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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 […]
Alumni Make History with Viral Videos
Two weeks ago I wrote a post about how Executive producers Todd Shotz (C’96) and Andrew Oldershaw (C’02), as well as writer/director Dan Kay (C’97) created four very viral “No on Prop 8” viral videos. This past week, in a first for an American political campaign, the NO on Prop 8 campaign paid to air […]
Three Alumni Go Viral with “No on Prop 8” Celebrity Videos
On November 4th, Californians will be asked to make a monumental civil rights decision around the issue of same-sex marriage. Last week, three Los Angeles based Penn alumni decided to take action against this Proposition 8. Executive producers Todd Shotz (C’96) and Andrew Oldershaw (C’02), as well as writer/director Dan Kay (C’97) created four very viral PSAs against this proposition including […]
The Los Angeles Penn Event You’ll Want To Go To (Tue. Oct. 28th)
If you’re in Los Angeles, THIS is the Penn event (among others) you’ll want to go to to listen to esteemed Penn alumni speak about their experiences in the entertainment industry and hear about their journey from Locust Walk to Hollywood. Panelists include: Zach Lutsky (C’97) – Actor and Medical Consultant for NBC’s “ER”.Jason Resnick, […]
From Writing Harold and Kumar to THIS
Looks like another successful comedy is being made by one of our alumni. “Harold & Kumar” writers Jon Hurwitz (W’00) and Hayden Schlossberg will write and direct the comedy “‘Til Beth Do Us Part” for Warner Bros. Per The Hollywood Reporter, “The feature will focus on two twentysomething males whose close friendship is put to […]
She’s Leading a Double Life as a High School Principal and Novelist
Since her days as an undergrad, it seems that Rachel Skerritt (C’99, GSE ’99) likes to be involved in as much as possible. This author …and High School Principal(!) just published her third novel (her other books here) this year, entitled WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN (Kensington – Dafina Books). Rachel’s books are contemporary fiction […]
