Since graduating from Dodge College’s Film Production program in 2007, Melissa McCoy has gone on to work on TV shows like CSI, Grace and Frankie, Life Sentence, and most recently, as an Editor on Ted Lasso. Editors are responsible for putting together the final image that viewers see on screen. However, comedy show Editors, like
It’s not everyday you get to say your company created a competition show staring Martha Stewart on Discovery+. Xpedition, a production company ran by three Chapman Alumni (Hunter Johnson, Derek Helwig, and Yael Egnal) created Table Wars: a show where designers compete against each other to create the best show-stopping party environments through the artform
Between 2017 and 2020, Skye Braband (’18), Sarah De Leon (’18), and Marty Lang (’16), along with 24 other Dodge alumni, had the opportunity to collaborate on the feature film Chompy and The Girls, a horror/comedy that draws attention to deeper issues surrounding mental health. The film is centered around a young woman who meets
Katie Mathewson graduated from Chapman University in 2011 with a BA in Screenwriting. Since graduating, she has gone on to work for Comedy Central as a writer’s assistant on @midnight and worked on the writing staff of Pitch on FOX. Most recently, she wrote an episode of Marvel Studios show Hawkeye for Disney+ with her
Internship Overview We’re looking for promising students to work with a professional team of filmmakers (many that are Chapman Undergrad and Grad school alums) on an independent feature thriller, Mister Whisper. A stipend or hourly pay may be available depending on your experience and/or your software application knowledge. Hours and project work must be tracked
Share your career path with us, how did you decide to transition from your academic focus in cinematography to working as an actress post-graduation? Heading into college, I knew I enjoyed playing around with my mini HD video camera as well as acting (I had done a few short films before and during high
On the morning of August 13th, Afghan-American actress, filmmaker, and Dodge College Alumni Fereshta Kazemi was in her production office in Kabul working on the trailer for her upcoming film. Only 72 hours later, she was narrowly escaping the country as city after city fell to the Taliban. Fereshta recently shared her story about her
“When we first started writing this script, we were excited to tell a story inspired by historic events. What we didn’t realize as we were working on this script, was how eerily similar it would end up being to current events.” Unwavering, inspired by real events, tells the fictional story of Carolyn Kim, a Korean-American
What was the process like to land your first industry job? I chose to take an alternate path of applying to smaller companies, building out the best version of my resume, and taking any opportunity (including some that were unpaid) on set in Los Angeles. I met with as many people as I could, I
What was the process like to land your first industry job? I’m an Assistant to a Motion Picture Literary Agent at CAA, so I work with her clients who are directors, writers, and producers. After applying online, it involved a few interviews and providing references that had a connection to the company. The whole process
Since graduating from Chapman last year with an MFA in documentary film, Rishabh Thakker is already making a name for himself with his thesis documentary film Birds Without Wings, which was selected as a finalist for the Student Academy Awards in 2020. The film was shot in India and follows the story of two adults
Julia Prescott is a hilarious screenwriter and comedian, who since graduating from Chapman in 2013 has written for major studios, toured as a stand-up comedian, created the hit series Townies, and more. She recently returned to Chapman and joined the faculty this fall as a part-time lecturer teaching the course Writing for Animation. We were