By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica College will host a series of speakers from the entertainment industry through April.
SMC announced that its spring entertainment speaker series will feature speaker Roark Critchlow, an actor-producer who is working with Warner Bros. on a daily three-minute drama series that will soon premiere on mobile phones and online.
The SMC Academy of Entertainment and Technology’s Mary Pickford Speakers Series will be kicked off Monday, Feb. 13 with Critchlow, best known for his role as Mike Horton in “Days of Our Lives.”
All lectures are free and are held at 7 p.m. Monday evenings at SMC’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology’s screening room, 1660 Stewart St., in Santa Monica.
The remainder of the lineup for the spring semester: ■ Feb. 27 — Fred Crippen, award-winning animation director whose credits include the TV series “Roger Ramjet,” “Hot Wheels,” and “Square One TV,” as well as numerous films. ■ March 6 — Mike Denney, Emmy Award-winning director on the long-running hit soap, “The Young and the Restless.” ■ March 20 — David McMillan, writer on the Emmy-winning television show “Judging Amy” and film teacher at Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica. ■ April 24 — Troy Westergaard, film producer whose credits include the award-winning TNT drama “Word of Honor.”
Seating is on a first-arrival basis. For more information, call (310) 434-3777.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 2, 2006. Read the original PDF.