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MFA Student Pays It Forward with “Black” in Business Speaker Series

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021 by SFTV News
(R:L) Jaia Thomas, Rob Williams, Natasha Foster-Owens

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

SFTV in Conversation: Academy Award-winning Screenwriter Tarell McCraney on November 13

November 6, 2020October 30, 2020 by SFTV News
Tarell McCraney at SFTV

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

October 16, 2020 by SFTV News
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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

November 6, 2020October 5, 2020 by SFTV News
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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

Alum Daniel McDonald MFA ’17 Snags Emmy Award, Reflects on Episode that Got the Win

October 2, 2020September 16, 2020 by SFTV News
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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

Alum’s Feature Film Wins Inaugural John Singleton Director Award at American Black Film Festival

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 by SFTV News
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Tazmanian Devil, the debut feature-length film written and directed by Solomon Onita Jr. MFA ’16, won the inaugural John Singleton Director Award for Best First Feature at the 2020 American … Read more

Alum’s Thesis Film is Up for a Student Academy Award

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 by SFTV News
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The film Incognito by Jiaxuan “Jacky” Song ’19 (Film and TV Production) is a finalist for a 2020 Student Academy Award (SAA). Set in mid-1990s Los Angeles, Incognito tells the … Read more

School of Film and Television Ranked 7th in the U.S. by The Hollywood Reporter

August 25, 2020August 19, 2020 by SFTV News
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LMU School of Film and Television (SFTV) was ranked 7th by The Hollywood Reporter (THR) in its annual listing of the top 25 film schools in the country. It’s the … Read more

Peabody Award-Winning Faculty Member Shares His Best Advice from 30+ Year Career

August 31, 2020July 31, 2020 by SFTV News
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Seasoned showrunner and screenwriter John Strauss brings over 30 years of experience in film and television to SFTV. He has been an executive producer/showrunner on over ten different television series, … Read more

Co-Writer of hit Lifetime Biopic and Alum on Success, Self-Care, and Writing About Black Women Who Save the Day

August 31, 2020July 23, 2020 by SFTV News
Camille - Co-Writer of hit Lifetime Biopic and Alum on Success, Self-Care, and Writing About Black Women Who Save the Day

Last week, screenwriter and director Camille Tucker (MFA ’18), co-writer of the hit Lifetime biopic The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, shared insights from her over 15 years of … Read more

Articles by Screenwriting Professor Shine a Light on Writers and Characters with Disabilities

August 31, 2020June 18, 2020 by SFTV News
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In a recent two-part series of articles for Written By, the Writers Guild of America West‘s magazine, SFTV clinical associate professor of screenwriting Paul Chitlik highlighted the persistent challenges faced … Read more

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