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January 27, 2021
John Simmons, ASC, Pens a Call to Action: Hiring Inclusive Crews is a Responsibility
January 21, 2021
The projects from UCLA TFT Alumni at this Year's Virtual Sundance Film Festival
January 8, 2021
Ph.D. student chosen as first Marty Sklar Entertainment Innovation Fellow
January 5, 2021
Chon Noriega moderates 'Looking Ahead: Science, Facts and the Public Debate' on Jan. 14
December 14, 2020
Ph.D. Student Danielle A. D. Howard wins prestigious essay contest
November 16, 2020
Lap Chi Chu, UCLA TFT's new head of lighting design, talks about his goals for the program
November 9, 2020
What is Humor? Professor Dominic Taylor Contemplates the Question on Nov. 16
November 3, 2020
UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATER, FILM AND TELEVISION'S VIRTUAL 2020-21 THEATER SEASON
November 3, 2020
Watch the Conversation: How filming a thesis film was safely done during COVID-19
October 29, 2020
Alumnus Michael Bauer has found success during the pandemic by narrating audiobooks
October 19, 2020
Three tenured faculty join the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
October 16, 2020
Join UCLA TFT Professor Chon Noriega as he discusses 'What is Power?'
October 12, 2020
The unexpected parallels between Gina Kim's latest VR film and the pandemic
October 6, 2020
The Latest Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award Winners Have Been Announced
October 5, 2020
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Continues its Support of UCLA TFT Students
September 24, 2020
A Conversation with Interim Dean Brian Kite Just Before the Start of the Fall Quarter
September 22, 2020
Award-Winning Filmmaker Patricia Cardoso Set to Speak During Orientation
September 17, 2020
UCLA TFT Professor Kristy Guevara-Flanagan Discusses her new documentary 'Aguilas,' co-directed with Maite Zubiaurre
August 26, 2020
UCLA TFT Professor Kathleen McHugh Co-Creates a Website to Encourage Voting
August 3, 2020
Producer Stephanie Allain to Receive the PGA/UCLA Vision Award
July 29, 2020
Pre-College Summer Institutes Students Benefit from UCLA TFT Donor Generosity
July 29, 2020
72nd Emmy Awards Nominations
June 30, 2020
Alumna Gina Prince-Bythewood helms a different kind of superhero film
June 18, 2020
2020 Screenwriting Showcase Winners are Announced
June 17, 2020
UCLA TFT Presents the First-Ever Design Showcase West Salons
June 9, 2020
Professor Michelle Liu Carriger talks about Teaching Theater in a Time of Quarantine
May 6, 2020
Professor Chon Noriega Receives Major Humanities Grant for Preservation and Access Project
April 28, 2020
Alumna Mary Neely Becomes a Viral Quarantine Star with Musical Theater Videos
April 21, 2020
A conversation with Professor Sean Metzger, new co-editor of Theatre Journal
April 12, 2020
Cinema and Media Studies Professor Shelleen Greene wins a Fulbright Award
April 10, 2020
Life During Covid-19: TFT Alumnus Steven Canals Talks to The Hollywood Reporter
February 27, 2020
CMS vice chair Ellen Scott's research dives into the history of African Americans and film
February 19, 2020
New Fellowship created in honor of Disney Imagineering legend Marty Sklar
February 4, 2020
Looking Back on the L.A. Rebellion with Charles Burnett
January 21, 2020
ALUMNA's FIRST FEATURE FILM DEBUTS AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
January 14, 2020
Interim FTVDM Chair Bill McDonald is featured in the January issue of ICG Magazine
December 9, 2019
Alumnus Nicholas von Sternberg Finds Art Imitating His Life in the Netflix Movie 'Dolemite Is My Name'
December 6, 2019
Brian Kite Named Interim Dean at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
October 23, 2019
SCIENCE TALES: Sloan Foundation Fellowship recipients talk about their winning projects
September 26, 2019
UCLA TFT'S NEW THEATER SEASON INCLUDES PRODUCTIONS OF
'HAIR' and 'THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO Ui'
September 24, 2019
Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright Nilo Cruz Named Distinguished Visiting Playwright-in-Residence
September 23, 2019
Alumna and 'Waitress' Star Nicolette Robinson is special guest at Orientation
August 9, 2019
Alumni and Faculty are 71st Primetime Emmy Awards Winners and Nominees
June 28, 2019
Theater Professor Sylvan Oswald receives a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
June 20, 2019
UCLA TFT receives $20 million gift to propel diversity and ethics, preserve TV history
June 6, 2019
Pierce Brosnan Named Keynote Speaker at UCLA TFT's 2019 Commencement Ceremony
May 30, 2019
Production Designer Mark Worthington set to speak at Design Showcase West
May 17, 2019
UCLA TFT's SUMMER CREATIVE WORKSHOP INSPIRES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
May 1, 2019
'Star Wars: Episode VII' Cinematographer Dan Mindel named
2019 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at UCLA TFT
April 3, 2019
M.F.A. playwright Kyle McCloskey receives Kennedy Center College Festival Award
March 5, 2019
Skoll Center's Flagship Report 'The State of Social Impact Entertainment' Debuts
February 14, 2019
UCLA TFT commemorates Parkland shooting with staged reading of 'Church & State'
February 5, 2019
The 9th Annual Sketch to Screen Costume Design Panel and Celebration
January 24, 2019
The Sundance Film Festival Gets Underway with Bruins in Park City
January 23, 2019
UCLA TFT Establishes Audrey Wells 'Say Yes!' Scholarships with generous gift from Pearl Studio
January 22, 2019
Awards Season Roundup
January 3, 2019
Actress-producer Maria Bello's 'The Sun Ladies,' a live-action/virtual reality experience, to be showcased at UCLA TFT
November 21, 2018
The 29th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Nominations
November 14, 2018
THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ANNOUNCES ITS 2018-19 THEATER SEASON
November 8, 2018
Award-winning playwright Paula Vogel named Visiting Playwright-in-Residence
October 11, 2018
Sloan Foundation Fellowships encourage M.F.A. students to write about real science
October 9, 2018
Theatre Nohgaku Presents the Japanese English-Language Play 'Blue Moon Over Memphis' at UCLA
August 24, 2018
Talented UCLA TFT Production Design students create what's next
August 14, 2018
Twelve Bruins Are 70th Primetime Emmy Award Nominees
August 3, 2018
UCLA TFT/UCA STORYTELLING INSTITUTE IN CANNES: April 15-May 26, 2019
July 25, 2018
’Waterschool’ Available for Streaming on Netflix
The Compelling Feature Documentary Began its Run on the Streaming Giant on Wednesday, July 25
July 13, 2018
2018 Stage Raw Theater Awards Nominations
June 15, 2018
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
June 14, 2018
Francis Ford Coppola's Live Cinema
How the Oscar-winning filmmaker's groundbreaking experimental project became a reality at UCLA TFT
May 18, 2018
UCLA TFT/UCA Storytelling Institute
INAUGURAL STORYTELLING INSTITUTE IN CANNES, FRANCE MARKS SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
April 26, 2018
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
April 5, 2018
SCMS 2018
UCLA TFT faculty and alumnae were honored during the Society for Cinema & Media Studies 59th annual conference
March 19, 2018
UCLA TFT collaborates with KCET and UCLA's Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies
March 15, 2018
UCLA TFT and Reprise 2.0 form partnership
March 14, 2018
UCLA TFT Receives significant gift for the creation of the Hearst Theater Lab Initiative
January 31, 2018
Skoll Center and Creative Visions Present the Inaugural Spark Change Summit
January 31, 2018
Oscar Hopeful
Alumnus Reed Van Dyk's Award-Winning "DeKalb Elementary" is now and Academy Award-nominated Film
January 30, 2018
28th Annual LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Winners
January 24, 2018
UCLA TFT AND SWAROVSKI PARTNER TO CREATE THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY 'WATERSCHOOL'
January 5, 2018
BRUINS AT SUNDANCE
December 7, 2017
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER AND UCLA PROFESSOR PETER GUBER HONORED WITH UCLA MEDAL
October 31, 2017
WRITE ON CUE
THE 2017 SAMUEL GOLDWYN WRITING AWARDS WINNERS ARE REVEALED
October 26, 2017
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
September 19, 2017
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
September 11, 2017
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
September 8, 2017
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
September 6, 2017
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"
September 1, 2017
44th Telluride Film Festival
The Annual Labor Day Weekend Festival Features a Bevy of High-Profile Films from UCLA TFT Alumni
June 20, 2017
UCLA TFT Donors Give to the UCLA Chancellor's Centennial Scholars Match Program
June 13, 2017
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
May 18, 2017
UCLA TFT/UCA STORYTELLING INSTITUTE IN CANNES, FRANCE LAUNCHES IN SPRING 2018
April 13, 2017
Armenian Genocide Revealed
March 8, 2017
2017 South By Southwest Lineup Announced
January 29, 2017
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
November 18, 2016
Scenic Design Professor Myung Hee Cho Named Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
November 9, 2016
27th Annual LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards
November 2, 2016
Write On!
UCLA TFT grad student Eric Mallory Morgan takes first place at the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards
November 1, 2016
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
October 21, 2016
Shining a Light
Four UCLA TFT Bruins intend to showcase interdisciplinary classical and contemporary productions with their new venture, the southland company
October 11, 2016
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
October 6, 2016
The Teshome Gabriel Memorial Award
Established in 2010, the fellowship has been endowed by the former UCLA TFT professor's widow and children
September 12, 2016
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
September 7, 2016
Toronto International Film Festival showcases diversity by alumni, faculty, students and board members
September 2, 2016
