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John Simmons, ASC, Pens a Call to Action: Hiring Inclusive Crews is a Responsibility


The projects from UCLA TFT Alumni at this Year's Virtual Sundance Film Festival


Ph.D. student chosen as first Marty Sklar Entertainment Innovation Fellow


Chon Noriega moderates 'Looking Ahead: Science, Facts and the Public Debate' on Jan. 14


Ph.D. Student Danielle A. D. Howard wins prestigious essay contest


Lap Chi Chu, UCLA TFT's new head of lighting design, talks about his goals for the program


What is Humor? Professor Dominic Taylor Contemplates the Question on Nov. 16


UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION'S VIRTUAL 2020-21 THEATER SEASON


Watch the Conversation: How filming a thesis film was safely done during COVID-19


Alumnus Michael Bauer has found success during the pandemic by narrating audiobooks


Three tenured faculty join the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television


Join UCLA TFT Professor Chon Noriega as he discusses 'What is Power?'


The unexpected parallels between Gina Kim's latest VR film and the pandemic


The Latest Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award Winners Have Been Announced


The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Continues its Support of UCLA TFT Students


A Conversation with Interim Dean Brian Kite Just Before the Start of the Fall Quarter


Award-Winning Filmmaker Patricia Cardoso Set to Speak During Orientation


UCLA TFT Professor Kristy Guevara-Flanagan Discusses her new documentary 'Aguilas,' co-directed with Maite Zubiaurre


UCLA TFT Professor Kathleen McHugh Co-Creates a Website to Encourage Voting


Producer Stephanie Allain to Receive the PGA/UCLA Vision Award


Pre-College Summer Institutes Students Benefit from UCLA TFT Donor Generosity


72nd Emmy Awards Nominations


Alumna Gina Prince-Bythewood helms a different kind of superhero film


2020 Screenwriting Showcase Winners are Announced


UCLA TFT Presents the First-Ever Design Showcase West Salons


Professor Michelle Liu Carriger talks about Teaching Theater in a Time of Quarantine


Professor Chon Noriega Receives Major Humanities Grant for Preservation and Access Project


Alumna Mary Neely Becomes a Viral Quarantine Star with Musical Theater Videos


A conversation with Professor Sean Metzger, new co-editor of Theatre Journal


Cinema and Media Studies Professor Shelleen Greene wins a Fulbright Award


Life During Covid-19: TFT Alumnus Steven Canals Talks to The Hollywood Reporter


CMS vice chair Ellen Scott's research dives into the history of African Americans and film


New Fellowship created in honor of Disney Imagineering legend Marty Sklar


Looking Back on the L.A. Rebellion with Charles Burnett


ALUMNA's FIRST FEATURE FILM DEBUTS AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL


Interim FTVDM Chair Bill McDonald is featured in the January issue of ICG Magazine


Alumnus Nicholas von Sternberg Finds Art Imitating His Life in the Netflix Movie 'Dolemite Is My Name'


Brian Kite Named Interim Dean at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television


SCIENCE TALES: Sloan Foundation Fellowship recipients talk about their winning projects


UCLA TFT'S NEW THEATER SEASON INCLUDES PRODUCTIONS OF
'HAIR' and 'THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO Ui'


Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright Nilo Cruz Named Distinguished Visiting Playwright-in-Residence


Alumna and 'Waitress' Star Nicolette Robinson is special guest at Orientation


Alumni and Faculty are 71st Primetime Emmy Awards Winners and Nominees


Theater Professor Sylvan Oswald receives a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship


UCLA TFT receives $20 million gift to propel diversity and ethics, preserve TV history


Pierce Brosnan Named Keynote Speaker at UCLA TFT's 2019 Commencement Ceremony


Production Designer Mark Worthington set to speak at Design Showcase West


UCLA TFT's SUMMER CREATIVE WORKSHOP INSPIRES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS


'Star Wars: Episode VII' Cinematographer Dan Mindel named
2019 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at UCLA TFT


M.F.A. playwright Kyle McCloskey receives Kennedy Center College Festival Award


Skoll Center's Flagship Report 'The State of Social Impact Entertainment' Debuts


UCLA TFT commemorates Parkland shooting with staged reading of 'Church & State'


The 9th Annual Sketch to Screen Costume Design Panel and Celebration


The Sundance Film Festival Gets Underway with Bruins in Park City


UCLA TFT Establishes Audrey Wells 'Say Yes!' Scholarships with generous gift from Pearl Studio


Awards Season Roundup


Actress-producer Maria Bello's 'The Sun Ladies,' a live-action/virtual reality experience, to be showcased at UCLA TFT


The 29th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Nominations


THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ANNOUNCES ITS 2018-19 THEATER SEASON


Award-winning playwright Paula Vogel named Visiting Playwright-in-Residence


Sloan Foundation Fellowships encourage M.F.A. students to write about real science


Theatre Nohgaku Presents the Japanese English-Language Play 'Blue Moon Over Memphis' at UCLA


Talented UCLA TFT Production Design students create what's next


Twelve Bruins Are 70th Primetime Emmy Award Nominees


UCLA TFT/UCA STORYTELLING INSTITUTE IN CANNES: April 15-May 26, 2019


’Waterschool’ Available for Streaming on Netflix
The Compelling Feature Documentary Began its Run on the Streaming Giant on Wednesday, July 25


2018 Stage Raw Theater Awards Nominations


Award-Winning Director Carl Franklin Speaks at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television's 71st Annaul Commencement Ceremony
Two-time Tony Award-winning Actress-Singer Judy Kaye and Award-Winning Writer-Director Allison Anders Receive Distinguished Alumni Awards


Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
How the Oscar-winning filmmaker's groundbreaking experimental project became a reality at UCLA TFT


UCLA TFT/UCA Storytelling Institute
INAUGURAL STORYTELLING INSTITUTE IN CANNES, FRANCE MARKS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION


Design Showcase West
EMMY AND TONY AWARD-WINNING 'HAMILTON' COSTUME DESIGNER PAUL TAZEWELL TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT UCLA TFT's 16th ANNUAL DESIGN SHOWCASE WEST


SCMS 2018
UCLA TFT faculty and alumnae were honored during the Society for Cinema & Media Studies 59th annual conference


UCLA TFT collaborates with KCET and UCLA's Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies


UCLA TFT and Reprise 2.0 form partnership


UCLA TFT Receives significant gift for the creation of the Hearst Theater Lab Initiative


Skoll Center and Creative Visions Present the Inaugural Spark Change Summit


Oscar Hopeful
Alumnus Reed Van Dyk's Award-Winning "DeKalb Elementary" is now and Academy Award-nominated Film


28th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Winners


UCLA TFT AND SWAROVSKI PARTNER TO CREATE THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY 'WATERSCHOOL'


BRUINS AT SUNDANCE


EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER AND UCLA PROFESSOR PETER GUBER HONORED WITH UCLA MEDAL


WRITE ON CUE
THE 2017 SAMUEL GOLDWYN WRITING AWARDS WINNERS ARE REVEALED


UCLA TFT's DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ANNOUNCES ITS 2017-18 THEATER SEASON
Productions include the West Coast Premiere of "Steel Pier" and performances of "Trojan Barbie," "Spring Awakening" and "The Glass Menagerie," among others


Kerry Washington, Channing Dungey an Chris Selak announced as judges for the 62nd annual Samuel Goldwyn Writing awards at UCLA
Finalists selected, with the winner to be announced on Monday, Oct. 30


Professor Gina Kim wins VR award at the Venice International Film Festival
"Bloodless" is one of three films honored in the festival's newest category


42nd Toronto International Film Festival
"Downsizing" and "Battle of the Sexes" are among the titles from UCLA TFT alumni being shown at this year's festival


Alumnus Charles Burnett to be Honored With 2017 Governors Award
The L.A. Rebellion filmmaker is known for such films as "Killer of Sheep" and "To Sleep With Anger"


44th Telluride Film Festival
The Annual Labor Day Weekend Festival Features a Bevy of High-Profile Films from UCLA TFT Alumni


UCLA TFT Donors Give to the UCLA Chancellor's Centennial Scholars Match Program


Filmmaker Ava DuVernay Named Keynote Speaker at UCLA TFT's 70th Annual Commencement Ceremony
Filmmaker Justin Lin and Actor Michael Stuhlbarg will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards; Nadja Swarovski will receive the inaugural Distinguished Service Award


UCLA TFT/UCA STORYTELLING INSTITUTE IN CANNES, FRANCE LAUNCHES IN SPRING 2018


Armenian Genocide Revealed


2017 South By Southwest Lineup Announced


Well-Represented at Sundance
Thirty-six UCLA alumni and four executive board members were associated with 32 projects premiering and/or screening at the Sundance Film Festival


Scenic Design Professor Myung Hee Cho Named Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion


27th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards


Write On!
UCLA TFT grad student Eric Mallory Morgan takes first place at the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards


UCLA TFT's Department of Theater Announces its 2016-17 Theater Season
Productions include 'Carrie the Musical,' 'Three Sisters' and 'Cendrillon,' a collaboration with UCLA Opera, UCLA Philharmonia and the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music


Shining a Light
Four UCLA TFT Bruins intend to showcase interdisciplinary classical and contemporary productions with their new venture, the southland company


Close to Home
UCLA TFT alumnus Thanos Papastergiou uses an event in his family's past to tell the story of 'Sandy Beach,' which recently premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival


The Teshome Gabriel Memorial Award
Established in 2010, the fellowship has been endowed by the former UCLA TFT professor's widow and children


The Emmy Awards
UCLA TFT Professor John W. Simmons wins Emmy Award;
eight UCLA Alumni and Faculty are among those named 2016 Emmy Awards Nominees


Toronto International Film Festival showcases diversity by alumni, faculty, students and board members


43rd Telluride Film Festival
UCLA TFT students make their annual pilgrimage to the fest; alumni are well represented

