Bonnie Arnold (COM ’78) and Mireille Soria will lead the DreamWorks feature animation group as co-presidents under NBC Universal chairman Donna Langley. After NBC Universal’s $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animations, Universal has announced new management structures placing BU alum Arnold in a prime leadership position. Arnold was recently honored as part of Hollywood’s Power… Read More
A Hothouse Productions film wins runner-up in the 2016 Neuro Film Festival. The film “Love is Out There: A Story of Love, Loss and Resilience in the Face of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)” tells the story of Katie Brandt and the loss of her husband to FTD. “After losing my husband to the rare neurological disorder FTD, I… Read More
Rachel Segall gave her old college friend, Erik Mercer, the most selfless and generous gift possible—she carried a baby for him and his husband. Even more remarkable: the happily married mother of three teenagers was in her late 40s at the time and insisted on doing it for free. And then she volunteered to carry… Read More
BUTV10 won a Bronze and its first-ever Silver Telly in the 37th Annual Telly Awards. This is BUTV10’s twelfth Telly Award since 2008. On That Point, a current events discussion show, received a Bronze Telly for their coverage of the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Paper Trail received a Silver Telly for the series finale about a group… Read More
For seven days each April, movie enthusiasts gather in Puerto Rico to watch comedies, documentaries and short films at the Rincón International Film Festival. Ramón Torres Santa, a filmmaker, first-year graduate student and native Puerto Rican, showed his 2015 short film “Panorama” Friday at the festival. “It’s a story about two guys talking at the… Read More
Krista Vernoff’s (CFA’93) film, “Stars,” took first place in the alumni short film category at the L.A. Redstones April 7. The film features woman who, haunted by the traumas of her own childhood, makes a powerful decision regarding her daughter. Vernoff’s other projects include Grey’s Anatomy (Executive producer, Co-Executive producer, Supervising Producer), Charmed (Co-Producer, Producer), Shameless (Co-Executive… Read More
Michael Lucker’s (’88) career is a great example of how persistence, flexibility, and networking can lead to a long and fulfilling career in any industry, even the famously tough to break into world of Hollywood filmmaking. After years of a successful career, Lucker is now pursuing his dream as a director, and working to make… Read More
The Redstone Film Festival, sponsored by Sumner Redstone (Hon.’94), chairman emeritus of CBS and Viacom, showcases films and screenplays created by undergraduate and graduate students in a COM film, television, or video production class or as a graduate thesis project. This year’s six finalists were first chosen by a committee of production, screenwriting, and… Read More
What has your career path been like since graduating? After graduating COM undergrad, I felt compelled to stay involved with Boston University and worked at the Howard Thurman Center. While there, I realized I wanted to continue my education with the fantastic faculty, staff, and network I’d made and entered the Graduate Film and TV… Read More
BUTV10’s long-running soap opera delivers sex, drugs, and murder.