Day 8: ICM Partners, Bill Maher and the DGA
Tag: Alumni
A Memoir on Bill Maher, the Comedy Star seen from Afar
By: Leah Lane Today was really incredible. We started off at ICM Partners where we met with Bryan Diperstein, a literary agent. I loved hearing everything he had to say about developing scripts and pitching to studios. As someone who wants to go into development and writing, seeing the process of a movie being made,…
Five-Star Alumni; One-Star Pizza
Day 5: Mortar Media, Dick Clark Productions and Alumni Panel
Agents, Award Shows & Alumni
By: Izzy Falkovich To say that today was a whirlwind is a complete understatement. We started the day by visiting Cameron Kadison, an alumnus at Hofstra who currently works as a manager under Mortar Media, where he manages talent including Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Tan France and more. His office is also based out of WME…
Network & Chill
Day 2: Showtime, Netflix and Warner Brothers Animation
Happy Birthday, Peter Gershon!
By: Ben Gregory Starting off our second day in LA, the entire class was split up into smaller groups to participate in separate on-site networking opportunities. For me and my fellow classmate Brittany, we met with Assistant Editor Mike Boord ’08 at his post-production office. Being more than willing to help us out with career advice, Mike…
Hofstra in LA 2019 