January - March 2025 Hot Sheet
Richard Heredia-Arriaga ’13 was selected as a finalist for the Sundance Collab’s Cultural Impact Residency.
Thembi Banks ’14 received multiple nominations at the NAACP Awards for her television feature Young.Wild.Free, including Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television) and Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special, winning the award for Outstanding Writing alongside Juel Taylor ’15 and Tony Rettenmaier ’15.
Jon M. Chu ’03 was awarded the 2025 Motion Picture Association’s Creator Award in addition to serving as Executive Producer for the upcoming Crazy Rich Asians TV series, currently in pre-production at Max.
Dave Cowen ’10 released his graphic novel Should We Buy a Gun?
Henry Crum ’04 will write on season two of HBO’s Dune: Prophecy.
AJ Currie ’24 was named a Humanitas New Voices Fellow for 2024 for their USC thesis, American Rainbows: UpStairs.
Todd A. Dos Reis ’96 lensed season two of the NBC/Universal series The Irrational, airing on NBC.
Allen Eckhouse ’11 signed writer/producer Sarah Davis Reynolds, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons: Twenty Sided Tavern, for literary representation as she develops her next RPG-based project.
Jonah Feingold ’13 wrapped production on his fifth feature film, BUSBOYS, starring David Spade and Theo Von. Jeff Leeds Cohn ’12 served as Director of Photography on the feature.
James Gray ’91 is set to direct the adaptation of Peter Swanson’s upcoming novel Kill Your Darlings through United Artists and Amazon MGM Studios.
Christopher Guerrero ’14 and Ryan Gilmour ’10 were awarded the Audience Award at the 2025 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Awards for their latest short film, Reprogrammed.
Adam Hyman ’98 was recognized by the Los Angeles Filmforum for his decades-long work curating, programming, and managing screenings and events for the organization.
Kelly Kali ’17 was nominated for Best Director at the NAACP Awards for her film Kemba.
Avo John Kambourian ’23, Brandyn Johnson ’21, Jaycie Luo ’18 (Marshall), and Andrés Correa ’17 were chosen for 2025 Film Independent’s Project Involve Fellowship.
Jonathan Klein ’91 is the Supervising English Voice Director for Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds, which sold over 8 million copies in its first three days, reached a peak of 1.38 million concurrent players on Steam, and holds a 90 Metacritic score on PS5 and Xbox.
David Kramer ’92 has been appointed CEO of UTA effective June 1, 2025.
Peter Logreco ’00 and Bryan Donnell ’01 received the 2024 IDA award for We’re Here at the 2024 Critics Choice Real TV Award.
Monica Lucas ’19 was a recipient of the Inevitable Foundation’s Accelerate Fellowship for screenwriting in addition to being part of the 2024 Artists Disruptor’s Fellowship.
Tina Mabry ’05 won the NAACP Award for Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie, Documentary, or Special for The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat. She also received a nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special for the same project.
Becca Mann ’21 released her memoir Outside the Lanes: A Pro Swimmer’s Story of Resilience, Reinvention, and Redefining Success.
Eli Nassau ’10 was cast as Timon in the Mexican national production of Disney’s The Lion King.
Ethan Newmyer ’17 was selected as a member of the Sundance Institute and The Asian American Foundation Fellowship and Scholarship cohort for 2025.
Osiris Pichardo Grullón was selected for the 2024 Sundance Episodic Lab Fellowship.
Dara Resnik ’03 co-wrote and produced California Scenario, a coming-of-middle-age love story, which is set to release later this year both on the festival circuit and theatrically.
Searchlight Pictures has announced that The Roses, the upcoming comedy directed by Jay Roach ’86, will be released over Labor Day weekend in 2025.
I’m Still Here, directed by Walter Salles, won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Nneka Samuel ’03 recently took part in the third annual Starz #TakeTheLead Writers Intensive.
The upcoming Holes pilot will be directed by Jac Schaeffer ’04.
Andrew Schneider ’14 has been appointed as the newest Executive Vice President of Candle Entertainment.
Josh Schwartz will be serving as Executive Producer on the upcoming young adult drama Sterling Point for Amazon MGM Studios.
Manda K. Skelton ’24 was selected to participate in the Writers Guild Foundation's 2025 Writers' Access Training Program.
Azia Squire ’15 received a nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series at the NAACP Awards for her work on the Bridgerton episode Tick Tock.
Julia Stier ’18 (SCA/SDA) was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment for 2025.
Tim Story ’94 is set to direct the upcoming Netflix Comedy 72 Hours starring Kevin Hart.
Vera Tin ’21 served as a cinematographer for the Youth Trilogy: Youth (Spring), Youth (Hard Times), and Youth (Homecoming), which premiered in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, 2024 Locarno Film Festival, and 2024 Venice Film Festival. The trilogy earned multiple nominations and won awards at Locarno and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.
Two of Richard Tucci ’05’s projects, Energizing Breath and Dark N Darker, were showcased at Indie Film LA and the Asian Talent Film Festival, where Dark N Darker received recognition in its category.
John Vourlis ’92 released his latest documentary feature film The House Next Door through Freestyle Digital Media, and is available on all streaming platforms, as well as DVD.
Brittany Wang ’24 won the 2024 Sloan Student Grand Jury Prize for her series plot Thin Ice.
Alyson Weaver Nicholas ’17 landed on the 2024 Black List with her script Little Black Dress.
Amanda Rome West ’20, whose music is in contention for three nominations at the 67th Grammy Awards, released her latest album It’s West’s World in January. Her track “Like It’s the Weekend” was also featured on the CW’s hit show All-American.
Matthew Wilder ’20 served as Director of Photography on Janis Ian: Breaking Silence. The film had its theatrical release in March 2025 and will be streaming later this year on PBS as part of its American Masters series.
Jessica Zeta ’14 won a PGA Innovation award for her immersive location-based entertainment film Orbital.
New Films in Release
Back in Action
Beau Bauman ’01 (Producer)
Christopher Lennertz ’95 (Composer)
Better Man
Ashley TY Chao (SCA/Annenberg) (Associate Producer)
Bring Them Down
Celine Haddad ’99 (Executive Producer)
Captain America: Brave New World
Kevin Feige ’95 (Producer)
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Cast)
Extremely Unique Dynamic
Harrison Xu ’15 (Director/Writer/Producer)
I’m Still Here
Walter Salles (Director/Producer)
Murilo Hauser MFA ’15 (Writer)
Last Breath
Chloe Katz ’22 (Executive Producer)
Love Hurts
Ke Huy Quan ’99 (Cast)
Bridger Nielson ’04 (Director of Photography)
Love Me
Connor Flanagan ’12 (Executive Producer)
My Dead Friend Zoe
Kyle Hausmann-Stokes ’10 (Director/Writer/Producer)
Cheris Chen ’09 (Writer)
Night Call
Michaël Goldberg ’98 (Producer)
Novocaine
Adam Friedlander ’11 (Producer)
One of Them Days
Poppy Hanks ’95 (Producer)
Tia Nolan ’91 (Editor)
Opus
Poppy Hanks ’95 (Producer)
The Electric State
Jeffrey Ford ’91 (Executive Producer)
Andy Watts ’16 (Associate Producer)
The Friend
Isaac Hagy ’06 (Editor)
The Gorge
Scott Derrickson ’95 (Director/Producer)
David Ellison (Producer)
The Woman in the Yard
Jazmyn Tanski ’16 (Co-Producer)
Joe Hagg ’97 (Visual Effects Producer)
Universal Language
Aaron Graham ’13 (Executive Producer)
Wish You Were Here
Siena Oberman ’20 (Producer)
New TV Series in Release
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ava Coleman ’15 (Producer/Co-Producer)
American Primeval (Netflix)
Tim King ’78 (Producer)
Eric Newman ’96 (Executive Producer)
Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches, Season 2 (AMC)
Mary Angelica Molina ’06 (Co-Producer)
Beyond the Gates (CBS)
Teresa Zimmerman ’91 (Associate Head Writer)
Simone Hawthorne ’07 (Script Writer)
Brilliant Minds (NBC)
Lee Toland Krieger (Director/Executive Producer)
James DeWille ’14 (Director)
Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+)
Kevin Feige ’95 (Executive Producer)
Jeffrey Nachmanoff ’94 (Director)
Devon Kliger ’05 (Writer)
Brad Winderbaum ’05 (Executive Producer)
Dark Winds (AMC/AMC+)
Rhiana Yazzie ’02 (Writer)
Max Hurwitz ’09 (Writer)
Deal or No Deal Island (NBC)
Matt Kunitz ’90 (Producer)
Deli Boys (Hulu)
Nikki Kashani ’17 (Writer)
Extracted (Fox)
Quinn Saunders ’05 (Director)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)
Shyam Balsé ’06 (Showrunner)
Goosebumps, Season 2 (Disney+/Hulu)
Erin O’Malley ’96 (Director)
67th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
Eric Cook ’15 (Co-Executive Producer)
Brittany Brazil ’18 (Package Producer)
Grosse Pointe Garden Society (NBC)
Brook Sitgraves Turner ’11 (Co-Producer)
Harlem (Prime Video)
Tracy Oliver ’10 (Writer/Executive Producer)
Matt Edwards ’14 (Director of Photography)
History’s Most Shocking (History Channel)
Ashley George ’01 (Supervising Archival Producer)
Mike Giordano ’14 (Post Production Executive Producer)
Kitchen Nightmares: Road to Super Bowl LIX (Fox)
Darryl Fox ’01 (Editor)
Mo (Netflix)
Lauren Connelly ’06 (Editor)
Paradise (Hulu)
Gina Lucita Monreal ’08 (Writer/Co-Executive Producer)
Reacher (Prime Video)
Gary Fleder ’93 (Director)
Scott Sullivan ’17 (Writer/Executive Producer)
David Ellison (Executive Producer)
Running Point (Netflix)
Thembi Banks ’14 (Director)
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (Peacock)
Jason Zeldes ’09 (Director)
Zach Greenspan (Line Producer)
Brandon Somerhalder ’14 (Director of Photography)
Suits: LA (NBC)
Doug Liman (Executive Producer)
Nathan Perkins ’03 (Co-Producer)
Surface (Apple TV+)
Sergio Delgado ’25 (Director of Photography)
Heather Gaydos ’03 (Editor)
Survivor (CBS)
Joe Lia ’03 (Co-Executive Producer/Challenge Producer)
Ariel Blandford ’15 (Segment Producer/Associate Producer)
Joubin Mortazavi ’96 (Producer/Editor)
SWAT (CBS)
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas ’02 (Executive Producer)
Neal Moritz ’84 (Executive Producer)
Ryan Keleher ’10 (Co-Producer)
The Bachelor (ABC)
Marlise Malkames ’92 (Editor)
Tim Atzinger ’95 (Editor)
The Equalizer (CBS)
Vanessa Herron ’22 (Writer)
Robert Duncan ’93 (Composer)
The Masked Singer (Fox)
Ryan Sommer ’09 (Co-Executive Producer/Supervising Producer)
The Night Agent (Netflix)
Guy Ferland ’88 (Director)
Tiffany Shaw Ho ’17 (Writer)
The 97th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
Cole Benton ’11 (Post-Producer)
The Oval
Jay Weigel ’83 (Composer)
The Pitt (Max)
Valerie Chu ’13 (Writer)
John Wells ’82 (Executive Producer/Director)
The Residence (Netflix)
Jaffar Mahmood ’02 (Director)
Shonda Rhimes ’94 (Executive Producer)
The Righteous Gemstones
Skyler Gisondo (Cast)
The Thundermans: Undercover (Nickelodeon)
Marc Dworkin ’86 (Writer)
The Upshaws (Netflix)
Chuck Ozeas ’91 (Director of Photography)
Watson (CBS)
Clara Aranovich ’10 (Director)
Shardé Miller ’20 (Writer)
Will Trent (ABC)
David Gero ’13 (Associate Producer)
Win or Lose (Disney+)
Brian Boyd ’94 (Director of Photography)
Yellowjackets (Paramount+ With Showtime)
Elise Brown ’18 (Writer)
Kevin D. Ross ’90 (Editor)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Disney+)
Kevin Feige ’95 (Executive Producer)
Brad Winderbaum ’05 (Executive Producer)
Zero Day (Netflix)
Eric Newman ’96 (Writer/Executive Producer)
Roberto Patino (Writer/Co-Executive Producer)
Jonathan Glickman (Executive Producer)
Tim King ’78 (Producer)
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