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And the Nominees Are… Celebrating Our Grads in the 2026 Oscar Race

The 98th Academy Awards are coming up fast. While the world debates who will take home the gold, we are doing what we love most: scanning the credits to celebrate the alumni of The Los Angeles Film School and The Los Angeles Recording School who helped bring these films to life.

This year, our graduates are represented across several heavy hitters, including the massive 16-nomination sweeper Sinners, the critically acclaimed One Battle After Another, and the high-octane F1.

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Lane Cheek

Emmy-nominated film and television executive producer Lane Cheek has had a lifelong love of movies, escaping in their stories and characters and wondering how the story could’ve continued had it not been limited to just a standard 90-minute running time.

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The Blumhouse Blueprint: Why Every Film Student Needs to Watch the PGAs

On February 28, the Blumhouse mastermind will accept the Milestone Award. While this award usually goes to the traditional “suits” of Hollywood – think Disney legends or massive studio heads – giving it to Blum sends a very different message. It’s a win for the weirdos, the risk-takers, and the indie mindset.

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Brandon Harding

With studio credits that include some of today’s biggest hits, there’s a good chance that GRAMMY award-winning recording engineer Brandon Harding’s work has found its way to more than one of your music playlists over the past few years.

The 2013 Los Angeles Film School Recording Arts Program graduate’s studio credits include albums and hit singles for top artists like Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, Mary J. Blige,  Ne-Yo, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, The Dream, T.I. Usher, and others.

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5 Films to Train Your Attention Span

We hear it all the time: our attention spans are shrinking.

You may have first heard the sentiment when you were glued to your TV as a kid. Or when you were caught doodling instead of paying attention in class. But you’ve definitely heard it since smartphones became part of daily life. And according to research cited by the American Psychological Association, the average adult attention span may be down to under a minute.

With digital distractions waiting at every corner, it’s easy to feel scattered. But there’s one kind of screen time that still rewards full focus: movies.

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DGA Nominations, HBO & Marvel: L.A. Film School Alumni Making Headlines

From major award nominations to leadership roles on some of the industry’s most anticipated releases, LA Film School alumni continue to shape the entertainment landscape. This month alone, graduates are earning DGA recognition, expanding the Game of Thrones universe at HBO, contributing to Marvel’s Wonder Man, and lending their talents to high-profile television and feature productions across every department.

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The View From the Inside: How GRAMMY Week 2026 Redefined Our Dreams

For most of the world, the GRAMMY Awards are a three-hour television event filled with acceptance speeches and high-gloss performances. But for our Alumni and Career Development team this year, the 2026 GRAMMYs weren’t just watched, they were lived.

Over the course of a transformative week in Downtown Los Angeles, we stepped past the velvet ropes and inside the engine room of music’s biggest night. What we found was an ecosystem buzzing with technology, culture, and a profound realization: the gap between “aspiring creative” and “industry professional” is smaller than it looks.

Here is an inside look at a week that shifted our perspective from spectators to future participants.

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Brittany Hites

Since graduating in 2012 with an Associate’s degree in Film from The Los Angeles Film School, entertainment industry creative Brittany Hites has showcased her talents as an art director, a production designer, and set designer on some of Hollywood’s most anticipated films from the past decade, including Suicide Squad for Warner Brothers, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, One-Shot: All Hail the King,and Thunderbolts for Marvel Studios, Godzilla: King of the Monsters for Legendary Entertainment, and Dear Evan Hansen and Pitch Perfect 3 for Universal Pictures.

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41 Years of Chaos: The History of the Film Independent Spirit Awards 

This weekend, the indie film world will descend on the beach in Santa Monica for the 41st annual Film Independent Spirit Awards. If you’ve been following the coverage, you know the drill: the ocean breeze, the day-drinking, and the casual chaos that makes this event the antidote to polished Hollywood affairs.

From shoestring budgets to cursing on live TV, here is how the Spirit Awards have cemented their legacy as the “anti-Oscars” for 41 years running.