Film

On Columbia Film: A Conversation with Lisa Cholodenko ('97)

Lisa Cholodenko ('97 SOA), writer and director of Laurel Canyon, High Art and the Academy Award-nominated The Kids Are All Right, discusses the Columbia Film Program.

On Columbia Film: A Conversation with Greg Mottola ('91)

Greg Mottola ('91 SOA), director of Superbad and Adventureland, discusses his time at Columbia.

On Columbia Film: A Conversation with Jonathan van Tulleken ('10)

Jonathan van Tulleken ('10 SOA) discusses his short Off Season and the Columbia Film Program.

Kinberg Approached to Write Star Wars Sequel
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Disney and Lucasfilm have tapped Simon Kinberg ('03 SOA) (X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes, Jumper, Mrs. and Mrs. Smith) to pen future installments of the Star Wars franchise. 

Michael Arndt will draft the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII, leaving further episodes open to Kinberg and Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark), also approached by Disney and Lucasfilm.

On Columbia Film: A Conversation with Ben Odell ('04)

Ben O'Dell ('04 SOA) discusses his time in the Columbia Film Program and its influence on his career.

On Columbia Film: A Conversation with Adam Davidson ('91)

Adam Davidson ('91 SOA) discusses his Academy Award-winning short The Lunch Date and his time in the Columbia Film Program.

Columbia Short Scores Court-Métrange Win

Exit, directed by Daniel Zimbler (5th year Directing) and produced by Andrew Hauser ('12 SOA), scored the audience award for Best Short at the 2012 Court-Métrange Festival. 

Film Alum Assists 'Lincoln' Writer Tony Kushner
 
Antonia Grilikhes-Lasky ('11 SOA) received credit as Writing Assistant to Tony Kushner ('78 CC) on Steven Spielberg's latest film, Lincoln. 
 
In his book, The Playwright at Work, Kushner states, "I brought her [Grilikhes-Lasky] in when I was stuck about three years ago on Lincoln, and I had to finish this immense first draft, and it was the
DGA Honors Three Columbia Filmmakers

The Directors Guild of America has selected three MFA films at the 2012 DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino, and women directors.

Katharina Otto-Bernstein ('92) to Donate $5 Million for New State-of-the-art Screening Room at Columbia University School of the Arts
Katharina Otto-Bernstein, an award-winning filmmaker (Absolute Wilson) and an alumna of Columbia University School of the Arts (1992) and Columbia College (1986), has made a commitment of $5 million to create a state-of-the-art film screening room in the Lenfest Center for the Arts, a multi-arts facility now under construction on the University’s Manhattanville campus.
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