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| GRANT RECIPIENTS: O. THADDEUS FRAZIER |
Born
and raised in Los Angeles it was only
inevitable that O. Thaddeus Frazier would
seek out a career in the entertainment
business. As a child he spent many hours in
the grand movie houses of Downtown Los
Angeles, such as The State, The Orpheum, and
of course The Los Angeles, transfixed upon
the silver screen, but the choice to become
a filmmaker was not an obvious one. He would
first express himself a thousand words at a
time as his interest in still photography
grew. With a passion to reflect the
brilliant within the mundane, his style of
photographic expression was one of
simplicity as his images attempted to
capture and preserve a real moment in time.
Eventually Thaddeus wanted to widen the
range of the reality he was able to reflect
and began to write his first screenplay at
the age of twelve. He studied diligently to
hone and cultivate his craft and skill as a
writer and photographer and in 1995 he
entered the University of Southern
California as a transfer student from the
California State University of Bakersfield.
Feeling comfortable with the knowledge
acquired at CSUB concerning the technical
and pragmatic aspects of filmmaking,
Thaddeus entered the Critical Studies
Program of the Film School to learn the
language, history, and theory that completed
the art. Immediately after graduating from
the Critical Studies Program in 1998,
Thaddeus was fortunate enough to work on the
film The Wood as a Camera Production
Assistant, which would lead to Camera Loader
and 2'd Assistant Camera positions on music
video shoots. He also found work as a
freelance Avid Editor. In the fall of 1998
Thaddeus gained entrance into the Graduate
Production Program of USC with a rejuvenated
focus and one intention: to tell stories and
create film that stimulate the minds and
emotions of its viewers.
Now in his last year of graduate school,
Thaddeus creates a film that will do just
that entitled A Day in the Life. A Day in
the Life as his Graduate Thesis Film
represents the apex of his academic and
artistic career, and illustrates the
ambition, knowledge, and talent that O.
Thaddeus Frazier asserts as a dilettante and
filmmaker.
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