Full Sail Grads on the Holiday Season’s Hit Movies and TV Shows

Dozens of alumni worked in audio, visual, and on-set roles for 2024’s major year-end releases.

A collage of posters for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Moana 2,’ ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Nosferatu,’ ‘Red One,’ ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,’ ‘Silo,’ ‘Dune: Prophecy,’ and ‘Mufasa: The Lion King.’

The 2024 holiday season’s movie and television releases ran the gamut from Christmas flicks and biopics to sci-fi shows and scary reboots. Full Sail grads worked behind the scenes on several of these projects, including Moana 2, Wicked, Dune: Prophecy, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.

A total of 43 graduates worked on the kid-friendly Christmas movie Red One. Grads like Morgan Shaw, Sean Carmody, and Samantha Truppner were Production Assistants, while Javed Noorullah and Andersyn West were an Assistant Set Decorator and Props Assistant, respectively. L. Crawford Norman III helped out Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson during filming as the star’s On-Set Assistant.

Multiple graduates helped bring Elphaba’s story to life for Wicked. Jeffrey Roy, Nancy Nugent, and Geraldo Gutierrez all worked in audio roles and brought the sounds of Oz to the screen. Additional alumni contributed to Moana 2, including Kristy Miller Cotaya (Senior Software Engineer), Eric Provan (Head of Environments), and Sebastian Zuleta (Music Editor).

Disney+’s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew got help from nine Full Sail grads. Alums like Devin Fairbairn (Layout Artist), Chelsea Goodchild (Digital Compositor), and Levi Hedden (Stagecraft Environment Artist) worked on the show’s visual elements; Travis Cleary and Chris Cotterman both worked on-set with the show’s cameras.

Some grads were credited on multiple holiday releases. Chris Fogel mixed the score for Red One and Mufasa: The Lion King. Cody Lassiter worked on content security for Dune: Prophecy and season five of Yellowstone. Judah Getz contributed to the audio for Red One and season two of Netflix’s Arcane, while Trino Madriz was an ADR Mixer for Best Christmas Ever and Nosferatu.

Additional Full Sail grads worked on productions like Dexter: Original Sin, Silo, A Complete Unknown, and more.