MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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(photo by Frank Lisciandro)
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" The movie will begin in five moments,
The mindless voice announced,
All those unseated will await the next show. "
We filed slowly, languidly into the hall.
The auditorium was vast and silent.
As we seated and were darkened, the voice continued:
" The program for this evening is not new,
You've seen this entertainment through and through.
You've seen your birth, your life and death,
You might recall all of the rest.
Did you have a good world when you died?
Enough to base a movie on? "
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James Douglas Morrison made the most of his short but incredibly intense life,
inspiring with his truthful writing and relaxed, authentic vocal style. A psychedelic
rocker with the soul of a poet, Jim Morrison was a connoisseur of things new and offbeat,
experimenting with everything from Nietzsche to the bohemian underworld of California.
Jim’s interest and love of the arts began in college. While studying film at UCLA,
he began reading William Blake and writing original poetry. In 1965, Morrison
and friend Ray Manzarek decided to form a band, and recruited two more
to complete the circle: Robbie Krieger and John Densmore.
The group became known as
THE DOORS
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JIM MORRISON ON LOCATION, FILMING " H W Y "
(photo by Frank Lisciandro)
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The James Douglas Morrison Memorial Scholarship has been created to help fund
other aspiring artists in the place that started it all for Jim Morrison - UCLA Film School.
Why support the James Douglas Morrison Memorial Scholarship at UCLA?
The "average" UCLA Theater Film and Television (TFT) student is
extraordinary. Our students inspire, amaze, and enrich audiences
through their artistry and scholarship. Their determination and
vision promises to shape the future of theater, film and television.
UCLA’s top-ranked programs aggressively cross cultures, schools of thought and
professional disciplines -- preparing students to appeal to a 21st century global audience.
Nurturing extraordinary artists in an era of dwindling public funding is an ongoing
struggle. We urgently need your support. By contributing to the James Douglas Morrison
Memorial Scholarship you help educate the next generation of storytellers, artists and scholars.
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JIM MORRISON ON LOCATION, FILMING " H W Y "
(photo by Frank Lisciandro)
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PLEASE SEND DONATIONS TO :
UCLA - EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
James Douglas Morrison
Memorial Scholarship Fund
10920 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1400
Los Angeles, California 90024
Attn. Jacquelean Gilliam
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ALL DONORS
WILL BE LISTED HERE SOON
(UNLESS YOU PREFER TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS)
WHETHER YOU CONTRIBUTE $20 OR $20000,
YOUR NAME WILL BE LISTED EQUALLY AMONG THE FEAST OF FRIENDS.
BE A PART OF THIS AMBITIOUS PROJECT!
CONTRIBUTE TODAY!
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UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATRE, FILM, AND TELEVISION
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ALUMNI LIST
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WRITERS
David Koepp (Spider Man, Mission Impossible)
Paul Schrader (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver)
Collin Higgins (Harold and Maude, Nine to Five)
Eric Roth (The Insider, Forrest Gump)
Shane Black (Lethal Weapon I & II, Last Action Hero)
Mike Werb and Michael Colleary (Face/Off, The Mask)
Ed Solomon (Men in Black, The In-Laws)
Alexander Payne (Election, What About Schmidt)
Audrey Wells (Shall We Dance, Truth About Dogs & Cats)
Daniel Pyne (The Manchurian Candidate, Sum of All Fears)
Scott Rosenberg (Gone in 60 Seconds, High Fidelity)
Scott Kosar (Machinist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Randall Jahnson (The Doors, The Mask of Zorro)
David S. Ward (The Sting, Sleepless in Seattle)
Dan Gordon (Wyatt Earp, The Hurricane)
Sacha Gervasi (The Terminal, The Hypnotist)
James Herzfeld (Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers)
Niels Mueller (Tadpol, The Assassination of Richard Nixon)
Pamela Gray (A Walk on the Moon, Music of the Heart)
Robert Roy Pool (Outbreak, Armageddon)
Jeffrey Boam (Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Lethal Weapon 3)
Josefina Lopez (Real Woman Have Curves)
Richard Price (The Color of Money, Mad Dog and Glory)
Lewis Colick (Ladder 49, October Sky)
Dana Stevens (City of Angels, For the Love of the Game)
Paris Qualles (The Tuskegee Airmen, Rosa Parks Story)
Marianne Wibberley (National Treasure, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle)
Gregory Widen (The Highlander, Back Draft)
Kathy Stumpe (Cheers, Everybody Loves Raymond)
Patrick Cirillo (Tears of the Sun, Dangerous Heart)
Ed Neumeier (Starship Troopers, Robocop Trilogy)
Nicholas Griffin (Matchstick Men)
Michael Miner (Robocop)
Gregory Poirier (Rosewood, Tomcats)
Dean Hargrove (Perry Mason, Columbo)
Gloria Katz (American Graffiti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
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DIRECTORS
Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now)
Alexander Payne (About Schmidt, Sideways)
Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Weatherman)
Tim Robbins (Dead Men Walking, Cradle Will Rock)
Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men, When Harry met Sally)
Brad Silberling (City of Angels, Lemony Snicket’s: A Series of Unfortunate Events)
Tom Shadyac (Bruce Almighty, Liar, Liar)
Paul Schrader (Auto Focus, Affliction)
David Koepp (Secret Window, Stir of Echoes)
Gregory Nava (American Family, El Norte)
Charles Burnett (To Sleep with Anger, The Annihilation of Fish)
Paul Bartel (Eating Raoul, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills)
Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World, The Little Rascals)
Carlos Avila (Price of Glory, Foto-Novelas)
Allison Anders (Gas, Food, Lodging, Mi Vida Loca)
Alex Cox (Repoman, Sid and Nancy)
Neal Jiminez (The River’s Edge, the Waterdance)
Todd Holland (Malcolm in the Middle, The Larry Sanders Show)
Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love and Basketball, The Bernie Mac Show)
Patricia Cardoso (Real Women Have Curves, The Water Carrier of Cucunuba)
Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown)
Charles Herman-Wurmfeld (Legally Blond 2: Red, White and Blond, Kissing Jessica Stein)
Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow)
Niels Mueller (The Assassination of Richard Nixon)
Ramon Menendez (Stand and Deliver, Money for Nothing)
Harve Bennett (Star Trek II,IV,V, Mod Squad)
Bruce Bilson (Get Smart, The Odd Couple)
Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust, The Rosa Parks Story)
Louis J. Horvitz (Multiple Academy Awards and Emmy Awards Shows)
Ray Sandrich (Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show)
Kurt Voss (Down and Out with the Dolls, Sugar Town)
Daniel Attias (The Sopranos, Six Feet Under)
Mike B. Anderson (The Simpsons)
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PRODUCERS
Frank Marshall (The Bourne Supremacy, Seabiscuit)
Fred Roos (Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now)
Francis Ford Coppola (Lost in Translation, Kinsey)
Mike Medavoy (Basic, The Sixth Day)
Moctesuma Esparza (Gods and Generals, The Milagro Beanfield War)
William Frederick Fray (Independence Day, The Patriot)
Aron Warner (Shrek, Antz)
Sarah Pillsbury (Desperately Seeking Susan, How to Make an American Quilt)
Darren Star (Sex and the City, Beverly Hills 90210)
David Valdes (Unforgiven, The Green Mile)
Richard Lewis (Backdraft, Eulogy)
Richard Sakai (As Good As It Gets, Jerry Maguire)
Michael Steinberg (There’s Something About Mary, The Waterdance)
Thomas Bliss (The Hurricane, Air Force One)
Eden Wurmfeld (Kissing Jessica Stein, Sunset Story)
Felicia D. Henderson (Soul Food, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
Jason Schafer (Queer As Folk, Totally Sexy Loser)
Gene Reynolds (MASH, Lou Grant)
Jeff Margolis (Tony Awards, American Music Awards)
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ANIMATION
Randy Cartwright (The Lion King, Antz)
Richard Quade (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc)
Chuck Sheetz (Recess: School’s Out, What’s New – Scooby Do?)
David Silverman (Monsters, Inc., The Simpsons)
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CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Dean Cundey (Jurassic Park, Apollo 13)
Stephen H. Burum (Mission to Mars, Untouchables)
Joan Churchill (Biggie and Tupac, Kurt & Courtney)
Elliot Davis (Thirteen, White Oleander)
Tom Richmond (Monster, The Singing Detective)
Chris Chomyn (Lockdown, Phantasm III, IV)
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EDITORS
Pietro Scalia (Black Hawk Down, Gladiator)
Nancy Richardson (Selena, Thirteen)
Craig D. Kitson (8 Mile, In Her Shoes)
Jefffrey M. Wishengrad (The Singing Detective, Waking the Dead)
Mark Yardas (Wonder Boys, Red Dragon)
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ART DIRECTORS, VISUAL EFFECTS, COSTUME/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Doug Chiang (Star Wars I, II, III, Death Becomes Her)
Hoyt Yeatman (Mighty Joe Young, Kangaroo Jack)
Deborah Nadoolman Landis (Blues Brothers, Trading Places)
Catherine Hardwicke (Laurel Canyon, Vanilla Sky)
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CASTING DIRECTORS
Victoria Thomas (The Last Samurai, After the Sunset)
Michael Fenton (Back to the Future, Chinatown)
Wendy Sue Kurtzman (Dangerous Beauty, Independence Day)
Lynn Arlen Stalmaster (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Blue Sky)
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DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS
Doug Pray (Scratch, Hype)
Marco Williams (Two Towns of Jasper, In Search of Our Fathers)
Joan Churchill (Soldier Girls, Aileen, Life and Death of a Serial Killer)
Laura Gabbert (Sunset Story)
Billy Ray (Shattered Glass)
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EXECUTIVES / AGENTS
Stacey Snider (Universal Pictures)
Thomas Schumacher (Walt Disney)
Vanessa Morrison (Twentieth Century Fox)
Claudia Lewis (Searchlight)
Geoffrey D. Gilmore (Sundance Film Festival)
Mike Ovitz
John Ptak (CAA)
Paul Schwartzman
Warren Cowan (Warren Cowan & Associates)
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PRESERVATIONISTS / EXECUTIVES
Michael Friend (Sony)
Gregory Lukow (Library of Congress)
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CRITICS / COLUMNISTS
Sheila Benson
Kurt Honeycutt
Digby Diehl
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ACTORS / PERFORMERS
Carol Burnett (Mad About You, The Carol Burnett Show)
Tim Robbins (Mystic River, Bull Durham)
Tom Skerritt (Steel Magnolias, Contact)
Nancy Cartwright (The Simpsons, Rugrats)
Jack Black (The School of Rock, Shallow Hal)
Laurie Holden (The Majestic, X-Files)
Steve Forrest (Storyville, Mommie Dearest)
Joanna Gleason (Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hannah and her Sisters)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order, Can’t Hurry Love)
Susan Egan (Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret)
Chris Gorham (Jake 2.0, Felicity)
Judy Kaye (Mamma Mia, Law & Order)
James B. Sikking (Doogie Howser, Hill Street Blues)
Corbin Bernson (LA Law, The Great White Hype)
A Martinez (General Hospital, LA Law)
John Rubinstein (Star Trek: Voyager, Ragtime)
Joyce DeWitt (Three’s Company, The Nick at Nite Holiday Special)
Daphne Zuniga (Melrose Place, Stories from my Childhood)
James Dean (Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden)
Jim Morrison (The Doors)