SF State University School Of Cinema All-School Convocation
Dear Cinema Community,
You are warmly invited to our inaugural 2020-2021 event of Race, Resistance and Rebellion in Cinema.
SF State University SCHOOL OF CINEMA ALL-SCHOOL CONVOCATION
Thursday, August 20
2:00-4:00 p.m. PDT
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. PDT
A CONVERSATION WITH DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SPEAKER
SANDINO MOYA-SMITH
Class of 2008
Director of Development
MGM
Introduced by CELINE PARRENAS SHIMIZU
Director and Professor
School of Cinema
with ELIZABETH RAMIREZ-SOTO
Assistant Professor
School of Cinema
and SABRINA MARIE MOTA
President
Cinema Collective
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PDT
AN ADVISING FORUM WITH SCOTT BOSWELL
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Advising Coordinator
Introduction to Faculty and Staff by Celine Parrenas Shimizu, Director and Professor, School of Cinema
Bio:
Sandino Moya-Smith is the Director of Development at MGM where he is currently working on the upcoming films No Time to Die, Respect, and Samaritan. He was previously VP of Production at Limelight Entertainment where he put together Palm Springs (2020) and was a Production Executive at June Pictures, where he worked on films including The Florida Project (2017), Book Club (2018), Wildlife (2018), and Dude (2018).Prior, he worked for Gary Ross on such films as The Hunger Games (2012-2015), Free State of Jones (2016), and Ocean’s Eight (2018). Sandino is Indigenous Mexican and the son of a migrant farmworker and a non-profit women’s rights attorney. He received his degree in Cinema from San Francisco State University in 2008.