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Come hang out at the Kapnick Center, eat lunch, mingle with classmates and enjoy conversation with our guest speaker, Colleen Griffen.

COLLEEN GRIFFEN wrote, directed, and produced the mockumentary web series, boyband, which was acquired by Fullscreen and Audience Network in May of 2016. She also wrote and produced her feature directorial debut, The Cold and the Quiet in 2013, which won both Best Narrative and Best Direction at the Women’s Independent Film Festival in L.A. In addition, Colleen has produced three feature films — Already Dead (2007) for Sony Pictures and Thieves Quartet (1994) for Joe Chappelle. In 2017, Chappelle (wrote and directed) and Griffen produced the independent feature film, An Acceptable Loss starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Tika Sumpter. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (B.A.) and Northwestern University (M.F.A.), Griffen has taught film at both Northwestern and Columbia College in Chicago.

You must register for “Lunch & Learn” here: bit.ly/kapnick-lunch

The Kapnick Lunch & Learn is a casual lunchtime chat event for Northwestern undergraduate students. Lunch & Learn is hosted by the Harvey Kapnick Center for Business Institutions.