By: Mackenzie Carroll We kicked off our final day with a meeting at ABC Studios to speak with the SVP Entertainment Marketing Creative Jill Gershman and her marketing team. Together they walked us through their advertising campaign for the latest season of The Bachelor. Although it was very interesting, it was also a little scary…
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Real Time
By: Mackenzie Carroll On Thursday, we met up with Bryan Diperstein of ICM. Bryan is intelligent, confident, and encouraging. It was interesting to hear about his busy work schedule as an agent and the process of selling a script to a studio. This trip has given me a behind-the-scenes look at the business and corporate…
Creative Marketing, Cancellations & Conclusions
By: Izzy Falkovich It’s hard to believe that our L.A. adventures have come to a close! The past 10 days have been nothing short of incredible, and our last day in L.A. was truly something. We started the day off with a meeting with Jill Gershman, who is the SVP of creative marketing at ABC….
Cut. Print. Back to NY.
By: Ben Gregory Just like that we’re back in freezing cold New York. I’m going to miss L.A. and cherish everything this trip did for me and my plans for post-graduation life. While I may not immediately take the leap to L.A., I hope to make my way westward somewhere within the next couple of years. All…
Agents and Alumni
Day 8: ICM Partners, Bill Maher and the DGA
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,…
Talent, Talk Shows & Tasty Treats
By: Izzy Falkovich We started the day with a meeting at ICM Partners, which is one of the four large talent agencies in Los Angeles. We had the pleasure of meeting with Bryan Diperstein, a Hofstra alumnus, who currently works as a talent agency under the literary division. It was super inspiring to hear him…
Commit(tany) to the Bit(tany)
By: Brittany McGowan It’s day seven of networking. Let’s get into it. We kicked off the day at ICM Partners where we met with agent and Hofstra alum Bryan Diperstein. We’ve met with quite a few alumni who are in the business of representation within entertainment, and each do something very different. Bryan works specifically…
Real Time with ICM
By: Ben Gregory Fears of East Coast snowstorms loom over the incoming weekend as the rain finally halts to a stop on the West Coast. Meanwhile, we’re keeping busy throughout L.A., hopping from meeting to meeting. Starting the day promptly at 8 a.m., our group headed over to ICM to meet with Hofstra alum Bryan Diperstein…
Hofstra in LA 2019 