Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster Talk Moviemaking
The Mauritanian: Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster
The Academy’s Award
Originally published Jan. 22, 2011: We are proud to announce that the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has selected MPTF to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for service to the industry! The Academy will present the...
Connecting to the Light
On December 16th, 2020, our webinar series wrapped up its first year with “Connecting to the Light—How to Cope in this Uncertain Time.” Our dedicated on-campus chaplains, Rabbi Arthur Rosenberg and Chaplain Dina Kuperstock, live on the front lines of care, offering...
Veterans Among Us
Orven Schanzer fought in WWII in the 9th Air Force. After three bronze stars, a victory ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and others, Orven returned to the states to begin an extensive career with 20th Century Fox. He was an editor on Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor,...
A Story for the Ages
Over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2020, Courteney Bailey, MPTF’s Chief Development Officer, spoke with MPTF Board of Governors Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg on MPTF Influencers, a weekly program on MPTF Studio’s Organized Chaos. He shared some touching and funny...
Top 100 with Billy & Hawk
When the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who also boasts an impressive producing roster of classics, gets together to talk movies with an Oscar-nominated screenwriter with extensive credits known around the world, you know...
The Goldwyns
Anna Musky-Goldwyn’s great grandfather, Samuel Goldwyn, was a motion picture legend in Hollywood’s Golden Age and a strong supporter of what was then the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Her grandfather was prolific film producer, Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., who contributed...
Love Grows
In their day, Jules Stein and his partner at MCA Universal, Lew Wasserman, set up an endowment for MPTF campus gardens.
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