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Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs named fall filmmaker-in-residence

The president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has been named the fall 2014 O.L. Halsell Filmmaker-in-Residence.

Cheryl Boone Isaacs
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences president and respected veteran motion picture marketing executive Cheryl Boone Isaacs has been named the fall 2014 O.L. Halsell Filmmaker-in-Residence at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

Every semester, Dodge College hosts an expert filmmaker to meet with and counsel 10 selected scholars, as part of its Filmmaker-in-Residence program. The popular program includes regular, bi-weekly meetings with the filmmaker in a one-on-one setting, where the student and mentor creatively develop a specific project throughout the semester. In addition, the filmmaker interacts with the larger Dodge College community at weekly dinners open to students and screenings of the filmmaker’s films followed by an in-class Q&A led by Jim Frederick, associate professor and marketing executive/trailer editor (Sony Screen Gems, Warner Bros. Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment).

“As the industry continues to grapple with changing platforms and new methods of distribution, Cheryl Boone Isaacs is in a unique position to help aspiring young filmmakers understand the world of film marketing,” says Dean Bob Bassett. “It is a privilege and an honor to have her as our Filmmaker-in-Residence.”

Isaacs has been a respected motion picture marketing executive for more than 30 years. For the last nine years, her company, CBI Enterprises Inc., has consulted for companies such as MTV Films, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company and Sony Entertainment.

Past notable Filmmakers-in-Residence have included Academy Award-winning producer Cathy Schulman (Crash, The Illusionist, Salvation Boulevard), Academy Award-nominated producer JoAnne Sellar (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights, Magnolia), Award-winning director Donald Petrie (Miss Congeniality, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Grumpy Old Men, Mystic Pizza), Hollywood producer Cathleen Summers (The Sandlot, Stakeout, Another Stakeout), director and producer Betty Thomas (Dr. Doolittle, Private Parts, Brady Bunch Movie, I Spy), screenwriter and producer Leslie Dixon (Mrs. Doubtfire, Hairspray, Limitless), director and producer Jonathan Sanger (Vanilla Sky, The Elephant Man, The Producers), director Sheldon Epps (Friends, Frasier), producer Michael Phillips (Taxi Driver, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) and director Martha Coolidge (Real Genius, Rambling Rose, Valley Girl).

Mary Platt

Mary Platt is director of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University

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