James Franco
Professor in the Film department at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
United Talent Agency
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9336 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210-3604
USA
Phone: (310) 273-6700
Fax: (310) 247-1111
Education:
1996, 2006-2008 University of California, Los Angeles, English and drama.
2008, Columbia University. While working toward a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing there, he also attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for filmmaking, took courses in fiction writing at Brooklyn College and studied poetry at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina.
In 2010, Franco was accepted at Yale University, pursuing a Ph.D. in English. That same year, the actor earned his M.F.A. from Columbia. In 2011, he completed his master's degree in filmmaking at NYU.
In April 2011, while still enrolled at Yale, Franco was accepted into the Rhode Island School of Design's literature and creative writing program.
Courses:
ENGL 138-1 Creative Writing: Screenplay
FILM TV 188A-7 Special Courses in Film, Television, and Digital Media
Publications:
Franco, James. "A Star, a Soap and the Meaning of Art". The Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2009
Franco, James. "Just Before the Black". Esquire, March 24, 2010
Franco, Betsy (2009). Metamorphosis: Junior Year [With Earbuds]. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-0763-6-3765-1.
Franco, James (2010). Palo Alto: Stories. Scribner. ISBN 978-1-4391-6314-6.
Hoffman, Alice (2011). Ploughshares Winter 2011–2012. ISBN 978-1933-0-5821-4.
Mattson, Joseph (2011). The Speed Chronicles. Akashic Books. ISBN 978-1617-7-5028-1.
1, n+ (2012). n+1 Issue 13: Machine Politics. n+1. ISBN 978-0982-5-9775-0.
La Force, Thessaly (2012). My Ideal Bookshelf. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0316-2-0090-5.
Franco, James (2012). Dangerous Book Four Boys. Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN 978-0847-8-3813-4.
Franco, James (2012). 113 Crickets: Volume 2 Dymaxicon. ISBN 978-1937-9-6506-8.
Factory, The Coffin (2012). The Coffin Factory (Issue 3). The Coffin Factory.
Franco, James (2012). Strongest of the Litter: (The Hollyridge Press Chapbook Series). Hollyridge Press. ISBN 978-0984-3-1005-0.
Franco, James (2013). A California Childhood. Insight Editions. ISBN 978-1608-8-7202-2.
Franco, James (2013). Actors Anonymous. Little A / New Harvest. ISBN 978-0544-1-1453-1
Franco, James (2014). Directing Herbert White: Poems. Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1555-9-7673-6.
Franco, James (2014). Hollywood Dreaming. Insight Editions. ISBN 978-1-60887-343-2.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/09/james-franco-is-teaching-high-school-now
http://www.tft.ucla.edu/2013/02/james-franco/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290556/bio