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120 G-Star School of the Arts Students Take Part In NIKE Production On Their Campus Along With Tiger Woods, Michelle Wie, Rory McIlroy



2026-08-24 03:55:30 Art & Entertainment

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Palm Springs, FL (3/21/2016) - G-Star School of the Arts (www.GStarSchool.org) once again get celebrity foot traffic on their campus thanks to a NIKE commercial shoot there. G-Star Studios? Sound Stage 1 played host to such sports celebrities as Tiger Woods, Michelle Wie and Rory McIlroy.

Many others that are also major golf tour winners were subjects in the first still photography shoot for NIKE at G-Star Studios. They have shot several film commercials on previous dates. Five film classes which included over 120 students from the G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts were on stage and given personal instructions by the director, producer and world famous American photographer, Carlos Serrao.

According to Wikipedia, Carlos Serrao is best known for bringing intense sports action to high fashion distinct look that elevates his subjects to visual stardom. His crisp light and subtle color palette have illuminated the faces of Jack Nicholson, Will Ferrell, Michael Jordan, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Kobe Bryant and have brought him a list of advertising and editorial clients including Sony, NIKE, GQ, TIME, Visa, and the Olympics. G-Star students got to see his work first hand.

The NIKE public relations director said ?The students were great! They were so attentive and respectful and asked great questions. We?ll definitely be back here again,? said Greg Hauptner, Founder & CEO of G-Star School of the Arts. ?It?s experiences like this that add to our students forward and creative thinking as they learn from the best,? added Hauptner.

The students were shown how the massive photography set was designed, how the lighting was set up, the types of cameras that were used, and how the cameras work both technically and artistically. The students had a fantastic time on set learning from the top professionals in the business. They appreciated being on set with a world famous photographer. Most commercials produced at the G-Star Studios in the G-Star Sound Stage 1 are film productions. This training in still photography was particularly instructive and timely as several G-Star students have won world-wide still photography competitions. ?Learning from Carlos Serrao was indeed an honor and a once-in-a-lifetime event?, he said.

About G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts
G-Star School of the Arts for Film, Animation and Performing Arts (www.GStarSchool.org) is a public high school located in Palm Springs, Florida, founded in 2003 by the school's CEO Greg Hauptner.

G-Star students come from across Palm Beach County as well as from all over the world to attend this school. Students study in the fields of film production, 3-D animation, and acting. Students that attend must take art classes as well as their normal academic classes. G-Star offers a complete college preparatory education with honors classes, Advanced Placement classes, and the International Baccalaureate World School Programme. The school also trains students in Writing, Directing, Producing, Acting and all aspects of film and TV production in front of the camera and behind the camera.

Accolades: G-Star is an "A" rated school 6 years in a row. It is academically in the top 1.2% of all high schools in the nation according to the Washington Post. The U.S. News & World Report named G-Star one of "The Best High Schools in America". G-Star awarded "The Number One High School for Film in the World" in London by the Raindance Film Festival, Europe's largest independent film festival. G-Star graduates 99% of its students with 97% going on to college. G-Star students have been accepted into Juilliard, Oxford University (England), West Point, Naval Academy at Annapolis, NYU, USC, UF, FSU, UM and many more. Where are our graduates today? Here's a brief list: Sound Engineer for the Jimmy Fallon Show, Universal Studios, Warner Bros. Studios, Disney, reality star of Syfy Channel's FACE OFF, Jim Henson's Creature Shop (Muppets), Hulu, several own their own production companies, traveling the world doing documentaries, and much more. G-Star has partnered with the Palm Beach International Film Festival as their mission aligns with dedication to making a difference in the lives of future filmmakers.

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