MTV Executives David Gale & Jennifer Ringel visit
Film department instructor Lee Rosenbaum, Esq. hosted MTV executives David Gale and Jennifer Ringel for an up-to-the-second, in-depth look at new media trends, success stories, and emerging opportunities for filmmakers, artists and designers. Former talent agent David Gale founded MTV Films, and has produced over two dozen films, including Election, Aeon Flux, The Longest Yard, Coach Carter, Crossroads, and The Fighting Temptations. As Executive VP, New Media, he leads MTV Networks' groundbreaking, bold and imaginative initiatives aimed at establishing various new media forms as viable business models.
11.18.2009
Production Designer K.K. Barrett visits Distinguished Filmmaker Series
Film department instructor David Kellogg hosts a Q&A with Production Designer K.K. Barrett for our Distinguished Filmmakers Series. Among Barrett's credits are the films Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Human Nature, I Heart Huckabees, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, and most recently, Where The Wild Things Are.
11.17.2009
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski visits Art Center
Janusz Kaminski is the Academy Award-winning cinematographer of such films as: Schindler's List, How to Make an American Quilt, Jerry Maguire, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal, War of the Worlds, Munich, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Funny People.
Kaminski has worked with a wide range of acclaimed directors including Steven Spielberg, Cameron Crowe, Kathryn Bigelow, Julian Schnabel, and Judd Apatow.
Janusz recently completed a film for director James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson.
He has been nominated four times for the Best Cinematography Oscar, and received the Academy Award for both Schindler's List and Saving Private
Ryan.
He was the first cinematographer to present an Academy Award, which he did at the 2009 ceremony, alongside James Franco and Seth Rogen, presenting the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
11.12.2009
Caleb Deschanel visits Distinguished Filmmaker Series
Two of the world's finest cinematographers will be together, discussing their craft (and much more!) at Art Center this week: Film Department instructor Allen Daviau, ASC is hosting five-time Academy-Award-nominated cinematographer and director, Caleb Deschanel, ASC. Deschanel's extraordinary credits as cinematographer include The Black Stallion; Being There; The Right Stuff; The Natural; The Patriot; The Passion of the Christ; National Treasure; My Sister's Keeper; and many others. Films and TV series he's directed include The Escape Artist; Crusoe; Twin Peaks; Law and Order: Trial By Jury; and Bones. Among his other awards are an ASC Award; The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award; The National Society of Film Critics Award; and the Career Achievement Award from the National Board of Review, USA.
The event starts promptly at 1 PM in the Ahmanson Auditorium this Thursday, October 15th, and is open to all Art Center staff, faculty, students and alumni.
10.15.2009
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