CMU School of Drama


Sunday, September 28, 2008

Les Zellan

Les Zellan, Owner, Cooke Optics and Carnegie Mellon alum (CFA 1972, 1973) will make a presentation at Pittsburgh Filmmakers on Wednesday, October 1 at 7pm. Mr. Zellan will appear as a guest of Filmmakers' "Cinematography" class, but the event is open to all interested Carnegie Mellon University students and faculty.

Cooke Optics is one of the world's oldest and most revered manufacturers of motion picture lenses. Recent credits include such films as Angels and Demons, Before the Rains and The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and TV series including Fringe (TV Pilot), Psych, and Entourage, HBO TV Series. Mr. Zellan will speak about the issues of designing and manufacturing high quality lenses and will answer questions on the subject. The presentation will be in room 210 (also known as the Classroom Theater) at Filmmakers' facility at 477 Melwood Avenue in North Oakland.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's actually really cool or at least to me. I was really confused why the president of a huge lens company would want to talk to Pittsburgh but then I noticed that he was CFA Alum. It's great that people come back to talk about their current jobs to students from the school where they graduated from.