Screenwriter and Chicago native Michelle Amor Gillie has always loved her hometown‘s rough-and-tumble politics. Last spring, an Instagram post from a fellow Windy City native led the two to co-create … Read more
30 Short Films Celebrate Legacy of Strand Releasing Veteran director Tommy O’Haver, a visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, is one of 30 filmmakers asked … Read more
CBS recently selected four participants for its 2019-2020 Directors Initiative, which pairs seasoned directors with the network’s showrunners and other industry pros for mentorship and professional development. This year’s class … Read more
By day, Film and Television Production alumnus Brandon Valencia (MFA ’17) has a steady job as a content creator for a film company. By nights and weekends, he’s a writer-director … Read more
Third-year LMU SFTV graduate student Jonathan Rowan has had a busy fall. Two of his projects—a music video called “Runnin” and his second-year film BEAUTY MARK—have debuted on Revolt TV … Read more
It was a rare moment in Catholic Church history: the pope resigned his position in February 2013 and a new pope was elected. The last time that had happened was … Read more
Great scripts find their way into the hands of industry professionals with hard work, luck, and The Black List. The fourth and final installment of Loyola Marymount University’s School of … Read more
Shining a light on the changing tides of the entertainment industry, Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television’s four-part series “The New Storytellers with Katie Ford” began with a … Read more
For the second year, LMU School of Film and Television has partnered with Film Independent to host The Portal, a multimedia storytelling event featuring a collection of virtual, augmented, and … Read more
Next fall will see the release of Knee Deep, the latest novel from Karol Hoeffner, assistant professor and chair of SFTV’s screenwriting department. The book follows the previous releases of … Read more
With the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the movie Alien comes the spawning of six short films that play on aspects of the original space thriller. LMU School of … Read more