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Veteran Disney animator presents his latest short film
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.
Four-Peat!
We’ve done it again! For the fourth year in a row, The Wrap has named Dodge College of Film and Media Arts #4 in their annual “Top 50 Film Schools” issue.
Cinematographer Lawrence Sher Visits Dodge
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
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Fall Master Class series kicks off with producer Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy Thomas has achieved historic feats across the landscape of cinema over the last five decades. He’s contributed to cult classics such as “Sexy Beast” and “Crash” and is an Oscar winner for “The Last Emperor.” On Sept. 25, Thomas discussed his career during Dodge College’s first Master Class of the fall semester.
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'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' gets audio reboot treatment
Lecturer Kc Wayland discusses his new Audible project, “Slayers: A Buffyverse Story,” with The Panther. The TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” which ran for seven seasons (1997-2003) has been a staple of ‘Spooky Season’ since its debut and followed Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a teenage girl by day and monster hunter by night.
Meet the Masters!
LAWRENCE SHER Oct. 9 | 7 p.m. | DMAC Screening Room A-list cinematographer Sher (Joker, The Hangover) is the force behind ShotDeck. The Oscar nominee is now working on Joker: Folie à Deux. NATASHA LYONNE Oct. 10-11 | Distinguished Visiting Artist The star of such acclaimed shows as Orange Is the New Black, Russian Doll and Poker Face will spend two
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Advertising team takes third place in national competition
On their trip to St. Louis for the final round of the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC), 12 members of Chapman’s Circle Advertising stood under The Gateway Arch, listening to locals talk about when they spotted a shark in the Mississippi River. While no great whites were spotted by the team, they accomplished something rarer
Dodge College Excellence Shines Bright
For the third year in a row, The Hollywood Reporter has named Dodge College of Film and Media Arts #4 in their annual Best Film Schools in the U.S. issue. We’re so proud!
Entertainment and news experts join Dodge
Casting director Russell Boast, producer Annabelle K. Frost, producer Nana Greenwald, writer-director Tamar Halpern, animator David Kuhn and broadcast journalist May Lee have been hired as full-time faculty at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, the No. 4-ranked film school in the nation. These highly regarded professionals — who have worked on some of
The Funniest Women in Hollywood
If you are a frequent attendee of the Dodge College Master Classes, you know that within the last two years, we have only had 1-3 special celebrity guests on stage at a time. Women in Comedy surpassed that by bringing 6 of the best female comedians working today up on stage to share their experiences
Happy Accidents with Barry Jenkins and Lulu Wang
Happy accidents. This is something Barry Jenkins and Lulu Wang are all too familiar with. (If you haven’t seen Moonlight or The Farewell yet, what are you doing? If you are ok with a few spoilers, keep on reading!) If you are a film fact nerd, you may already know about this scene in Moonlight.
Charles Burnett and the L.A. Rebellion
Between the 1960s and 1980s, against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement and continuing through the period of Blaxploitation films, an inaugural group of African-American students were welcomed to the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television as part of an Ethno-Communications initiative designed to be responsive to communities of color. These artists, now