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Film • Khalil Joseph ’04
Khalil Joseph won the Short Film Special Jury Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival for his “Until the Quiet Comes.” Here’s an appreciation of his work that appeared at The New Yorker website.
Television • Sarah Nicole Jones ’09
Sarah Nicole Jones writes for “Longmire,” the A&E crime drama set in Wyoming. Watch a clip from an episode she wrote called “Dogs, Horses and Indians.”
Film • David M. Evans ’84
David M. Evans directed “Smitty,” a heart-warming film of a boy and his new friend, a dog, that helps him adjust to his changed life. Watch the trailer.
Painting • Michael Carini ’06
Michael Carini talks about his work, including a project he worked on as an LMU student. Take a look.
Film • Sam J. Queen ’12
An LMU team’s project to build a water filtration system in Lilongwe, Malawi, is the subject of Sam J. Queen’s 19-minute film. Watch it here.
Film • Junior Gonzalez ’04
Junior Gonzalez has submitted his documentary about Salvadorans, “Words of Revolution,” to the Sundance Film Festival and elsewhere. Watch the trailer.
Poetry • Laurie Lambeth ’91
Laurie Lambeth, author of the award-winning poetry volume “Veil and Burn,” talks about her recent explorations using erasure poetry to write about life with a disability.
Television • André Jacquemetton ’89
André Jacquemetton is up for a writing Emmy for an episode of "Mad Men." If the Emmy goes to him on Sunday evening Sept. 23, it won't be his first Emmy. Take a look behind the scenes of the episode.
Film • Patrick Canning ’08
Patrick Canning was writer and director for his first full-length feature, “Sleep Debt,” and lots of LMU people were involved throughout the project. Check out the trailer.
Writing • José Martinez ’11
José Martinez is covering life in South Central L.A. for a blog at KPCC FM. Read his stories about the issues faced by Angelenos he’s meeting every day.
Film • Lisa Cole ’91
“Lionness” is Lisa Cole’s documentary about gender violence against girls and women in Kenya. Take a look at a four-minute excerpt.
Writing • Scott Meslow ’10
Scott Meslow ’10 is a film and television writer who blogs regularly for The Atlantic. Take a look at some of his work.
Writing • Sean Tierney ’05
In December 2011, Sean Tierney ’05 visited Cairo with William Fulco, S.J. Read his first-person account of the trip.
Film • James Reid ’01
“Let Fury Have the Hour” is James Reid’s documentary about democracy that was an official selection of the 2012 Tribeca International Film Festival. Watch the teaser.
Writing • Eric Erlandson ’86
Eric Erlandson, co-founder of Hole with Courtney Love, has a new book composed of letters he wrote to his friend Kurt Cobain, leader of Nirvana, after Cobain's suicide. Read an excerpt online.
Poetry • Colette Labouff Atkinson ’88
Atkinson, author of a poetry collection titled “Mean,” talks about her prose poems in this interview.
Film • Trevor Ward ’93
A man survives a bus accident and loses his job, friends and legs. But among the changes to his life is the rebirth of his formerly abusive marriage. Watch the trailer for Ward's award-winning documentary titled “I Met With an Accident.”
Fiction • Tad Kershner ’90
Tad Kershner writes young adult fiction, and a new short story of his has been published by Cicada Magazine. Read an excerpt of “Dragonfly.”
Film • Chris Mandia ’07
Watch a promo of Chris Mandia’s documentary about Iraq War vets at his blog.
Film • Leonard Menchaiari ’10
Leonard Menchaiari’s documentary on a falconer, “Il Falconiere,” is viewable at KCET’s website.
Poetry • Oliver de la Paz ’94
Hear Oliver de la Paz read from his recent collection of poems titled ”Requiem for the Orchard.”
Film • Erik Benjamins ’08
Erik Benjamins’ film, “Backwards and Forwards From Memory,” was shot at University Hall’s escalator and is drawn from his memories as an undergraduate.
Painting • Ursula O’Farrell ’84
Ursula O’Farrell draws on Expressionism as well as her California sensibility in her paintings.
Fiction • Lisa See ’79
Chinese-American novelist Lisa See has a new novel that follows upon the characters in her earlier “Shanghai Girls.” Read an excerpt.
