film studies

Lovett Film Studies is comprised of five classes, Lovett’s own mini-film school. Upper School students in History of Film explore the amazing evolution of the popular art form, from Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope to today’s 4K digital cameras and projectors. In Visual Storytelling and Screenwriting, students learn the power of telling stories with images and how to evoke those images in words. Students in Documentary Movie Making will focus on non-fiction stories, harnessing the power of media to move and challenge the audience. Likewise, students in Narrative movie making will put to good use the short fictional scripts they have developed, walking each film through the process, from pre-production planning through the film shoot itself and into the editing suite for post-production. Finally, students who wish to deeply explore the powerful roots of the hero myth will enjoy Good Versus Evil: Religious and Moral Themes In the Movies.

faculty SPOTLIGHT

David Silverman

David Silverman’s career as an actor and filmmaker spans over 25 years—this is David’s 17th year at Lovett. As a filmmaker, David’s award-winning films have traveled across the US at prestigious film festivals including Palm Springs, Dances with Films in Los Angeles, INDIE Memphis and the Oscar-nominating Atlanta Film Festival. A member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association, David’s recent TV credits include: HBO’s The Staircase, Netflix’s Stranger Things, Fox’s The Resident, FX’s Atlanta, BET’s Bigger, and AMC’s The Walking Dead. David’s film credits include: “The Hill” opposite Dennis Quaid, Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy opposite Amy Adams, The Leisure Seeker opposite Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, The Founder opposite Michael Keaton, Ava Duvernay’s Selma, and Anchorman 2 opposite Harrison Ford and Will Ferrell. David teaches five film classes here at Lovett and is the director of The Lovett School High School Film Fest, our annual celebration of teen filmmaking from around the globe. Last year, young filmmakers from over 80 countries entered the festival. A graduate of University of Miami, David is married to author/screenwriter Kelly Young-Silverman and is the proud father of Evelyn May ’32.