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Aspiring “Entertainment” Undergrads and Grads Want To Know the Answer to This Question
I recently got an email from Rachel Pearlman (C’07) a recent Penn grad (with a Masters in Film and Television Producing) who is looking for assistant positions in the Entertainment industry. As you may have suspected, this has been a question I continue to get from aspiring undergrads and alumni anxious to get into the […]
Their Documentary on Survivors of Genocides Gave Me The Chills
Two alumni have teamed up to create a very moving, “gave me the chills” film… Co-directors Michael Pertnoy (C’06) (left) and Michael Kleiman (C’06) (below left) are preparing to launch their feature documentary The Last Survivor which focuses on genocide awareness, prevention, and survivor advocacy. The film follows the lives of survivors from The Holocaust, Rwanda, […]
Her Book is Now On The NY Times Best Seller’s List!
It certainly is proving to be the time of Allison Winn Scotch’s (C’95) life. Her book The Time of My Life was optioned by the Weinstein Brothers, and last week was reviewed in People Magazine and made The Today Show‘s top 10 books for the fall. Now news that her book made the New York Times […]
The Today Show Names Her Book in Top 10 Books for the Fall
A few weeks ago I posted that Allison Winn Scotch’s book The Time of My Life came out in bookstores all over! If you recall, this was the same book that the Weinstein Brothers optioned to make a movie out of. Now news of Allison’s coup of her book being reviewed in last week’s People […]
Her “Election” Documentary: Distributed By a Musician We All Know!
In the spirit of the upcoming presidential election, Erika Frankel’s (C’00) documentary campaign film (with a twist!) is about to be released nationwide on October 24th. Since I posted about Erika’s film Frontrunners last September, they had their world premiere in competition at South by Southwest (SXSW) and were picked up for distribution by Adam Yauch’s […]
Her Book the Weinstein’s Acquired …Is Out Today!
What if you had the opportunity to go back in time and choose a different path? It’s a question we all ask ourselves and author Allison Winn Scotch (C’95) wrote a book about it. Streeting today, The Time of My Life (per Allison) is about an unhappy housewife who has been “whisked seven years back, […]
