Advice from Hollywood

Advice from Hollywood Christopher “Xopher” Pollard (left), a junior in the Film & Media Studies Program in Arts & Sciences, discusses his work with Hollywood producer Stratton Leopold. Leopold, whose credits include The Sum of All Fears (2002), The General’s Daughter (1999) and the forthcoming Paycheck (starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman), hosted an informal talk with film students Nov. 6 in Lambert Lounge in Mallinckrodt Student Center and then conducted a series of one-on-one critiques. The event was co-sponsored by Film & Media Studies and the Office of Alumni & Development Programs. Leopold was in St. Louis to receive an award as part of the Hellenic Spirit Foundation dinner Nov. 9.