Visiting Filmaker
Producer Denise Di Novi talks about her experiences as a producer on films including:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Catwoman (2004)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Little Women (1994)
Ed Wood (1994)
and many more.Friday, Feb 29
2:30-4:25 P.M.
Film Forum
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Special Event!!!
Cornell in Hollywood Internship Program
Wednesday 2/20/08 12:00-1:00PM Brown Bag lunch - Open to All
Cornell in Hollywood Internship Info session
Green Room, Schwartz Center for Performing ArtsWednesday 2/20/08 5:00-6:00PM Open Seminar
Drew Brody: “How to produce your first feature film...”
Film Forum, Schwartz Center for Performing ArtsWednesday 2/20/08 6:00-7:00PM Open Seminar
David Greenman: “Life of an LA Actor”
Film Forum, Schwartz Center for Performing ArtsThursday 2/21/08 4:35PM Open Info Session
Cornell In Hollywood Internships
Goldwin Smith - Room TBA
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TALENT + CREW WANTED
Advanced Film Auditions are here!!! Questions? Send a note.
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VISITING FILMMAKERS
Cornell alum Tom Swartout '86 - Film Editor
on Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead". Tom talks about his experiences as an editor on features as well as documentaries and TV shows. - Thur, Feb 7 @ 7:00, WSH---
FALL CORNELL STUDENT FILM SCREENINGSSTUDENT FILMS II
Sunday Dec 9th, 7:30 pm - Willard Straight Theatre
Film 477 Intermediate Film & Digital Video Projects
taught by Marilyn Rivchin with Media Assistant, Randy HendricksonPremieres of documentary films by Amanda Colon, Sungyun Gim and the team of Billy Boyce and Emily Schneider; narrative projects by Gabe Long, Drew Webb; and animations by Alex Krivicich.
Amanda Colon, "My Brother's Keeper," intimate conversations about "brotherhood" in collegiate and correctional contexts.
Billy Boyce and Emily Schneider. There's more to Ithaca's local music than country and folk; this film explores and celebrates Ithaca's relatively unknown hip-hop scene.
Sungyun Gim, "KSA," a documentary on the Korean Student Association and the inner workings as they tackle social issues.
Alex Krivicich, "Dr. Popcorn," the animated series. Can you handle the heat?
Gabe Long, In 2032 a reporter tries to find his way in a world of censorship and political unrest.
Drew Webb, "The Social Academy." A young man, Keith Gaines (having no relation to Garth Brooks' alter ego) attempts to realize the unfinished dreams of his hero, Jim Jones.
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FALL CORNELL STUDENT FILM SCREENINGS STUDENT FILMS I
Sunday, Dec 2 7:30 pm - Willard Straight Theatre
Film 377 Intro to 16mm & digital filmmaking
taught by Marilyn Rivchin with Media Assistant, Randy HendricksonNew work by: Matt Davis, Matt Lanzing, Matt Palmer; Katie Lilly, Kate Previte; Willy Osterweil and Will Wiseheart; Jason Turer, Brian Tamason, Michal Zebede, Gabe Long, Branden Buehler and Hovig Charchaflian
and:
Film 324 Summer Animation course
Taught by visiting Prof. Lynn Tomlinson, assisted by Rebekka Grohn.Fun exciting animation projects by: Bryan Curtis, Dragos Dasoveanu, Eva Hall, Christine Nelson, Ninfa Leal, Liz Populo and Pisut Wisessing
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VISITING FILMMAKERS
Cornell alum Don Lee, Jr.,'77 - Film Producer
("Sleepless in Seattle," "Elizabethtown" "World Trade Center," and Mike Myers' upcoming film, "The Love Guru" &
Kathleen Chopin - Casting Director
("The Manchurian Candidate," "Zoolander," "The Love Guru"Audition Techniques for Actors and Casting in Films | 11:00 am - 12:00 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre
Producing and Casting Feature Films | 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm in the Film Forum Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Open to all film and theatre students
Friday, November 16, Schwartz Center Film Forum
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VISITING FILMMAKERS
An evening with Experimental Filmmaker
Rebecca Meyers '97
Tues, Nov 6 @ 7:30, Schwartz Center Film ForumAfter receiving an MFA from the University of Iowa, Rebecca spent four years in Chicago making films, programming the Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, and teaching film production at Columbia College Chicago. Rebecca is currently living in Boston, where she continues to make experimental 16mm films (and exhibit them at festivals, cinematheques, and microcinemas). She taught film production at Emerson College and recently joined the staff of The Harvard Film Archive, where she assists in the programming its quarterly calendar of public film screenings. Her most recent film, THINGS WE WANT TO SEE, played around the world, including at The 48th London International Film Festival, The Images Festival in Toronto, and The San Francisco Cinematheque, and was included in a gallery show in Trento, Italy entitled "White Shadows: Stories and Polar Visions."
OUR CONDOLENCES to the family and friends of
alum screenwriter, producer and director Melville Shavelson, '37
who passed away on August 8 at age 90. Mel's gifts to Cornell's Film Program have supported many student productions.See his long list of credits here
Film Student, Trevor White '07, talks about his work and his inspiration... click here to read the article from The Cornell Commitment Spring 2007 newsletter.
Student Film Screenings:
1. Sunday, May 6, 8PM Willard Straight | FILM 422 Cinematography Class
2. Friday, May 11, 8PM Schwartz Center for Performing Arts | Film 493 Advanced Film and Video Projects and Thesis Films. See film stills and descriptions here.
01.09.07.- Cornell in Hollywood
In progress for 2007: “Cornell in Hollywood” is a program currently being developed to bridge between Cornell alums in the industry in L.A. with our campus Film Program. Stay tuned for more information on:
- Producer, writer, and director visits to campus
- Virtual visits from alums (phone & videoconferences)
- New internships in the industry
- Events in Hollywood for recent Cornell alums
Student Films I – Sunday, December 3 at 7:30 P.M. at Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell
A wild array of dramatic and comic narratives, documentaries and mockumentaries, animation and experimental films and videos – these are the final projects in all genres by Cornell’s newest filmmakers. Those produced in FILM 377, Introduction to 16mm and Digital filmmaking, taught by Marilyn Rivchin, the projects are by: William Boyce, Gregory Brown, Amanda Colon, Gwen Curtis, Sungyun Gim, Rachel Katz, Alexander Krivicich, Robert Morningstar, Ryan Olsen, Jillian Rayfield, Emily Schneider, Saramoira Shields, Drew Webb and Ann Wilde. This program also features work made in visiting professor and animator Lynn Tomlinson's '88 FILM 325 summer course, Animation History and Practice, including animations by Franco Cedano, Jessica Coombs, Matthew Davis, Mary Fessenden, Dora Fraeman, James Goldman, Rebekka Grohn, Matthew Lanzing, Saramoira Shields and Rebecca Sopchak. See student works.
Student Films II -- Sunday, December 10 at 7:30 P.M. at Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell
Premieres of original fiction and non-fiction work from the class Film 478 Intermediate Film & Video Projects, taught by Marilyn Rivchin, include these new directors’ films: ”Clean” by Kendra Anderson and Javed Quadrud-Din, tells adysfunctional, high-school love story involving a girl who marches to her own drummer and a boy with obsessive compulsive disorder; several neo-noir film narratives: “The Minotaur,” by Bryan Foster, a modern retelling of the ancient greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur; “Olin,” by Oliver NH Bundy, in whicha student finds his late night studying session turn into a terrifying battle of mind; and “dry long so”David Gelston, worn out beyond the point of survival (see photo); a surrealistic fantasy, “The Music Box,” by Savinien Caracostea (see photo) and “Recreating Ukraine,” a documentary on the Ukrainian diaspora by Larissa Paschyn and Dawn Kamoche. See student works.
Visiting alum writer/producer Ron Moore discussing Battlestar Galactica with a film studies class, November, 2006.
PAST VISITING FILMMAKERS FALL '06
12/7/06.-Scott Ferguson '82 co-producer of Brokeback Mountain and Factory Girl | filmography
10/30/06.- Ron Moore '86 creator and producer of the new Battlestar Galactica series | filmography
09/20/06.- Jason Livingston '94 Under Foot & Overstory
09/27/06.- Julie Perini '00 Experiments in Immediacy