When Nate Moore was a child, he was fascinated by Black Panther comic books. He said the superhero’s mysterious persona and technologically advanced home country provided an escape from his small hometown of Clovis, California. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Nate Moore (left) was an executive producer of “Captain America: Civil War,” starring Anthony Mackie (right). Moore is currently producing “Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman, which is slated for release in February 2018. (Courtesy of Marvel Studios)

A seemingly deranged, working class man holds his finger on a release trigger, contemplating whether or not to blow up Wall Street – or at least its symbol. Read more...

Photo: Julia Roberts plays Patty Fenn and George Clooney plays Lee Gates in TriStar Pictures’ “Money Monster”. (Courtesy of Smokehouse Pictures)

About 15 groups of four UCLA student directors, producers, writers and cinematographers gathered for an interview with James Franco in Melnitz Hall in September. After a casual half-hour chat with the director, producer and Academy Award-nominated actor, only four teams were selected for the next step. Read more...

Photo: Arkesh Ajay, a graduate student in production directing, was chosen by James Franco to direct “Dry September,” one of a collection of four short films adapted from stories by William Faulkner. (Bailey Greene/Daily Bruin)