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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

LMU Screenwriting Professor Pens Letter to Hollywood: ”We are grieving, we are angry, and we are unapologetically demanding systemic change”

August 31, 2020June 12, 2020 by SFTV News
michelle x dear hollywood - LMU Screenwriting Professor Pens Letter to Hollywood: ”We are grieving, we are angry, and we are unapologetically demanding systemic change”

Michelle Amor Gillie, a screenwriting professor at LMU School of Film at Television and co-chair of the Writers Guild of America West‘s Committee of Black Writers, was the lead author … Read more

Faculty Spotlight | Skinner Myers on Telling Stories of ”The Underdog and the Forgotten”

August 31, 2020June 8, 2020 by SFTV News
skinner x film - 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

October 2, 2020June 5, 2020 by SFTV News
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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

Alums’ Documentary About Suicide Prevention Premieres at WE ARE ONE Global Film Festival

August 31, 2020June 4, 2020 by SFTV News
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Wake Up, a documentary about suicide prevention directed by Nate Townsend ’15 and produced by Chelsea Bo ’14 and Sean Drummond ’14, will have its premiere at YouTube’s WE ARE … Read more

A Message from the Dean: “We need to match solidarity with action”

July 7, 2020June 2, 2020 by SFTV News

Dear SFTV Community, I write in deeply troubled times. I want to acknowledge the grief, hurt and understandable anger erupting in the wake of the brutal killing of George Floyd, … Read more

Faculty spotlight | Aurorae Khoo on the Ups and Downs of Writing During the Zoom Era

August 31, 2020May 21, 2020 by SFTV News
aurorae x chesapeake - Faculty spotlight | Aurorae Khoo on the Ups and Downs of Writing During the Zoom Era

Screenwriter and playwright Aurorae Khoo joined SFTV’s faculty a year ago and splits her time between teaching and writing for film and TV. Among her credits are Showtime’s Nurse Jackie, … Read more

Screenwriting Student’s Short Film, STAY AT HOME Movie, Premieres on NoBudge

August 31, 2020May 15, 2020 by SFTV News
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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

Paisley Sutton ’20 Shares Tips on Attending Film Festivals IRL

August 31, 2020May 12, 2020 by SFTV News
paisley x cannes film festival - Paisley Sutton ’20 Shares Tips on Attending Film Festivals IRL

Mid-May normally marks the kickoff of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in the French Riviera. Like other festivals, it has moved online this year—but last spring, Paisley Sutton ’20 had … Read more

Opportunity Available to Emerging Filmmakers Amid Uncertain Times, Thanks to Village Roadshow

June 8, 2020May 7, 2020 by SFTV News
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Applications for the Emerging Talent Lab will open May 22 As many festivals are forced to go virtual and more and more opportunities for aspiring filmmakers are postponed, SFTV is … Read more

Movie Mondays: Safer at Home Edition | National Film Preservation Foundation’s Screening Room

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 by SFTV News
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Watch with us Monday, May 4: Cupid in Quarantine & other treasures from the NFPF Since most of the world has been stuck at home, cinephiles across the internet have … Read more

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