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
Faculty member and veteran producer Maggie Murphy joined LMU in 2018 and is the mastermind behind the new creative producing specialization in SFTV’s graduate program in Film and Television Production. … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
30 Short Films Celebrate Legacy of Strand Releasing Veteran director Tommy O’Haver, a visiting professor at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, is one of 30 filmmakers asked … Read more
CBS recently selected four participants for its 2019-2020 Directors Initiative, which pairs seasoned directors with the network’s showrunners and other industry pros for mentorship and professional development. This year’s class … Read more
By day, Film and Television Production alumnus Brandon Valencia (MFA ’17) has a steady job as a content creator for a film company. By nights and weekends, he’s a writer-director … Read more
Third-year LMU SFTV graduate student Jonathan Rowan has had a busy fall. Two of his projects—a music video called “Runnin” and his second-year film BEAUTY MARK—have debuted on Revolt TV … Read more