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
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
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
Daniel McDonald MFA ’18 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
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
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
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
In 2019 Mallom Liggon ’21 co-created The Minority Report, a competition that mirrors the film industry’s “Black List” for screenplays written by students of color and other underrepresented groups. It’s … Read more
Tasha Henderson (MFA ’15, Writing for the Screen), is one of 13 writers who was accepted into Walt Disney Television’s 2020 Writing Program on February 3. The Walt Disney Television … Read more
On Wednesday, January 29, Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television’s four-part series SFTV in Conversation: Life After Film School began with a panel discussion about fellowships and labs. … Read more
Cinematographer / DP Shana Hagan ’89 has had a busy awards season. Fresh off the heels of last week’s Sundance Film Festival, where two projects she filmed had their premieres, … Read more