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Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts announced today that Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Two Popes) will become its next Marion Knott Distinguished Artist. Meirelles follows Asghar Farhadi (A Separation), Dodge's most recent Distinguished Artist…

Directors and creators should be bolder when dealing with issues like Anti-Asian violence, said Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon-ho in a Wednesday night interview at Chapman University’s Dodge College in Orange, Calif. Addressing questions remotely from his Korea home and speaking through a translator, the Para…

Student filmmakers from USC led the way with four wins at this year's DGA Student Film Awards honoring African-American, Latino, Asian-American and female directors. It’s the second year in a row that USC has garnered the most honors, tying Chapman University last year with four awards each. This year, students from…

Student filmmakers from USC and Columbia University led the way with three wins each at this year's DGA Student Film Awards honoring African-American, Latino, Asian-American and female directors. Students from UCLA and Chapman University each won two awards, which are designed to encourage and bring attention to…

Harriet Lane’s novel Her is getting the film treatment. Jesse Peyronel (Siren) has been set to adapt and direct the psychological thriller about a struggling mother who encounters a sophisticated woman who thinks it is a chance meeting but is far from it. The story is told from both women's alternating points of view…