After 18 frenetic months documenting Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Drew Heskett ’14 barely had time to catch his breath before opening the door to a new opportunity – as official White House videographer. The...
For actor Dusan Brown ‘24, the recently released Netflix film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was both a breakthrough opportunity and a bittersweet experience. Playing Sylvester in the adaptation of August Wilson’s revered...
Recently a colleague extended a traditional Masai greeting to me that gave me great pause before responding: “Kasserian Ingera?” or “And how are the children?” Deceptively simple, this greeting is, yes, an interrogative...
It all started with short films starring cartoon animals. While their film school peers in a Visual Storytelling course were crafting sensitive tales full of dream sequences and dark storylines, Graham Towers ‘08...
Just four miles from Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, young filmmakers are learning to bring their stories to life through the Youth Cinema Project at Santa Ana High School. Chapman University...
Dodge College continues its climb into the rarefied reaches of national film school rankings with the release of The Wrap’s Top 50 Film Schools issue. The No. 4 placement achieved is the film school's highest ever.
Gray Fagan ’21 has mastered the TikTok stage. The film production major at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts has channeled his passion for storytelling into producing 60-second TikTok skits...
“Incredible” and “surreal” are two words Dime Davis (Class of ’08) uses to describe her Emmy Award nomination. But beyond the excitement, the Chapman University alumna is also aware of the opportunity to make...
From microbiology lab kits to circuit boards, Chapman delivers specialized supplies students need for remote learning as university prepares for semester's opening.
Chapman University Professor Nam Lee is a scholar of Korean cinema and is writing a book on the films of her friend, “Parasite” writer-director Bong Joon-ho. But even she didn’t see this breakthrough moment coming.
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