FMA '20 alum Hansen Bursic's Thesis Film is a Halloween movie centering on the scary times that come with  coming-of-age, rather than ghosts or goblins. Halloween 1987 is based on a true story of Jenny Jae Cory and a the Halloween night where what started as a costume gave her a new found confidence in her trans identity. The film won The Freese Film Foundation's 2020 Best writing/Directing and Editing Award.  

FMA '20 alum Jessica Milner shares what she learned from the experience of directing a short film and studying in LA through Temple's Study Away program in the interview below!

FMA Alum Kandis Hutchenson went from learning about and appreciating the world of animation to working with Dreamworks in just a few years.

"I remember our MFA colloquium class where we had to introduce ourselves, and I had just discovered the animated series Avatar: the Last Airbender and spoke about it." Says Kandis, Now, 10 years later she works under Margie Cohn, CEO of Dreamworks, who was the executive that greenlit the series. When she had a one on one coffee with her, it felt "like a dream come true."

This year at our REEL GIRLS event we were honored to welcome Alum and multiple Emmy-winner Rachel Sophia Stewart ('13) -- we sat down with her recently. Rachel is a Senior Editor at History Making Productions and her work generally entails editing their main series and features.