Hot Sheet July 2007

Barber, Brad '05 M.F.A. Production: associate produced the documentary film Resolved, which has won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Engle, Ryan '01 B.A. Cinema: has developed a pitch with Karl Mueller that was purchased by Arnold and Anne Kopelson with Equus Media Development Fund.

Grazer, Brian '74 B.A. Psychology: has signed a five-year deal for Imagine Entertainment to continue partnering with Universal Pictures; set to produce Universal’s adaptation of Claire Messud’s 2006 novel The Emperor’s Children.

Heslov, Grant '86 B.F.A. Cinema: will produce Doubting Thomas for Showtime via the Smokehouse banner.

Hickenlooper, George: set to adapt and direct the espionage thriller Morning Spy, Evening Spy.

Howard, Ron: has signed a five-year deal for Imagine Entertainment to continue partnering with Universal Pictures; set to direct Universal’s adaptation of Claire Messud’s 2006 novel The Emperor’s Children.

Kelly, Richard '97 B.A. Production: set to direct horror film The Box with Media Rights Capital.

Mais, Jonny Current Student: has won the David & Lynn Angell Fellowship in Comedy Writing Award for his spec script of Weeds: Pot Chocolate.

McGurk, Chris: as CEO of Overture Films, has nabbed North American rights to Righteous Kill starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.

McMahon, Moira '01 MFA Screenwriting: wrote the film Wrigleyville, which has gained a place in the Independent Film Festival.

Milius, John '67 B.A. Cinema: will receive the 2007 Distinguished Screenwriter Award at this year's Austin Film Festival Award Luncheon on October 13, 2007.

Rhimes, Shonda '94 MFA Screenwriting: is in negotiations to executive produce voter awareness short films for sites such as My-Space and YouTube.

Rosenzweig, Barney: has just released his new memoir Cagney & Lacey… and Me.

Saxon, Ed '84 M.F.A. Peter Stark: will produce the feature based on the Aran Shetterly book The Americano: Fighting for Freedom in Castros Cuba, an Untold Story.

Shorr, Ian '07 B.F.A. Screenwriting: has just had his spec script Exempt acquired by Overture Films that Benderspink will produce.

Singer, Bryan '89 B.A. Critical Studies: set to direct and produce Valkyrie, the story of resistance hero Claus von Stauffenberg who led an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944.

Singleton, John '90 B.A. Screenwriting: will produce for Showtime Trade, an hour-long drama about high-class call girls.

Stepansky, Barbara '02 M.F.A. Production: set to direct drama-thriller Hurt.

Stolberg, Josh '96 M.F.A. Production: set to adapt, along with Bobby Florsheim, the Lisa Lutz’s tome The Spellman Files for Paramount.

Victor, Stephani '92 B.A. Cinema: has been nominated for an ESPY Award. Voting is at stephanivictor.com.

Ward, Richard '75 B.A. Cinema: his book A History of the Hal Roach Studios is now available in paperback.

Wells, John '82 M.F.A. Peter Stark: was nominated for the Humanitas Prize 60-Minute Television Script Award for The West Wing: Election Day-Part II.

Zemeckis, Robert '73 B.A. Cinema: has written and will direct A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of the Charles Dickens tale that will star Jim Carrey.

FILMS IN RELEASE

Blue State Sam Friedlander ’05 Music Supervisor; Adam Stein ’05 Editor

Hairspray D.M. Hemphill ‘79 Re-recording mixer

License to Wed Ken Kwapis ’82 Director; Nick Osborne ‘97 Producer
 
Live Free or Die Hard Marco Beltrami ‘93 Music; David Marconi ‘80 Story


TV SHOWS

American Body Shop Hisham Abed '86  Camera

Mad Men Matthew Weiner ‘90 Executive Producer, Writer

Saving Grace Guy Ferland ‘88 Director