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Claude Kerven is known for ABC Afterschool Specials (1972), Punkin Pie (2015) and They Never Found Her (2007).
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CK:After high school, I headed off to SUNY Buffalo with the intention of becoming a doctor. But after taking my first calculus test, I realized that wasn’t going to happen. Then one day, someone told me I could get a degree in filmmaking. And the rest is history.
CK: Working at Saturday Night Livewas a thrill. I had always been a huge fan of the show, but it never occurred to me that I would ever be directing short films for them. I got to work with Stevie Wonder, Lily Tomlin, and all the great SNLplayers like Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, and Julia Louis Dreyfus.
CK:It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 15 years. Watching the film department grow, and being a part of that growth, has been an enormously gratifying experience. I don’t think students realize what a profound impact they have on their instructors. I can still fondly recall the students from my very first class. READ MORE: African Filmmakers and ...
CK:I love teaching directing and screenwriting, which now almost seem inseparable to me. And, of course, being on the set with my students.
CK:I think they would say that I relate to them as filmmakers and not students. I never talk down to them. And I don’t b.s. them. I think that by being real with them, I’m able to form a bond of trust. I want each of them to succeed, and I think they feel that. But most importantly, I think they would say that I’m able to communicate my passion for...
CK:It’s not Hollywood. In New York, filmmaking is just another profession. But in Hollywood, a one-industry town, filmmaking is everything. I think this leads to a lack of perspective and an overly inflated sense of importance. SEE MORE: New York Film Academy Looks Back at the 2022 Highlights
CK: On the Waterfront. The Graduate. Jaws. The Godfather. Taxi Driver. Young Frankenstein. The Pink Panther. King Kong (the original). Lord of the Rings. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The Right Stuff. A League of Their Own.
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Claude Kerven. After receiving a BA in experimental filmmaking, Kerven attended NYU’s Graduate Film School, where his thesis film, “Candy Store” was awarded an Academy Award for Best Dramatic Student Film.
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Apr 1, 2018 · Claude Kerven is a filmmaker, screenwriter, director and teacher of filmmaking. His skill is at taking seemingly complex ideas and expressing them in a way anybody can understand. Listen in as Claude and Susan talk about favorite films, storytelling, how to survive the ups and downs of a long career, and the importance of trying to ...
Claude Kerven is an Emmy Award-winning director known for his work in children’s television, more than 25 short films directed at Saturday Night Live, and They Never Found Her, starring Elisabeth Moss.
Claude Kerven, who co-wrote the screenplay, was originally hired to direct the project, but was replaced by Alan Rudolph after completing only one week of shooting. The film shoot was partly improvisational, and the conclusion of the film was undetermined until it came time to shoot it.
