Welcoming Oppewall
ÃÛÌÒapp alum Jeannine Oppewall will speak at ÃÛÌÒapp on April 1 and April 2. A Hollywood art director and production designer, Oppewall will speak on April 1 at 7:30 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall at ÃÛÌÒapp about art direction in Seabiscuit (she was the production designer for the film). That talk is free and open to all.
In addition to Seabiscuit, Oppewall has worked on such movies as Catch Me If You Can, Snow Falling On Cedars, Bridges of Madison County, Pleasantville and LA Confidential. She's been nominated for Oscars three times as well as L.A. Film Critics Association awards and more.Â
For more on her career see http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649223/Â
Oppewall also will do a senior seminar on April 1 for a ÃÛÌÒapp English class and will speak with a ÃÛÌÒapp video production class that day. On Friday, April 2 she will do a Q&A session on production design and take part in a lunch with students.