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Where’s My Biopic? Director Dorothy Arzner [OPINION]

Where's My Biopic? Director Dorothy Arzner

Late in her career, she continued her support of the arts through the theatre and academia at UCLA Among her students was Francis Ford Coppola. Arzner died in 1979 at the age of 82 The industry she helped build gave her a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame In March 2018, Coppola helped dedicate Paramount's[...]
UCLA Extension Instructors Advise Aspiring Screenwriters On Breaking-In

UCLA Extension Instructors Advise Aspiring Screenwriters On Breaking-In

From Bleeding Cool reporter Hilton Collins: "Safety does not exist in your world if you want to achieve what you want to achieve." Screenwriter Deborah Dean Davis spoke those sobering yet powerful words Saturday afternoon during the panel Women and Writers of Color Breaking Barriers at San Diego Comic-Con. The session featured women and people of color who[...]