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<strong>of</strong>ficially launched the search for The American<br />
Candidate as part <strong>of</strong> a new reality series for Showtime<br />
Samuel Dickerman ’94, will executive produce<br />
Xanth for Warner Bros. Jason Ensler ’97, will direct<br />
Grilled for New Line Cinema Jonathan Glickman<br />
’93, will produce Pacifier for Spyglass Entertainment<br />
David G<strong>of</strong>fin ’97, nominated for PGA Award for<br />
Producer <strong>of</strong> the Year for Reality/Game Series (American<br />
Idol-Fox) Al Gough ’94, and Miles Millar ’94,<br />
will produce Powerpuff Girls for Disney Luke<br />
Greenfield ’94, will direct and produce The Untitled<br />
Destiny Project for his newly launched production compa-<br />
ny; will direct and produce The Holiday Club for 20th<br />
Century Fox David Hamlin ’94, filmed Avalanche:<br />
Surviving Tragedy, which aired on MSNBC’s National<br />
Geographic Ultimate Explorer Dan Hertzog ’91,<br />
shot and directed an ad campaign for NPR Claudine<br />
Ise ’98, joined Wexner Center for the <strong>Arts</strong> as associate<br />
Noah Kadner ’99<br />
curator for exhibitions Richard Kelly ’97, will<br />
direct the comedy-musical thriller Southland Tales for<br />
Cherry Road Films Noah Kadner ’99, directed his<br />
first feature, Formosa, an independent project produced<br />
by High Road Productions Anya Koch<strong>of</strong>f ’91,<br />
wrote the script for Manhattan Baby, a romantic comedy<br />
that will be produced by Reese Witherspoon Leslie<br />
Lwerks ’93, completed a one-hour TV special on high-<br />
wave surfing, which won the top award at X-Dance in<br />
Park City, Utah; is currently in post-production on a<br />
high-definition feature documentary about the history <strong>of</strong><br />
Pixar Animation Studios Lucky Mckee ’97, will<br />
direct Red, based on the horror novel by Jack Ketchum,<br />
for United Artists Doug Miro ’96, co-scripted<br />
Skeletons and The Last Talisman for DreamWorks and<br />
The Great Raid for Miramax Constantine Nasr<br />
’97, produced The Looney Tunes Golden Collection, rated<br />
the Best DVD <strong>of</strong> 2003 by Entertainment Weekly, and is<br />
currently at work on volume 2 Vanessa Newell ’98,<br />
is one <strong>of</strong> the editors for the documentary series TV<br />
Revolution Tommy O’Haver ’95, will direct Magick<br />
for DreamWorks and Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers<br />
Nick Osborne ’97, will produce The Pariah for<br />
Underground Films Ari Posner ’93, provided the<br />
music for The Last Mogul: The Life and Times <strong>of</strong> Lew<br />
Wasserman Nick Pustay ’95, will adapt the novel<br />
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood<br />
Pal for Mission Entertainment Kevin Ross ’90, was<br />
an editor on Fox’s TV series Wonderfalls; he also serves as<br />
a representative on the board <strong>of</strong> directors for the Motion<br />
Picture Editors Guild, IATSE, Local 700 Hal<br />
Schwartz ’95, produced Committed, which stars<br />
Reiko Aylesworth, Bruno Campos, JoBeth Williams,<br />
Meat Loaf, Marla Sokol<strong>of</strong>f, Greg Germann, and David<br />
Alan Basche; the crew also included DP Matthew<br />
Heckerling ’02; editor Adam Stein, a current stu-<br />
dent; writer Carol Watson ’95, who passed away in<br />
1998; and associate producer Lennox Wiseley ’95<br />
Josh Schwartz ’99, will write and executive produce<br />
a new TV drama series for Warner Bros. John<br />
Sclimenti ’90, produced a rockumentary, Riding in<br />
Vans with Boys, which was picked up for distribution by<br />
Melee Entertainment, a DVD specialty arm <strong>of</strong><br />
DreamWorks John Singleton ’90, will develop and<br />
direct Luke Cage for Columbia with Neal Moritz pro-<br />
ducing Erich Stonestreet ’97, directed an action-<br />
comedy music video, Crush, for Waverly Stephen<br />
Susco ’99, wrote the script for the movie Red, which is<br />
to be produced by United Artists Lee Unkrich ’90,<br />
was nominated for the ACE Eddie Award in Comedy for<br />
Finding Nemo Sytze Van der Laan ’93, has been<br />
promoted to co-CEO <strong>of</strong> the Studio Hamburg Group<br />
Bree Michael Warner ’98, completed photography<br />
on the feature film Boardwalk Poets Laurel Moje<br />
Wetzork ’93, directed Rogues, a psychological thriller<br />
that screened at the Palm Beach International Festival<br />
Jim Whitaker ’94, has been promoted to president <strong>of</strong><br />
production for Universal-based Imagine Films Robert<br />
Winn ’97 directed, wrote, and produced, and Lindsey<br />
Jang ’99 wrote and produced the documentary Saigon,<br />
USA which aired on PBS<br />
2000 –Present<br />
J.R. Arinaga ’04 and Tyler Soper ’04, reached<br />
the finals <strong>of</strong> the 2003 –2004 Coca-Cola Refreshing<br />
Filmmaker’s Awards for their film The Essentials<br />
Aditya Assarat ’00, wrote and directed Hi-So,<br />
which was selected by The Sundance Institute for its<br />
annual January Screenwriters Lab Joe Ballarini ’00,<br />
wrote and is expected to direct F+ for MGM Jennie<br />
Chamberlain ’04 and Gabriel Lichstein ’03,<br />
reached the finals <strong>of</strong> the 2003–2004 Coca-Cola<br />
Refreshing Filmmaker’s Awards for their film Love and<br />
Other Stuff Sean Covel ’02 and Chris Wyatt ’02,<br />
produced Napolean Dynamite, which was purchased by<br />
Fox Searchlight at the Sundance Film Festival Nelson<br />
Cragg ’03, won the American <strong>of</strong> Cinematographers<br />
Society Conrad L. Hall Heritage Award, which is pre-<br />
sented to promising film school students or recent gradu-<br />
ates Chad Creasey ’03, wrote Sydney White & the<br />
Seven Dorks, which was optioned by Dara Resnik for<br />
her graduate thesis and has been purchased by Warner<br />
Bros. Victoria Foster ’04, directed Unsyncables At<br />
Any Age, a documentary presented at the L.A. Harbor<br />
International Film Festival Alex Franklin ’00, has<br />
been promoted to director <strong>of</strong> development at Lions Gate<br />
Entertainment Yana Gorskaya ’02, won the ACE<br />
Eddie Award in Documentary for Spellbound Jason<br />
Lust ’00, has acquired rights through his company,<br />
Circle <strong>of</strong> Confusion, to filmmaker Ken Baker’s memoir,<br />
Man Made; is one <strong>of</strong> the producers on Jinx for Universal,<br />
and is financing and producing Red, based on the horror<br />
novel by Jack Ketchum, Corey May ’01 and Dooma<br />
Wendschuh ’01, will produce and distribute the<br />
screen adaptation <strong>of</strong> The Dogs <strong>of</strong> Babel with Focus<br />
Features Chris Prouty ’03, with Steve Desmond and<br />
Jill Prouty, won first place in the Academy <strong>of</strong> Television<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> & Sciences Foundation College Television Awards<br />
competition in the category <strong>of</strong> Children’s Programming,<br />
for Saving Worms Amy Slucter ’03, won an Alfred P.<br />
Sloan Film Award for The Cure Shawn Sylvian ’00,<br />
has taken over as artistic director <strong>of</strong> the Tacoma Grand<br />
Cinema Reggie Vinluan ’04, won an Alfred P.<br />
Sloan Film Award for Afterbirth Andrew Waller<br />
’03, is directing Ice Princess for Disney<br />
Nelson Cragg ’03<br />
Current Students<br />
Judith Fernando, and Christine Shin reached<br />
the finals <strong>of</strong> the 2003–2004 Coca-Cola Refreshing<br />
Filmmaker’s Awards for their film Movie Date Jesse<br />
Wheeler, won an Alfred P. Sloan Film Award for<br />
The Dry Season Mun Chee Yong, won a ninth<br />
annual DGA Student Award.<br />
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