May 21, 2004/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                           Media Contact: Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337
 

          WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –– The North Carolina School of the Arts School of Filmmaking will present its Senior Thesis films to industry representatives in Los Angeles and New York in June.  

The films will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, at the Directors Guild of America on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, and at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, in the Tribeca Screening Room on Greenwich Street in New York. Agents, managers, producers and industry executives have been invited to attend the screenings.  

          Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) of Winston-Salem, N.C., is underwriting the presentations for the fourth consecutive year.  

          “We hope these screenings will help our graduating students develop meaningful connections and maximize their chances for employment in the film and television industry,” said Dale Pollock, dean of the NCSA School of Filmmaking. “We are grateful to Krispy Kreme for making it possible.” A former Hollywood producer and journalist, Pollock is the executive director of the RiverRun International Film Festival.  

Four senior films will be screened in Los Angeles and New York; they were chosen to represent the best of the Senior Thesis projects. The films are:

• SECTION 8 –– An archival worker in the near future discovers that his reality is not what he thought it was.
• HOOPLA –– A young man tries to deal with the isolation and mechanization of modern life.
• METHUSELAH’S LEDGER –– A senior citizen gets one last chance to do everything he has put off during his life.
• THE TRAGEDY OF GLADY –– A morbid young woman has her worst fantasies realized.

          Thirty-six of the graduating college seniors in the School of Filmmaking will be making the trip to Los Angeles; 20 of them have been named Krispy Kreme Scholars and will have their travel and hotel expenses paid. To qualify, the Krispy Kreme Scholars had to meet strict guidelines, including a 3.5 cumulative grade point average and perfect attendance at all guest artist visits to the NCSA campus. 

The film students will spend a week in Los Angeles, where they will attend the screening at the DGA and will participate in several panel discussions with prominent producers, directors, screenwriters, agents, and others. They will also tour the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Margaret Herrick Library, Kodak, FotoKem, Mole-Richardson, IMAX headquarters, Panavision, and others.                                                                                                                                                                

            Founded in 1937 in Winston-Salem, N.C., Krispy Kreme is a leading branded specialty retailer of premium quality doughnuts, including the company's signature Hot Original Glazed. Krispy Kreme currently operates more than 370 stores in 44 states, as well as Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Krispy Kreme can be found on the World Wide Web at www.krispykreme.com. 

          The North Carolina School of the Arts was founded in 1963 as a state-supported, residential performing arts conservatory for the Southeast. Today, as a campus of the University of North Carolina system, the School boasts an international reputation for training talented artists. Five professional schools compose the School of the Arts: Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Music, and Filmmaking, which was added in 1993.  

          The NCSA School of Filmmaking offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts and College Arts Diploma in cinematography, directing, editing and sound, producing, production design, and screenwriting. A new Master of Fine Arts program in film music composition will be added in the fall. More than 80 percent of NCSA film graduates go on to find work in the industry. One outstanding example is David Gordon Green, director of the critically hailed ALL THE REAL GIRLS and GEORGE WASHINGTON. Student films have won several honors, including a Student Academy Award, the Patrick Peyton Excellence in Filmmaking Award (Angelus Awards Student Film Festival), the SHOWTIME Black Filmmaker Showcase, and numerous CINE Eagles. For more information, visit the School’s website at www.ncarts.edu.

 Media: If you are interested in attending either the Los Angeles or New York screening, please call Kim Tafoya in the NCSA School of Filmmaking at 336-770-1331.

NCSA’S KRISPY KREME SCHOLARS, Addendum

 The following students are college seniors in the School of Filmmaking at the North Carolina School of the Arts. All are candidates for graduation, to receive the Bachelor of Fine Arts, on May 29. Their concentration area follows their name, followed by their parent(s) (if applicable) and home address.

* Alex Bickel, screenwriting, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bickel, East Elfinwild Road, Allison Park, Pa.

* Nathaniel “Nate” Brown, directing, Watson Avenue, Winston-Salem, N.C.

* Zachariah “Zach” Clark, editing and sound, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Clark, East Windsor Avenue, Alexandria, Va.

* Matthew “Smokey” Cloud, editing and sound, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Cloud, Ciscayne Place, Charlotte, N.C.

* Kelly Colson, editing and sound, Suzanne H. Colson, River Rise Drive, Cordova, Tenn.

* Sarah Crawford, producing, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Crawford, River Valley Road, Otto, N.C.

* Karrie Crouse, directing, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crouse, Hauser Road, Lewisville, N.C.

* Matthew “Matt” Goldberg, producing, Alan Goldberg, West Sixty-second Street, New York, N.Y.

* Ricky Hayner, editing and sound, Nancy Hayner, Academy Street, Winston-Salem, N.C.

* Susan Jacob, producing, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jacob, Maple Vale Drive, Woodbridge, Conn.

*Aaron Katz, directing, Richard Katz, Northeast Halsey, Portland, Ore.

* Meagan Massa, directing, Lia Piegari, Bellview Street, Winston-Salem, N.C.

* Tiffany McMichael, cinematography, Wanda McMichael, Cinder Ridge Drive, Spartanburg, S.C.

* Rose Neeley, cinematography, Mr. and Mrs. James Neeley, Falmouth Court, Chapel Hill, N.C.

* Stacee Nguyen, film production design, Mr. and Mrs. Tai Huu Nguyen, Lockland Avenue, Winston-Salem, N.C.

* Marc Ripper, directing, Mr. and Mrs. William Ripper Jr., Ellen Street, Hellertown, Pa.

* Tobias “Toby” Rogers, editing and sound, Baerbel Schilz, Hudson Hills Road, Pittsboro, N.C.

* James Kern Saxton, directing, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Saxton, Northeast Fifth Avenue, Boca Raton, Fla. 

* April Smith, film production design, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith, West Fifth Street, Winston-Salem, N.C.

* Nicole Thompson, cinematography, Washington Avenue, Winston-Salem.

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