<p>Columbia’s film program features Philip Seymour Hoffman (of “Capote”) and director Mira Nair (“Monsoon Wedding”). Many of Columbia’s more distinguished alumni are somehow involved in film; Julia Stiles recently received her Columbia diploma, Jake Gyllenhaal (“Jarhead,” “Brokeback Mountain”) is a former Columbian and frequently prescreens his films on campus, and the screenwriter for “Capote” was a recent graduate who wrote the film in Butler Library. </p>
<p>“Columbia Film Division Shines at Oscars”
<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/03/oscar_philipSHoffman.html[/url]”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/03/oscar_philipSHoffman.html</a></p>
<p>“SoA Faculty, Alumni Score Honors in Academy Award Nominations”
<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/02/soa_oscars.html[/url]”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/02/soa_oscars.html</a></p>