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Arizona State University
Department of English
Box 870302
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
480.965.3168

Main Office Location:
G. Homer Durham Language and Literature Building - LL 542

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Daniel Cutrara received his Masters of Divinity along with a Masters in Narrative Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California, and his M.F.A. in Film Production/Writing at the University of Southern California. While he was a Jesuit priest, he worked as a story analyst in Hollywood and taught screenwriting and story analysis in the film school at Loyola Marymount University. In 2000, he left the priesthood to pursue his creative interests.

Classes Taught

HUM 394 Creating Film Narrative I

HUM 394 Hollywood Stories

HUM 494 Creating Film Narrative II

HUM 494 Digital Cultures

HUM 494 Ethics and Film

HUM 494 Religion and Film

Creative Work

Producers have secured rights to two of his scripts: "Gypsies" a psychological fantasy that explores family issues around sibling rivalry and suicide, and "Kali Danced" a murder mystery set in India that focuses on the effects of sexual repression among gay clergy.

He is currently preparing an article "Faith in Sexual Difference: A Former Jesuit's Story" for an edited volume.

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