TFTV Impact Report 2021/2022

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ALUMNI PRIDELydia Martinez stars in Treasures Beneath My Tree, written and directed by Alexandra Cerna (‘21)• Lindsay Utz (BA Film & Television, ‘03) received the College of Fine Arts Award at the 2021 Alumni of the Yearceremony, which annually recognizes accomplished alumni for their achievements and contributions to theuniversity.“I want to particularly thank Professor Beverly Seckinger, whose History ofDocumentary class introduced me to all of the classics of non-fiction film andever since then, I have been in love with the art form. Bev’s classes inspiredand challenged me at a formative moment in my life, and I am so grateful toher and the entire department for giving me a filmmaking foundation thathelped me transition into my career today,” said Utz, who recently co-editedCivil, a Netflix documentary about the civil rights attorney Benjamin Crumpwhich premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. Read more.• At the 2021 Emmys, Amy Duddleston, ACE (‘86) earned twonominations for her editing work on HBO’s Mare of Easttown, LindsayUtz (BA Film & Television, ‘03) was nominated for her work on the AppleTV+ documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry, and John Matter(BA Film & Television, ’01) won a statue for Outstanding Sound Editing fora Comedy or Drama for his work as Dialogue Editor on HBO’s LovecraftCountry. As part of the Emmy celebrations, Duddleston joined a paneldiscussion by Emmy-winning and Emmy-nominated picture editors abouttheir art and craft of storytelling. Watch it here.Lindsay Utz (’03), right, with mentor Professor • At the 74th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards, PaulBeverly SeckingerPennolino (’85) was nominated in the category of Outstanding DirectorialAchievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming for HBO’s Last Week Tonightwith John Oliver. Pennolino is currently directing his ninth season of the award-winning show. In addition to sixPeabody Awards, Paul has earned six Emmy nominations for his directing as well as six DGA Directing Awardnominations. In 2022 Paul served as a juror of TFTV’s senior thesis film showcase, I Dream in Widescreen.
• Tamika Lawrence (BFA Musical Theatre, ’10) earned a 2022 Drama Desk Nomination for OutstandingFeatured Actress in a Musical and an Antonyo Award nomination in the category of Best Featured Actor ina Musical (Off Broadway) for her role in Black No More, the new musical inspired by George S. Schuyler’sAfrofuturist novel set during the Harlem Renaissance. The New York Times chieftheatre critic Jesse Green called Lawrence “a stunning singer” in a February 15review of the show.• Amrita Ramanan (BFA Theatre Production, ’07), pictured, was named The PublicTheatre’s Director of New Work Development. Since premiering Hair in 1967, ThePublic continues to play a major part in creating the canon of American Theaterand is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning musicalHamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Girl From the North Country by Conor McPhersonand featuring the music of Bob Dylan, and the revival of Ntozake Shange’s forcolored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. More atPlaybill.• Tyler Gillett (BFA Film & Television, ‘04) co-directed the long-awaited fifth installment of Scream, which wasreleased in January 2022. The film was a box office hit, earning a worldwide box office total of over $140M.Gillett subsequently signed to co-direct Scream 6, which has an expected release date of March 31, 2023.• After the pandemic-enforced suspension of performances, Ben Crawford (BFA Musical Theatre, ’05) madehis triumphant return to the lead role in Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera, which celebrated its 34thanniversary on January 26, 2022. In a special onstage speech after the curtain call that night, Crawfordacknowledged the 19 million people who have seen the show at the Majestic Theatre since 1988, makingPhantom the largest single generator of income and jobs in Broadway and U.S. theatrical history.• Scenic Designer Jason Jamerson (MFA Theatre Design and Production, ’19), pictured, whose work regularlyappears Off Broadway and in regional theatres across the country, joins Louisiana State University as AssistantProfessor of Virtual Production and Immersive Media. Prior to this position, Jamerson led the New MediaProgram in Virtual and VR Production at the University of Nebraska in Omaha.• Tony Moreno (BFA Musical Theatre, ’21) was cast as the lead in the new original musical Sensation, which hadits first industry reading in June 2022 in New York. Sensation features book, music, and lyrics by Ayden Skye(Anderson Lena and the Things That Don’t Matter). The rest of the team comprises director Will Nunziata (LittleBlack Book), music director Rich Mercurio (Waitress), casting director Jenna Gelenberg (Ryan Murphy’s TheProm), music producer Russ DeSalvo (Celine Dion, Lionel Richie), and multiple award-winning producer CoryRosenberg of CRee8 Productions. Moreno is represented by CGF Talent.• Tyler West (BFA Acting, ’18)joined the cast of La Clique, theoriginal, trailblazing, genre-definingcabaret show that debuted at theEdinburgh Festival in 2004 and hassubsequently travelled the worldto international acclaim. The showis part of the Underbelly Festival inLondon, UK, through July 2022.Tyler West (‘18) performs in La Clique.Photo by Tigz.
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