From Bosom Buddies Joel Zwick’s career as a film, theater and television director has spanned several decades. While he’s best recognized for directing My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the highest…
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Altazor to be Performed in Mexico City on Friday
Jxel Rajchenberg, a second-year MFA performer-composer student at The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts, has been commissioned by the Mexican National University’s radio station, Radio UNAM, to write…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris Screens Works at CalArts Tonight
Tonight at 7 pm in CalArts’ Bijou Auditorium, the ongoing Structuring Strategies film class and screening series welcomes filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris, who’ll show his work and present the lecture…
Continue reading »CalArts to ‘Play Itself’ in Germany during Rurhtriennale 2011
A contingent of the CalArts community consisting of students and recent graduates representing all six schools descends on Essen, Germany, to present new works at PACT Zollverein on Sept. 29-Oct….
Continue reading »Filmmaker David Nordstrom Screens Sawdust City at CalArts Tuesday Night
The Structuring Strategies film class and screening series welcomes writer-director David Nordstrom (Film/Video MFA 05) to the Bijou Theater tomorrow (Sept. 20) at 7 pm. Nordstrom presents his small-town family…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Animation Programs Announce New Faculty Members
Copenhagen Cycles (2006) from Eric Dyer on Vimeo. Earlier this month, Dean of CalArts’ School of Film/Video Steve Anker announced new faculty members in the Experimental and Character animation programs…
Continue reading »Feature Film Frogtown Holds LA Premiere this Weekend
[nggallery id=198] Frogtown, the first feature film by writer/director and CalArts alumnus C. Andrew Hall (Film/Video MFA 10), is a love story set in the dark nooks and crannies of…
Continue reading »Two CalArtian Filmmakers Among 2011 Princess Grace Award Winners
In August, the Princess Grace Foundation (USA) announced its 2011 grant and scholarship recipients for the areas of theater, dance and film. Among the six filmmakers selected, two are from…
Continue reading »Film Fridays: Hannah Ayoubi’s Vampire Gastelbrau
The Film Fridays segment appears every Friday and features films and videos from students, faculty and alumni of the six schools at CalArts. Today’s Film Fridays post features animator Hannah…
Continue reading »Celebrated Filmmaker Charles Burnett to Join CalArts Film/Video Faculty this Fall
Film director Charles Burnett, whose diverse filmmaking career has spanned more than 40 years, joins the faculty of the Film Directing Program at CalArts’ School of Film/Video for the 2011-12…
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