Full Sail Real World Education Film graduate, Darren Lynn Bousman, served as the Director of the recent release of Saw IV, which successfully resulted in a number one box office hit for the third year in a row. Saw IV, released in the United States on October 26, is the latest installment in the LionsGate horror film series. During Halloween weekend, it led the box office with a gross total of $32.1 million and the Disney film, Dan in Real Life, landed in second place pulling in only $12.1 million.

Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) November 16, 2007 — Full Sail Real World Education (www.fullsail.com) Film graduate, Darren Lynn Bousman, served as the Director of the recent release of Saw IV, which successfully resulted in a number one box office hit for the third year in a row. Saw IV, released in the United States on October 26, is the latest installment in the LionsGate horror film series. During Halloween weekend, it led the box office with a gross total of $32.1 million and the Disney film, Dan in Real Life, landed in second place pulling in only $12.1 million.

Bousman, a 2002 film graduate of Full Sail (www.fullsail.com), entered into the film industry by writing short horror films and to date, has directed independent films such as Butterfly (2000) and Identity Lost (2001). Bousman relocated to California after graduation and began his work as a freelance director for The Firm, a Beverly Hills based Management Company. In 2004, he wrote the script, The Desperate, and soon after was introduced to Twisted Pictures producers, Greg Hoffman, Mark Burg, and Owen Koules and together they worked on Bousman’s consecutive smash hits Saw II, III, and IV.

Currently, Bousman is working on Repo! The Genetic Opera, which is planned to be released later in 2008 and the film Wichita, which is being produced by Twisted Pictures and Dimension Films.

Full Sail’s Program Director of Film, Dave Franko said, ” It is exciting to see Darren’s accomplishments and his ongoing success both with the Saw series and his upcoming projects. He is exceptionally talented and will continue to shine in this industry for a long time to come.”

About Full Sail:
Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. With over 27,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on Oscar, Emmy and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tour seven out of the last seven years. Full Sail’s 178-acre campus proudly welcomes over 5,600 students from 50 states and 47 countries.

Full Sail currently offers a total of thirteen degree programs including: Associate of Science Degrees offered in Graphic Design, Recording Arts and Show Production & Touring; Bachelor of Science Degrees offered in Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business (online), Film, Game Art, Game Development, Music Business and Web Design & Development; and a Master of Science Degree in Education Media Design & Technology (online) and Entertainment Business (online and on-campus).

Students on-campus experience a real world education with a professional class structure of 8-12 hours per day and a 24-hour around the clock schedule which earned Full Sail the Most Innovative Program Award by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The college has also been named: The Harvard of Game Schools by Tips & Tricks Magazine; one of the top three New Media Schools by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University); one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world by Electronic Gaming Monthly; one of the Best Music Programs in the country by Rolling Stone Magazine; one of the Best Music Business Departments in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide; and one of the Best Film Programs in the country by UNleashed Magazine.

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