WINSTON-SALEM – Film production designer and art director Charles Rosen, with such films as BROADCAST NEWS, TAXI DRIVER and CHARLY to his credit, will be a guest artist at the North Carolina School of the Arts School of Filmmaking. 

Rosen will meet with students in the film art department and will answer questions after the screening of BROADCAST NEWS (for students) on Friday, Oct. 7.  

His films as production designer and/or art director include WHO IS CLETIS TOUT (2001), LEGALESE (1998), THE BUTCHER’S WIFE (1991), MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN (1988), BROADCAST NEWS (1987), FLASHDANCE (1983), INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978), TAXI DRIVER (1976), CHARLY (1968) and THE PRODUCERS (1968). 

He received an Emmy nomination for WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, a 1997 TV movie about a pro football team ownership struggle. 

He also designed what might be the most familiar thoroughfares in the world: "Sesame Street."

Film production design is one of six undergraduate concentrations in the NCSA School of Filmmaking, where students in the sequence learn to collaborate with directors and cinematographers, budget the art department, and maintain the artistic overview of the design process on a motion picture or TV series. For more information about the film production design program, visit www.ncarts.edu.

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Media: Please note that film guest artist workshops and screenings are not open to the public. This is being sent to you as a feature story idea. For more information, or to schedule an interview, contact Marla Carpenter at 336-770-3337 or carpem@ncarts.edu in the NCSA public relations office.