October
2007Allen, Elizabeth 2000 BA Cinema: has signed to direct Fox 2000’s adaptation of the children’s book Ramona; attached to helm the dark comedy My Mother’s Boyfriend.
Black, Todd 1982 BFA: set to produce the drama Seven Pounds for Escape Artists and Overbrook Entertainment.
Blair, Melanie 2005 MFA Peter Stark: produced the short Joburg which premiered at the LA Film Festival.
Christensen, Ronnie: wrote the supernatural thriller Outside, set to be produced by Overture Films.
Cragg, Nelson 2003 MFA Production: set to serve as director of photography for CSI: Las Vegas for CBS.
DeSanto, Tom: will team with 44 Blue to produce Spike’s Declassified, a new reality project about dangerous special ops missions from US history
Dewan, Vineet 2006 MFA Production: directed the short Clear Cut, Simple, which won first place for Best Student Live Action at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. Crew includes fellow USC graduates Jason Delmarty, Jason Blair, Jason Stone, Rob Ronnolly, John Harrison, Tim Carr, Elizabeth Johnson, Rachel Robb Kondrath, Michael Kurz, Michael Swingler, and Jay Visit. He is also featured in Filmmaker magazine as their “25 New Faces of Independent Film” and is in the NBC Director-in-Training Program for Friday Night Lights and Heroes.
Dreyfuss, Brian 1987 MFA Peter Stark: listed in Variety as a lit agent creating “Indie Buzz” for the agency he created last year, Featured Artists Agency.
Fox, Dana 2000 MFA Peter Stark: named as one of Variety’s “10 Writers to Watch.”
Gray, James 1991 BA Critical Studies: will direct the drama Two Lovers, which will be financed by 2929 Prods.
Goyer, David 1988 BFA Writing: will direct New Regency’s Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, a film based on the graphic novel.
Haber, Ben 2000 MFA Peter Stark: is joining Jordan Kerner at Kerner Entertainment.
Jensen, Matthew 1994 BA Production: set to serve as director of photography for the HBO show True Blood.
Kadner, Noah 1999 MFA Production: formed independent production company Call Box Live to distribute training DVDs for independent filmmakers and broadcast professionals.
Kassan, Matt 2000 MFA Peter Stark: joined Nintendo of America as Web Marketing Manager and will manage Nintendo's online marketing initiatives.
LaNeave, Kevin 1997 BA Production: of Digital Domain is the VFX editor for the upcoming summer 2008 action film Speed Racer.
LeSieur, Michael 2000 MFA Writing: wrote the comedy The Lonely Maiden, which is set to film in November for Yari Film Group
Lucas, George 1966 BA Cinema: of Lucasfilm is set to executive produce his WWII action adventure story Red Tails.
McQuillen, Troy 1987 BA Production: launched the inaugural South Dakota Film Festival, which he co-created.
Miller, Kam 2002 MFA Writing: wrote and directed the short film “Descendents of Eden,” which premiered at Comic-Con in July.
Moritz, Neal 1985 MFA Peter Stark: of Original Films is set to produce the dark comedy Dance of the Mirlitons for Warner Independent and an action thriller for Columbia Pictures from writer Sarah Thorp; will executive produce hour-long drama pilot Foobar, written by Alice Wu.
Nachmanoff, Jeffrey 1994 MFA Production: will direct his own screenplay, the espionage thriller Traitor, for Overture Films.
Nazarian, Eric 1999 BA Production: debuted his first feature film The Blue Hour at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Roach, Jay 1986 MFA Production: will direct the comedy Dinner for Schmucks for DreamWorks.
Rosenblatt, Jessica 2007 MFA Interactive Media: her recent thesis Fitting In: Physical History Education through Costume and Wearable Computing was accepted to the Doctoral Colloquium at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers.
Sears, Eric 1975 MFA Cinema: won the Emmy for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie for The Path to 9/11 with fellow alum David Handman and Mitchell Danton.
Sher, Stacey 1985 MFA Peter Stark: of Double Feature Films will be producing the romantic comedy Missed Connections for New Line.
Sighvatsson, Joni 1985 MFA Cinema: is producing the war drama Brothers for Relativity Media.
Smith, Stephanie 2001 MFA Screenwriting: sold the pitch for the series Iris Expanding for The CW in association with 20th Century Fox TV and Parkchester Pictures; currently scripting the pilot. Her first feature, the independently produced drama Promises, went into production with documentarian Jan Wellmann at the helm.
Sommers, Stephen 1993 MA Cinema: set to direct the live-action feature G.I. Joe for Paramount Pictures.
Turteltaub, Jon 1988 MFA Production: signed a multiyear over-all deal with CBS Paramount Network TV to create, develop, and produce television series for the studio.
Van Roon, Andy 1978 MFA: is writing and producing the feature-length animated musical Snowyville for Dream Balloon Prods.
White, Joseph 2004 MFA Production: currently shooting Repo! The Genetic Opera for Lionsgate.
Wells, John 1982 MFA Peter Stark: is a finalist for this year’s Humanitas Prize for The West Wing “Election Day, Part II,” written by Eli Attie and John Wells.
FILMS IN RELEASE
Across the Universe Suzanne Todd ’86 Producer
Across the Universe Jennifer Todd ’87 Producer
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Doug Hemphill ’79 Re-recording Mixer
Balls of Fury Jonathan Glickman ’93 Producer
The Brave One Susan Downey Producer
The Darjeeling Limited Robert Yeoman ’79 Camera
Death at a Funeral Larry Malkin ’94 Producer
The Game Plan Gordan Gray ’86 Producer
Gone Baby Gone Alan Ladd, Jr ’55 Producer
Good Luck Chuck Josh Stolberg ’96 Writer
Halloween Malek Akkad ’97 Producer
Halloween Glenn Garland ’88 Editor
I’m Not There John Wells ’82 Producer
It’s a Free World… Paul Laverty ’94 Director, Writer
Juno Jason Reitman ’99 Director
Made in L.A. Robert Bahar ’00 Co-Producer
Michael Clayton Robert Elswit ’75 Camera
Mr. Woodcock Mark P. Stoeckinger ’82 Supervising Sound Editor
Rail & Ties Kyle Eastwood Music
Sea of Dreams Jose Bojorquez Director, Producer, Writer
Sea of Dreams David Howard Writer
Sea of Dreams Nickolay Todorov ’02 Producer
Shoot ‘Em Up Michael P. Davis ’04 Director
TV SHOWS
Aliens in America Luke Greenfield ’94 Director
Big Shots Charles McDougall Executive Producer, Director
Californication Kevin Ross ’90 Editor
Carpoolers Jon Dudkowski Editor
Days of Our Lives Noel Maxam ’95 Producer
Dirty Sexy Money Bryan Singer ’86 Executive Producer
Law and Order: SVU Kam Miller ’02 Writer
Private Practice Shonda Rhimes ’94 Executive Producer, Writer
Pushing Daisies Chad Creasey ’03 Writer
Pushing Daisies Dara Resnik Creasey ’03 Writer
Reaper Tom Spezialy ’85 Executive Producer
The Riches Kevin Ross ’90 Editor
GAMES IN RELEASE
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Stephen E. Dinehart ’06 Narrative Designer
