Academy Award winner coming to Biscayne Bay Campus

WHAT: The Biscayne Bay Campus Student Government Association Lectures Series is pleased to announce that Dustin Lance Black, recent Academy Award Winner for “Best Original Screenplay” for MILK, starring two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn, will speak at FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus. The event is co-sponsored by BBC Campus Life and Orientation and the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services.

WHO: An honors graduate of UCLA’s School of Film and Television, Dustin Lance Black began his professional career as an art director and quickly transitioned into directing documentaries, television series, commercials and music videos. The success of the documentaries On the Bus and My Life with Count Dracula led to two years producing and directing the hit BBC series Faking It which aired on TLC in the US.  In 2001 Black’s narrative short film Something Close to Heaven was named one of the ten best shorts of that year, landing Black in AMC’s “Five Filmmakers to Watch” special.

In addition to his Academy Award for MILK, Dustin Lance Black has been recognized for his work as a writer for the Emmy and Golden Globe nominated HBO Series Big Love.

WHEN: Thursday, April 16, 2009, at 7 p.m.

WHERE: Mary Ann Wolfe Theater, Wolfe University Center, Biscayne Bay Campus
3000 NE 151^st Street, North Miami, 33181
The event is free for students, faculty and staff. For the general public, there is a suggested donation of $20. 100 percent of your donation will benefit the BBC Excellence Fund.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Campus Life and Orientation at 305-919-5804.