Alum Justin Simien's "Dear White People" acquired by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
After winning the award for Breakthrough Talent award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, writer/director Justin Simien’05, continues to garner rave reviews, along with festival screenings and successes, with his feature film Dear White People. The film was recently acquired by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions and is scheduled to screen at MOMA’S New Directors/New Films
Long Story Short, Chapman Duo Creates YouTube Success
A duo that describes themselves as “not funny at all” and say if they wrote a comedy for YouTube it would die, is, in itself, a funny statement looking at the success of Chapman duo Almog Avidan Antonir (BFA/Film Prod.’13) and Tom Assam-Miller’s (BFA/Screen Acting’14) latest web series Long Story Short. Citing dry humor and
Attn: Alumni - Dodge College is headed to a city near you!
Calling all alumni in Boston, New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles – Dodge College is coming to your city and wants to get together for a mixer! Join your fellow alumni in the area for some food, drinks and merriment. Here are the details: Boston: Thursday, March 27 at 7pm Sólás Boston (710
Digital Arts Students Find Inspiration on Animation Exploration in the Bay Area
On Friday, March 7, twenty Digital Arts students from Dodge College met some of the industry’s most influential artists during a field trip to PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS and Visual effects house Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) , both in the Bay area. Both companies seldom host student tours, so the visits were a
Come learn all facets of the Biz at this Thursday's Casting & Actors Panel
Professor Harry Ufland invites you to join him for a special Casting & Actors Panel, featuring special guests Jane Jenkins, Roger Mussenden, Mary Vernieu, Stephanie Feury and David Ward, on Thursday, March 20 at 4:00 p.m. in Folino Theater. “I believe this will help each and every student who is involved in the filmmaking process
Students behind the mocap short "Trellis" receive a heartfelt letter of gratitude
Dodge College students on the set of the Interterm motion capture film Trellis recently received a letter of gratitude from the family of child actor Logan Garretson. The complete letter is below. Congratulations to these students – you continue to embody professionalism, dedication and decorum both on and off the set. To Chapman University, My
[UPDATED] Presenting the 15th Annual Women in Focus Conference
UPDATE 4/3: We are excited to announce a new panel addition to our impressive slate of studio executives: Erica Huggins, President of Imagine Entertainment! Read more about Ms. Huggins on Deadline . There is still time to register, if you haven’t already done so – conference registration closes Thursday, April 10. Make
Alumni film "The Black Tape" Screens Sunday at the LA Indie Film Fest
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
"Pink Helmet Posse" Scores a Festival Trifecta
Ben Mullinkosson (BFA/Film Prod. ’13) and Kristelle Laroche (BFA/TBJ. ’14) are skating their way to festival success with their short documentary film The Pink Helmet Posse, which debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival next month. Made as part of Dodge College’s Project W: Stories of Women Creating Change documentary program which creates female-empowering films, The
Into the Silent Sea Won Best Student Film at the San Luis Obispo Int'l Film Festival
Into the Silent Sea (written and directed by Andrej Landin BFA/Film Prod. ‘13) won Best Student Film last week at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival in California.
3 Chapman Films Win Sedona Int'l Film Festival Awards
3 Chapman student films won awards at the Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona: Blue (Katelyn Bianchini ‘12, Rena Cheng ‘12, Asia Lancaster ‘12) won Director’s Choice Award for Best Animated Short Film, Grounded (Monica Stefanelli ‘13) won Audience Choice Award for Best Animated Short Film, Into the Silent Sea (Andrej Landin ‘13) won both
Exclusive Screening Event for Chapman Community: "Breathe In" with Screenwriter Ben York Jones ’06
Dodge College invites Chapman students, faculty and staff for an exclusive pre-release screening of Breathe In (dir. Drake Doremus), two weeks before it opens in theaters, on Thursday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. in Folino Theater. Screenwriter and Chapman alumnus Ben York Jones (BFA/FP ’06) will participate in a Q&A following the film. Breathe In