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Penn Film and Media Pioneers West: Get your tickets! (LA, 3/15)
Penn Film and Media Pioneers – West Join Penn Alumni, Penn Parents and Penn students at this afternoon event bringing Penn Cinema Studies to Los Angeles. Panels featuring Cinema Studies faculty and local alumni will discuss issues in the entertainment industry today. Saturday, March 15, 2014 1:00 – 5:00 PM Hosted by Doug Belgrad, C’87, […]
Penn Alum Hollywood power couple’s Pitch Perfect film
I’m sure you’ve heard all about it by now, but today, Pitch Perfect, the hot, rotten-tomatoes highly rated film by Penn film producers Elizabeth Banks (C’96) and husband Max Handelman (C’95, AEPi) comes out! If you recall, in an interview she did promoting the film, Liz had referenced a Penn a capella group from her […]
3 Penn Alumni you should know about: Film Edition
After the jump, check out my DT roundup of these 3 Penn alumni making news in the film world. Penn alum and Forest Gump Hollywood producer Wendy Finerman talks “breaking into the boys club, thriving in a cutthroad business and banking some of the biggest movies in history” with Marie Claire CBS – Eye on […]
T is for terror, tantrum, talent and twists from these Penn filmmakers
I love when different Penn people email me about the same contest they have entered themselves in. It happened here and it’s happening again for a special Halloween related contest; I was contacted by a Penn alum and a Penn undergrad who have created some very creative films for a very creative film contest called “THE […]
Penn producer and hubby director sign Duncan Sheik to movie
Jody and her husband Marc Several years ago, I did a story about film producer Jody Girgenti (C’98) and how her film (you may have heard of) was hitting the festival rounds. Since then, Jody has produced content for NBC Digital Studios, CourtTV, corporate clients, worked as a commercial producer, and is still focused on […]
Hallelujah: Penn alum to write Jeff Buckley biopic film
If you recall, I covered screenwriter Ryan Jaffe (C’96) when he wrote THIS film a couple years back. Since then, Ryan, has penned a script about the life of singer Jeff Buckley. In case you’re not familiar with who Jeff Buckley is, per Deadline, “Buckley, son of the famed but troubled folk musician Tim Buckley, […]
