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Behind the Show: “Shootout” interview with Peter Guber and Peter Bart

Hosts Peter Guber and Peter Bart talk about Sundance and their show’s UCLA origins. Director/producer Barry Levinson makes a guest appearance.

Related: Variety.com reference to UCLA @ Sundance 2008 

Amy Brenneman, UCLA faculty

Downloading NancyVisiting Professor Amy Brenneman co-stars in the Sundance film “Downloading Nancy,” screening today (Thursday) at 6pm and tomorrow (Friday) at 3:15pm. The film stars Maria Bello as Nancy, a wounded soul, who finds her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley played by Jason Patric. The two take comfort in one another through e-mail, pictures and promises of perverse sexual encounters. “Disturbing and relentlessly raw,” says Sundance programmer John Cooper, “‘Downloading Nancy’ is stunningly executed.” Swedish director Johan Renck is getting a lot of buzz during the fest. A music video and commercial helmer, Renck was named one of Variety’s Ten Directors to Watch.

At UCLA, Brenneman teaches a course on collaboration with her husband and School of Theater, Film and Television board member Brad Silberling MFA ‘87.

Related links: R.A.F. site for Renck, Director-File.com interview with Renck

The UCLA Party in Pictures

(L to R) During the UCLA at Sundance Party, on January 21st at Cafe Terigo in Park City, Utah were writer/director Oscar Alvarez MFA ‘09, writer/director Bryan Jackson MFA ‘01 and Motorola executive John Hallman.

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Geoffrey Gilmore, director of the Sundance Film Festival

At The Hollywood Reporter party on Main St., Geoffrey Gilmore, director of the Sundance Film Festival, receives The Nielsen Impact Award for being a visionary leader in the world of film. Alumnus Gilmore is a member of the UCLA Producers Program faculty.

Hal Ackerman, UCLA professor

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television screenwriting professor talks about the director of “Anvil!” on January 18, 2008 in Park City, Utah