ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS Screenplay and Pitch Sales Producing Directing Contests and Awards Professional Program Grads in UCLA MFA Program SOLD! SHANNON BRADLEY sold her script "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" to Mark Canton/Warner Bros. She sold her TV pilot "Jupiter & Mars" to Fox Family and her cartoon pilot "Terrible Twos" to Disney. She also wrote the MOW "The Cottage Cheese Wars" for the Disney Channel, and the MOW "The Blue Lagoon Sequel" for Zaden/Maron and TBS. JOSH BYCEL sold his pitch "Bass Kickers" to MGM, and sold his screenplay "Days of Summer" to Seventh Art. Josh also sold his TV pilot "The Graveyard Shift" to NBC, and his pilot "Generation MTV" to MTV. His screenplay "Kid Gloves" was optioned by Dustin Hoffman's production company. Josh was a staff writer on "Veronica's Closet" and a story editor on "Bette". PAUL CASTRO sold his screenplay "August Rush" to Southpaw Entertainment. The film stars Robin Williams and Freddie Highmore. Paul was also hired to write a contemporary take on Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" for Ovation Films. He sold his screenplay "A Gift For Mom" to Southpaw Entertainment. CINDY DAVIS HEWITT sold her screenplay "This Is Not a Toy" to Miramax. She also wrote the English translations of "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Spirited Away," and sold her pitch "None of Her Business" to Mosaic Media Group. CINDY MCCREERY sold her screenplay "Soccer Mom" to New Line Cinema. She also sold her pitch "The Powder Puff Girls" to Disney, and her script "Maria Pepe" to Nickelodeon. FERNLEY PHILLIPS sold "The Number 23" to New Line Cinema. Joel Schumacher, Jim Carrey, and Virginia Madsen are attached. Fernley has also sold his pitch "Turn" to Radar Pictures, has been hired to adapt the novel "Memory of Demons" for New Line, and has worked on a re-imagined version of "Altered States" for Warner Bros. JAMES RAYMOND sold "Country Girl" to Regency. Wendy Finerman is producing. Hillary Duff is attached to star. "Country Girl" received an Honorable Mention in the annual Professional Programs screenplay competition. LISA SCHRAGER sold her pitch "Pay the Girl" to Paramount (Nicole Kidman attached to star). Lisa also sold her pitch "My Brand New Family" to Sony, and her pitch "Gangsta Bitches" to Jersey Films/Universal. Lisa sold her screenplay "The Rubber Shoe Dance" to Neil Moritz/Original Films, and her screenplay "The Lauren Schwartz Story" to All Girl Productions. She also wrote the TV pilot "The Real Roxanne" for UPN and Bit Ticket TV. DAVID WAGNER and BRENT GOLDBERG sold their pitch "The Girl Next Door" to New Regency and Fox. They subsequently wrote the film, which starred Elisha Cuthbert. David and Brent also wrote "Van Wilder" starring Ryan Reynolds, "Underclassman" starring Nick Cannon, and "My Baby's Daddy" starring Eddie Griffin. The duo also sold their pitch "The Other Guy" to Disney. TRAVIS WRIGHT wrote scripts for the MTV films/Paramount remake of "The Warriors" and the Fox 2000 adaptation of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth". He was also hired to write the script for the Warner Bros. remake of "Clash of the Titans," and he sold his TV pilot "Black Star" to UPN. More Sales and Options PRODUCERS JEFF BACON produced the short film "Birth of a Salesman". ARTURO BARQUET produced and directed a short film that was accepted into the Miami International Film Festival and the Puerto Rico International Film Festival. Arturo was also an assistant production coordinator on the films "The Glass Shield" (starring Ice Cube) and "Rough Magic" (starring Russell Crowe and Bridget Fonda). WILLIAM BUTLER-SLOSS produced the film "Trust Me," starring Craig Ferguson, as well as the comedy short "Mr. Dramatic". He was assistant to Mike Newell on the hit film "Traffic". JOSH BYCEL has been a writer/producer on "Do Over" at The WB Network, as well as "The Robert Evans Show" on Comedy Central, and "It's All Relative" on ABC. LISA CARUSO produced "Intimate Portrait: Erin Brockovich" for Lifetime Television and "Bastards of the Party" for HBO. She also produced "Katie Couric: The E! True Hollywood Story," and was a field producer on several realty-TV shows, including "Classmates" and "Surviving Ted Nugent 2". ROBERT COCHRANE produced the films "Trippin in the Dark," "The Long Road Home," and "Roland Meets Brown". SVETOSLAV DOITCHINOV was a unit production manager on "The Grey Zone," starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, and Mira Sorvino. GEOFF GARRETT was an assistant producer on "Jason X", and an associate producer on "Terminal Invasion" (starring Bruce Campbell) and "The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan". He also produced "Last Night With Angel," starring Glenn Plummer. JEFF LIEBERMAN is an associate producer for the "On the Set" documentary series, which has profiled such films as "The Chronicles of Narnia," "The Incredibles," and "Hidalgo". Jeff has also been an associate producer for "HBO First Look," working on behind-the-scenes documentaries featuring such films as "I, Robot" and "Troy". DAVID MARGULIS wrote, directed, and produced "The Bear Climbed Mountain". EMMANUEL PAPPAS produced the films "Opium Royale," "Maya," "Trouble," and "Return to Rajapur". His feature documentary, "Darshan", was an Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. GEO RIM is producing the short film "Sippie", about an 80-year-old African-American blues singer. Geo was also admitted to the AFI producing program. MICHAEL ROSE has produced 13 one-hour documentaries for the History Channel, as well as a one-hour Discovery Channel special. DIRECTORS CHARLES HERMAN-WURFELD directed "Legally Blonde 2," starring Reese Witherspoon. Charles also directed the hit comedy "Kissing Jessica Stein." He was named one of Daily Variety's 10 Directors to Watch in 2002. KYLE RANKIN won the 2003 Project Greenlight competition. He and his partner, Efram Potelle, directed "The Battle of Shaker Heights" on HBO's "Project Greenlight". DIGVIJAY SINGH wrote and directed the films "Opium Royale," "Maya," and "Trouble". He won the Remy Martin Emerging Director Award for "Maya". His feature documentary, "Darshan", was an Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival. SARA SUGARMAN directed the film "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen" starring Lindsay Lohan. CONTESTS AND AWARDS ALLISON BLOOM - Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Competition THOR CHALLGREN - Third Place, Samuel Goldwyn Awards BILL CLUVERIUS - Semi-Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship ROBERT DAVENPORT - Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Competition. JEFF DAVIS - Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship GREG DAWLESS - Winner, Nicholl Fellowship. ROBERTA DEGNORE - Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Competition (3X) MICHAEL FERRARI - Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Competition SHANNON JIMENEZ - Winner, Disney Writing Fellowship LINDA LEVY - Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Competition CINDY MCCREERY - Winner, Disney Fellowship MARCELO MITNIK - Quarter-Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship JOCK PETERSON - Semi-Finalist, Chesterfield Competition. LISANNE SARTOR - Winner, Samuel Goldwyn Award; Semi-Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship JEFF STOUFFER - Semi-Finalist, Nicholl Fellowship CHRISTINE YOUNG - Finalist, Chesterfield Competition