Date: 06/15/2006

Hollywood cinematographer Hiro Narita will be helping with the student film "Generic Thriller," a production of the SJSU Foundation's South Bay Film Studios project. Mr. Narita, hired as a lecturer for the summer, will mentor the SJSU students working on the film. Among Mr. Narita's credits are "Honey I Shrunk the Kids," "The Rocketeer," "Hocus Pocus," "Star Trek VI," and "Never Cry Wolf" (directed by Carroll Ballad from the novel by Farley Mowat). For more about "Generic Thriller" and Mr. Narita's visit, see the Television, Radio, Film and Theatre department's newsletter and photo journal.