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• Grad Richardson screens ambitious historical film
  "Remnants of past racism" are explored in short with many Bruin connections
  Tue Oct 27, 2009 in Press
• Hugh Grauel 1918-2009
  Alumnus, professor and UCLA Producers Program co-founder was 91
  Thu Oct 22, 2009 in Announcement
• Eco-friendly producers
  Alumna Amanda Scarano Carter leads green movie team
  Fri Oct 9, 2009 in Announcement
• Sanders's honored for "Outstanding Achievement" at CamerImage
  Oscar-winning alum produced "Maya Lin," directed "Return With Honor"
  Wed Sep 30, 2009 in Press
• Justin Lin '95 will re-boot "Highlander" franchise
  Director of summer smash "Fast & Furious" will take over martial arts fantasy series
  Fri Sep 25, 2009 in Press
• TFT's Meidel tops Twentieth TV
  Alum becomes one of U.S. television's ten most powerful
  Fri Aug 14, 2009 in Press
• Crew of alums documents the 2009 Sundance Institute Directors Lab
  Bodie directs webisode series
  Tue Aug 4, 2009 in Announcement
• Alums contribute to Imagen Award-nominated-winning "8 Ways"
  Lopez, Dealeage and Delarosa led Casa 0101's "Best Live Theatrical" production
  Mon Aug 3, 2009 in Accolade
• GPigs pulverize "Potter"
  Alum Hoyt Yeatman leads crime-fighting rodents to an upset victory over wand-waggling wizards
  Mon Jul 27, 2009 in Press
• "Savage County" brings homicidal hillbillies to beautiful downtown Memphis
  Alums Harris and Wolske inflict killer rednecks on the birthplace of the King
  Wed Jul 15, 2009 in Press
• "Lookin' to Get Out" has star-studded Archive screening
  Director's cut of Hal Ashby's comedy features cast members at spirited Q&A
  Mon Jul 6, 2009 in Announcement
• Payne is guest director at Telluride 2009
  "Sideways" auteur selects films both classic and obscure for spirited indie fest
  Fri Jun 19, 2009 in Press
• Gabbert has "No Impact" at Oscilloscope
  Alum's enviro-doc hits theaters in September
  Mon Jun 15, 2009 in Press
• Schmidt, Sagalowsy are BAFTA/LA finalists
  Both nominated student films were 2008 Spotlight winners
  Fri Jun 12, 2009 in Announcement
• Awards, new projects for "Twilight" alum Catherine Hardwicke
  Director of smash vampire romance caps MTV Movie Award and Women in Film nods with "Maximum Ride," updated "Hamlet" projects
  Wed Jun 10, 2009 in Press
• Screening of cult thriller becomes TFT-themed reunion
  Faculty members Schreibman and DeNove honed their craft working on 1986 "redneck expoilitation thriller" "Hunter's Blood"
  Thu Jun 4, 2009 in Announcement
• Students get in the game
  Student group sees video games as art works in digital media
  Fri Apr 24, 2009 in Press
• "American Violet" anatomizes injustice
  Nancy Richardson MFA '96 edited film about prosecutorial racism in smalltown Texas
  Fri Apr 24, 2009 in Press
• Gorham stranded on TV's next hot "Island"
  Christopher Gorham '96 anchors innovative mystery mini-series "Harper's Island"
  Thu Apr 9, 2009 in Press
• No more "Pirate" talk for Gore
  Verbinski '87 jumps ship on the $2 billion "Caribbean" franchise
  Wed Apr 8, 2009 in Press
• Alums Lewis and Perkins stage "Any1Man"
  President Obama is a fan of George Peters' acclaimed one-man show
  Thu Apr 2, 2009 in Event
• Catherine Hardwicke, Don Payne take "Maximum Ride"
  Alums team up on adaptation of popular YA fantasy series
  Wed Mar 25, 2009 in Press
• Bruins at Tribeca
  Ana Lily Amirpour, Robert Davenport, Alex Jablonsky take Manhattan
  Wed Mar 25, 2009 in Announcement
• "Sideways" is turning Japanese
  Alexander Payne's Oscar-winner is being re-made by Fox Japan
  Tue Mar 24, 2009 in Press
• Payne plans sci-fi comedy "Downsizing"
  Giamatti, Witherspoon and Baron Cohen will get small
  Tue Mar 3, 2009 in Press
• Gore Verbinski has a "Clue"
  Latest from "Pirates" director joins a wave of board game adaptations
  Thu Feb 26, 2009 in Press
• Bruins honored at Berlinale '09
  Alums take prizes; professor observes
  Tue Feb 24, 2009 in Accolade
• Geoffrey Gilmore MA '79 leaves Sundance for Tribeca
  A seismic shift as director who shaped the defining indie festival moves on after 19 years
  Thu Feb 19, 2009 in Press
• Podcast: Q&A with Catherine Hardwicke, Elliot Davis, Nancy Richardson
  Alums discuss their work on a true pop-cult phenomenon, "Twilight"
  Tue Feb 10, 2009 in Event
• With student Joaquin Baldwin at the ANNIEs
  "Sebastian's Voodoo" shares the stage at the animation awards with the latest from Disney, Pixar and Aardman
  Mon Feb 2, 2009 in Accolade
• Bruins big winners at Slamdance '09
  Alum Perkins and professor Viens take top narrative prizes
  Mon Jan 26, 2009 in Accolade
• Schrader/Goldblum: Heaviness for Christmas
  The "Taxi Driver" alum and his "Adam Resurrected" star on art, craft and collabroration
  Fri Dec 19, 2008 in Press
• Jack Black in "Brutal," "Office"
  Acting alum moves into gaming, television
  Fri Dec 19, 2008 in Press
• Editing professor Buckley cuts to directing career
  Visiting Assistant Professor Norman Buckley, an accomplished editor who has been making the transition...
  Thu Dec 18, 2008 in Press
• Verbinski plays producer's role at Universal
  Alum will also direct fact-based story about the side-effects of online gaming
  Wed Dec 17, 2008 in Press
• Documentary professor Goldovskaya honored
  Life achievement award for career that began in Russia 40 years ago
  Wed Dec 10, 2008 in Press
• Audrey Wells directs Naomi Watts as global activist
  "Tuscan Sun" auteur dramatizes Nobel Prize-winning anti-landmine campaign
  Mon Oct 27, 2008 in Press
• Podcast: Chris Eska MFA '03 on his debut feature "August Evening"
  Hear Professor Chon Noriega's Q&A with the award-winning writer-director
  Fri Oct 10, 2008 in Event
• Alum Tim Robbins walks the Walk...of Fame
  Oscar-winning film and theater actor is a die-hard Bruin
  Thu Oct 9, 2008 in Announcement
• Alum's "Twilight" is cult vampire romance
  Adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's bestseller is a natural next step for the acclaimed director of "Thirteen"
  Mon Oct 6, 2008 in Press
• Alum creates "bouyant, ironic" score for fast food doc
  Exposee based on the work of journalist Eric Schlosser ("Fast Food Nation") opened eyes in Toronto
  Thu Sep 25, 2008 in Press
• Founding-dean Gil Cates one of Variety's top "Dealmakers"
  Trade paper's special "Impact Report" notes his key role in DGA labor negotiations with the studios
  Wed Sep 24, 2008 in Press
• Directors Sheetz and Horvitz take the blue and gold to the Emmys
  Top gun live event specialist joins animation professor in the UCLA Emmy winner's circle
  Tue Sep 23, 2008 in Announcement
• Six UCLA student filmmakers honored by the DGA
  Current students and recent graduates are winners and Honorable Mentions in dramatic and documentary cataegories in an awards program promoting diversity in moviemaking
  Thu Sep 18, 2008 in Accolade
• Alum Charles Burnett is Lifetime Achievement honoree
  "Killer of Sheep" director recognized at 14th Annual Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival
  Mon Sep 15, 2008 in Accolade
• Verbinski re-teams with an animated Depp
  Alum director and his favorite actor trade "Pirates" for household pets
  Wed Sep 10, 2008 in Press
• Alums' "Thunder" rolls back the "Dark"
  Stiller and Black's "Tropic" muscles past The Batman at the box office
  Mon Aug 18, 2008 in Announcement
• Classic Archive "outtakes" event returns
  Preservationist Robert Gitt's revealing "Night of the Hunter" footage
  Fri Aug 15, 2008 in Announcement
• Producers Program alums clock in at Time Inc.
  Their XYZ Films will develop feature projects based on magazine articles
  Thu Aug 14, 2008 in Press
• Don Payne takes "Maximum Ride"
  Alum will adapt James Patterson's mutant adventure bestseller
  Fri Aug 8, 2008 in Press

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