Dodge College of Film and Media Arts just held one of their most high-profile masterclasses ever. Students could be seen camping out in front of the school as early as 8 p.m. the night before to hear insight from none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, one of the world’s highest-grossing actors.
There are few masterclass guests who are jumping from their seats with excitement to speak to students. Spike Lee is one of them. His passion was in your face, an extension of the bold, unapologetic voice that has defined his career and made him one of the most influential directors in American cinema.Lee commanded the
Having achieved critical acclaim and celebrity status from their hit Netflix series “Stranger Things,” Matt and Ross Duffer ’07, now legendary alumni of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, returned to their alma mater on Aug. 22 as part of the college’s Master Class series and were interviewed by Michael Kowalski, their former professor.
It was no surprise that on Aug. 20, Dodge College’s Folino Theater erupted in laughter throughout the first Master Class of the year, as four-time Emmy-nominated actress Janelle James worked the room like one of her comedy sets. Known for her role as Ava Coleman on “Abbott Elementary.” James spoke with The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott
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
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.