List of the USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni, students and faculty with projects accepted at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Birth of a Nation
Jason Michael Berman '06, Producer
David Goyer '88, Executive Producer
Equity
Meera Menon '11, Director
Goat
John Wells '82, Executive Producer
The Intervention
Sev Ohanian '12, Producer
Natalie Qasabian '14, Production Supervisor
Lovesong
Bradley Rust Gray '99, Writer/Editor/Producer
Southside with You
Evan Schiff '04, Editor
Swiss Army Man
William Olsson '05, Executive Producer
White Girl
Orlee-Rose Strauss '13, Associate Producer
PREMIERES
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Yana Gorskaya '02, Editor
Little Men
Mauricio Zacharias '91, Writer
Mr. Pig
Monica Salazar '13, First Assistant Editor
Paloma Martínez '13, Director Assistant/ Script Supervisor
Isabel Lopez Polanco '15, Production Coordinator
Sophie and the Rising Sun
Brenda Goodman, Producer
Marcy Patterson '02, Consulting Producer
Tim Smith '10, '13 Associate Producer
Jacqueline Glynn '10, Art Director
Wiener-Dog
Megan Ellison, Producer
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Holy Hell
Sean Jarrett '14, Editor
Doug Blush '88, Editorial Consultant
Jim
Doug Blush '88, Supervising Editor
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Much Ado About Nothing
Diego Perez '13, Supervising Sound Editor/ Re-recording Mixer
Christopher Bonis '14, Sound Effects Editor
NEXT
First Girl I Loved
Kerem Sanga '10, Writer/Director
David Hunter '11, Producer
Ross Putman '10, Producer
Stacey Parshall Jensen '10, Executive Producer
The Land
Nicolaas Bertelsen '11, Executive Producer
Jennifer Levine '96, Executive Producer
Stephen Love Jr. '14, Producer
Blake Pickens '14, Producer
Steven Holleran '12, Cinematographer
Jongnic Bontemps '12, Composer
Saira Haider '14, Editor
Jan Bezouska '14, Sound Designer
Gregory Jones '13, VFX Supervisor
Robert Corna '15, Locations Manager
Robert Abilez '15, Post-Production Assistant
Janette Gomez, Costume Assistant
Lauren Kilbrade, Locations PA
Akeallah Blair, Post-Production Intern
Sleight
Eric B. Fleischman '11, Producer
Maritte Go '12, Line Producer
Joshua Tate '12, Production Manager
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
David Valdez '07, Assistant Editor
SHORT FILMS
A Reasonable Request
Christina Lee '11, Producer
I Am Yup'ik
Elyse Kelly '11, Production Manager
Join the Club
Natalie Qasabian '14, Producer
Peace in the Valley
Michael Palmieri '87, Writer/Director
Roast Battle
Jason Reitman '99, Director
Who Will Survive in America
Sheldon Candis '02, Director
Edward Osei-Gyimah '08, Editor
NEW FRONTIER
INSTALLATIONS
The Leviathan Project
Alex McDowell, Lead Artist
Bradley Newman, Lead Artist
The Treachery of Sanctuary
Aaron Meyers '07, Key Collaborator
Walden, a Game
Tracy Fullerton '91,Director/Designer
Todd Furmanski '05, Lead Programmer
Lucas Peterson '10, Lead Artist
VIRTUAL REALITY
Across the Line
Nonny de la Peña, Artist
Defrost
Randal Kleiser '68, '74, Artist
Kiya
Nonny de la Peña, Artist
Sisters
Robyn Gray '14, Artist
Andrew Goldstein '14, Artist
Michael Murdock '14, Artist
Waves
Luis Blackaller, Artist
Cameraperson
Nels Bangerter '05, Editor
SPOTLIGHT
Miles Ahead
John Axelrad '90, Editor
SPECIAL EVENTS
11.22.63
Bryan Burk '91, Executive Producer
The New Yorker Presents
Joe Lewis '00, Executive
MIDNIGHT
Carnage Park
Eric B. Fleischman '11, Producer
Mac Fisken '12, Cinematographer
The Greasy Strangler
Nick Andrus '10, Unit Production Manager
Frank Paulino '08, Key Set PA
Outlaws and Angels
Matthew Irving '96, Cinematographer
Also at THE SLAMDANCE FESTIVAL
The Bullet
Jordan Bahat '08, Director
David Smith Jr., Actor
Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?
Erica Sterne '08, Producer
Million Dollar Duck
Brian Golden Davis '08, Director
Mark Jonathan Harris, Executive Producer
Derek Boonstra '07, Editor
Sung Rok Choi '11, Supervising Sound Mixer
Sketches
Matt Jacobson '91, Cinematographer
Tampoon
Jeanne Jo, Writer/Director
Nick Musurca '12, Writer
DIGITAL, INTERACTIVE & GAMING
Pry
Samantha Gorman, Co-Creator