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This year, one of the recipients of the 2019 Arts Writers Grant is Professor Alan Gilbert.

Alumna Deborah Chow ’03 became the first woman to direct a live-action installment in the Star Wars franchise when she directed two episodes of Disney +’s new series The Mandalorian.

Alumna Lisa Cholodenko ’97 directed three episodes of the Netflix series Unbelievable, which premiered in September to rave reviews.

Alumnus Will Graham ’02 and his company, Field Trip Productions, have signed a first look deal with Amazon Studios.

Current student John Rivas is currently in a two-person show with February James at Ross+Kramer Gallery in New York.

The Magical Language of Others (Tin House Books), a memoir the Library Journal described as “a poignant transgenerational story of trauma in South Korea, Japan and America” is constructed around a series of letters E.J. Koh ’13 and her mother exchanged during a 7-year separation.

2019 comes to an exciting end for alumna Lara Gallagher '14. Each Other's Mother, a feature project to be written, directed and produced by her was selected as one of the five winners of the Fall 2019 SFFILM's Westridge Grant and will receive $20,000 in development funding as a screenwriting grant from the organization.

Diversity in Film is a bi-weekly series covering underrepresented voices in Film.

A Dear Abby for those who like their life questions answered on a higher plane, French educator Marie Roberts’ new book, When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Dilemmas, translated by current writing student Meg Richardson, offers perspective on the conundrums and prosaic dilemmas of daily life through the philosophy of major figures.

Nathalie Álvarez Mesén ’19 received the Swedish Film Institute’s Wild Card development grant, which will support the development of her first feature film.

The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.

The Seventh Day, a horror film written and directed by alumnus Justin P. Lange '14 is in pre-production after being acquired by Fangoria and Cinestate.

Professor Lynn Nottage won London’s Evening Standard Award for Best Play, for her play Sweat.

Alumna Jacqueline Nwabueze ’19 was cast in The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit production of Measure for Measure.

2020 is proving to be an eventful year for faculty member and co-head of the TV Writing concentration David Klass.