When Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote the screenplay that would become the runaway hit Netflix series “Squid Game,” he had $5 in his bank account. “I went to withdraw 10 bucks from the ATM machine and was rejected,” the South...
Who knew that during the early years of the Great Depression, culinary schools for Black women sprang up in numerous U.S. cities? For anthropology student and enthusiastic foodie Madisyn Montgomery ’22, the research...
Chapman University alumni filmmakers Claire Jantzen ’21 and Sara Rose Nell ’21 recently earned top honors at the Fine Cut Festival of Films in Los Angeles for their evocative short film “Your Friend, Ranger Doug,” made...
Maybe it’s the Disney influence, but filmmaker Carlos López Estrada ’12 seems extremely happy these days as he moves through a variety of creative and enchanted lands. He still has a foot in his familiar worlds of...
Faculty mentorship and diversity are praised as Chapman's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts jumps two places to earn its highest-ever ranking.
Film industry magazine MovieMaker released its annual list of the Best 40 Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada, and Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts has once again joined the ranks. “We’re...
The first time Alex Odesmith ’13 sat down to edit “Two Distant Strangers,” he struggled to “live in the space” of the challenging film. He walked away from the computer, stepped outside and said to himself, “I think I...
As an international film student, listening and speaking different voices is always a challenge and a benefit. Growing up in a different culture and environment developed my views differently, making me better at...
Lately, it seems that there is never a shortage of news on the Chapman University campus. Good thing Chapman News and The Panther newspaper have got it covered. Last week, Chapman’s two student journalist groups were...
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