Cinema Careers Guest Speaker Series
University of Oregon students are invited to attend guest lectures with industry professionals who are speaking in the CINE 410: Cinema Careers course. If you would like to attend one or all of the presentations, please RSVP at the button below.
PATRICK WALDROP: Writer | Director | Producer
PATRICK WALDROP
Writer | Director | Producer
Thursday, October 15, 2020
4:15 p.m. (PST)
About Patrick Waldrop: Patrick Waldrop is a Writer/Director, and Producer of both Narrative and Documentary films. His feature-length documentary, BIOGRAPHY: I WANT MY MTV (2020) premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, followed by the American Film Fest in Poland where it won the Documentary Audience Award. The film aired nationally on A&E Networks in September 2020. Waldrop studied Media, and Technology, at UC Berkeley, followed by graduate film school at UCLA.
About BIOGRAPHY: I WANT MY MTV (2020): A nostalgic and thrilling ride, I Want My MTV takes its audience back to the beginning when the idea of a television channel devoted solely to screening newfangled videos from music’s hottest stars seemed destined for failure. From DEVO and Cyndi Lauper to David Bowie and Madonna, the film provides a peek into how the videos that defined a generation, as well as how the team of young executives—now some of the most prolific and influential leaders in American media— tasked with growing this seed of an idea, would quickly flourish into a beloved but often controversial cultural juggernaut. Features commentary from Sting, Tegan and Sara, Fab 5 Freddy, Jerry Cantrell, Tabitha Soren, and more. Amazon, iTunes, Fandango Page.
STEPHANIE POWERS: COSTUME DESIGNER
STEPHANIE POWERS
Costume Designer
Thursday, October 22, 2020
4:15 p.m. (PST)
About Stephanie Powers: Stephanie Powers is a Wardrobe Stylist / Costume Designer. She has served as the Costume Designer for ten feature films costuming James Franco, Lana Condor, Bruce Willis, among many more. She has a passion for music and has incorporated it as a part of her career by working as the Wardrobe Stylist for Grammy musicians such as Alabama Shakes, Joss Stone, Walk the Moon, Luke James, and Switchfoot. Stephanie is a memeber of I.A.T.S.E 892 & 829. Her education includes a Fashion Design Degree from FIDM and a Bachelors Degree in Film from University of Arizona.
Jonathan Keasey: Director of Development
Jonathan Keasey
Director of Development, GOOD HERO Productions
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
4:15 p.m. (PST)
Join us for a special conversation and workshop on creative development and world-building with Jonathan Keasey from GOOD HERO Productions, Producer Laurent Zeitoun’s New York based production company formed by the creators of Leap, Death of Stalin and Pixar’s Cars franchise.
About Jonathan Keasey: Jonathan is an acclaimed screenwriter and member of the prestigious Writers Guild of America. He has penned films for Sony Studios, Columbia Pictures, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and Germany’s Telepool GmbH, among others. Jonathan currently has projects in development for Will Smith, Justin Lin, Aldis Hodge, and the legendary Norman Lear. In addition to writing, Jonathan has produced two films for Lifetime Networks and is deep into development on a series with the producers of AMC’s “Walking Dead.” In 2020, Jonathan became the Director of Development for Good Hero Productions.