1. COURTNEY SELAN
OFFICE (310) 452-6870 CELLULAR (818) 926-6106 COURTNEYSELAN@GMAIL.COM
EDUCATION AND ASSOCIATIONS
State Bar of California
Fulbright Scholarship (CGI Opera Film for Scandinavian Television - Finland)
Directors Guild of America
Director Category, Single Camera Film Format
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Juris Doctorate Degree
First Position in Appellate Advocacy, Professor Sean K. Kennedy
Chief Justice of the Scott Moot Court Honors Board
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Team Member
Externship: Sean K. Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Central District of California
Post Bar Exam Clerkship: Lightfoot, Vandevelde, Sadowsky, Medvene and Levine
University of California, Los Angeles
Master of Fine Arts Degree, School of Theater, Film and Television, Theater Director’s Program
Teaching Assistant Award in Director’s Program
Production Internship with Director David Schweizer in Residence at UCLA
Production Internship with Artistic Director Margaret Barbieri (Images Ballet, London)
Production Internship with Director Andreas Homoki (Staatsoper Hamburg and Teater Freiberg)
Production Internship with Director Peter Sellars (LA Opera)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, School of Music, Musical Theater Program
Dean’s List
Golden Key Honor Society Member
Post Graduate Internship in Opera Production New York City Opera
Post Graduate Internship in Casting at Manhattan Theater Club New York City
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor of Law
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Clinical Professor
Courses: Director of Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition Team, Appellate Advocacy,
Introduction to Negotiations, and Director of Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition Team
Attorney at Law
Appellate Criminal Defense: California Appellate Project, Central California Appellate Program
Adjunct Professor of Performance
University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, Lecturer in Vocal Performance
Production Director and Choreographer
Baroque and Modern Opera and Dance Theater: LA Opera Community Arts Program, California State
University, Long Beach, California State University, Northridge, Santa Monica College (The Broad
Stage), UCLA, Werkstaat Teater (Freiberg, Germany) and Nainen Ja Musiiki (Helsinki, Finland)
Fight Choreographer, Movement and Dance Choreographer
For Production Directors: Michael Langham, John Blondell, Michael McLain, and Richard Klautsch at
Geffen Playhouse, Indianapolis Opera, Lit Moon Theater of Santa Barbara, Westmont University,
UCLA and University of Michigan