The Man Behind the La La Magic
La La Land producer Fred Berger C’03 was there from the beginning
Screen-Player
Scott Neustadter C’98’s latest screenplay is The Disaster Artist.
Director Gone Bad
Mean Girls director Mark Waters C’86 is taking a shot at R-rated comedy with Bad Santa 2 this Thanksgiving—and still trying to figure out his place in ever-evolving Hollywood.
Grappling with Tragedy
Alumni wrestlers teamed up for documentary, Team Foxcatcher.
The Essential Tinseltown
Cinema studies’ Peter Decherney on Hollywood history.
Behind the Bamboo Camera
“Father of Philippine Independent Cinema” Kidlak Tahimik WG’67.
Penn Masala Nails Perfect Pitch
Penn Masala gets a Hollywood moment in Pitch Perfect 2.
The Staid Dissertation Gets a Motion-Picture Makeover
Coming attraction: first film to be submitted as Penn dissertation.
From Freshmen to Filmmakers
Student film-makers’ road to debut feature, Driving Not Knowing.
The Culture Crusader
20 Feet from Stardom director Morgan Neville C’89 is a little closer now
The Accidental Oscar Nominee
MBA student Patrick Burns never saw the Oscars before being a nominee.
My Toy Story
“Buzz Lightyear saved my life,” writes Alec Sokolow C’85, one of the screenwriters credited for Toy Story, the beloved 1995 film that put Pixar on the map.
Memories of War and Children
In search of lost children in El Salvador.
Talkin’ Books, Films, Music
Online discussion groups from Kelly Writers House.
Portrait of a Moral Breakdown
Documentary portrait of a “mega fraudster.” Unraveled
Cooking Up a New American Pie
Jon Hurwitz W’00
The Accidental Mogul
Bo Zenga C’83
100-year-old architectural Gem Still Sparkles on Walnut Street
The Rotunda’s Centennial.
Puppets at Penn
A discussion with some of the art form's key players.
Compute Me The Money
Wharton model for movies gives “formulaic” a whole new meaning.
Birth of a Hot Tub Nation
Josh Heald W’00
The Producer
Todd Lieberman C’95
How to Succeed in Business by Really, Really Trying
She’s played an amateur porn actress and a president’s wife, produces movies with her (fellow alum) husband, and is now poised to direct her own first film. Elizabeth Banks C’96 is working almost as hard as she did at Penn.
Our Lady of Underdogs
Tim Chambers C’85