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
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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
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
SFTV Faculty Rise to the Challenges of the Zoom Era
As happened at every film school across the country in spring 2020, when Covid-19 forced widespread shutdowns of campuses, SFTV shifted to teaching all its classes remotely partway through the … Read more
Animation Student Nicole Grimes ’21 Illustrates Her Mother’s New Health Guide for College Students
By the time Nicole Grimes ’21 was headed off to college, her mother, Dr. Jill Grimes, had already made several versions of “medical cheat sheets” on index cards and laminated … Read more
Faculty Spotlight | Skinner Myers on Telling Stories of ”The Underdog and the Forgotten”
It was a lack of good acting roles that inspired film and TV production professor Skinner Myers to begin writing films with characters he wanted to play. Another influence: Seeing … Read more
Alum Who’s Earning a Coveted DGA Card Shares Insights on How He Got There
Daniel McDonald MFA ’17 pulls no punches when asked how he rose from an entry-level job on a docuseries to directing and producing episodes and qualifying to join the Directors … Read more
Screenwriting Student’s Short Film, STAY AT HOME Movie, Premieres on NoBudge
For Sasha Lebedeva ’21 (Screenwriting) the sudden lockdown in response to Covid-19 became a crash course in independent filmmaking–party of one. But what started as an assignment for her Directing … Read more
An Online Resource Round-Up
SFTV is home to visual storytellers, media-makers, and the creative forces that will shape the future of entertainment. In light of the global pandemic we now find ourselves in, the … Read more
Panel offers tips on submitting work to film festivals
To guide today’s aspiring filmmakers, LMU has been hosting Life After Film School, a four-part series showcasing the many ways to succeed in film. On February 12, 2020 in Mayer … Read more