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Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Guest Speaker, China Cross-Cultural Business Expert Gene Hsu, who will be speaking on “Doing Business in China” followed by Q & A with students and alumni on Friday, May 19, 2023 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT (California time) Gene Hsu specializes in the complex negotiations with Chinese counterparts, mediation, and conflict resolution. He coaches executives to fulfill their strategic objectives in China with Chinese stakeholders, partners, and employees. He also develops customized training workshops and cultural immersion experiences to prepare anyone for the cultural challenges of doing business in China and with Chinese counterparts. Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review his bio and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Gene Hsu

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speaker, award-nominated camera & steadicam operator Peter Rosenfeld, who will be sharing his work and doing an online Q & A session with students and alumni on Friday, April 28, 2023 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PDT (California time) Peter has been the camera operator on award-winning movies like “The Social Network”, “Chicago” and “American Sniper” as well as blockbusters like “Spider-Man No Way Home” and “Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”. Among the directors who Peter has operated for are Oliver Stone, Rob Marshall, Clint Eastwood, Jon Watts, Sam Raimi, Nancy Meyers and David Fincher. Early on Peter acquired knowledge working as an editor that would serve him well later as a camera operator. His well-rounded career includes extensive experience shooting news and documentaries, having worked for the BBC and CBC in foreign bureaus such as China and Russia. Peter has covered many of the world’s hot spots and combat zones. He was assigned to Beijing during the Tiananmen Square crackdown, found himself in Baghdad for the first Gulf War and filmed the collapse of the Berlin Wall. He speaks three foreign languages: French, Mandarin and Russian. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review his bio and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Peter Rosenfeld

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speaker, Jason Stutter, who will be doing an online Q & A from New Zealand with students and alumni on Friday, January 28, 2022 at 6:00 PM California time. Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Jason Stutter Jason Stutter is a New Zealand-based motion picture, television and commercial director, who began his career with cult favorite Tongan Ninja and has directed a number of short movies, including Blood Suckers and Careful With That Axe, the latter winning the Golden Spike Award for best short film at the film festival in Valladolid, Spain. His 2015 film The Dead Room was ranked as one of the top foreign horror films.

Dr. Linh Phung, a 2017 graduate of Anaheim University’s Doctor of Education in TESOL program, is CEO of Eduling International LLC or EdulingTM, a company offering online language instruction and services. The company released a first-of-its-kind app, Eduling Speak, which enables English language learners to talk in pairs while completing communicative tasks. The app is like a Netflix of daily tasks that learners can browse and select to complete with a friend or a random learner on the app. Because learners have to collaboratively solve a problem posed by the task, it provides them with a genuine need to communicate. The app is a result of Eduling’s years of research and development in task-based language teaching and gamification in language education. The app can now be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play in 176 countries in the world. “Task-based language teaching has been described as the orthodoxy of language instruction in many countries for decades, but it has been difficult to implement in the classroom,” explained Dr. Linh Phung. “This app offers well-designed tasks that are also gamified to engage learners in meaningful interactions that will drive language development.” Dr. Phung has recently received an Immigrant Entrepreneur Award from Global Pittsburgh for her 15-years of work in language instruction and services. With the goal of developing English learners’ true communicative competence, Eduling Speak offers endless speaking opportunities for English learners of all ages, proficiency levels, and countries. It fills a gap in the app market, where applications mostly focus on mechanical exercises that generally only involve repetition, imitation, and limited interaction with a machine instead of with humans. The key features of the app include: It’s task-based: Learners need to talk to complete a task with a tangible outcome at the end It’s gamified, engaging, and fun It’s interactive: Learners interact with the app and with another English speaker It’s like the Netflix of tasks and games for learners to choose from It’s borderless: It connects English speakers from any location in the world It improves learners’ fluency, vocabulary, grammar, and communication skills About Eduling International LLC: Eduling offers online English language instruction and services to students from any location, including online courses, conversation exchange programs, printed materials, and a language learning app called Eduling Speak. It is based in Pittsburgh, PA and has students from countries around the world.

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speakers, the filmmaking team Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & Chad Villella) who will be doing an online Q & A session with students and alumni on Friday, April 8, 2022. Although they were originally scheduled to speak on Friday, February 25, 2022, they unfortunately had to reschedule due to scheduling difficulties and we are delighted to have them speak on Friday, April 8, 2022 from 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST (California time) Radio Silence are known for the 2022 installment in the Scream franchise and the hit film Ready or Not. Due to their success with Scream, they are scheduled to begin filming the next Scream sequel this summer. Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Radio Silence Radio Silence is the acclaimed filmmaking team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & Chad Villella. Known for their work that blends horror, comedy, adventure, and sci-fi, Radio Silence tackles every aspect of the filmmaking process from development to writing, directing, and producing on set. Most recently, Radio Silence directed and executive produced the next installment of the SCREAM franchise for Spyglass Media Group and Paramount Pictures. With the new Scream installment, Radio Silence hoped to create a modern-day love letter to the original film that would simultaneously honor Wes Craven and introduce a new generation to a modern, meta genre of horror, much in the same way the original Scream did for audiences in the ’90s. Previously, they helmed the hit horror comedy READY OR NOT (2019), starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody and Andie MacDowell, for Searchlight Pictures with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directing and Villella executive producing alongside Vinson Films and Mythology Entertainment. Other feature works include SOUTHBOUND (2016) for The Orchard/1091, DEVIL’S DUE (2014) for 20th Century Studios and V/H/S (2012) for Magnolia.

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speakers, the filmmaking team Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & Chad Villella), and filmmaker/actress Kansas Bowling who will be doing online Q & A sessions with students and alumni on Friday, February 25, 2022. Radio Silence are known for the 2022 installment in the Scream franchise and the hit film Ready or Not, and Kansas Bowling is known for her cult horror films B.C. Butcher and Cuddly Toys, as well as appearing in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.  6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST (California time) Filmmaking Team Radio Silence 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST (California time) Filmmaker Kansas Bowling Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Radio Silence & Kansas Bowling Radio Silence is the acclaimed filmmaking team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & Chad Villella. Known for their work that blends horror, comedy, adventure, and sci-fi, Radio Silence tackles every aspect of the filmmaking process from development to writing, directing, and producing on set. Most recently, Radio Silence directed and executive produced the next installment of the SCREAM franchise for Spyglass Media Group and Paramount Pictures. With the new Scream installment, Radio Silence hoped to create a modern-day love letter to the original film that would simultaneously honor Wes Craven and introduce a new generation to a modern, meta genre of horror, much in the same way the original Scream did for audiences in the ’90s. Previously, they helmed the hit horror comedy READY OR NOT (2019), starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody and Andie MacDowell, for Searchlight Pictures with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett directing and Villella executive producing alongside Vinson Films and Mythology Entertainment. Other feature works include SOUTHBOUND (2016) for The Orchard/1091, DEVIL’S DUE (2014) for 20th Century Studios and V/H/S (2012) for Magnolia. Kansas Bowling is a filmmaker and writer living in Nevada. She made her first feature film “B.C. Butcher”, a prehistoric slasher film starring Kato Kaelin, when she was 17. Her second feature film “Cuddly Toys”, a mondo film about teenage girls in the style of “Faces of Death”, premiered at New York’s New People’s Cinema Club and will have a wide release in May. Bowling has directed around 30 music videos featuring artists such as Iggy Pop and has acted in such films as Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” and Glenn Danzig’s “Verotika”. She is currently filming her third feature about Jane Doe cases. .

Anaheim University Ferrotec Akira Yamamura Scholarship 2 students can earn a full scholarship towards an Anaheim University online Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program Applicants can apply the scholarship to 1 of these 3 online degree programs: Online International MBA Online MBA in Global Sustainable Management Online Master of Entrepreneurship Applicants must meet Anaheim University’s MBA entrance requirements. Applicants must express an interest in being considered for future employment by Ferrotec. However, being awarded a scholarship does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made to the scholarship recipient. Applicants with Heat Transfer, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, International Business / bilingual (English + 1 other language) language skills/experience will be given preferential consideration. Scholarships will be awarded on a merit basis based on the applicant’s qualifications. Applicants must maintain standards set forth by the Scholarship Committee and/or the University’s administration in order to remain in good standing and continue to receive the scholarship funding throughout the remainder of their program. Scholarship recipients are expected to maintain a minimum of a B average at all times and complete each course with a minimum of a 3.0 grade. Scholarship recipients must also remain continuously enrolled from the commencement of their program through graduation. Skipped term fees are not included in the scholarship and skipped terms are only allowed with special permission from the University’s Dean. Scholarship Application Requirements Scholarship Applicants must submit: – standard application materials required for an Anaheim University online MBA or Master of Entrepreneurship program. Click here for a list of program entrance requirements. – a 1,000 word essay outlining: How you feel the Anaheim University degree will benefit you Why you would like to be considered for possible employment by Ferrotec upon graduation Your area of academic and professional specialization To Apply: Click here to complete the online application form. E-mail 1,000-word scholarship application essay to ausupport @ anaheim.edu Application Deadline March 20, 2022 Scholarship Recipients Announced April 15, 2022: Applications are being reviewed and will be announced within 10 business days MBA Program Start Date May 9, 2022 About Ferrotec Founded in 1980, Ferrotec is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with locations in Japan, U.S.A., China, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and Russia. Ferrotec is a diversified technology company with a worldwide presence in a broad array of end products, manufacturing systems, and industries. Ferrotec provides its customers with advanced material, component, and assembly solutions that make their products work better, more precisely, and more reliably. Founded on a technology core of Ferrofluid magnetic liquid and Ferrofluidic® sealing products, the company and its product portfolio have grown to meet the evolving needs of its customers. Ferrotec is now a global enterprise characterized by substantial intercompany cooperation in research, manufacturing and marketing of products. The Ferrotec Group contributes to society as a manufacturer, and a company whose progress brings joy to its customers, shareholders, employees, business partners, the community, and all of its stakeholders. Ferrotec has grown to what it is today through the pioneering and innovative spirit of its President and Representative Director Dr. Akira Yamamura About Dr. Akira Yamamura Dr. Akira Yamamura, who is an Executive Advisory Board member of Anaheim University, established Ferrotec with two people in 1980. At the time, he was president of the Japanese subsidiary of Ferrofluidics Corporation, after joining the company as an engineer. In 1987, he led a management buy-out of the company and then in 1999 acquired the former parent company. Dr. Yamamura has grown Ferrotec to become one of the most important companies in the electronics industry, with annual revenue growing to approximately US$680 million, 27 subsidiaries and more than 5,400 employees in Japan, the US, Europe and Asia. The original business of the company was distributing Vacuum Feedthrough, which applies Ferrofluid, magnetic field. Vacuum Feed-through is a key component to shield the vacuum environment, and utilized in semiconductor equipment, single crystal silicon ingot grower, FPD equipment, and thin film equipment for photovoltaic application. In 2012, Dr. Akira Yamamura was ranked #24 in Ernst & Young’s “World Entrepreneur of the Year” awards. Click here to learn more about Ferrotec

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speakers, Writers/Directors Joe Dante & Jennifer Reeder, who will be doing online Q & A sessions with students and alumni on Friday, February 18, 2022. Joe Dante is an award–winning writer and director who is known for Gremlins, Gremlins 2, Innerspace and The Howling and Jennifer Reeder was named by award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite) as a filmmaker to watch in the 2020s and has been credited as one of the most influential female horror directors. 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST (California time) Writer & Director Joe Dante 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST (California time) Writer & Director Jennifer Reeder Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Joe Dante & Jennifer Reeder Joe Dante is a lifelong film buff who turned his obsession into a career. He got his start cutting trailers for Roger Corman and later directed the hit movie Gremlins, as well as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace and Small Soldiers for producer Steven Spielberg. His feature films include The Howling, Piranha, Matinee, The ‘burbs , Looney Tunes Back in Action, The Hole (first winner of the 3D Persol Award at the Venice Film Festival) and the zom-com Burying the Ex. His TV directing work includes: Police Squad, Amazing Stories, the HBO film The Second Civil War, the Masters of Horror titles Homecoming and The Screwfly Solution, and episodes of Eerie, Indiana, CSI: NY, Hawaii 5-0, Witches of East End, Legends of Tomorrow and Salem. His most recent big screen credit is an episode of the anthology film Nightmare Cinema. Joe is also the frequent co-host of Trailers From Hell’s official podcast, The Movies That Made Me, available everywhere podcasts are streamed and downloaded! Jennifer Reeder was recently named by Bong Joon Ho (Parasite) as a filmmaker to watch in the 2020s and has been credited as one of most influential female horror directors. She constructs personal fiction films about relationships, trauma and coping. Her award-winning narratives are innovative and borrow from a range of forms including after school specials, amateur music videos and magical realism. These films have shown consistently around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, The Berlin Film Festival, The Tribeca Film Festival, The Rotterdam Film Festival, The London Film Festival, SXSW, The Venice Biennale and The Whitney Biennial. Her awards include several that have qualified her films for Oscar nomination. She won a Creative Capital Grant in Moving Image in 2015, short film funding from Rooftop/Adrienne Shelly Foundation in 2016 and short film funding from the Hamburg Film Fund in 2016. She won a USA Fellowship for 2021. She was a Herb Alpert Film Award nominee in 2018 and 2020. She won a 2018/19 scriptwriting award from SFFIM/Rainin Foundation. She was the 2019 recipient of the Alpert Film Award residency at the MacDowell Colony. Her most recent film, Knives and Skin was theatrically released in France in November 2019 through UFO and in the US in December 2019 through IFC Midnight. She recently completed a section of V/H/S 94, a horror anthology from Shudder, which will premiere at Fantastic Fest before launching off the Shudder platform. She is currently in post-production with a new feature film called Night’s End also from Shudder. She is currently in pre-production for a new feature length film called PERPETRATOR which is being produced by 30West, Divide&Conquer and WTFilms.

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speakers, Writer, Director & Producer John Callas & Director, Actor, Screenwriter and Cinematographer Patrick Brice, who will be doing online Q  & A sessions with students and alumni on Friday, February 11, 2022. John Callas is an award–winning writer, director & producer who has helped create over 100 titles and Patrick Brice’s recent Netflix feature was named one of Variety’s “Best Horror Films of 2021″! 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PST (California time) Writer, Director & Producer John Callas 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PST (California time) Director, Actor, Screenwriter and Cinematographer Patrick Brice Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP John Callas & Patrick Brice John Callas is a veteran writer/director/producer in the entertainment business. His experience ranges from the worldwide release of feature films to numerous motion picture trailers, national and international commercials, live action title sequences, laser disc projects, a documentary shot on location in Russia, as well as having been the Worldwide VP for The Walt Disney Company while working at a large post production facility. John wrote and directed the feature film “No Solicitors” starring Eric Roberts and has adapted NY Times bestselling author, William H. LaBarge’s book, “Lightning Strikes Twice.” John is also a published author which includes: SECRETS, WHEN THE RAIN STOPS, CHRISTMAS VOICES, NO SOLICITORS, AND FIRST TIME PARENTS SURVIVAL GUIDE TO UNNECESSARY AND WILD SPENDING. John’s prowess can be seen on live action teasers for Ransom, Dennis The Menace, Body Of Evidence, The Golden Child, Spaceballs, The Glass Menagerie, Cocoon II, Poltergeist III, Betrayed, My Girl, Glenngarry Glenn Ross, As Well As Title Sequences For The Two Jakes and A Few Good Men and a promotional film for an amusement ride from Showscan. John also directed an award-winning short film THE WHITE GORILLA. While creating live action teasers for feature films, John had the opportunity to work with notable actors including Mel Gibson, Walter Matthau, Jack Nicholson, Madonna, Eddie Murphy and Mel Brooks. In addition to working on feature film teasers, his work can be seen in projects for HBO, The Disney Channel, Show Time, the Broadway Play Phantom Of The Opera and the 1993 redesigned TRISTAR LOGO. John’s extensive background also includes over 200 commercials for such clients as Kellogg’s, Dodge, Sunkist, Sprite, Toyota, Fuji, Volkswagen, Honda, McDonalds, Mazda, Minolta, Jedi Merchandising, Kraft, Jordache, Sea World, Givenchy and Sonassage with celebrity George Burns and industrial projects for Corporations including Vidal Sassoon, Salomon North America, Nissan and The Kao Corporation Of Japan. John’s television experience includes directing a 14-week series entitled Potentials, with guests Buckminster Fuller, Norman Cousins, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Timothy Leary and others. He also directed 80 segments for Bobby’s World, which has been rated the #1 show on Fox 11 Television in its time slot; garnering John an Emmy nomination. A multi-faceted filmmaker, John’s work can be seen in music videos for Glenn Frey Of The Eagles, Bill Wyman Of The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Starship, Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield, Doobie Brothers, Styx and more. John has been recognized with: An EMMY nomination for Bobby’s World, THE NEW YORK CRITICS CHOICE AWARD for Lone Wolf, BEST FEATURE at Fright Night Festival & BEST DIRECTOR at Scar A Con festival for No Solicitors – Several awards for his short THE WHITE GORILLA, A CLIO and BELDING for his work on the Sunkist campaign, BEST OF THE WEST for directorial work on a one-woman show, and an MTV AWARD FOR BEST CONCEPT for Glen Frey’s Smuggler’s Blues. John holds a Master Degree from Occidental College, and is a member of The Directors Guild of America. Patrick Brice was born and raised in Grass Valley, California. He graduated with a BFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Film & Video. CREEP, his first feature-film as director/writer/actor (co-starring Mark Duplass) was produced by Blumhouse Productions, premiered at SXSW 2014 and was released through Netflix. His second feature as director/writer, THE OVERNIGHT (with Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling and Jason Schwartzman) premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by The Orchard. He wrote and directed CREEP 2 starring Duplass and Desiree Akhavan which was released in 2017 through Netflix. His fourth feature, CORPORATE ANIMALS starring Ed Helms and Demi Moore, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically by Screen Media Films. His latest film is THERE’S SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE, an original feature for Netflix produced by Shawn Levy and James Wan, was named one of Variety’s “Best Horror Films of 2021” and spent its debut week as the #1 film on Netflix. His commercial work includes spots for clients Blizzard/Activision, Traeger Grills and Lyft. He is based in Los Angeles.

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next distinguished speaker, NVIDIA’s Senior Director of Environmental, Social, Governance Tonie Hansen, who will be speaking on sustainability issues and doing a Q & A with students and alumni on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 6:00 PM  California time. Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Tonie Hansen Tonie Hansen is senior director, Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) at NVIDIA. She helps to guide strategy and oversees stakeholder engagement and performance management across the company’s ESG efforts. Tonie leads NVIDIA’s board of directors and executives through the process of determining the company’s ESG priorities, and partners internally to ensure NVIDIA’s executing against those priorities and responding to stakeholder feedback and requirements. Her team is responsible for the external positioning of the company’s ESG efforts, publishing the company’s annual CSR report, preparing NVIDIA’s response to several investor surveys, and leveraging PR and social media to tell the company’s ESG story. NVIDIA’s ESG programs have received top rankings from organizations including Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, Institutional Investor, JUST100, Newsweek’s Most Responsible Companies, and high marks from investor ratings firms such as ISS, MSCI, and Sustainalytics. Tonie received her MBA from Babson College and a B.S. in Business from University of New Haven. She lives in Arizona, is an avid birder, and spends time photographing nature in the mountains around her home. Previously an avid traveler, she can’t wait to hit the road again, with Costa Rica and a return trip to Kenya on her list.

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speaker, Alexandre Aja, who will be doing an online Q & A from France with students and alumni on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 12:00 PM California time. Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q & A portion of the presentation. RSVP Alexandre Aja Alexandre Aja is a French film writer, director and producer best known for his work in the horror genre and specifically in the US. After HIGH TENSION in 2003, he wrote, produced and directed the following films for US major studios: THE HILLS HAVE EYES, MIRRORS, PIRANHA 3D, HORNS, THE 9TH LIFE OF LOUIS DRAX, CRAWL and most recently OXYGEN. He also produced MANIAC, P2, PYRAMID and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR.

Anaheim University is excited to announce our next Live from Hollywood Guest Speaker, Alejandro Brugues, who will be doing a Q & A with students and alumni on Friday, January 21, 2022 at 6:00 PM California time. Anaheim University students and alumni are invited to join us for this special online event. Please RSVP by clicking the link below and we can send you the access information for the session. Please also review the bio below and bring your questions for the Q&A portion of the presentation. RSVP Alejandro Bruges Alejandro Brugues burst onto the scene after he wrote and directed JUAN OF THE DEAD, which won the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film, and has since been an up-and-coming name in the horror space. Following that film, he directed standout pieces in the ABC’S OF DEATH 2 and NIGHTMARE CINEMA. He directed the Florida episode of Sam Raimi’s Quibi series 50 STATES OF FRIGHT and directed POOKA LIVES! for the INTO THE DARK series for Hulu and Blumhouse. He is currently finishing THE INHERITANCE for Netflix.