MFA Student Pays It Forward with “Black” in Business Speaker Series
Jamil O’Quinn ’21 MFA is set to graduate this May but before he does, he is giving back to the SFTV community in a big way. No stranger to making … Read more
Progress continues on SFTV’s Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion
As 2020 comes to a close, construction crews on LMU’s Westchester campus continue to work on the Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, making it ready for its opening in fall 2021. … Read more
Female filmmakers share their hard-won insights in this #WomenMakeFilm conversation with TCM and SFTV
Recently, LMU SFTV partnered with Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in support of the TCM Presents Women Make Film series, an epic journey through cinema featuring some of the most innovative … Read more
SFTV faculty filmmaker Skinner Myers to premiere latest film at Slamdance
Confronted with a series of racially charged incidents, a young black man must overcome rage, alienation, and hopelessness in order to find his own humanity. For award-winning filmmaker and production … Read more
2020 Emerging Talent Lab Projects Announced in Village Roadshow Partnership
Five SFTV alumni-lead projects will receive mentorship and $10k in funding In partnership with Village Roadshow Entertainment Group, LMU’s School of Film and Television (SFTV) is excited to announce the … Read more
SFTV in Conversation: Academy Award-winning Screenwriter Tarell McCraney on November 13
LMU’s School of Film and Television will virtually welcome acclaimed screenwriter Tarell McCraney to its SFTV in Conversation series next Friday, November 13 at 4pm. The LMU community is invited … Read more
LMU School of Film and Television Ranked 8th in the Nation by TheWrap
LMU School of Film and Television (SFTV) was ranked 8th by TheWrap in its annual listing of the top 50 film schools in the country. This ranking comes on the … Read more
The Co-Creator of Netflix’s Ratched Listens to Sinatra Before Pitch Meetings—and Other Things We Learned About Evan Romansky MFA ’16
When aspiring screenwriters write scripts during film school, it’s typically with an eye toward securing an agent or manager who can get them hired to write projects that are already … Read more
Students and Faculty Shine at the 2020 SFTV Awards
It’s awards season, and not just for Hollywood. On Thursday night, students, alumni, faculty, and staff gathered virtually on LMU’s School of Film and Television’s Facebook page to honor the … Read more
Alum Daniel McDonald MFA ’17 Snags Emmy Award, Reflects on Episode that Got the Win
On September 14, 2020, first-time Creative Arts Emmy nominee Daniel McDonald MFA ’17 earned a coveted trophy for Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program for Netflix’s docuseries Cheer, … Read more
SFTV Announces First Presidential Fellow, Award-Winning Hollywood Producer Janet Yang
Yang will teach courses in production, development, and the business of entertainment, and will serve as a student mentor and advisor Peggy Rajski, Oscar-winning filmmaker and dean of LMU’s School … Read more