Hello Chapman Community! Chapman Alumni director/screenwriter Ramone Menon’10 and cinematographer David Libertella’s’10 feature film The Black Tape will be screening in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Indie Film Festival on Sunday, March 16 2014 at 8:00 p.m. A Home Made Murder Film SYNOPSIS An intruder breaks into the home of
Get to know our school a bit better, by meeting our hard-working alumni in the industry. Here, BFA graduate in Film Production John Duber catches us up with what his life has been like since graduating from Dodge College in 2000. He’s crossed to the east coast, and is now working in New
Derek Helwig, B.F.A. Film Production ‘05 Current Occupation: Producer on The Amazing Race What was your most memorable moment while at Dodge College? The general experience of being a film student is unique. I remember shooting my roommate Mark Marquez’ production film in our apartment. On one weekend our entire living room was filled with
Chapman University film students dominated Sundance this year, raking in awards, critical acclaim, and enough learning experiences to last a lifetime. Split across two sessions, to accommodate more students overall and tailor the experience for their discipline, our travelling Interterm class “Structure/Function Film Festival Sundance” brought two dozen students to the internationally renowned festival.
We have some thrilling news from Lifetime Television Networks, courtesy of alumna Mariana Flynn (’02, Creative Producing): MARIANA FLYNN NAMED VICE PRESIDENT OF NON-FICTION PROGRAMMING OF LIFETIME LOS ANGELES, CA (November 19, 2013) – Mariana Flynn has been named Vice President of Non-Fiction Programming of Lifetime, it was announced today by Eli Lehrer, Senior Vice
Every January, the small mountain town of Park City in Utah, becomes a media circus filled with film industry, sponsors, film buffs, and the lucky filmmakers whose works have been selected for either the prestigious Sundance Film Festival or its famous spin-off the Slamdance Film Festival. This year, our Dodge College alumni have multiple projects
Continuing the successes we’ve written about in the past, alumnus Justin Simien has received a broader kind of acclaim for his recent film, Dear White People. Simien has been recognized at festivals across the country, for his unique brand of scathing wit, a trend that surely suggests even bigger things are on the horizon. Most
A round of applause is in order for the team of Dodge College alumni working on “Hollywood Heroes,” a new short film recently entered into the brand-new “Shot on RED” Film Festival. Director Burke Doeren recently reached out to us, to share the exciting news that his film has been selected as one of the
Get to know our school a bit better, by meeting our hard-working alumni in the industry. Here, BFA graduate Kristen Schreck catches us up with what her life has been like since Dodge. Chapman faculty expect more from you, and therefore, you expect more from yourself. We’re one Chapman Family with many #ChapmanStories. Share yours:
Students and recent grads gathered recently in the Pacific Design Center, for our annual College to Career Night. The event involves structured networking, where current students get face-to-face time with working graduates in their field or emphasis. After the opportunity to speak with these short-term mentors, everyone is welcome to enjoy the rest of the
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society awarded their Fierberg student film awards at the Rehoboth Beach Film Festival last week and – once again – Chapman swept the awards! Out of all the undergraduate film submissions from around the country, the Grand Prize and Runner Up prize both went to Dodge College students. Andrej
Alums Ben York Jones (’06) and Michael Mohan (’02) have successfully landed a new project – “Heartbeats” – at Starz, making waves across Variety , Deadline , ComingSoon.net , The Hollywood Reporter , and other major industry news outlets recently. “Heartbeats” is an intimate glimpse into the constantly intersecting and diverging lives of Bobby and