January 2007
Ableson, Brad 1997 BA Production: completed his eleventh season as storyboard artist on The Simpsons, and is currently working on The Simpsons Movie.
Bernstein, Jim 1991 MFA: sold his sitcom pilot Shane to CBS.
Betancourt, Jeff MFA: is a director for Mandate Picture's Boogeyman 2.
Blitz, Jeffrey 1997 MFA: received a directing awards in the dramatic section at Sundance 2007 for Rocket Science.
Chen, Arvin current student : his theis film Mei was accepted into the Short Film Competition (Silver Bear) at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Cutler, R.J. attended MFA Cinema: is putting together a TV series called Facebook Diaries, which will give Facebook members a chance to submit their videos documenting their lives and possibly be picked to air on the series.
Dillon, Jonathan M. 2006 Production: Directed, produced and edited his first feature film Rigged.
Ducsay, Bob 1986 MFA Production: will produce Mummy 3 along with his partner Stephen Sommers.
Edlund, Richard 1960 Cinema: received the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Erickson, Dave attended MFA Writing: wrote Canterbury's Law pilot for Fox.
Fedak, Chris 1998 Writing: will co-executive produce Chuck, an action comedy TV Show about twentysomething spies, which he co-wrote with Josh Schwartz.
Goodman, Samantha 1992 MFA Peter Stark: has teamed with Barry Josephson, Eileen Gallagher, Ann McManus, and Andy Stern for a TV drama about nurses for Fox.
Gough, Alfred 1994 MFA Peter Stark: has co-written Mummy 3 for Universal Pictures.
Grazer, Brian 1974 Psychology: will produce a feature based on the life of James Brown, which will be directed by Spike Lee for Paramount and Imagine Entertainment; will produce the feature adaptation of The Emperor's Children for Universal Pictures and Imagine.
Johnson, Kimberly Lofstrom 1998 BA Cinema: sold her first screenplay Curve, which will be directed by Jamie Vanderbilt.
Lehmann, Michael 1985 MA Cinema: will direct Family of the Year, ABC's 20th Century Fox TV produced comedy.
Liman, Doug attended : will co-executive produce the small-screen take on Mr. & Mrs. Smith for ABC.
Lorton, William 2004 BA Production: received an honorable mention at Sundance 2007 for Spitfire 944, which he directed.
Matta, Ricardo Mendez : co-wrote and directed Ladrones y Mentirosos aka Thieves and Liars, which was Puerto Rico's official entry for the Foreign Language Oscar.
Millar, Miles 1994 MFA Peter Stark: has co-written Mummy 3 for Universal Pictures.
Miller, Kam 2002 Writing: got a blind-script pilot deal with Paramount Television and will be developing pilots.
Moritz, Neal 1985 MFA Peter Stark: will produce for Columbia Pictures and Original Pictures a remake of The Tingler, a Vincent Price 1959 frightener about a mad scientist who can scare people to death.
Patricof, Mark : has co-founded adTV, a website similar to YouTube, which will enable users to be able to search for specific ads and commercials.
Reitman, Jason 1999 BA LAS: will direct Juno, a coming-of-age comedy, which will star Jennifer Garner.
Schwartz, Josh 1999 BFA Writing: had his second pilot, Gossip Girls, picked up and has signed an overall deal with Warner Brothers TV; will co-executive produce Chuck, an action comedy about twentysomething spies, which he co-wrote with Chris Fedak.
Sommers, Stephen 1993 MA Cinema: will produce Mummy 3 along with his partner Bob Ducsay.
Stern, Andy 1992 MFA Peter Stark: has teamed with Barry Josephson, Eileen Gallagher, and Ann McManus, and Samantha Goodman for a TV drama about nurses for Fox.
Valdez, David current student : won the 2006 Governor's Cup Short Screenplay competition in Sante Fe, New Mexico for screenplay A Day In Heaven about a man who builds a time machine so he can visit his deceased wife in heaven.
Vanderbilt, Jamie 1999 BFA Writing: will be making his directorial debut directing the thriller Curve.
Ward, David S. 1968 Cinema: has signed up to write Buddha the big-budget production that will mark the filmmaking debut of Beverly Hills-based Indian Billionaire Dr. B.K. Modi.
Zemeckis, Robert 1973 BA Cinema: is partnering with the Walt Disney Studios to form a film company to specialize in performance capture films.
FILMS IN RELEASE
Miss Potter David Kirschner Producer
Night at the Museum Shawn Levy Director, Producer
Factory Girl George Hickenlooper Director
Freedom Writers Stacey Sher Producer
Code Name: The Cleaner Les Mayfield Director
Because I Said So Michael Lehmann Director
The Messengers Jason Shuman Producer
The Messengers John Axelrad Editor
The Messengers Armen Minasian/i> Editor
TV SHOWS
American Dad Jim Bernstein Co-Executive Producer
24 Brian Grazer Executive Producer
24 Evan Katz Executive Producer
The Sarah Silverman Program Erin O'Malley Producer
The Simpsons Brad Ableson Storyboard Artist
