Eric Gorfain never missed a beat when shifting from the world of the Gilmores in Stars Hollow to that of a Jewish housewife in the 1950s. Read more...
Photo: Alumnus Eric Gorfain created original music pieces for the soundtrack of Amazon Studios’ original comedy show, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Two former lovers circumvent their roles as prisoner and prison guard as they pass messages to each other through the inside of a milk carton in “The Carton Tongue.” The short film follows Salam, an imprisoned journalist and gay rights activist in Morocco who discovers that his jailer is his closeted former lover, Mourad. Read more...
Photo: “The Carton Tongue,” a fictional short film created for an intensive summer film program, portrays the struggles many LGBTQ individuals face around the world. Blake McCormack plays Mourad, the closeted Moroccan jailer who encounters his imprisoned former lover. (Courtesy of Chelsea Giles)
Bisi Ademulegun, who goes by Bisi B., plans to ride her Harley-Davidson motorcycle from Southern California all the way to Alaska. Along the way, she will seek out women who lead extraordinary and adventurous lives. Read more...
Photo: Though the documentary was originally intended to be a feature film, “Breaking the Mold” became a series as the list of adventurous women that the team wanted to include in the documentary grew. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
Swarovski’s Waterschool initiative spans across 2,400 centers in seven countries, along the world’s major rivers. The program, which aims to educate and empower communities toward water sustainability, is the focus of “Waterschool,” a 70-minute documentary that dropped on Netflix on July 25. Read more...
Photo: Tiffanie Hsu directed the Netflix documentary, “Waterschool.” She said distributors like Netflix have expanded the possibilities for potential films and documentaries she may create in the future. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Warner Bros. is done clowning around. In 2016, the critically condemned “Suicide Squad” left audiences frantically fleeing theaters to find solace in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy. Read more...
Steven Canals spends his days jumping between the ballroom world of 1980s New York City and the writer’s room with Ryan Murphy. As the co-creator of TV series “Pose,” the UCLA screenwriting alumnus aims to fill the gaps of communities underrepresented in TV, he said. Read more...
Photo: (Claire Sun/Daily Bruin)
Drag and “30 Rock” blend to create “The Cocoa Fondue Show.” Inspired by the high profile drag queens on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” alumnus Andrew Arnold’s short film follows fictional starlet Cocoa Fondue as she sets out to create her own variety show. Read more...
Photo: Drag queens Ginger Minj and Bob the Drag Queen star as Catastrawberry and Cocoa Fondue in the short film “The Cocoa Fondue Show,” which goes behind the scenes of a fictional variety show. (Courtesy of Andrew Arnold)
