Hot Sheet May 2007
Apatow, Judd 1985-87 Filmic Writing: is producing the comedy
Year One for Columbia.
Araki, Gregg 1985 MFA Cinema: will be jury chief of the cutting edge Venice Horizons section.
August, John 1994 MFA Peter Stark: will direct
The Nines.
Bromstad, Angela 1981 LAS: is expected to take a new job heading an international unit for NBC Universal.
Chbosky, Stephen 1992 BFA Writing: is part of a newly formed cooperative venture that will target the passion projects of major stars in an effort to give both scribes and thesps more control over the creative process.
Clements, Scott 1993 Summer Production Workshop: served as visual effects assistant on sci-fi film
Jumper; developing
The Scarlet Avenger into a feature film that he'll also direct.
De Laurentiis, Aurelio : will fund the $100,000 prize, in memory of his father Luigi De Laurentiis. The prize will be split between the helmer and producer winner of The Venice Film Festival.
Downey, Susan : will produce
RocknRolla.
Flowers, Frank 2001 Filmic Writing: will write and possibly direct 20th Century Fox and New Regency's remake
Taps.
Fox, Dana 1994 MFA Peter Stark: wrote 20th Century Fox's
What Happens in Vegas.
Goldman, Scott 1993 BA CNTV: recently created the end main title
Kazakh Anthem for Fox's
Borat
Gray, Gordon 1986 Business: will be producing Disney's untitled life story of Penny Chenery, owner of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat.
Hackford, Taylor 1968 BA LAS: will direct Beacon Pictures' and Disney's
Good Luck, Mr. Anthony.
Kwapis, Ken 1982 LAS: will direct Walden Media's untitled teen mayor comedy.
Lebovitz Nolan 2001 BA LAS: wrote and will direct
Tortured for Five Star Pictures, Insight Film Studios and Proud Mary Entertainment.
Levy, Shawn 1994 MA Cinema: will begin lensing coming-of-age dramedy
A Way Back for Fox Searchlight in the summer of 2007.
Lucas, George 1966 Cinema: will oversee and commission a slate of documentaries that are apart of the digital programming, which The History Channel has greenlit and acquired.
Maibaum, Paul 1975 BA Cinema: will be the director of photography on ABC/Touchstone's
Sam I Am.
Mechanic, Bill 1979 MA Cinema: will head the jury of The Venice Film Festival's Lion of the Future prize for first-time filmmakers.
Moritz, Neal 1985 MFA Peter Stark: has paired with Columbia Pictures to bring
The Ark, the tale marring the story of Noah's Ark with a UFO crash, to the big screen; will develop a pitch by Sarah Thorp for Columbia Pictures, will produce
Made of Honor for Columbia Pictures,
Evan Almighty for Universal Pictures and
I Am Legend for Warner Brothers.
Murphy, Don 1988 Cinema: of Angry Films, will produce a big-screen version of
Second Sight a 1999 BBC miniseries about a detective struggling to solve a murder before he goes blind.
Orbach, Ruvin: sold the comedies
Great Sex and
How to Catch A Gangster and sold his film
Lucky Man for U.S. distribution to Echelon Studios.
Reitman, Jason 1999 BA LAS: will produce the screenplay
The Ornate Anatomy of Living Things for Fox Searchlight.
Rodman, Howard : is part of a newly formed cooperative venture that will target the passion projects of major stars in an effort to give both scribes and thesps more control over the creative process.
Schlamme, Thomas : will direct and executive produce the pilot for ABC drama
Life on Mars.
Spicer, Matthew 2006 BA Productionk: wrote the screenplay
The Ornate Anatomy of Living Things for Fox Searchlight.
Winkler, Max 2006 BA Production: wrote the screenplay
The Ornate Anatomy of Living Things for Fox Searchlight.
Films In Release
Kickin' It Old School Trace Slobotkin Screenplay
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End John Knoll Visual Effects Supervisor
The 11th Hour D.M. Hemphill Re- recording Mixer
The Invisible Jonathan Glickman Producer
The Invisible David S. Goyer Director
TV Shows
Aliens in America Tim Doyle Executive Producer
Aliens in America Luke Greenfield Director
Big Shots Charles McDougall Director
Canterbury's Law Dave Erickson Writer
Chuck Josh Schwartz Executive Producer
Chuck Chris Fedak Writer
Dirty Sexy Money Bryan Singer Director
Gossip Girl Josh Schwartz Executive Producer
On the Lot Andrew Frank Supervising Producer
Private Practice Shonda Rhimes Executive Producer
Pushing Daisies Chad Gomez Creasey Story Editor
Pushing Daisies Dara Resnik Creasey Story Editor
Sarah Connor Chronicles Josh Friedman Executive Producer
The Reaper Tom Spezialy Executive Producer