Film and Television (Audio)

Director Julia Marchese discusses her documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition as seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29625]

Director Louis Psihoyos and co-producer Gina Papabeis discuss the film Racing Extinction which shows shows an unlikely team of activists and innovators who hatch a bold mission to save endangered species. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29624]

Executive producer and co-writer of Journey of the Universe Mary Evelyn Tucker discusses the evolution of her book and the film that explores the nature of the universe. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29623]

Steven Salaita (former Associate Professor of English at Virginia Tech) and Sherene Seikaly (UCSB Assistant Professor in History) discuss writer-director Elia Suleiman’s The Time That Remains. Winner of the Jury Grand Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and nominated for a Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, the film is an intimate semi-biographical portrait of Palestinians living as a mi...

Producer Rick Rosenthal and Associate Director of LBGT Services in the Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity at UCSB Klint Jaramillo explore Transparent, a film that chronicles the lives of a Los Angeles family after they discover that their father, Mort (Jeffrey Tambor), is transgender. An original series produced by Amazon Studios, Transparent won the 2015 Golden Globe for best TV series...

Discussion with My Love Awaits Me by the Sea director Mais Darwazah and Nuha N.N. Khoury, UCSB Associate Professor in the History of Art and Architecture. My Love Awaits Me by the Sea is a poetic meditation on what it means to be denied the chance to participate in a collective memory of normal life. Accompanied by Hasan, her imaginary lover, Darwazah (a second generation Palestinian) returns for...

Producer/Director Charlie Soap and Producer Kristina Kiehl discuss the film inspired by the true story of the struggle for, opposition to, and ultimate success of a rural Cherokee community to bring running water to their families by using the traditional concept of "gadugi," working together to solve a problem. Sonny Skyhawk moderates the conversations. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [...

Writer/director Damien Chazelle discusses the process of creating his Academy Award film, Whiplash. Chazelle’s sophomore film tells the story of a promising young drummer and his ruthless teacher. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29315]

Screenwriter Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12, I Am Not a Hipster) returns to his alma mater to share the excitement of his latest project, adapting Jeanette Walls’ best-selling memoir, The Glass Castle, to film. Cretton talks about the joys and frustrations of writing screenplays with Karl Martin of Point Loma Nazarene University as part of the 2015 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea. Series: "Wri...

Go behind the scenes about the film “Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks” with director Arthur Allan Seidelman, writer Richard Alfieri and associate producer/actor Simon Miller. Learn how this touching comedy about an unlikely friendship came to be. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29323]

Go behind the scenes with with Oscar-nominated producer Jeremy Dawson and Oscar-nominated production designer Adam Stockhausen about the filming of Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29316]

UCSD students and alumni showcase their finished videos and video projects in process. March 2015. Series: "Up&Coming Wired" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29410]

Actors Barry Bostwick (Rocky Horror Picture Show, Spin City) and Jonathan Stark (Fright Night) join UCSB professor Cheri Steinkellner for a look at movies that have scared and delighted millions, and not only on Halloween. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29140]

The Department of Film and Media Studies at UCSB welcomed the legendary make-up artist Michael Westmore, who revolutionized the make-up industry for his work on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and won an Academy Award for the movie “Mask.” Westmore sits down for a conversation with UCSB professor Cheri Steinkellner, and talks about his work bringing aliens to life and other tales from his career....

Despite the growing importance of visual effects across the media industries, VFX companies and their employees have been in turmoil for over a decade due to the increasing pressures of globalized production. Long hours, short deadlines, and low profit margins have become characteristic of an industry that was once considered a shining example of the elite knowledge economy. Reflecting on both art...

Executive Producer and UCSB alum Dante Di Loreto discusses American Horror Story, an anthology series that centers on different characters and locations, including a haunted house, an insane asylum, a witch coven, and a freak show. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29142]

Jay Kogen, Writer/ Executive Producer of the "Simpsons" is interviewed by UCSB professor Cheri Steinkellner. In addition to Homer and the gang, Kogen has written and produced for Malcolm in the Middle, Frasier and many others. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29141]

Editor Zene Baker has had a long collaboration with Seth Rogan. He sits down to discuss “Neighbors,” the story of a couple (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) with a newborn baby who face unexpected difficulties after a fraternity moves next door. Baker talks about the editing process, the particular challenges of editing a comedy, how the final movie takes shape and how sometimes scenes he likes never ma...

Producer Lisa Bruce and screenwriter/producer Anthony McCarten join host Matt Ryan for a lively discussion of their film “The Theory of Everything.” Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones, the movie follows the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Series:...

“500 Days of Summer” screenwriter Scott Neustadter talks about how he and his writing partner, Michael H. Weber, came up with the offbeat script and how they find the true voice of characters. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 28922]

Actress Diane Ladd discusses her Academy Award-nominated performance as the comical, independent and vulgar Flo in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. This film was Scorsese's first Hollywood studio production and marked his first (and only) attempt at a female-centered story. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 28957]

UCSD students and alumni showcase their videos. December 2014. Series: "Up&Coming Wired" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 28919]

Screenwriter Mardik Martin, and the producer of “Baghdad to Hollywood,” Ramy Katrib explore Martin Scorsese’s film “Mean Streets,” one of the pivotal films of the 1970s. Mardik co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese and is in the elite group of screenwriters on WGA's list of the 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 28923]

Script to Screen was invited to the 2014 WGA and DGA Awards to interview the nominees, winners and their presenters. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 28497]

Director Ivan Reitman and producers Tom Pollock and Joe Medjuck discuss their new film “Draft Day” starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner. On the day of the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver (Kevin Costner) has the opportunity to save football in Cleveland when he trades for the number one pick. He must quickly decide what he's willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection as the lines b...