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The Remaining 21 Videos of Advice From our Hollywood Penn Panel
(l to r): Lew Schneider (C’83), event producer Reg Tigerman (C’07), Zach Lutsky (C’97), Sherri Cooper Landsman (C’94) and Jason Resnick (C’92) Back in February, I posted a whole bunch of videos from our LA Penn in Pictures 2008 panel including Jason Resnick (C’92) (Universal acquisitions), Sherri Cooper Landsman (C’94) (Brothers and Sisters Writer), Zach […]
With His Award Winning Script, He Graduated a Year Early to Pursue His Filmmaking Career (VIDEO)
Hollywood alumni.. set up a meeting with this young filmmaker, because he’s going places… Kevin McMullin (C’09, in picture below in tanktop) is another story of talent combined with motivation and perseverance with all the potential of lots of Hollywood success. With his Penn award winning script and some great short films under his belt, […]
His Inspiring Story: From Development Executive to Scribing “(500) Days of Summer”!
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 […]
$350,000 Netflix Competition: She’s In The Final 10 and Needs Your Vote! (VIDEO)
Kristin Fairweather (Penn Grad ’01, Masters in Government Administration, Alumni Relations) is in the running for winning a $350,000 production grant and a guarantee of a premiere at next year’s LA Film Festival. …and they need your vote! Once producer Kristin and writer/director Jenny Deller found out they were one of the top 10 semi-finalists […]
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 […]
Oprah Winfrey is PUSHing His Sundance Festival Winning Film
Tom Heller (C’95, Connaissance, Community Service Learning Living Program) executive produced Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, a film that not only was the Sundance Film Festival winner, but was since also acquired by Lionsgate. “Push” revolves around an overweight, illiterate African-American teen in Harlem who’s about to give birth to her second child […]
