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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

SFTV Announces First Presidential Fellow, Award-Winning Hollywood Producer Janet Yang

October 8, 2020September 8, 2020 by SFTV News
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Yang will teach courses in production, development, and the business of entertainment, and will serve as a student mentor and advisor Peggy Rajski, Oscar-winning filmmaker and dean of LMU’s School … 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

Award-Winning Industry Talent Join Ranks of SFTV Faculty

October 23, 2020August 31, 2020 by SFTV News
LMU's School of Film and TV

With the first day of classes, we wanted to celebrate the people who make it all possible–SFTV’s incredible faculty! This year,  we are welcoming top industry talent as new full-time … 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

The 2020 List of SFTV Alumni Nominated for Emmys (or Working on Emmy-Nommed Shows)

October 2, 2020August 4, 2020 by SFTV News
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Television’s annual Emmy Awards are coming up on Sunday, September 20, and like every year, we’ve scoured the nominee list for industry talent who learned their craft with us here … Read more

SFTV Alum and Faculty Member Tapped for Warner Bros TV Directors’ Workshop

August 31, 2020July 15, 2020 by SFTV News
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Solomon Onita Jr. MFA ’16 and assistant professor Leena Pendharkar were two of the 12 directors selected by Warner Bros Television Group earlier this week for their prestigious 2020 Warner … Read more

SFTV Faculty Rise to the Challenges of the Zoom Era

July 31, 2020July 9, 2020 by SFTV News
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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

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

August 31, 2020June 8, 2020 by SFTV News
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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

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