LMU School of Film and Television

Proud to see two LMU lions honored with nominations for the ASC 2024 Student Heritage Awards! In awe of the exceptional work of Rita and Tate.

https://theasc.com/news/asc-announces-2024-student-heritage-award-nominees

Honored to be No. 5 on The Hollywood Reporter 2024 list of the Best Film Schools in the US. Congrats to the excellent students, alumni, faculty, and staff of Loyola Marymount University! 🦁🎥

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-film-schools-u-s-2024/

Proud to have three lions with projects at the 2024 Tribeca Festival!

Congrats David Fortune for COLOR BOOK, developed in the LMU Village Roadshow Emerging Talent Lab and winner of the 2023 AT&T Presents: Untold Stories $1 million prize, Elexis Goodwin for SMILE, GOD LOVES YOU., and Elizabeth Quinn for GOING RENO.

Visit https://tribecafilm.com/festival for screening times and more information.

LMU Class of 2024 grad Zoe Zakson's post-grad goal is to work in late-night TV and stand-up comedy, and she is already on her way.

The LMU School of Film and Television major performs often on campus, and hosts and produces a thriving monthly stand-up night at The Crow, a comedy club in Santa Monica run by LMU alumni. “L.A. is a perfect place to go into a creative field,” Zoe says. “There are so many LMU people to reach out to.”

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Honored that Loyola Marymount University is included in Variety’s 2024 Top Film Schools in North America. Thank you Variety for highlighting the unique programs we are proud to offer our students.

See the full article: https://variety.com/lists/best-film-schools-north-america-2024/loyola-marymount-school-of-film-and-television/

Celebrating the Loyola Marymount University alumni recognized for their outstanding screenwriting at the 2024 WGA Awards. Go lions!

Academy Award winning filmmaker Cord Jefferson stopped by Loyola Marymount University for a special screening of American Fiction followed by a conversation with LMU alum and KRON 4 News anchor Noelle Bellow. Thank you Cord for a magical night!

SCREENING TONIGHT: Check out BAD FAITH, a documentary from Prof. Steve Ujlaki, alumni Chris Jones ’15 and Alec Baer ’16! The film, which debuted at Palm Springs Film Festival, explores the impact of Christian Nationalism on American democracy.

See it tonight at a special screening and Q&A at LMU: https://leo.lmu.edu/event/10010875

The film will also screen for a limited time at the Laemmle Theater in Santa Monica beginning March 29 until April 4: https://www.laemmle.com/film/bad-faith-1

Learn more about the film: https://newsroom.lmu.edu/campusnews/documentary-film-bad-faith-traces-christian-nationalisms-unholy-war-on-democracy/

Bad Faith Screening and Q&A Discover unique opportunities at! Find and attend events, browse and join organizations, and showcase your involvement.

Today is the day! Join us for to bring exciting opportunities to students.

Choose your passion to support theirs: Scholarships, Funding Thesis Films, Eliminating Barriers to Festivals and Competitions, and Supporting Study Abroad.

When 25 donors give to SFTV today, two match gifts will be unlocked: $60,000 from The Meyer Family and another $10,000 from an anonymous donor.

Visit our Day of Giving page for more info: https://dayofgiving.lmu.edu/organizations/lmu-school-of-film-and-television

Congrats, Meredith Yinger '15, for being featured in the LA Times B2B Publishing Magazine Inspirational Women 2023 issue. You inspire us!

Our students are the heart of what makes LMU SFTV a Top 5 film school. Join us for on Feb 13th and help bring their visions to life on a set like this one.

We are excited to share that when 25 donors give to SFTV on Day of Giving, two gifts will be unlocked: $60,000 from The Meyer Family and another $10,000 from an anonymous donor.

Excited to announce that Prof Marc Pitre's film 'Unkind Cut' will screen at the 27th Pan African Film Festival on Monday, February 12th at 9:15 pm and Sunday, February 18th at 10:10 pm. Celebrate the magic of storytelling and representation this Black History Month!

Congrats to alum Jamil Akim OQuinn, who has been selected for the prestigious 24-25 Paramount Global Writers Mentoring Program!

https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/2024-2025-writers-mentoring-program/releases/?view=109086-paramount-global-announces-the-nine-writers-for-its-2024-2025-writers-mentoring-program

Photo - Nathalie Gordon/CBS ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc

We are thrilled to share that multiple LMU alumni and faculty have been nominated for the 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards by the Motion Picture Sound Editors!Congratulations Lions!

Oppenheimer American Horror Story Call of Duty

Celebrating alumni Lauren Levy Neustadter and Gloria Calderón Kellett, who were recognized as two of the most inclusive series producers in Hollywood on the USC Annenberg Inclusion List. Proud of LMU Lions leading the way.

https://www.inclusionlist.org/series/producers

We were so honored to host director Reggie Hudlin, Amazon Studios executive Amber Rasberry and writer Kelly Younger at a sneak peek of Candy Cane Lane!

Check out this interview with Kelly Younger by SFTV student Audrey Wood for a behind the scenes look at the film.

Looking for Joy: Kelly Younger ’94 on His New Film “Candy Cane Lane” - Loyola Marymount University Newsroom News and updates from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. LMU offers a rigorous academic experience for ambitious students committed to living lives of meaning and purpose.

Congrats to Directors Guild of America Student Film Award winners Yutong Cao and Matthew Cheung!

Yutong Cao '24
"The Rowboat"
Best Asian American Student Filmmakers Jury Award

Matthew Cheung '22
"Balancing Act"
Best Documentary Student Filmmakers Jury Award

Lights, camera, selfie 📸 Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, dropped by LMU to chat about the new film! Thanks Francis and fellow alum Matt Ryan for a great Q&A.

Don’t miss your chance to meet the Executive Producer of Survivor and learn more about opportunities to work on the show! Join us next Monday 11/13 at 7 p.m. in Mayer Theater and hear how you can apply to join the Survivor crew in Fiji next summer.

RSVP on LEO to reserve your spot! https://leo.lmu.edu/event/9604314

Congrats to Simon Luedtke ’24 on receiving the Native American Writer Accelerator Grant from the Native American Media Alliance in partnership with Netflix!

Read More: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/third-annual-native-american-writer-accelerator-grant-announces-recipients

LMU alum Gloria Calderón Kellett continues making waves in the industry! Congrats on her feature in The Wrap’s Latino Power List 2023.

Read it here: https://www.thewrap.com/latino-power-list-eva-longoria-jenna-ortega/

Honored to share that SFTV was ranked #5 this year in The Wrap’s list of top film schools. It’s our extraordinary students, faculty, alumni, and staff who make our film school shine.

Don’t miss our upcoming film festival on campus running today through the weekend!

Il Cinema Ritrovato returns to LMU after three years, bringing digitally restored, heritage films to Mayer Theater, Broccoli Theater, and the outdoor Drollinger stage. See the full program and RSVP here: https://sftv.lmu.edu/events/ritrovato/

Special thanks to LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts and LMU Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts for their support.

Congratulations to Nathan Xia '22 for taking home the Audience Award in the NextGen Category at the Nashville Film Festival for his film "Adam's Song"!

LMU nominees—Matthew Cheung ’22, Thomas Bolles ’23, and Jason Yu ’22—attended the 2023 ASC Student Heritage Awards ceremony over the weekend. Congrats to Matthew and Thomas for their wins!

Pictured from Left-Right: Jason Yu, Prof. Charles Swanson, LMU Distinguished Artist in Residence Amy Vincent ASC, ASC President Shelly Johnson, Thomas Bolles, Pete Soto, and Matthew Cheung.

Gabriela Dematteis ’13 won an Emmy this week for Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish for her work as a Producer on VICE’s Ritos De Pasaje: Sicarios. Congrats Gabriela!

LMU alum Gloria Calderón Kellett ’97 was recognized this week on TIME’s 2023 Latino Leaders list. She is paving the way for expanding representation in Hollywood, on and off screen. Congrats Gloria and thank you for all that you do!

Read her full feature in TIME:

Latino Leaders 2023 TIME is featuring prominent U.S.-based Latino leaders across industries who are making an impact from Hollywood to Washington and in between.

TODAY! Don’t miss the chance to connect with reps from Paramount regarding internships.

Join us as CPD collaborates with student organizations - LMU Storytellers of Color, SFTV Industry Women+, Latinx Business Association, and the National Society of Black Engineers- to bring Paramount+ recruiters and hiring managers to St. Robert's Auditorium. Discover their summer internship program through a panel and networking mixer. Paramount panelists will delve into internship projects, selection criteria, and their roles within the business. Enjoy refreshments and Paramount swag too! 🎬🌟

Paramount Panel & Networking Event
Monday, September 18 | 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | St. Robert's Auditorium

Register for this event on Handshake! Access the event directly by clicking the link in our bio. 📝🌟

Congratulations to Keya Vance '24 on her selection as a Fellow for the 2023 Torch Literary Arts retreat!

Announcing the 2023 Torch Retreat Fellows Torch Literary Arts is proud to announce the 2023 Torch Retreat Fellows! The six inaugural Fellows were selected by a committee from 133 applications with works in progress across poetry, fiction, and script (plays, screenplays). Torch is honored to support these writers with a week-long stay at the...

Screenwriting Professor and Grad Director Weiko Lin celebrated the release of the Traditional Chinese Edition of his book—Crazy Screenwriting Secrets—at an event at Tsutaya Bookstore in Taipei. Congrats Prof. Lin!