Dating in Hollywood is hard, but some couples have just got it figured out. Doug Wick, an independent producer, and Lucy Fisher, a seasoned studio executive, had specifically avoided working with each other after they got married in 1986. That is, until Columbia Pictures picked up Wick’s 1999 film “Stuart Little,” and vice chairman Fisher
Mikey Madison is dedicated to everything she does — so much so that in her audition for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” she wrote a poem, made a painting and sewed a piece of hair into the painting’s canvas to impress him, “Because why the hell not?”
When director Brenda Chapman was first hired at Disney, she thought it was to fill a quota and solve a lack of female voices in their story department. Decades later, she would discover that John Musker and Ron Clements, the directing duo responsible for “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and “Moana” had specifically requested her after
Nadia Murad is many things. A Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The founder of Nadia’s Initiative. The author of her memoir, “The Last Girl” and one of Time magazine’s 2024 Women of the Year just to name a few). Murad’s incredible accomplishments are plentiful and admirable, though they barely scratch the surface of the strong woman I was privileged
Two days into the COVID-19 pandemic, Celine Song’s play, “Endlings” was brought to a sudden halt. Song’s theater approached her about a potential Zoom performance, but she had seen enough attempts from others to know she would decline. Soon after, the experimental theater director would develop her most ambitious piece yet to adapt to the
America Ferrera has been ready for her Oscar since she was five years old. The actress and activist has been making headlines as a key part of Greta Gerwig’s smash hit “Barbie” — nominated for eight Academy Awards, including a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Ferrera. Her career has spanned over two decades, and it
The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg’s recaps his December Dodge College conversation with the Oscar- and Grammy-winning sibling singer/songwriters. During that chat in the Folino Theater, the duo took questions about their path to music, why they love writing songs for movies and how their latest song, “What Was I Made For?,” came to be.
In his Folino Theater conversation with Dean Stephen Galloway on Nov. 13, three-time Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone brought a wealth of filmmaking wisdom, an honest outlook on his past and a cornucopia of blunt assertions regarding media propaganda, foreign politics and American history.
On Oct. 25, after a screening of his 2015 romantic-comedy “Trainwreck,” comedic filmmaker Judd Apatow had a chat with Professor Jill Condon on the stage of the Folino Theater in what was his second stint as a Dodge College Master Class guest. He previously spoke to the Chapman community via Zoom in 2021.
In director Chloé Zhao’s experience, crafting a film doesn’t always involve elaborately designed productions and nuanced planning. Sometimes, determining a take is as simple as seeing how someone responds to being filmed on an iPhone. Such was the case when she utilized non-professional actors in her Academy Award-winning film “Nomadland,” starring Frances McDormand.
Veteran animator and director John Musker has co-directed, with creative partner Ron Clements, some of Disney’s most acclaimed films from the Disney Renaissance, including “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and “Hercules.” On Oct. 11, Musker, an Oscar nominee for directing “Moana,” presented his latest short film, “I’m Hip,” to an appreciative audience at Dodge College.
On Oct. 9, Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher (“Joker,” “The Hangover”), visited Dodge College for a screening of “Joker” and a post-film Q&A with students, moderated by Dodge lecturer Carolyn Giardina. Projecting scenes from “Joker” on screen from his laptop, Sher talked passionately about how he approaches cinematography and shared highlights of his journey from