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Filming the Extremes of Nature
Alums Ronan Nagle and Adam Martin risk life and limb documenting the majestic fury of weather at its worst
Oct 2009 in Innovation
Michael Stuhlbarg Gets "Serious"
Acclaimed alum theater actor headlines new Coen Brothers film
Sep 2009 in Industry
Payne's Passionate Programming
Alum's "Guest Director" sidebar at Telluride exemplifies the TFT spirit
Sep 2009 in Scholarship
Museum Simulates Terrorist Attack - VIDEO UPDATE
Todd Brunelle '86 calls upon "all his skills" when designing Denver terror exhibits
Aug 2009 in Social Responsibility
Playwright Erica Jones is first Beverly Robinson Fellow
Jones' "Gross Sales" will be featured in Fall '09 New Play Festival
Aug 2009 in Social Responsibility
Shane Acker: Envisioning a World
Tim Burton mentors animation alum as thesis film "9" becomes a feature
Aug 2009 in Innovation
Navigating San Diego Comic-Con
TFT professor and recovering geek Jonathan Kuntz and his daughter Rebecca at the epicenter of global pop cult fandom
Jul 2009 in Industry
Todd Holland Sets the Record Straight
In our exclusive interview, the "30 Rock" Emmy nominee discusses work, success and the lingering limitations of being "out" in Hollywood
Jul 2009 in Social Responsibility
Deborah Landis is Founding Director of Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design
David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design is the world's first
Jun 2009 in Scholarship
Francis Ford Coppola: Still Independent
The director of "The Godfather" on launching "a second career" with "Tetro" in his 60s
Jun 2009 in Industry
Alum Brad Silberling mixes dino-thrills and laughs in "Land of the Lost"
Fellow alum Jorman Taccone co-stars as a lecherous neanderthal
Jun 2009 in Industry
Learning from the pros
Serious summer training at Arts Camp/Workshops
May 2009 in Scholarship
Caffeinated Commerce
Amy Ferraris MFA '02 on the D.I.Y. distribution of her film "The Perfect Cappucino"
Apr 2009 in Industry
Fast & Furious:
Justin Lin '95 supercharges his Hollywood career
Mar 2009 in Industry
Berlinale Journal 2009
Professor María Elena de las Carreras reports from the 59th Berlin International Film Festival
Feb 2009 in Global Community
Slamdance 2009
"Punching the Clown," "Spooner," "A Quiet Little Marriage," "Vodka and Women," "Frozen Dreams," "Six and A Half," and "Weather Girl" screened this year.
Jan 2009 in Industry
Celebrating Creativity at Sundance 2009

Jan 2009 in Industry
Oscar-nominee Eric Roth: Life, Love and Aging Backwards
Screenwriting alumnus adapts F. Scott Fitzgerald fable "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" for Brad Pitt and director David Fincher
Dec 2008 in Industry
One Night Only: a Once in a Lifetime Theatrical Event
Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks host Gala Benefit for the School
Dec 2008 in Social Responsibility
'Tis the Season to Apply
Information about the application process at the School of Theater Film and Television is being posted in this up-front way for a very simple reason: it is vitally important that you go through all the required steps of the process.
Nov 2008 in Scholarship
Catherine Hardwicke: "Twilight's" first gleaming
Three alumni helped adapt Stephenie Meyer teen-scream vampire romance novel
Nov 2008 in Industry
Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black '96: Writing from the heart, "Milk" to "Kool-Aid"
Script researched and written from scratch jump-starts long-stalled Gus Van Sant-directed biopic project.
Nov 2008 in Social Responsibility
Anthony Onah: "Stolen Dreams" winner
Heart-wrenching film to be featured in AARP's national "Divided We Fail" initiative calling for health care and financial security reform
Oct 2008 in Social Responsibility
Pietro Scalia '82, MFA '85: "Body of Lies" Oscar-winning editor
In an exclusive video interview and podcast Q&A, alum reveals the thinking behind hard-hitting DiCaprio thriller
Oct 2008 in Industry
Gina Prince-Bythewood '91: "The Secret Life of Bees"
A celebrated novel about family life in the Deep South in the 1960s is "Love & Basketball" director's second feature
Oct 2008 in Social Responsibility
Sunil Thankamushy MFA '01: Taking His Game Online
Top video game creative exec is an animation graduate with a background in physics. Now he's redrawing the leading edge of the interactive entertainment revolution.
Sep 2008 in Innovation
Chris Eska MFA '03: At Home in the World
Filmmaking alum looks for universal human experiences on other continents and in his own back yard
Sep 2008 in Social Responsibility
Reality Check with Vanessa Holtgrewe MFA '06
Cinematography alumna relishes the many challenges of shooting "unscripted" TV
Aug 2008 in Global Community
Edit Villarreal: Nurturing Fresh Voices
A new annual journal showcases the work of MFA playwrights
Aug 2008 in Scholarship
Archive's Ross Lipman restores "The Exiles"
Award-winning preservationist prepares 1961 docudrama for a nine-day run at the Billy Wilder Theater
Aug 2008 in Social Responsibility
Fred Roos '56: The Man Behind the Curtain
Key casting director of the revolutionary 1970s became Francis Ford Coppola's producer
Jul 2008 in Industry
Curt Beech on Bad Coffee and Good Movies
Busy Film and TV Art Director Curt Beech talks about his journey to the profession, the Disney class at UCLA and his approach to designing the look and feel of the environments we get lost in while enjoying a great story.
Jun 2008 in Industry
Over the Moon with Judith Moreland
Successful actor and dedicated professor Judith Moreland talks about her path to the stage, her inspiration as a teacher, which professionals she admires and how to find a life balance.
May 2008 in Global Community
Felicia Henderson: Helping Writers Recreate Themselves

May 2008 in Industry
Big changes afoot at the UCLA Film & Television Archive
One of TFT's signature institutions gets a new boss
May 2008 in Global Community
New Regime in Animation
The newly-appointed duo of Area Head Celia Mercer and Professor Chuck Sheetz pledge to honor the program's "one person, one film" legacy, a star-making mixture of up-to-the-minute know-how and liberated creativity
Apr 2008 in Scholarship
Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at UCLA
Sponsored by Kodak, the program gives students access to filmmakers who have made a seminal impact on the art of cinematography. Laszlo Kovacs, ASC, Joan Churchill, ASC, Stephen H. Burum, ASC and Victor J. Kemper, ASC are among those who have been named.
Mar 2008 in Industry
Richard Blackburn's Gypsy Wagon Cartoon
A cartoon drawn at the height of the 1960s by the award-winning screenwriter Richard Blackburn '66 ("Eating Raoul") provides a vivid overview of the pre-TFT landscape of what then still called the UCLA Theater Arts Department.
Mar 2008 in Scholarship
Alumnus Jim Morrison '68
Classmates recall campus life with rock 'n' roll's Lizard King during the storm-tossed 1960s
Mar 2008 in Scholarship
Los Angeles Theater Center (LATC)
Long an architectural landmark, the recently remodeled Los Angeles Theater Center is owned and operated by the Latino Theater Company, under the direction of TFT theater professor Jose-Luis Valenzuela
Mar 2008 in Global Community
ArtsBridge
Outreach is hardly ever this much fun, as TFT theater students venture out into the LA school system, helping kids to apply the skills of acting, dance and music to bring dry academic subjects to life.
Mar 2008 in Global Community
Billy Wilder Theater
The world-famous public programming of the UCLA Film & Television Archive has a new home in the heart of Westwood Village, in a theater built to the highest standards of film and video projection
Mar 2008 in Social Responsibility
Community Documentary on Homeless Immigrant Children
Student filmmaker teams with TFT professor to document the plight of homeless immigrant children.
Mar 2008 in Global Community
REMAP L.A.
REMAP is a cutting edge Hypermedia Studio project that uses the latest hi-tech to increase community engagement in some of LA's oldest neighborhoods.
Mar 2008 in Global Community
"A Time Out of War" is a National Treasure
Oscar-winning documentary producer/director Terry Sanders ("Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision"), and his brother Denis, won an Oscar in 1954 for a short they made at UCLA.
Mar 2008 in Social Responsibility
UCLA Producers Program
Producing Students learn the practical realities of merging art and commerce from top creative decision makers
Mar 2008 in Industry
Kevin Smith's Mobisodes
Future-Tube: The Challenge of Explosive Change
Mar 2008 in Innovation
The Global Community of Moving Image Preservation
The statistics are shocking: 95% of all American silent films are gone forever, along with 50% of all films made before 1950, on volatile cellulose nitrate film stock. On the front line of the struggle to save the rest: the hard-working preservationists
Mar 2008 in Global Community
Lee Breuer '58: Theatrical Alchemist for a Global Century

Sep 2007 in Scholarship
David Silverman '79, MFA '83: Animation Domination
With "The Simpsons Movie" topping the box office, director David Silverman, '79, MFA '83, takes time out to talk with UCLA Magazine writer David Landau about being picked to direct the movie, the nuts-and-bolts of animation, and under-appreciation.
Aug 2007 in Industry
Valerie Faris '80 and Jonathan Dayton '80: Labors of Love
Veteran duo directors of TV commercials and music videos, these creative and personal partners made a stunning feature film debut with "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jul 2006 in Industry
Gil Kenan MFA '02
Monster Man
Jul 2006 in Industry
UCLA's Peaceful Warrior
Scott Mechlowicz '03 hits hard in "The Peaceful Warrior," shot at UCLA, which brings him to home turf after graduation from UCLA's Acting program.
May 2006 in Industry

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