Over the past few years on DT, many of the great edited videos (including THIS and THESE) were thanks to my good editor friend from high school and Penn, David Chalfin (C’96). Recently, Dave’s touching story about the strength and resiliency his mother showed in the wake of his father’s death when he was 16 […]
When he’s not a film editor, there’s a Penn alum who has a recurring role on a popular CBS show. Check out his appearances after the jump! If you’re a fan of the CBS show “Criminal Minds” you may have noticed that Brian Appel (C’01, Mask and Wig) has a recurring role as “Agent Anderson”. […]
For all those aspiring Penn TV writers, here’s some advice for you, if you write a hit film, studios are more receptive to giving you your own TV pilot. Case in point for one talented Penn alum…Recently, NBC okayed the single-camera comedy pilot “Friends With Benefits” for (500) Days of Summer writer Scott Neustadter (C’98, […]
Listen to Ryan Reynolds give a shout out to producer Todd Lieberman (C’95, Mask and Wig, AEPi) on winning Best Comedy for The Proposal on the 36th Annual People’s Choice Awards. (Todd is standing next to the blond haired director of the film) Unfortunately Scott Neustadter (C’98, TEP, 34th Street Film Editor)‘s (500)Days of Summer […]
This week’s roundup has Penn alumni acting, writing and performing music on TV shows…and then much more certain speculation about one alum becoming Hollywood’s big cheese… It seems pretty sure that Disney Channel’s Rich Ross (C’83) will be heading up Disney. More HERE Robert Gant (C’90, Penn Six) made an appearance on “CSI Miami” this […]
Scott Neustadter (C’98, TEP, 34th Street Film Editor) recently had one of his Hollywood dreams come true. He got his (mostly) autobiographical(!) script (500) Days of Summer produced. Check out this inspiring story… How did he get his start? Per Scott, “After graduation, I was hired as a development executive at Tribeca Productions. As much […]