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DT HB&P: His Big Job Change, Their New Films, Shows & Channel, She’s a Broadway Doll
Some good Penn alumni Hollywood news in my roundup this week: Big Wig makes big job change Mogul announces new TV show Chairman debuts new channel TV and Film Producer with 2 new films in the work with big name attached Actress appears in Oscar nominated film and is now on Broadway Actress with new […]
He’s Won Two Prestigious Grants For His Tasty Short Film
More news of Hollywood alumni working together. Jake Avnet (C’05, Co-Chairman of Undergraduate Film Advisory Board, Founder of the Lecture Series, “Talking Film”) produced a short film called LAST MEAL with Penn alum writer Tracy Park (W’05), Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Harvard grad), and director Mark Stern (Princeton grad). This short film has been the recipient of two very prestigious […]
DT Hollywood Bits & Pieces
Lots of Penn news happening this week on-campus and off!… Catch This Alum’s Film on DVD! Jon Hurwtitz’s (W’00) Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay now on DVD My past posts about Jon here He’s On a New Show and He’s Looking for an Agent Tom Christensen (W’03, Mask and Wig) just landed a […]
DT Hollywood Bits & Pieces
Lots of Penn news happening this week on-campus and off!… Marc Platt (C’79) has extended his contract with Universal Pictures for five years and has several projects of in the works, including a film version of the Broadway show Wicked, a remake of the 1973 Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice film “Jesus Christ Superstar” and a […]
Pennalicious Profile: You’ll Want To Tune Into His Next Show
Over the past few days, we’ve been talking about Roy Bank (C’94), reality head honcho over at Mark Burnett Productions and now President of Merv Griffin Television. I have mentioned that Roy oversaw such Mark Burnett shows as Apprentice, Survivor, RockStar and Contender… Before Roy left, he not only created and executive produced Are You […]
Pennalicious Profiles: His Hollywood Beginnings and His Biggest Piece of Advice
Over the past 2 days, we’ve been talking about Roy Bank (C’94), Reality head honcho over at Mark Burnett Productions and now President of Merv Griffin Television. The big question many aspiring undergrads and alumni want to know is “how did Roy get his start in television and how did he get to do what […]
