Oscar Watch: L.A. Seminars

'Tis the season for panels and seminars with the artists who helped to craft the Oscar-nominated movies. These American Cinematheque panels on Saturday, February 23 are free; tickets are available on the day of the seminar at the box office only.

10:00 AM, the INVISIBLE ART, VISIBLE ARTISTS seminar offers an open discussion with this year's Oscar-nominated editors:

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse; "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling; "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy;"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes [the Coens]; "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor.

2:30 PM, the OSCAR-NOMINATED ART DIRECTORS seminar will be moderated by Art Directors Guild president Thomas A. Walsh with this year’s Academy Award-nominated art directors and set decorators, with clips from the films.

"American Gangster" (Universal) Art Direction: Arthur Max Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino "Atonement" (Focus Features) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer "The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Art Direction: Jack Fisk Set Decoration: Jim Erickson