IndieWire: Justin Trevor Winters, LMU Professor, screenwriter and principal of Verified Labs, is teaching an upcoming AI and screenwriting course in the School of Film and Television. He said, “The whole goal of the class is to encourage students to use the technology they have at their fingerprints to create the best product possible.”
https://newsroom.lmu.edu/lmu-in-the-news/hollywoods-top-film-schools-are-taking-generative-ai-seriously/Notable festival participants will include Ed Ulbrich, Metaphysic’s chief content officer, president of production; Sydney Bright, Webtoon’s head of global animation; Holly Willis, chair of media arts & practice division at USC School of Cinematic Arts and co-director of AI for Media & Storytelling and Dave Clark, Promise’s co-founder and chief creative officer.
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/lmu-innovators-film-festival-ai-2-1236346513/The Innovators Film Festival, LMU’s first ever artificial intelligence (AI) film festival, comes to campus on March 27 and 28, showcasing films made with at least one element of AI from around the globe. The festival not only showcases high school and college student voices, but those of industry professionals and technology companies. These panels, workshops and screenings provide an inside look at how AI is being utilized in entertainment and the software that companies are developing in the present.
https://www.laloyolan.com/life_and_arts/the-innovators-film-festival-brings-the-ai-conversation-to-campus/article_a5eb3a60-6602-5aca-b0fb-719f6f526b1b.htmlLMU was recently awarded the school’s first-ever Mellon Foundation grant, which will promote various projects and contributions through an initiative with the goal of redefining the ethical and social injustices of the disabled community through artificial intelligence (AI). The grant will support nine faculty fellowships, nine community-based learning courses and three symposia.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lmu-innovators-film-festival-ai-1236218695Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television (SFTV) has set the inaugural Innovators Film Festival, a two-day global student short film event set for March 27 and 28, 2025 on LMU’s Westchester campus. This forward-looking festival will showcase short films from student filmmakers across the globe, incorporating advanced technology into their projects.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lmu-innovators-film-festival-ai-1236218695
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