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Mary Beth Fielder is an American writer, director and producer of television and feature films. [1] She served on the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts from 1994 to 2009.[ citation needed ]
Fielder began her academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in fine arts. [1] She subsequently moved to New York City and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater under Sanford Meisner.[ citation needed ] After three years working in New York theater, she was accepted to the Master of Fine Arts Program in Film Production at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts. In the following years, Fielder wrote several scripts for studios such as Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. She also directed thirtysomething for ABC television and a number of other series.[ citation needed ]
In 1994, Fielder returned to USC as a full-time faculty member, teaching film directing, screenwriting and acting and serving as the faculty mentor on over 100 student films.[ citation needed ] She was awarded the Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 2007 for mentoring undergraduate students and again in 2009 for mentoring graduate students. [2]
Fielder has also worked with the Jewish Federation's Tel Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership Program, teaching and writing the curriculum for a Cinema Master Class and coordinating a summer exchange program between Tel Aviv University and USC. In March 2008 she received a U.S. Speakers and Specialists grant to conduct a series of scriptwriting workshops and career mentoring workshops in Nairobi, Kenya. [3] The workshops took place in Kibera, where she taught scriptwriting to fifty students for the Hot Sun Foundation. [1] [4]
Fielder co-wrote and produced two feature films. Wild About Harry (2009) tells the story of a teenage girl who discovers a shocking secret about her recently widowed father. [5] The film was awarded "Best of Fest" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the filmmakers also received a special award from the City of Palm Springs for their efforts in fighting homophobia.[ citation needed ] Togetherness Supreme (2010) is the first feature film shot entirely in Kibera, Kenya, [6] and tells a story of intertribal conflict and reconciliation set against the backdrop of the contested presidential election in 2007. The film won two awards at the 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards, [7] and in February 2011 won Best International Feature Film Award at the 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. [8]
Fielder is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild.[ citation needed ]
Tel Aviv University is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and research of the city, comprising 9 faculties, 17 teaching hospitals, 18 performing arts centers, 27 schools, 106 departments, 340 research centers, and 400 laboratories. It is ranked 7th in the world by PitchBook data index.
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Barnet Kellman is an American theatre, television and film director, television producer and film actor, and educator, best known for the premiere productions of new American plays, and for the pilots of long-running television series such as Murphy Brown and Mad About You. He is the recipient of two Emmy Awards and a Directors Guild of America Award. He is the co-founder and director of USC Comedy at the School of Cinematic Arts, and holds the school's Robin Williams Endowed Chair in Comedy.
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Nathan Collett is a filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Togetherness Supreme is a 2010 Kenyan film.
Howard A. Rodman is a screenwriter, author and professor. He is the former President of the Writers Guild of America, West, professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, alumnus of Telluride Association Summer Program and an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs.
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