Hanadi Elyan works in Melnitz Hall on an original short film, but about 8,400 miles away in the United Arab Emirates, filmmakers hired by her roll out film projects for her clients. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Hanadi Elyan (left) and her husband Nathan Bennett (right) run the film production company Reel Arab Productions out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, though they are currently living Los Angeles while Elyan finishes film school at UCLA. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
I grew up in the suburb of Santa Clarita, California. It’s a quiet town that’s a safe place to raise a family. The only things to do for fun are to hang out at the mall or go to Six Flags Magic Mountain for the billionth time. Read more...
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Diversity in film and television came into the spotlight in 2016 with #OscarsSoWhite. A USC study in 2016 found only about a quarter of speaking characters belonged to non-white racial/ethnic groups. Read more...
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Jerell Rosales didn’t think twice when his friend and former teacher James Franco emailed to ask if he wanted to direct Franco’s new movie. UCLA alumnus and lecturer Franco brought on both Rosales, a directing graduate student, and Jessica Dube, a UCLA screenwriting alumna, to work on the Lifetime film “High School Lover.” Debuting Saturday, “High School Lover” is a romantic thriller about a teen girl swept off her feet by an older celebrity, who soon becomes obsessive. Read more...
Photo: UCLA lecturer James Franco is the excutive producer for the Lifetime film “High School Lover.” He brought on a UCLA student and alumna, Jerell Rosales and Jessica Dube (left to right), to help direct and write the script. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Most stories of space travel deal with Earth-bound humans who long to visit other worlds, but the new science fiction romance film “The Space Between Us” tells a story from the reverse perspective. Read more...
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When producer Richard Barton Lewis saw actor Asa Butterfield in “Hugo,” he knew that the young actor was perfect for the lead in his next project, “The Space Between Us.” Lewis met Butterfield over a Skype call, and the experience reminded him of the very movie he was making. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Richard Barton Lewis drew upon his relationship with his 19-year-old son when writing the story for the upcoming film “The Space Between Us” about a Martian boy who travels to Earth. (Courtesy of Catherine Coleman)
Diane Guerrero was 14 when her family was taken from her. She came home from a day of high school to find her house empty, her undocumented family members having been taken by immigration services. Read more...
Photo: First-year environmental science student Chris Perez said he is looking forward to the event as his family has also experienced fears of deportation since two of his aunts are undocumented. (Eileen Lising/Daily Bruin)
