Alum’s Thesis Film is Up for a Student Academy Award
The film Incognito by Jiaxuan “Jacky” Song ’19 (Film and TV Production) is a finalist for a 2020 Student Academy Award (SAA). Set in mid-1990s Los Angeles, Incognito tells the story of a young…
The film Incognito by Jiaxuan “Jacky” Song ’19 (Film and TV Production) is a finalist for a 2020 Student Academy Award (SAA). Set in mid-1990s Los Angeles, Incognito tells the story of a young…
By the time Nicole Grimes ’21 was headed off to college, her mother, Dr. Jill Grimes, had already made several versions of “medical cheat sheets” on index cards and laminated pages for friends of…
Jacob Cornblatt ’20 has kept plenty busy since he arrived at LMU as a film and television production major a little more than three years ago. A self-described overachiever, he began writing for the…
Tabatha Laanui ’15 has been chosen to receive the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television (LMU SFTV) Fellowship as part of Film Independent’s signature diversity mentorship program, Project Involve. Laanui will receive…
SFTV alum Martin Helgeland ’17 (Film and Television Production) is adapting writer and surfer Kem Nunn’s first novel, Tapping The Source, as a feature screenplay for Universal Pictures. Nunn’s novel about a young man…
In 2019 Mallom Liggon ’21 co-created The Minority Report, a competition that mirrors the film industry’s “Black List” for screenplays written by students of color and other underrepresented groups. It’s the first effort of…
In the heart of the film industry, surrounded by large production companies and A-list actors, it is often forgotten that feature filmmaking isn’t the only possible career path after graduation. Kate Rhamey ’12, who…