Top Industry Pros to Offer Covid-Era Career Tips to SFTV Students
To mark the final day of the spring 2020 semester, SFTV has lined up a special set of guests from our industry advisory group, the SFTV Executive Council, to share … Read more
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SFTV’s “Second Meal” Zoom series brings in alums, industry pros to offer advice to students
On Friday, April 3, SFTV hosted two of its alumni—Alyssa Brocato ’13 and Megan Stacey ’14—as expert advisers in the first of the school’s “Second Meal” Zoom sessions this spring. … Read more
Film, TV, and Media Studies major Jacob Cornblatt ’20 reflects on his job as The Loyolan’s editor-in-chief
Jacob Cornblatt ’20 has kept plenty busy since he arrived at LMU as a film and television production major a little more than three years ago. A self-described overachiever, he … Read more
Alum receives Film Independent’s Project Involve fellowship
Tabatha Laanui ’15 has been chosen to receive the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television (LMU SFTV) Fellowship as part of Film Independent’s signature diversity mentorship program, Project … Read more
Alum adapting writer/surfer Kem Nunn’s first novel for Universal Pictures
SFTV alum Martin Helgeland ’17 (Film and Television Production) is adapting writer and surfer Kem Nunn’s first novel, Tapping The Source, as a feature screenplay for Universal Pictures. Nunn’s novel … 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
Faculty spotlight | Christina Beck reflects on film that raised awareness about self-harm
According to a study by the National Institutes of Health, about 17% of all people will self-harm during their lifetime. One of the few films to address this disorder head-on … Read more
Work on SFTV’s new Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion begins
Loyola Marymount University has begun construction on the Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, a 24,000-square-foot addition to the top-ranked School of Film and Television’s facilities that will build on the success … Read more
See Lovingly Restored Works on the Big Screen at Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour
At SFTV we believe the best way to honor the invaluable contribution of restoration work is through the exhibition and viewing of great films. Each year, the Cineteca di Bologna, one … Read more
Screenwriting undergrad establishes student competition for underrepresented groups
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
SFTV alum gets grant to develop feature screenplay
Ben Gross MFA ’18 (Writing for the Screen) was chosen this week for the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television (SFTV) Screenwriting Fellowship as part of Film Independent’s … Read more