Blockbuster Filmmaker Teaches Movie Making at Compton HS and Dominguez
CUSD Media Release
May 21, 2024
Guest lecturers are a great way to inject variety into a class, bringing their outside knowledge and real-world experience to share with students in a classroom.
Director, writer, and producer Brian Levant, known for directing blockbuster movies such as The Flintstones, Beethoven, Snow Dogs, Jingle All the Way, Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins, and Are We There Yet? recently visited the TV and Film production classes at Compton High School and Dominguez High School to pass along a little bit of his knowledge on the magic of filmmaking.
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Mr. Levant showed clips of his most iconic films and broke down how they were brought to life from idea to silver screen, inspiring CUSD’s aspiring filmmaking scholars.
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He started his long career in 1976 as a writer for the TV series Happy Days. He also wrote for other TV shows such as The Jeffersons, Mork & Mindy, and Still the Beaver.
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