frederick E. A. Bush, Assistant Dean, Development & Alumni Affairs Olivia DeLaurentis* Neil Landau, Assistant Dean, Dean’s Special Programs

DEGREE CANDIDATES FACULTY 2017-18

Yousef Assabahi Janae Imani Marable DEPARTMENT OF THEATER Anais Mab Bernard Ileana Carolina Medrano CHAIR ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Vincent Howard Blake§ Pierre Moulene Brian Kite Raquel Barreto Arturo Cadenas Akiva Nemetsky§ PROFESSORS VISITING PROFESSOR André de Limur Linda Jennifer Nhem J.Ed Araiza Jon Jory Rachael Garcia Carolina Norris-Clay Myung Hee Cho VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR § Terrence Jerard Garcia Austin Francis Pink Hanay L. Geiogamah Tim Robbins Andres Muniz Gudino Madison Vail Preston§ Michael Hackett, Ph.D. Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Marinthia Gutierrez Velazco Samuel Rubin Suk-Young Kim, Ph.D. Silvia Baker Keaton Arthur Heinrichs Brian E Sharp Brian Kite Chris Beatty Kaylee Huffman Hudson Southey-Gordon§ Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Ph.D. David Durham Rich Rose Marya Mazor Najwa Kaawach Erik Michael Steinman§ Dominic Taylor CONTINUING LECTURER Kady Tran Le Mira Takamura Edit E. Villarreal Natsuo Tomita Benjamin Lee§ Sabrina Ashleigh Chu Tan DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS LECTURERS § Ivy Yijia Liao Ryan Williams Neil Peter Jampolis Vikas Adam Samantha Mannis José Luis Valenzuela Cheryl Baxter PROFESSOR IN-RESIDENCE Scott Brick Jeff Burke Elizabeth Brohm Hanrahan Ross Chitwood ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Sara Ryung Clement Sean Metzger, Ph.D. Francois-Pierre Couture Thomas O’Connor Drew Dalzell Joseph M. Olivieri Perry Daniel ASSISTANT PROFESSORS John Dexter Michelle Liu Carriger, Ph.D. Michael Donovan Sylvan Oswald Kitty Doris-Bates Marike Splint Mary Jo DuPrey ADJUNCT PROFESSORS Joshua Epstein F. Nicholas Gunn Sharna Fabiano Peggy Hickey Anthony Fanning Lainie Kazan Tony Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Linda Kerns Gina DeDomenico Flanagan Jeremy Mann John Garofalo Jean-Louis Rodrigue Jill Gold David Gorshein, Ph.D. Paul Wagar Yuki Izumihara ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Alexis Jacknow Dan Belzer Christine Kellogg Marilyn Fox Jessica Kubzansky Edward Monaghan Sheryl Lee * cum laude § Latin Honors Candidates Judith Moreland Beth Lopes (Spring or Summer 2018 candidate whose whose current G.P.A. Marek Probosz qualifies them for Latin Honors. Level of honor is determined Kimberly Lyons by final G.P.A.) April Shawhan Melanie Mahoney DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ( continued) FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA ( continued)

LECTURERS LECTURERS (continued) LECTURERS (continued) PROFESSORS EMERITI Timothy T. Albaugh Maya Smulker Sheldon Markham Alan Armstrong Christopher Borey Charles Solomon Lee Martino Patricia Harter Vincent M. Brook Timothy Stack Jeff Maynard Robert H. Hethmon James Calciano James Strain Mark Measures Anna Krajewska-Wieczorek Adrienne Carter John Strauss Roderick Menzies Michael McLain David Chambers Kenneth Suddleson Cricket Myers Joanne T. McMaster Julie Chambers John Sweet* Oksana Nedavniaya Thomas J. Orth Heather Collins Neil Thompson Oguri Mel Shapiro Samantha Corbin-Miller Teodora Totoui Se Hyun Oh Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei Tamera Daugherty Mia Trachinger Mark Rosman William D. Ward Shirley Davis Plummy Tucker Jane Ruhm William T. Wheatley Maria Elena de las Carreras Pat Verducci Robin Schneider Margaret L. Wilbur Andrew Dewaard Glen Vilppu Nathan Schroeder Stephen Farber Andrew Wagner PROFESSOR EMERITA/DISTINGUISHED Angela Scott Joshua Feldman Bernard Weiser RESEARCH PROFESSOR Brynn Shiovitz Melissa Finell Mark Wilding Sue-Ellen Case, Ph.D. Roshni Shukla Alexander Franklin Glenn Williamson Peter Shushtari SWAROVKSI DESIGNERS-IN-RESIDENCE Alan Friel Brandon Wilson Eleanor Skimin Mark Bridges George Gary Amy Winfrey Toni Smith Rick Heinrichs Lindsay Giggey Julia Wong Jonathan Snipes ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATOR Valerie Giuli Bryan Wuest Roxanne Steinberg Jill Goldsmith, J.D. John Yoon Jonathan Wang Daniel A. Ionazzi, Jr. Nicholas Griffin PROFESSORS EMERITI Robert White ACADEMIC COORDINATORS Cecilia Hall Mary Lynn Wissner Jonathan A. Burke Jerzy Antczak Rhonda Hammer Nicholas Browne, Ph.D. Mark Worthington Paul Girard Alex Hedlund Alexandra Wright Marina Goldovskaya Danielle Heitmuller A.P Gonzalez Erin Hill Barbara Marks Kathy Huang Robert Rosen DEPARTMENT OF FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA David Johnson Richard Walter Eliza Chaikin Kenan Peter Wollen Tim Kirkman CHAIR ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS (continued) John Young Nicholas La Terza Kathleen McHugh, Ph.D. Ellen C. Scott, Ph.D. PROFESSOR EMERITUS/DISTINGUISHED Fabian Wagmister Sheryl Lee PROFESSORS Robert J. Levy RESEARCH PROFESSOR Barbara Boyle, J.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Hans-Martin Liebing, Ph.D. Gyula Gazdag John Caldwell, Ph.D. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan David Macmillan PROFESSORS EMERITI/RESEARCH Thomas F. Denove Rory Kelly Don Mancini PROFESSORS George Huang Jasmine Nadua Trice, Ph.D. David Maquiling Janet Bergstrom, Ph.D. Erkki Huhtamo, Ph.D. VISITING PROFESSORS Josh Morgan Stephen Mamber, Ph.D. Liza Johnson Paul Nagle Michael Colleary PROFESSORS EMERITI RECALL Gina Kim Michael Narducci Peter Guber Lew Hunter Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Ph.D. Tom Nunan VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Howard Suber, Ph.D. Purnima Mankekar, Ph.D. Deland Nuse Timothy Good Vivian Sobchack Denise R. Mann, Ph.D. Suny Behar Parker David Hoberman William McDonald Terry Press LECTURERS SOE EMERITI Mali Heled Kinberg Kathleen McHugh, Ph.D. Daniel Pyne Hal Ackerman Margaret Murphy Celia L. Mercer Richard Rayner Mark McCarty Phyllis Nagy Michael Puopolo Bernardo Rondeau KODAK CINEMATOGRAPHER-IN- Chon A. Noriega, Ph.D. CONTINUING LECTURERS Mark Rosman RESIDENCE Nancy Richardson Bill J. Barminski Elisabeth Seldes Michael Goi, A.S.C., I.S.C. Teri Schwartz Jonathan A. Kuntz April Shawhan Chuck Sheetz Neil Landau Robert Skir ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATOR Becky J. Smith Valerie Lettera Karen Smalley Doug Ward ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Eric Marin Bruce Smith Steve Anderson, Ph.D. Linda Voorhees Shelleen Greene, Ph.D. Kris Young Arne Lunde, Ph.D. *In memoriam D e a n ’ s E x e c u t i v e B o a r d P a s t H o n o r e e s

Kevin Beggs Charles King Commencement Speakers Alumni Honorees Jim Berk, Chair David A. Leveton, Esq. 1990 June Wayne 2000 Army Archerd Joseph A. Calabrese, Esq. Richard B. Lippin 1991 Bella Lewitzky 2001 Louis J. Horvitz Sanford R. Climan Kishore Lulla 1992 Jack Valenti 2003 Moctesuma Esparza Laurie Coots Frank Marshall 1993 James Earl Jones 2004 Gregory Nava Mich Mathews-Spradlin 1994 Peter Guber 2005 Geoffrey Gilmore Donald De Line Cecilia deMille Presley 1995 Quincy Jones 2007 Donna Deitch Scott Sanders 1996 Debbie Allen 2008 Fred Roos Scott M. Delman 1997 Warren Littlefield 2009 Ellen Geer Emilio Diez Barroso Brad Silberling 1998 John Frankenheimer 2010 Felicia D. Henderson Channing Dungey Harry Evans Sloan, Esq. 1999 Annette Bening 2010 John Rando Moctesuma Esparza Darren Star 2000 Joe Roth 2011 Charles Burnett Eric Esrailian, M.D. Nadja Swarovski 2001 Eva Marie Saint 2011 Mariska Hargitay Dan Fellman Bruce Vaughn 2002 2012 Shirley Jo Finney Robert Friedman Gore Verbinski 2003 Terry Semel 2012 Penelope Spheeris Peter Guber Paula Wagner 2004 Sherry Lansing 2013 Dustin Lance Black Goldie Hawn Elizabeth Reiko Kubota Whitney 2005 Fay Kanin 2013 Kristin Hanggi Ken Hertz, Esq. Deborah Widener 2006 George C. Wolfe 2014 Darren Star Richard Hess Rita Wilson 2007 Larry Gelbart 2014 Wendy C. Goldberg Reginald Hudlin Richard Wolpert 2008 Colin Callender 2015 Donna Deitch Andrew Kaplan Michael Wright 2009 2015 Sarabeth Grossman Philip I. Kent Jonathan Zakin 2010 Peter Guber 2016 Gina Prince-Bythewood 2011 U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer 2016 Robert L. Friedman 2012 Ron Meyer 2017 Justin Lin 2013 Cathy Schulman 2017 Michael Stuhlbarg 2014 Jane Fonda 2015 Kevin Beggs Chancellor’s Medal 2016 Channing Dungey 1993 James Earl Jones 2017 Ava DuVernay 1994 Francis Ford Coppola 1995 Quincy Jones Commencement Dedication 1996 Neil Simon 2012 1998 Edie Wasserman 2015 Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. 2002 Kirk Douglas 2005 Sir UCLA Medal 2006 Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. 2009 Haskell Wexler, A.S.C. 2017 Peter Guber Distinguished Service Award 2017 Nadja Swarovski A ck n o w l e d g m e n t s

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY RECEPTION FOR Producer THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION Daniel A. Ionazzi, Jr. (Coral Tree Walk)

Production Management Coral Tree Walk Drina Durazo, Daniel Gutierrez, Christina Vacchiano, Aaron Wong

Announcer Jeff Wachtel COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY (Royce Hall) Audio Supervisor Jonathan Burke

UCLA Gluck Brass Quintet

Commencement Coordinators Ashley Ahwah, Dean Dacumos, Sandy Hall, Daniel A. Ionazzi, Jr., Crystal Santana

Special Thanks Academic Personnel Business Office Dean’s Office Department of Film, Television and Digital Media Department of Theater Information Technology Marketing and Communications Office of Development & Alumni Affairs Office of Special Events and Protocol “Hail to the hills of Westwood Royce Hall Events Student Services to the mighty sea below; Hail to our alma mater, she will conquer every foe. For we’re loyal to the Southland, her honor we’ll uphold, We’ll gladly give our hearts to thee, to the Blue and to the Gold.”

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