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October 2006


 
 

Anguita-MacKay, Pilar 2001 MFA Screenwriting: has released her first feature film in Switzerland La Memoire Des Autres, about a family drama that explores multiple points of views regarding a family's past.

Atchison, Doug 1988 BA Production: will write and direct Class Act, about a sixth-grade teacher who is persuaded by her students to run for Congress in the 2000 elections. The Dreamworks film will star Halle Berry.

Bartis, Dave : will executive produce Business Class for NBC. It's a half-hour comedy, which revolves around two national sales reps who embark on a nonstop business trip.

Boyd, Sarah 1993 MA Production: was nominated twice for a 2006 Emmy for single-camera editing of a drama series for two separate episodes of Lost; is editing Resurrecting the Champ, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett.

Bryman, Gary 1996 BA Production: is currently producing Boogeyman 2.

Chiang, S. Leo 2000 MFA Production: produced and directed To You Sweetheart, Aloha, a documentary about Bill Tapia, the colorful 94-year-old Hawaii born 'ukulele master', who has outlived everyone he loves. Through a friendship with a much younger woman, he arrives unexpectedly at the pinnacle of his career.

Coats, Mercedes 1999 MFA Production: produced and directed To You Sweetheart, Aloha, a documentary about Bill Tapia, the colorful 94-year-old Hawaii born 'ukulele master', who has outlived everyone he loves. Through a friendship with a much younger woman, he arrives unexpectedly at the pinnacle of his career.

Collett, Nathan current student : won "Director's Choice" for Kibera Kid at the 2007 Angelus Student Film Festival.

Cunningham, David : will be directing a fantasy film The Dark is Rising, which will kick off the co-financing alliance with Walden Media and 20th Century Fox.

Donen, Josh 1979 BA Production: will produce Screen Gems' Armored for Buckaroo Entertainment.

Downey, Susan 1993 MA Cinema: is being elevated as one of the co-presidents of Dark Castle.

Fleder, Gary 1993 MA Cinema: is one of the executive producers for ABC's October Road, a relationship drama which will start production in October.

Greutert, Kevin 1987 BA Production: is editing the film Strangers for Rogue Pictures.

Hein, Steve : is currently producing Boogeyman 2.

Johnson, Rian 1996 Cinema: wrote and will direct the independent adventure film The Brothers Bloom, which will star Rachel Weisz.

Kerkeniakova, Teodora 1997 MFA Peter Stark: has been appointed director of production and development of Bill Pohlad's River Road Entertainment, who was responsible for Brokeback Mountain.

Kosar, Scott 1989 BA CNTV: has been named the screenwriter for Universal and Reese Witherspoon's Type A Films Bell Witch, which Reese will produce.

Liman, Doug attended : will executive produce Business Class for NBC. It's a half-hour comedy, which revolves around two national sales reps who embark on a nonstop business trip.

Milius, John 1967 BA Cinema: will write the Korean War picture The Chosen Few for Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment

Moritz, Neal 1985 MFA Peter Stark: has set up a pair of high-profile projects at Fox including a pilot from Evan Almighty.

Nemec, Andre : is one of the executive producers for ABC's October Road, a relationship drama, which will start production in October.

Nowrasteh, Cyrus 1977 BA Cinema: is set to write the second draft of Jawbreaker.

Nussbaum, Joe 1996 BA Production: will direct romantic comedy Cougars about a group of young men who are fed up with dating women their age and decide to date older women.

Queen, Ben 1996 BFA Filmic Writing: is one of the creators for Fox's new series production Drive an hourlong action series.

Roach, Jay 1986 MFA Production: is set to co-write and produce another reality-based film with Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen.

Schorr, Josh D. 1991 MFA Cinema: has been chosen as one of the the ten finalist out of 4,899 submissions for his screenplay, 10 Day Contract, by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 2006 Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.

Singer, Bryan 1989 BA Critical Studies: has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures to direct and produce a sequel to Superman Returns with Legendary Pictures expected to co-finance.

Stolberg, Josh 1996 MFA Production: is one of the writers for Evan Almighty, which Original Film will be producing a pilot from it for Fox.

Susco, Stephen 1999 MFA Production: will make his first directorial debut for Focus Features' White, which is an adaptation of a novella included within author Tim Lebbon's White and Other Tales of Ruin. It is the apocalyptic tale centering on a band of people trapped in a blizzard and systematically picked off by mysterious phantoms.

Zoumas, Michael 1984, 1989 BA, MA Cinema: will produce Focus Features' White for his Zoom Entertainment. White is an adaptation of a novella included within author Tim Lebbon's White and Other Tales of Ruin, and is the apocalyptic tale centering on a band of people trapped in a blizzard and systematically picked off by mysterious phantoms. Zoumas will also be producing Rogue's untitled carnival project described as an intense horror film involivng sideshow freaks and other carnival horrors.

Yaitanes, Greg 1992 : directed and executive produced the pilot Drive, Fox's new action series production.

Zemeckis, Robert 1973 BA Cinema: is set to produce Animated American, a film that will use a mix of live-action and animation to tell the story of the difficulty teens face when trying to fit in.

FILMS IN RELEASE

Flushed Away Richard L. Anderson Supervising Sound Editor

Running With Scissors Christopher Baffa Camera

The Grudge 2 Jeff Betancourt Editor

The Grudge 2 Stephen Susco Screenplay, based on Ju-On: The Grudge

Saw III Kevin Greutert Editor

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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