Recently, director Cameron Crowe participated in an online conversation with film students from The University of Hawaii. The interaction was part of the DGA’s Videoconferencing Program for Film Schools, which brings film students from around the country together with DGA members in Hollywood to discuss career issues and the art and craft of directing.

A two-time DGA feature film award nominee for Almost Famous (2000) and Jerry Maguire (1996), Crowe spoke about the art and craft of directing, and answered questions from the Robert Wise Library, located in the DGA’s Los Angeles Headquarters.

The program is the brainchild of the DGA’s Special Projects’ Academic Outreach Sub-committee. A committee member acts as moderator, welcoming the students, describing the mission of the program and then introducing the director/director team participants, who then has an up to one-hour online conversation with the film school and its students.

DGA Special Projects’ Academic Outreach Sub-committee Chair Randal Kleiser served as moderator. Academy for Creative Media Director Chris Lee and Assistant Professor Joel Moffett served as moderators from their location thousands of miles across the sea at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

For more information of the DGA’s Videoconferencing Program for Film Schools, please contact Daniel Tenkman, DGA Special Events Coordinator at 310-289-5318.