Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grants $66,000 to Film Program
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY: (Photos Courtesy HFPA) Chris Ludacris Bridges and HFPA President, Jorge Camara
The Department of Cinema and Television Arts Film Production Option received $66,000 for production fellowships for senior film project students for the '08-'09 academic year from the prestigious Hollywood Foreign Press Association known internationally for their Golden Globe Awards. Another $6,000 was awarded to help mount the Annual Senior Film Showcase slated for May 2009. The directors of the senior film projects have the distinction of being named "Hollywood Foreign Press Fellows" a distinction usually reserved for graduate students. The Dark Night’s Aaron Eckhart and Mad Men’s Jon Hamm announced the award to CSUN, as well as several other film schools, at the HFPA's Annual Installation and Grants Luncheon held July 30th at the Beverly Hills Hotel. CSUN's award of $66,000 was the largest presented to a film school this year. Other celebrities in attendance included Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Dakota Fanning, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, Dana Delany, Elizabeth Pena, and Chris Messina. Professor Nate Thomas, Film Production Option Head, and Dr. Robert Bucker, Dean of the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication, represented CSUN at the event. The CTVA Department has a long standing relationship with the HFPA which started in 1996. Senior film production students also edit in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Senior Film Edit Suite and will prepare sound design Fall ‘08 in the state-of-the-art Film Sound Mix Facility recently upgraded by the HFPA.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 30: (Photos Courtesy HFPA)