Welcoming Oppewall
Calvin alum Jeannine Oppewall will speak at Calvin on April 1 and April 2. A Hollywood art director and production designer, Oppewall will speak on April 1 at 7:30 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall at Calvin about art direction in Seabiscuit (she was the production designer for the film). That talk is free and open to all.
In addition to Seabiscuit, Oppewall has worked on such movies as Catch Me If You Can, Snow Falling On Cedars, Bridges of Madison County, Pleasantville and LA Confidential. She's been nominated for Oscars three times as well as L.A. Film Critics Association awards and more.
For more on her career see http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649223/
Oppewall also will do a senior seminar on April 1 for a Calvin English class and will speak with a Calvin video production class that day. On Friday, April 2 she will do a Q&A session on production design and take part in a lunch with students.