Photo at MCCC

From Left: Stanley Rosen (Political Science, USC), Robert Rosen (former Dean of School of Film, TV, and Theater, UCLA), this blogger, and Jason Squire (Cinema, USC)

At the interval of the MCCC (Media & Culture in Contemporary China) conference held at UCLA and USC from Oct. 20-22, 2011, I had some great and relaxed moments with some of my old friends and former mentors, notably the above “Rosen” brothers and Jason Squire, author of The Movie Business Book. It was a testament that we human beings do share many common traits regardless of cultural, racial, and gender differences. I was also moved that Robert Rosen presented me the displayed T-shirt as a gift, on which his teaching philosophy, or the “Creative Pyramid,” is imprinted. Thanks, Bob!

Photo with Jason Squire

With Jason Squire, who teaches movie business, internships, case studies and screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. He is the author of "The Movie Business Book", the field’s primary textbook. Taken on December 20, 2010 at a LA Chinese restaurant after Jason returned from his film business seminar trip in Guangzhou, China.

Photo at NETPAC 20 (con.)

"Imaging Asia" Conference at NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) 20: Aug. 17-22, 2010, Delhi, India. With (from the left) Ms. Marjan Riahi from Iran, Founder and Manager of Short Film News; Mark Schilling, reviewer for The Japan Times and reporter for Screen International & Variety on Japanese Cinema; and Raman Chawla, conference coordinator, at Hotel Janpath, New Delhi, India.