I’ve spoken at length before about what an awesome awesome program Ringling College is running over in Sarasota – in short, their Computer Animation kids are budding Pixar geniuses – but they’ve really stepped up the film side lately.
The Ringling Digital Filmmaking program is now in its fourth year and they have some major plans this year. Here’s a brief recap based on their announcement today:
– Screenings and Q&As with Bill Paxton (Twister, Feb. 19), screenwriter F.X. Feeney, producer Marshall Persinger, & director Werner Herzog (Z-Channel, March 15) and Andy Garcia and producer Paul Schiff (City Island, April 5).
– Schiff, who’s produced everything from Rushmore to My Cousin Vinny, has been signed by Ringling as a consultant for their project and production development labs. He’ll also be hiring interns from the programs.
– Herzog, who has taught labs at Ringling before, is now Ringling’s “charter advisor” and will conduct post-pro on his next project on campus with the students’ help.
– IFC will host a pitch contest for juniors annually.
Fucking Herzog. Your move, Full Sail…
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This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2011.