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UCLA sweeps 2008 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards For the first time in its 53 year history the annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards, which recognize excellence in dramatic writing, have been swept by students from a single program. The Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards were founded by Samuel Goldwyn Sr. in 1955 to encourage young writers. The awards competition is open to all University of California students. This year's winners were selected from a field of more than 120 feature-length script submissions from eight UC campuses. But when the winner and finalists were announced Monday by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., president of the Samuel Goldwyn Foundation, during a ceremony at UCLA, which turned out to be the School all of them attended. Read More...
A message from TFT Dean, Robert Rosen"UCLA Arts Camp 2009 is once again offering the finest training for the next generation of talented young artists. This is the only School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) summer youth program that is taught by our own faculty and professionals from the entertainment community. The uniqueness of our workshops lies in the structure in which the participant is fully immersed in their experience. We consistently strive to find ways to enhance our offerings; our two week Theater and three week Musical Theater Conservatory and College Audition Workshops are demonstrated proof. And we continue to offer college credit for all participants, which adds another dimension to professional education in the arts. The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) has an international reputation for offering the finest in professional training to its students; and the UCLA Arts Camp/Workshops, in association with US Performing Arts, maintains that tradition. All offerings are taught by members of the UCLA faculty who are also working professionals in their respective fields. The quality of our summer workshop program is enhanced by the exceptional relationship that TFT has developed with the international and local entertainment industries. The success of the summer camps matters a great deal to TFT for many reasons: It enables the School to reach out beyond the boundaries of the University to the broader community; it is consistent with our mission of educating the next generation of artists in the performing and media arts; and for the administrators and faculty of the workshops, it is a gratifying experience to have such an exchange with so many dynamic young people.
We invite you to join the UCLA family by participating this summer in one or more of our exciting programs."
UCLA NewsFestival of New Creative Work 2009: Winners on Video
Festival highlights each year include the evening events that focus on the work of students in each of the School's signature programs. At Animation Prom, Directors Spotlight, Producers Marketplace and Screenwriters Showcase, distinguished professionals are honored guests and the best work of our graduate and undergrauate students is celebrated. Here we offer brief video interviews with 8 of this year's best. Consult our complete Festival Guide, in downloadable .pdf format, for information on all the work that helped to make Festival 2009 so memorable. And don't miss our overview of the accomplished alumni who were honored during Festival. Nathan Chitayat, Director Joaquin Baldwin, Animator Doc Pedrolie, Screenwriter Ed Goodman, Screenwriter Barbara Curry, Screenwriter Mischa Pfister, Producer Sarah DiLeo, Producer Allison Myrick, Producer -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/accolade/633-festival-videos-2009/ Posted on 1 July 2009 | 12:00 am Matthew J. Reichl - 1975-2009
Reichl graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with bachelors degrees in both psychology and film. At Michigan, he was awarded the Hopwood Senior Drama writing award and produced a short film which won the University of Michigan Film Festival. After earning his MFA, Reichl spent a decade in Los Angeles writing and developing screenplays for feature films. In recent years he was employed by the Princeton Review, where he taught and tutored for the Scholastic Aptitude Test. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American Brain Tumor Association, 2720 River Road, Des Plaines, IL 60018. -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/obituary/634-matthew-reichl/ Posted on 1 July 2009 | 12:00 am "Hung" up at HBO
HBO has reason to be pleased with the premiere of "Hung" (1.4/4 in 18-49, 2.83m), which became the net's most-watched series preem in two years.The show has been getting excellent reviews, and the note struck in this "SF Gate" capsule is typical:
-- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/press/635-payne-hung-premiere/ Posted on 1 July 2009 | 12:00 am Professor Hoberman produces Wahlberg, Bale, Adams vehicle
"The Hollywood Reporter" names Christian Bale and Amy Adams as likely co-stars. The movie revolves around Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) and trainer-brother Dick Eklund (Bale), chronicling their early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Mass., through Eklund's battle with drugs and Ward's eventual world championship in London. Adams will play Charlene, a tough, gritty bartender and former college high-jumper from Massachusetts who ends up dating Mickey. -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/press/631-david-hoberman_the-fighter/ Posted on 30 June 2009 | 12:00 am Alumni honored at Festival 2009
At the Animation Prom event on June 6, the director who shaped the look and tone of the culture-shifting television series "The Simpsons" in its early days, David Silverman '79, MFA '83, was honored with the first-ever Oustanding Contribution to Animation award. Celia Mercer, area head of the UCLA Animation Workshop, acknowledged that Silverman's efforts "have helped to shape the art of animation as we know it today." As a UCLA animation student Silverman made only two films before going to work professionally as a freelance illustrator and animator. His work in 1985 creating animated sequences for the live-action film "One Crazy Summer" led to a job in 1987 animating the short interludes for the "The Tracy Ullman Show" that were spun off as the stand-alone "Simpsons" series. Silverman went on to direct 22 "Simpsons" episodes, winning four Emmys. He later co-directed the feature films "The Road to El Dorado" and "Monsters, Inc," and directed the "The Simpsons Movie." During Directors Spotlight on June 11, writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood '91, whose work includes the acclaimed "Love and Basketball" and "The Secret Life of Bees," was named Filmmaker of the Year. A gifted moviemaker in terms of image and performance, Prince-Bythewood has also been a pioneer in helping to demolish stereotypes with her work as a writer and director in television. She had worked as a writer after graduation from UCLA on programs such as "A Different World," "South Central" and "Sweet Justice," before making her directorial debut with the CBS Schoolbreak Special "What About Your Friends," which won an NAACP Image Award. She has also directed episodes of the hit comedies "Everybody Hates Chris" and "Girlfriends." Dustin Lance Black '96, who received the Distinguished Achievement in Screenwriting award at the Screenwriters Showcase event on June 10, spent two years of his life researching his Oscar-winning script for "Milk" and writing it "on spec," without a contract or payment in advance. It surely helped that Black's earliest professional experiences after graduation had included writing and directing documentaries. The income from his day job as a staff writer on the HBO series "Big Love" also came in handy. But it was Black's determination to tell the story of martyred gay activist politician Harvey Milk, --whose example, he said, had literally saved his life-- that drove him to complete his meticulously detailed screenplay. Black's producers on "Milk," Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, who are not UCLA alums, were also honored during Festival, with the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television and Producers Guild of America Vision Award, conferred upon them during the Producers Markeplace event on June 8. The Vision Award is given "to producers whose careers are distinguished by the highest standards and whose body of work exemplifies quality, persistence and integrity" - making it a perfect prize for TFT and the Festival of New Creative Work. PHOTOS: Dustin Lance Black, Gina Prince-Bythewood, David Silverman -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/accolade/628-festival-honorees-2009/ Posted on 24 June 2009 | 12:00 am Teri Schwartz appointed dean
Schwartz will occupy the position being vacated by professor and film preservation pioneer Robert Rosen, the founding director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive who has served as dean of the School for the past 11 years. Rosen will continue his teaching and preservation activities. "This is an extraordinary opportunity at a unique time in our history," said Schwartz, "I'm thrilled and honored to become the dean of a premiere school. I look forward to leading the effort and, with our community, creating a distinctive vision and long-range plan that will guide us into a very exciting and dynamic future together." "I want to thank members of the search/advisory committee for assembling an outstanding pool of candidates for this position and for their role in recruiting Teri," said Scott L.Waugh, UCLA's executive vice chancellor and provost. "I am confident that the School of Theater, Film and Television will thrive under her capable leadership." "I also want to thank Dean Robert Rosen for 11 years of distinguished service as dean and for his numerous contributions to UCLA," continued Waugh. A Los Angeles native, UCLA alumna and successful film producer, Teri Schwartz has served as professor and inaugural dean of the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles since 2003. There, she has engaged the school community in creating a singular vision and long-range strategic plan for master visual storytelling grounded in humanism, innovation and diversity. In particular, groundbreaking strategic initiatives she created for diversity, humanistic storytelling, global industry connectivity and new equipment and technology were successful in drawing funding from -- and forging new partnerships with -- LMU leadership, private donors and industry. Schwartz began her film career in the early 1970s, developing and producing successful feature films for many top actors, directors and writers. A few of her many film credits include the Golden Globe Best Picture nominee "Sister Act," "Beaches," "Nuts," "Life With Mikey," "Joe Versus the Volcano," "When Billie Beat Bobby" and "Hope." Her projects have garnered nominations in a variety of categories for Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, MTV and CLIO awards. For many years prior to her appointment at LMU, Schwartz served as president and producer of her own film and television production company, Teri Schwartz Productions. In addition, from 1995 to 2000, she served as president, producer and partner of Cherry Alley Productions, creating and producing a variety of successful entertainment projects for film and in partnership with Academy Award winner Goldie Hawn. Schwartz is a member of the Directors Guild of America; the Producers Guild of America; the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors; chair, Education Committee for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; the Advisory Council for the Caucus for Television Producers and Writers; the International Academy for Television Arts and Sciences; the Hawn Foundation Board of Directors; and the Savannah Film Festival Board of Advisors, and is special advisor to TED/Pangea Day. She has served on the juries for the Palm Springs International Shorts Film Festival, the Monte Carlo International Television Festival and the Babelgum International Online Film Festival. She earned a BA degree in English literature at UCLA, graduating Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude in 1971. She received her MA degree in film at the University of London in 1973. -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/announcement/629-teri-schwartz-appointment/ Posted on 24 June 2009 | 12:00 am Current Attractions for July 2009
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-- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/announcement/627-current-attractions_july-09/ Posted on 23 June 2009 | 12:00 am Screenwriter Kalogridis one of 10 to Watch says "Los Angeles Times"
When the option for Dennis Lehane's gothic thriller "Shutter Island" expired at Columbia, producers Mike Medavoy and Brad Fischer of Phoenix Pictures picked it up for Kalogridis, with the explicit proviso that she work for almost nothing.PHOTO: Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times © -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/press/626-laeta-kalogridis_ten-2009/ Posted on 22 June 2009 | 12:00 am Robert Rosen Tribute
"For me personally, (Bob will) always be my most significant teacher, my mentor and a man who literally taught me how to think."--Geoffrey GilmoreView a slideshow of photographs by Juan Tallo from the May 29 tribute to Robert Rosen at the Bridges Theater A capacity crowd of faculty members, distinguished alumni and other well-wishers gathered at the Bridges Theater in May to salute the School's outgoing dean, Robert Rosen. The founding director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive, who spent 11 years serving as dean, Rosen is stepping down, effective July 1, to concentrate on teaching film preservation, activities that have been the cornerstones of his career. The tribute, produced by professor Myrl Schreibman, kicked off with a short film clip created by UCLA animation professor Chuck Sheetz, director of many "Simpsons" episodes, in which Rosen was recreated as a "Simpsons" character on the family couch in the show's famous opening sequence. Rosen was seen pontificating about film as Bart and Homer roll their eyes. The audience went wild for it. From the podium producer Peter Guber ("Batman"), who has been teaching at UCLA for more than 35 years, announced the establishment of the Robert Rosen Fund at UCLA, which will further the preservation, programming and educational mission of the Film & Television Archive. Other industry attendees included several Executive Board members, including producer Paula Wagner ("Mission Impossible"), and directors Gore Verbinski '87 ("Pirates of the Caribbean") and Curtis Hanson ("LA Confidential") and Dean's Alumni Council member, director Todd Holland '83 ("Malcolm in the Middle"). Also on hand were director John and professor Deborah Nadoolman Landis MFA '75 (founding director, David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design), critic Leonard and Alice Maltin, screenwriter Mike Werb MFA '02 ("Face Off"), director Patricia Cardoso MFA '94 ("Real Women Have Curves") and "Hollywood Reporter" film critic Kirk Honeycutt '71 and his wife Mira. "Soul Food" creator and television writer/producer Felicia D. Henderson '84, MFA '04, who is pursuing a PhD at UCLA in Cinema and Media Studies, addressed Dean Rosen from the stage: "I hope you will allow me to be your life-long student." An item about the tribute on the "Variety" blog "Thompson on Hollywood" reprinted the text of a moving accolade to Rosen delivered by protogee Geoffrey Gilmore MA '79, ex-Sundance director and current Tribeca CEO:" Bob Rosen is tonight being celebrated as a leader, an innovator, an archivist, an educator, perhaps even [as] someone whose career demarcates an end of truly selfless pioneers in the arenas of film preservation and education. But for me personally, he'll always be my most significant teacher, my mentor and a man who literally taught me how to think.To read the complete text of Gilmore's address, follow the "Variety" link at right. IMAGE: This cartoon of Robert Rosen, drawn 22 years ago by animation alumnus turned live-action director Michael Nankin '77 ("Battlestar Galactica"), became the affectionate emblem of the Rosen tribute.
Posted on 20 June 2009 | 12:00 am Payne is guest director at Telluride 2009
Festival co-directors Tom Luddy, Julie Huntsinger and Gary Meyer have invited Payne to select a series of films to show at the prestigious Colorado-based festival. The festival chooses a guest director each year, with past participants including Salman Rushdie, Peter Sellars, Don DeLillo and Slavoj Zizek. Anna Chi: From the Red Guards to a film career
"If you asked me today, I don't know that I'd say I hate or love [the Communist Party]," Chi told the "Los Angeles Times" recently, "because all my experience is from that very manipulated and, in a sense, innocent kind of child's point of view." After working as an assistant to such filmmakers as Oliver Stone ("Nixon"), Jon Avnet ("Red Corner") and Chen Kaige ("Killing Me Softly"), Chi directed and co-wrote the 1998 independent thriller "Blindness" and in 2007 directed the Mandarin-language scenes in Wayne Wang's "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers." Most recently Chi devised the story for and directed the indie family drama "Dim Sum Funeral." The U.S.-Canadian co-production -- whose large ensemble cast includes Russell Wong, Bai Ling, Steph Song, Julia Nickson, Françoise Yip, Kelly Hu and Talia Shire -- was inspired by an idea Chi hatched several years ago after lunching with a friend from Hong Kong who had come to L.A. for her father's funeral. "She started talking about her father and about the things she wished he'd said to her -- and her to him," remembered Chi. "I thought, 'Wouldn't it be nice, before we died, if we could actually hear what other people had to say about us, especially the ones we love? We would die with less regret.' " -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/press/624-dim-sum-funeral/ Posted on 19 June 2009 | 12:00 am Gabbert has "No Impact" at Oscilloscope
Watch our video interview with Laura Gabbert at Sundance 2009"Daily Variety" reports the sale of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival hit "No Impact Man" to Oscilloscope Laboratories, which will release the film theatrically on September 4. The feature documentary, directed by alumna Laura Gabbert MFA '97 and Justin Schein, produced by fellow Bruin Eden Wurmfeld '03 and edited by Bill Haugse '67, charts one man's attempt to eliminate any trace of environmental impact from the lifestyle of his downtown Manhattan family. "It's the first time I've seen an environmentally concerned film with a strong comedic element," said Oscilloscope chief Adam Yauch. "I still think about it every time I go to the supermarket." Set for Sept. 4, the pic's theatrical release will accompany the national launch of chief subject and author Colin Beavan's not-for-profit No Impact Project, whose objective is to "encourage citizen engagement in finding solutions to our culture's environmental and lifestyle crises." Yannoukos wins Student Oscar gold for "Alice's Attic"
Yannouko's CG animated short film about a character who is forced to submit to change through suffering and pain was screened at Animation Prom during the 2008 Festival of New Creative Work. "Sebastian's Voodoo", by Joaquin Baldwin, was awarded a Silver Medal in the Animation category at the same event. Baldwin's story of "a voodoo doll who must find in his own nature the way to save a friend from being pinned to death" was a Director's Spotlight winner at Festival 2009. A record 559 entries, from students representing 103. colleges and universities, were in competition for the 2009 Student Academy Awards. In addition, a record 57 entries from 39 countries submitted in the Honorary Foreign Film award category. While the U.S. winners knew they would each receive an award, the level of that award - Gold, Silver or Bronze - was not revealed until the ceremony. Gold Medal recipients received cash grants of $5,000, Silver Medal recipients were awarded $3,000 and Bronze Medal recipients were awarded $2,000. The Honorary Foreign Film winner received a $1,000 cash grant. The U.S. students first competed in one of three regional competitions. Each of those regions was permitted to send as many as three finalist films in each of the four award categories. Academy members then screened the films and voted to select the winners. -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/accolade/621-yannoukos_student-oscar/ Posted on 15 June 2009 | 12:00 am Schmidt, Sagalowsy are BAFTA/LA finalists
Two films that were Director's Spotlight winners in 2008 at the Festival of New Creative Work, Bradford Schmidt's "Welgunzer" and Julie Sagalowsky's "Lucy: A Period Piece," have been named finalists in the 2009 BAFTA/LA Student Film Awards competition. The seven finalists for the award will be screened for and voted on by BAFTA/LA members at an event on Wednesday, June 17 at the American Film Institute's Mark Goodson Theater. Finalists were selected from among 28 submissions from 10 Southern California Film Schools. "Welgunzer" is a time travel story about a man who journies into the future in order to murder himself. "Lucy: A Period Piece" is a comedy about a tiny, shapeless 16-year-old desperate to finally enter puberty. Sagalosky also won a 2009 "Student Emmy" for "Lucy" in the "Best Comedy" Category. PHOTOS: Top: Julie Sagalowsky's "Lucy: A Period Piece." Bottom: Bradford Schmidt's "Welgunzer." -- http://www.tft.ucla.edu/news/announcement/620-2009-bafta-student-film-awards/ Posted on 12 June 2009 | 12:00 am Steven Bochco's tips for aspiring writers
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