Throughout the year, distinguished Hollywood film and television dignitaries are invited to hold the prestigious filmmaker-in-residence chairs. This unique program brings veterans from the industry to campus every semester for interaction with Dodge students.

During their residency, the filmmakers come to campus one day a week to mentor 10 selected students, five undergraduates and five graduates, through their final projects.  Each week, the Filmmaker-in-Residence meets individually during the afternoon with five of the students, reviewing their scripts, production plans, dailies or whatever material they have to share at any given point in time.

In the evening, he screens one of his films or, for the sake of variety, that of an invited guest.  During the screening, the Filmmaker-in-Residence has dinner with another small group of invited students, so that each week a different group of students has the opportunity to meet and talk with him.  Following dinner, the Filmmaker-in-Residence hosts a Q and A session about the film that has just been screened with those in attendance (students and members of the campus community).  

Spring 2008

Previous Chairs
Fall 2007 ~ Production Designer, Polly Patt; Writer/Director, David Foster
Spring 2006 ~ Writer/Director/Producer, Tom Mankiewicz
Spring 2005 ~ Actor/Director, Carl Franklin
Spring 2004 ~ Writer/Director/Producer, David Ward
Spring 2003 ~ Director, Peter Medak
Spring 2002 ~ Director/Producer, John Badham
Spring 2001 ~ Editor, Robert C. Jones
Spring 2000 ~ Director, Mark Rydell & Director, Daniel Petrie
Spring 1999 ~ Director, Arthur Hiller