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JENNIFER ALDEN .01 Actress |
Jennifer Alden is an actress living in Los Angeles. Majoring in art history
at Dartmouth College, Jennifer almost went to Columbia grad school for her
master's. She's grateful for her last minute decision to decline her
acceptance and pursue her dream in Hollywood. Jennifer's recent credits include New
Line's "Wedding Crashers," ABC's "According to Jim," FOX's "North Shore,"
"That '70s Show," and a recurring role on "Quintuplets." Jennifer's training
grounds include San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, Yale summer Drama
Program, and improv with The Groundlings. Currently, Jennifer studies with
Susan Giosa, a protege of Larry Moss. She really wants a dog.
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MARC ALAN AUSTEN .60 Actor |
(Marc Abrahams as an undergradguate). Marcus Heiman Award for work in the Arts 1959; President of The Dartmouth Players 1959-60; Received an M.A. from Hunter College 1975; He taught Art in NYC public schools. Recent film roles in: Brooklyn Rules, Be Kind Rewind and The Rebound. He has worked as a background performer in over 250 films and t.v. series in the NY area.
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ALEX BERGER .02 Writer, Producer |
Alex Berger is a writer and producer currently developing two comedy pilots: Master Debaters, a pop culture debating show for Vh1, and News at 11, a cable news parody for Chiodo Bros Productions (designed puppets for Team America; Killer Klowns from Outer Space). Previously, Alex was a coordinator for NBC Entertainment, where he worked for the head of Primetime Development. He served as Managing Editor at National Lampoon where he ran their magazine and wrote and produced programming for their television station, National Lampoon Network. In addition to National Lampoon, Alex has also written for Modern Humorist and the Los Angeles Times, and has worked for Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O?Brien. While attending Dartmouth College, Alex was the Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Jack O?Lantern humor magazine and competed nationally for the Dartmouth Forensic Union (fancy euphemism for ?the debate team?). His senior year, he was voted the #1 debater in the country in three separate national polls. Alex currently lives in Los Angeles with his two pets, TiVo and TiVo Series 2. (Last Udpated 03.21.05) |
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KIM KEITH BERGLUND .00 Director of Ready to Learn Content at PBS |
Kim Keith Berglund is the Director of Ready to Learn Content at PBS.
In this capacity, she serves as the PBS Kids Programming curriculum
expert, working closely with the Programming, Interactive, Outreach,
and Research departments. Her main focus is reviewing the content
created by different entities to ensure that the content and
curriculum of each series accurately reflects the show premise and
learning objectives. Most recently, Kim was the Manager of Animation
Development at Nickelodeon. In that position, she oversaw the
development and production of Nickelodeon's Cartoon Inkubator shorts
program. Prior to joining Nickelodeon in 2004, Kim served as a
Development Associate at Walt Disney Television Animation, where she
was heavily involved in the development of many projects, including
Disney's The Buzz on Maggie and Playhouse Disney's Mickey Mouse
Clubhouse. She got her start in children's programming at Boston's
WGBH, where she worked on the long-running series, ZOOM and the early
development phase of Postcards from Buster. Before entering the
entertainment industry, Kim was a 2nd grade teacher at Milton Academy
in Milton, MA. Kim has a A.B. in Psychology from Dartmouth College
and an Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation, and Education from Harvard
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DAVID BIRNEY .61 Actor, Director President Mab Productions |
David Birney is an award-winning actor/director. Mr. Birney has starred in many television films, among them "Love and Betrayal," "Long Journey Home," "The Five of Me," "Ohms," "The Deadly Game," "High Midnight" and "The Champions."
He is a recent recipient of The Millenium Recognition Award from The Shakespeare Theatre in the nation's capitol for his contribution to classical theatre.
Mr. Birney has served on the Theatre Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts and is a current board member of the Foundation for Bio-Medical Research. He is a frequent spokesman for childrens' health and welfare issues. He lives with his twin children, Peter and Mollie, in Santa Monica.
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KEITH BOYKIN .87 Editor |
Keith Boykin is the editor of The Daily Voice online news site, a CNBC contributor, a BET TV host and a New York Times best-selling author of three books. Educated at Dartmouth and Harvard, Keith attended law school with President Barack Obama and served in the White House as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton. Keith has been actively involved in progressive causes since he worked on his first congressional campaign while still a student in high school. He is a veteran of six political campaigns, including two presidential campaigns, and he was named one of the top instructors when he taught political science at American University in Washington. Keith has traveled extensively across four continents, and in 1997 President Clinton appointed him, along with Coretta Scott King and Rev. Jesse Jackson, to the U.S. presidential trade delegation to Zimbabwe. He was a star on the 2004 Showtime television series American Candidate and has since appeared on numerous national media programs, including Anderson Cooper 360, The O'Reilly Factor, The Tyra Banks Show, The Montel Williams Show, Judge Hatchett and The Tom Joyner Morning Show. A founder and first board president of the National Black Justice Coalition, Keith has spoken to audiences, large and small, all across the world. He delivered a landmark speech to 200,000 people at the Millennium March on Washington and he gave a stirring speech about the AIDS epidemic in front of 40,000 people in Chicago's Soldier Field in July 2006.
Each of Keith's three books has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, including his most recent book, Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial in Black America. Keith won the Lambda Literary Award for his second book, Respecting The Soul, while his first book, One More River to Cross, is taught in colleges and universities throughout the country. Keith is an associate producer of the 2007 feature film Dirty Laundry and is working on his fourth book. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Keith currently lives in New York City.
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CONNIE BRITTON .89 Actress |
Connie Britton can currently be seen as Rachel on ABC's Lost At Home. She last appeared as Nikki Faber in Spin City. She was a series regular in The Fighting Fitzgeralds, and appears in a recurring role as Connie Tate in The West Wing. She also starred in the feature films The Next Big Thing and One Eyed King. Britton has received accolades for her starring roles in Ed Burns' acclaimed independent films The Brothers McMullen and No Looking Back. After nearly canceling her first audition with Burns, the last meeting of the day turned into the role that would launch her career. Upon graduation she moved to New York, where she spent two years at the Neighborhood Playhouse studying with Sanford Meisner, and an additional two years performing in regional theater and off-Broadway productions.
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TIM BROOKS .64 Exec VP, Research Lifetime Entertainment |
Tim Brooks was named Executive Vice President, Research, Lifetime Entertainment Services, in June 2003. Previously he was Senior Vice President, Research, a position he assumed in January 2000.
Regarded as one of television's leading historians, award-winning author Brooks is responsible for all research concerning Lifetime's programming, online and advertising sales efforts, as well as research for Lifetime Movie Network and Lifetime Real Women.
Prior to joining Lifetime, Brooks was Senior Vice President, Research for USA Networks, where he supervised their targeted programming and advertising research in domestic and international markets, and developed and launched new businesses. While there, he helped structure the programming plan for the launch of the Sci-Fi Channel and USA's Latin American and European networks. He joined USA Networks as Vice President in 1991.
Before joining USA Networks, Brooks was Senior Vice President/Media Research Director for N.W. Ayer from 1989 until1990. Brooks was at NBC from 1977 to 1988, holding various positions, including Director, Program and Advertising Research, and Director, Television Network Research.
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KATE BUHRMASTER .97 Writer |
Kate is a writer and director and recent graduate of the M.F.A. film program at Columbia University. Her screenplay “Mary Contrary” won a major award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation this year, and her thesis film “Longshots” has screened at film festivals on nearly every continent. She's earned every honor Columbia offers in writing for television, which is her particular passion, and her feature scripts have been finalists for the Sundance and Film Independent Labs. Prior to film school, she worked for many years as a writer and producer of hard news and short form documentaries for MSNBC and NBC News. Among other events, she spent six weeks in Florida in the aftermath of the 2000 Presidential Election covering vote recounts and court rulings. At Dartmouth, she was a varsity skier and Kappa as well as a Creative Writing major and Senior Fellow. She now lives in Los Angeles.
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ERIC BUCHMAN .00 Writer, Producer |
Eric Buchman is a freelance writer-producer living in Los Angeles. After a brief stint in Florida politics right after Dartmouth, he got his MFA at USC's Peter Stark Producer program and has since specialized in writing & producing web content for TV shows. He's worked on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and NBC's reboot of Knight Rider. As much as he loves working in new media, he also enjoys designing good old fashioned board games.
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JACKSON BURKE .03 Clip Desk Producer |
After leaving school, my first job in television was as a Production Assistant with Fox News. I left that after about two months after being offered a job with the NBC Page Program. I was a Page for about nine months, and over that time had assignments in the Sports Corporate Communications division and a production assignment with the CNBC show Capitol Report. I started my new job as a Clip Desk Producer in January, 2005.
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PATRICK BURLEIGH '01 Writer, Actor |
After graduating cum laude from Dartmouth, Patrick shipped to Dublin, Ireland, where he earned his Masters in Irish Literature at Trinity College on one of Dartmouth's Reynolds Scholarships. He had his first plays produced to acclaim at the Dublin Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe festivals. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he has continued to work as a writer and actor. His plays have received staged readings and productions starring the likes of James McDaniel and Reni Santoni. He has written numerous feature films and was recently hired by Redhouse Entertainment to pen the feature "Fake I.D." He has twice been a top-ten finalist for the Chesterfield Fellowship and has been a finalist for the Sundance Filmmakers Lab. Patrick's screenplay, "Riot Song," about the 1992 L.A. riots, is currently generating strong industry interest. His acting credits include: the features "Bereft" for Showtime and the upcoming "Illegal Aliens;" stage appearances with Ensemble Studio Theatre West, The Naked Angels, The Evidence Room, Padua Playwrights and Fox Television's "Naked TV" pilots; and episodic television.
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SARAH CALLIES .99 Actress |
Since being awarded her MFA from the National Theatre
Conservatory, Sarah has starred in two films, Whisper and
The Celestine Prophecy, both due in theatres in 2006. Her
television credits include Tarzan (Jane), Queens Supreme
(recurring), Law and Order SVU, LA Dragnet, Numb3rs, and the
unaired ABC pilot The Service in which she played the lead
role. Her latest series, Prison Break (produced and directed
by Brett Ratner), will premier on Fox in August of 2005. She
is repped bicoastally by the William Morris Agency and IDPR
publicity.
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ALESSANDRO CEGLIA .94 Animator |
Alessandro graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in Art History and Asian Studies and a citation for outstanding work in animation. Following graduation, he pursued a career in interactive design and development and recently shifted his focus back to animation. Alessandro is currently pursuing an MFA in Animation and Digital Art at USC's School of Cinema-Television and working on his animated short ?The Intruder?. He has also worked as an animator on VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club 2" and as lead animator on the music video "Attack" by Jared Leto's band Thirty Seconds to Mars.
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LEONARD CHANG .91 Writer |
Leonard Chang ('91) is the author of five novels, including a popular
and critically-acclaimed noir trilogy, which includes Over the
Shoulder , Underkill and Fade to Clear. His novels have been
translated and published in France, Japan and Korea, and are taught in
universities all over the world. His new novel, Crossings, will be
published in the Fall of 2009, and he is currently making the
transition to TV.
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MICHAEL S. CHERNUCHIN .75 Executive Producer |
Michael Chernuchin was the Executive Producer and head writer of NBC's
long running LAW & ORDER as well as CBS's MICHAEL HAYES (starring
David Caruso) and BROOKLYN SOUTH. He also created and Executive
Produced the CBS Drama FEDS as well as TNT's first prime time drama,
BULL. For his work he has been distinguished with numerous awards
including, the Peabody Award, the Edgar Allen Poe Award given by the
Mystery Writers of America, The People's Choice Award, four Emmy
nominations, two Writers Guild nominations for Best Dramatic Episode,
a nomination for the Humanitas Prize for Best Dramatic Episode, the
Angel Award for Best Dramatic Episode, the Jewish Televimage Award,
the American Psychological Association Award, the American Cancer
Society Award, the George S. Felton Producer of the Year.
Chernuchin served as Consulting Producer on the first year of Fox's
24. He is currently a Consulting Producer on Fox's new drama
Canterbury's Law starring Julianna Marguiles and is developing several
new series.
In addition to his television work, he co-wrote the feature film
ERASER starring Arnold Schwarzennegger and has also completed a
feature film for Kevin Costner's TIG Productions.
Prior to becoming a writer, Chernuchin was an attorney practicing in
New York City. He received his J.D. from Cornell Law School where he
served as an Editor of the Law Review, his M.A. in English Literature
from the University of Michigan and his A.B. from Dartmouth College.
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TIM CRAIG .79 Counsel - Entertainment & Sports Group of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC |
Tim Craig is counsel to the Entertainment and Sports Group of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz PC. His focus is film and television work, and he represents leading producers, directors, writers, distributors, and financiers. He serves as production and finance counsel, negotiating and documenting licensing, production, co-production, distribution, finance, and other agreements. Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Tim had thirteen years of experience working for major entertainment companies. He worked for seven years as Vice President for Legal and Business Affairs for Hallmark Entertainment, the leading producer of television motion pictures and mini-series, where he served as production counsel, engineered complex international financing arrangements, and supervised litigations, labor disputes, and intellectual property matters. He has also worked as Film Buyer and Programmer for Landmark Theatre Corporation, the largest art house cinema chain; and as Theatrical Sales Manager for Films Incorporated, where he sold films to over 200 theatres in the western U.S. Tim has taught Entertainment Law at Fordham University School of Law; has twice served on the Entertainment Law Committee of the New York City Bar; and has advised several Native American filmmakers, including the award-winning director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals). Tim is also a co-founder of the New Jersey Chapter of Cure Autism Now. Prior to working at Hallmark Entertainment, Tim was associated with the firm then known as Frankfurt Garbus Klein & Selz, and with Morrison & Foerster. He is a graduate of Stanford University (J.D., M.B.A.) and Dartmouth College (B.A., cum laude).
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HRISHI DESAI .04 TV Literary Agent ICM |
Hrishi Desai '04 currently work as a TV Literary agent at International Creative Management (ICM) in Los Angeles, CA.
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RACHEL DRATCH .88 Actress, Writer, Comedian |
After four years on the main stage of Chicago's Second City troupe, Rachel started on Saturday Night Live in 1999. Her memorable characters include Denise to Jimmy Fallon's horny Bostonian boyfriend, Sully, to her wispy little Calista Flockhart impression, Dratch easily goes from nerd (à la Sheldon on "Wake Up Wakefield") to sensuous "luv-uh" Virginia to Will Ferrell's Professor Klarvin. In 2000, she and Tina Fey put on their two-woman show, Dratch & Fey, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. And in 2001, a short film that Dratch wrote, directed, and performed (The Vagina Monologues Monologues, also featuring Fey and SNL performer Amy Poehler) premiered at the New York Comedy Film Festival. She has appeared in the movie Down With Love (with Ewan McGregor and Renée Zellweger) and the independent film The Hebrew Hammer (with Adam Goldberg). Her television appearances include Late Night With Conan O'Brien, CBS' King of Queens, and Third Watch.
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KATIE ESCHERICH .02 Associate Producer ABC News |
Katie Escherich works at ABC News in New York. After graduating from Dartmouth, she joined Major League Baseball Productions as a production assistant for the 2002 World Series Home Video. She moved to ABC News just as the war in Iraq began, and spent the first few weeks on the job as a PA for their round the clock coverage. She has spent the last two years as the assistant to the senior producers at 20/20, where she worked as a PA on a number of 20/20 segments, and excelled at answering the phone and ordering lunch on the side. She recently began working as an associate producer at ABC News Now, ABC's new 24-hour broadband and digital cable channel. Katie majored in History at Dartmouth and was a member of Tridelt. She enjoys staying connected to Dartmouth as a class agent and an alumni interviewer.
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MAX FLISI .00 Programming and Research Manager Sony Pictures International Television |
Max is a Programming and Research Manager at Sony Pictures International Television. He moved back to his native town of Los Angeles in April 2005 after spending four years in Boston working as a market researcher in the technology world. While in Boston, Max began acting for a hobby, appearing in a over half a dozen theater productions and a dozen film projects (short and feature), some of which reached the film festival circuit. In addition to acting he enjoys day trading, swimming, horseback riding, scuba diving, and traveling.
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BRIAN GARTON .01 Producer, Director, Editor |
While at Dartmouth Brian edited and shot for the Dartmouth Media Group, served as the director of the Dartmouth Film Society (2000-01), shot several shorts on 16mm, worked as a screener for the Telluride Film Festival and won the Heimen-Rosenthal Award in Film. Upon graduation Brian began freelance editing in Knoxville, Tennessee for a dozen networks such as HBO, Discovery, ESPN and DIY while writing and shooting a myriad of personal projects ranging from music videos to feature scripts. In 2004 Brian moved to Los Angeles and added producing and directing work to his reel with work ranging from feature films to Comedy Central programming. In 2006 a PBS documentary series drew Brian to Eugene, Oregon for several months of production running camera, editing and producing. Brian spent most of 2007 in Daejeon, South Korea teaching English and editing a backlog of 100's of hours of personal footage. Now freelancing out of New York City, but traveling for freelance work in Los Angeles, Knoxville and looking towards London and Paris. Brian hopes to eventually focus on mixed electronic media installations and daily webisodes about travel, adventure and celebration in the spirit of Kerouac, Kesey and Hunter S. Thompson.
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CHAD GOODRIDGE .01 Actor |
Chad is an actor currently residing in New York City.
Broadway: Passing Strange. Off-Broadway: The Public, PS
122, The Cherry Lane among others. Regional: Passing
Strange (Berkeley Rep), Proof, Macbeth, Once In a
Lifetime, Skin of Our Teeth (Williamstown), Hamlet (The
Geva Theatre). Television: Law & Order: S.V.U., One Life
to Live, All My Children. He has also acted in several
independent films. Training: Chautauqua Conservatory
Theater Company (2002 and 2003) and Ron Van Lieu. While at
Dartmouth, Chad studied Theatre, Psychology, and Modern
Dance (with Marianne Hraibi). Chad is currently has
several screenplays in development.
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TIMOTHY GREENBERG .92 Producer |
Timothy Greenberg is currently on staff at the Emmy Award-winning
"The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart," where he writes, directs, and
produces field segments. Named as one of Shoot Magazine's "Up and
Coming Directors of 2004," Greenberg has had a varied career. He got
his first taste of big-budget directing in games, when he helmed the
CG-laden, live-action sequences for "Riven: the Sequel to Myst," the
world's top-selling CD-ROM game of '97 and '98. His subsequent short
films have screened and won awards at numerous festivals, and have
aired on IFC, PBS, VH1, and MTV. Before getting behind the camera,
Greenberg honed his visual sense as an award-winning computer
graphics artist and animator. Greenberg is repped for commercial
work by Washington Square Films. He graduated Dartmouth College with
a degree in Film Studies.
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BRETT HABER .91 Sports Anchor, WUSA-TV, Commentator, Tennis Channel |
Brett Haber is WUSA's Sports Director and primary sports anchor. He joined the station in November of 2004. Brett's unique writing style and witty approach have made him one of the most innovative sportscasters in the country. In addition to his duties on the anchor desk, Brett hosts WUSA's Sunday Night Wrap-Up show, "Sports Plus", and as of summer '07, Brett joined Joe Theisman and Mike Patrick on the broadcast team for Washington Redskins Pre-Season Football. Brett has been honored with 12 Emmy Awards on the regional and national levels. Most recently, Brett received the 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Sports Anchor from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay chapter of NATAS. He has also been honored with the National Edward R. Murrow award for excellence in sports journalism for reporting on such stories as the FBI's pursuit of rampant sports autograph fraud. He also reported on the trials of former Washington Redskin David Kopay, and his battle for equal rights and benefits as a gay NFL alumnus. Brett balances his duties at WUSA with a variety of play-by-play assignments on the national stage, including his role at Tennis Channel as lead announcer for the Outback Champions Series tennis tour, featuring legends such as Pete Sampras and John McEnroe competing in events around the world. Brett's other play-by-play assignments have included PBR bull riding, pro cycling and the annual Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. From 2000 to 2003, Brett was the Sports Director and primary sports anchor at WCBS-TV in New York. Brett covered a wide variety of sports events including multiple World Series, Super Bowls, Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals and championship parades. He hosted the New York Yankees pre-game show and was the play-by-play voice for the New York Jets during their pre-season schedule. During that time Brett also served as a correspondent for CBS Sports, working as a sideline reporter for NCAA basketball and hosting the network's studio update desk known as "The Fidelity CBS SportsDesk". From 1994-1997 Haber was a fixture at ESPN as one of the hosts of "SportsCenter," that network's flagship news program. Brett was teamed with Craig Kilborn on the so-called "Feel Good Edition" of "SportsCenter" and became a regular in the living rooms of insomniac sports fans around America. In addition to his anchor duties, Brett was ESPN's chief tennis correspondent, and contributed to the Peabody-award winning issues program "Outside the Lines." Brett is a board member of the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation for brain tumor patients and their families. He is also a consultant for Nike Tennis where he leads grassroots tennis programs for children around the country. Brett, his wife and two sons live in Bethesda, Maryland.
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TAYLOR HAMRA .99 Writer |
Taylor currently lives in New York and writes for the sitcom HOPE & FAITH.
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MARK HANSSON .81 PGA Producer / DGA 1st Assistant Director |
Mark Hansson '81 graduated from Dartmouth in three years with Distinction in Film Studies and was one of the first graduates in the newly formed major. He did his MFA in Film Production at UCLA Film School, while starting in the 20th Century Fox Mailroom after college. He was accepted to the Directors' Guild of America Training Program, from which he graduated as a DGA Second Assistant Director. He has continued to work in the Hollywood film and television production industry for over 25 years, with credits on dozens of feature films and television shows, as a Second A.D., then First A.D. and now as a Producer in the Producers' Guild of America. He has 5 DGA Award nominations for his work - 3 in Drama (HBO's "Six Feet Under"), 1 in Comedy (HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and 1 in Children's Programming (Disney Channel's "Tiger Cruise"). Recent credits include the feature films "High School Musical 3", "The Comebacks", "Dreamgirls", "The Prince and Me 2", "Peaceful Warrior" and the TV shows "Heroes", "Weeds", "Tell Me You Love Me", "Fat Actress" and Kathy Griffin's comedy specials for Bravo in '05, '06 and '07. He also enjoys teaching film studies, mentoring new DGA Trainees and serving on the DGA Unit Production Manager/Assistant Director Council and seven committees, including co-chairing the DGA 1st AD Committee, representing hundreds of DGA 1st Assistant Directors.
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ANNE E. W. HARSCH .07 Actress |
Anne’s acting highlights include Nabby Adams in the PBS mini-series
AN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS, the title roles in
CINDERELLA and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with touring theatre company
Kaleidoscope Theatre of New England, Ann in the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm
Theatre’s INTERNATIONAL NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL, Mary Jemison in the
television mini-series THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA, and Eve in the 2009
EMERGING VOICES at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington DC. Anne holds a
B.A. in Psychological and Brain Sciences.
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ELIZABETH HESTAND .00 Regional Scheduling Coordinator Fox Sports Net |
Elizabeth Hestand graduated with a BA from Dartmouth College, majoring in Film Studies and minoring in English. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles and worked in Hollywood for a year with a talent management company. After leaving the entertainment business, she spent the next few years working at UCLA in the Graduate Division and networking the UCLA athletic department. After three years at UCLA, Elizabeth was hired in March 2004 as a regional scheduling coordinator for the programming department of Fox Sports Net in Los Angeles. She currently resides in Redondo Beach, California with her husband.
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ALEX KAPP HORNER .91 Actress |
Alex Kapp Horner graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in history and moved to Los Angeles to become a waitress. When that didn't work out, she began acting instead. She was a main company member of the Groundlings and she did many, many pilots. Her credits include guest stars on Seinfeld, playing George's girlfriend who wouldn't let him break up with her), Will and Grace, ER and Friends. She is now starring on "The New Adventures of Old Christine" on CBS with Julia Louis Dreyfus. She recently completed work on the upcoming independent feature, "Weather Girl", on which she is also a producer, and she and her writing partner have recently finished writing half hour single camera comedy pilot.
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MAURISSA HORWITZ .98 Editor |
Maurissa works in editing for film and television in Los Angeles. Currently
she's working on a Dreamworks animated feature to be released in May of 2006
as the lead assistant editor. With film, AVID and FCP experience, she's
worked in nearly every genre: live action features, reality television,
documentaries, awards shows and most recently, animation. One day she hopes
to work on sitcoms and one hour dramas to round out her resume, but for now
she's very happy working with cartoons.
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JESSICA HOUSTON .02 Research Manager, OTX |
Jessica Houston recently ventured into the entertainment industry as a
Research Manager for the home entertainment division of OTX, an
innovative online market research firm in Hollywood, CA. In this
capacity Jessica conducts creative testing for film and television
studios to help inform marketing decisions on DVD packaging,
commercials, and audience segmentation. Jessica's main clients are
HBO and Fox, and her department also does work for Warner Brothers
Home Video and other studios. Jessica graduated in 2002 with a
degree in Sociology, and is enjoying life on the left coast with her
fiancé and two cats.
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JASON HSIAO .98 Producer, Comedy |
Jason is a New York-based producer of television and live-event comedies. He is the creator and co-executive producer of Dirty Stinkin' Politics, a new political comedy series for Comedy Central, which he is developing with five-time Emmy winner Eddie Feldmann (HBO Dennis Miller Live). He is also currently producing Comedy Central's Showbiz Show with David Spade. He recently produced MTV2's sketch comedy show Stankervision and MTV's Viva La Bam. Jason has worked with comedians Jimmy Fallon (2002 MTV VMA's), Chris Rock (2003 MTV VMA's), and Colin Quinn (Comedy Central's Tough Crowd). At Tough Crowd, Jason produced segments for comics including Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, Dave Chappelle, Sarah Silverman, and Jon Stewart. He made his television debut in a sketch with Denis Leary playing his dream role as a beaten and tied-up Vietnamese villager. He is the creator and producer of New York's Sketch Fights, a live-event competition between TV comedy writers at Carolines Comedy Club. In 2003, Jason produced the stage comedy Matt & Ben which was featured at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival and then toured across the country in 12 cities. The play's 11-month Off-Broadway run in New York City was listed among the top five shows of 2003 by Time Magazine.
Jason is currently the 1,794,128,523rd most powerful person in the world.
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J.J. JAMIESON .86 Producer, Writer |
J.J. Jamieson is a television producer, executive, and writer, who currently runs Last Straw Productions, a Warner Bros.-based film and television company he founded with actor-producer Anthony LaPaglia.
Mr. Jamieson and Mr. LaPaglia have a number of series in development, including the 1-hour dramas THE WORD and ASYLUM, as well as three original dramedies he created: THE FRESHMAN, SCHOOL OF FISH and ORDINARY HEROES. Half-hour comedies in development include DAMNATION and THE SCHMIGGLES, as well as SUGAR MOUNTAIN, another original creation. Mr. Jamieson recently wrote the film THE WIVES HE FORGOT starring Molly Ringwald, a telefilm for Lifetime premiering September 2006. Another Lifetime film he recently exec-produced, LONG LOST SON, was a huge hit for the network's low-budget franchise, ranking as their 7th highest rated film to date. He also exec-produced SPRING BREAK SHARK ATTACK, a hit CBS movie-for-television which won the Tubey Award for best TV film of the year. Prior TV movies include TIME SHIFTERS and THE TRIANGLE, the latter of which became TBS's second highest rated film to date. Mr. Jamieson has sold other movies and/or miniseries, to ABC, NBC, CBS, USA Networks, Turner's Superstation, VH1, the Sci-Fi Channel, Lifetime, and to Fox - including several projects based on material he wrote. As a screenwriter, his second feature script SPLIT DECISION is in development at Regent Entertainment, in association with Heartstone Films.
In addition to "long-form," Mr. Jamieson has executive-produced a number of "alternative" programs. He created, co-wrote and EP'd WAR GAMES, a two-hour documentary/special for TBS. He co-created, co-wrote and EP'd a comedy talk show pilot titled LATE NIGHT GUERILLA, also for TBS. He co-created and was EP on MTV's FRATERNITY LIFE, and was exec-producer of its hit sister show, SORORITY LIFE. He also exec-produced the talk-show pilot BEST SELLERS, a half-hour info-tainment show about best-selling books. Mr. Jamieson began his career at NBC, working first as a Page, then in News, Specials & Late Night Programming, and lastly in Mini-Series & Motion Pictures for Television as a creative/programming executive, overseeing some of NBC's highest rated longform. He supervised dozens of hours of original programming in every conceivable genre, including police dramas, crime dramas, historical dramas, family dramas, teen dramas, legal dramas, comedies, westerns, mysteries, thrillers, documentary, horror, science fiction, and biopics. While at NBC, he developed several back-door series pilots, and wrote original treatments for four TV movies. Raised in Princeton, New Jersey, Mr. Jamieson graduated with honors from Dartmouth College with a degree in Russian, after attending the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, NJ, and Marlborough College in Wilshire, England, on the English-Speaking Union Scholarship as a Sir John Dill Fellow. He has guest-lectured at AFI, UCLA, Pepperdine, Women-in-Film, Columbia College, Sherwood Oaks College and elsewhere. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He has written for Brentwood Magazine and MEDICALife Magazine, and his on-going series of articles on parenting is published at www.MomReady.com. He lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and their three children.
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MATTHEW EARL JONES .79 Director/Producer |
Veteran L.A. Commercial Producer, Matthew Earl Jones, was born in New York City where he spent much of his youth, as well as in New Canaan, Connecticut. After graduating from Dartmouth College, Matthew worked on Madison Avenue for BBD&O and later for American Home Products Corporation. A brief performing career as a lead vocalist/guitarist resulted in a recording contract, national television appearances, and small parts in films and TV shows. The entertainment industry inspired Matthew to relocate to Los Angeles and embark on a career producing for commercial, films, and TV. In 1993, Matthew started as a set Production Assistant and quickly worked his way to producing. His commercial experience enabled him to work with such notables as Queen Latifah, Ray Charles, Jodie Foster, Angela Lansbury, and others. In 2005, Matthew made his directorial debut with an independent feature film shot in High Definition and has continued with music videos and commercials for his production company, Translight Pictures. Matthew serves as president of the Earl Jones Institute, a nonprofit organization established by his father, actor Robert Earl Jones, to train women and minorities for behind-the-camera film careers. Matthew Earl Jones is the son of actor Robert Earl Jones and half brother of actor James Earl Jones.
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MINDY KALING .01 Writer, Producer |
In early 2004, Mindy was hired as a writer and performer for the American version of The Office. She has written several episodes for the series. Originally, executive producer Greg Daniels wasn't sure where to use her onscreen in the series, until the point in the episode "Diversity Day" where Steve Carell's insensitive character Michael Scott needed to be slapped by a minority. In a 2007 interview with The A.V. Club, Kaling stated that the Kelly character is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is." After the "Diwali" episode, Kaling appeared with Daniels on NPR's Fresh Air. Kaling played Richard Lewis's assistant in a 2005 episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and in April 2006 she was a guest writer for one episode of Saturday Night Live. Kaling's first film role was in The 40 Year-Old Virgin. She subsequently appeared in the 2007 romantic comedy License to Wed. In 2007, her standup comedy was featured on the CD Comedy Death-Ray. Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of Indian descent. She graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1997. The following year, she began attending Dartmouth College, where she was a member of the improvisational comedy troupe "The Dog Day Players" and the a cappella group "The Rockapellas", as well as the creator of the comic strip in The Dartmouth college newspaper titled "Badly Drawn Girl". She graduated in 2001.[4] In 2003, she portrayed Ben Affleck in a play entitled "Matt & Ben", which she also co-wrote. The play was named one of Time magazine's "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year".
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AUDREY D. KANIA, TUCK .90 Co-founder/Exec VP The World Poker Tour |
Audrey Kania is the Co-founder and former Executive Vice President of the World Poker Tour (WPT), which is televised in 150 countries worldwide. Audrey was instrumental in changing the image of poker and bringing it to the forefront as a branded worldwide phenomenon through television, publishing, online, DVD, mobile media, video games, and consumer products. After taking the company public and forming WPT Enterprises, Inc., Audrey recently retired and is embarking on the third sabbatical of her career while she ponders the next BIG idea.
In 1994, The Walt Disney Company recruited Audrey as a Business Development Executive to launch two new business ventures. During her tenure, Audrey developed a global film production company, which created over 500 animated, live action, and documentary films and interactive materials for the edutainment market. She then spearheaded the expansion of Winnie-the-Pooh into a global consumer products business venture. She also consulted with the NFL Denver Broncos on marketing and branding projects during their Super Bowl year.
After five years with Disney, Audrey decided to leave the corporate world in 1999 for her second sabbatical and spent the next three years traveling on a camel safari in Morocco, sailing the South Pacific, hiking in New Zealand, and doing a walkabout in Australia. Three months after sitting on top of a mountain in Scotland pondering her next career adventure, she joined her business partner to create the WPT.
Prior to Disney, Audrey assembled an eclectic entrepreneurial career. For the first five years of her career, she revolutionized the print media industry by pioneering the use of computer graphics technology in the production process for two global corporations. She interned in Apple Computer"s marketing group and worked in Strategic Planning and Business Development at FMC before taking her first sabbatical. Audrey ultimately shifted careers, becoming the Chief Operating Officer of a small start-up toy company in Boston before joining Disney and making the move to California.
Audrey grew up in Pennsylvania and currently resides in Manhattan Beach, CA. Audrey earned her B.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University and her M.B.A. from The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. She studied creative writing at Oxford University. Although she didn"t know how to play poker prior to launching the WPT, Audrey finished 12th out of 315 players in the 2006 World Poker Tour Pro-Celebrity Invitational poker tournament.
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STEVEN KANTOR .03 Reality TV and Documentary Producer |
Steve is a freelance documentary and reality television producer based in New York. He has produced and shot on several series currently on the air, including Kansas City SWAT, Flip This House, and Haunting Evidence. His work has aired on A&E, Court TV, Vh1, the Food Network and AMC, among others.
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LARS KENSETH .04 Screenwriter, Actor |
Lars Kenseth is currently a staff writer for the new television series POPZILLA, an animated sketch comedy show that lampoons celebrity news and gossip. In addition to writing, Lars also provides voices for some of the show's most memorable and disturbing characters. The series debuts in August, 2009 on MTV. Prior to this, Lars served as staff writer and story editor on BOB & DOUG, an animated comedy series based on SCTV's comic Canucks, Bob and Doug McKenzie, created by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. Canada's Global TV will be airing the first 22 episodes through the Fall of 2009. Not to be pigeonholed as a massive TV sensation, Lars is also a stand-up comedian and aspiring internet celebrity, owning and operating the full-service comedy blog, WHOOPSGOLLY.COM, where he posts original cartoons, videos, written pieces, and a podcast that he co-hosts with his pal, comedian Kevin Rudy. Please visit and click on the ads so he earns money to pay his class dues. Lars lives in Culver City, California with his girlfriend Liz and their two cats, Omelet and Detective Larry McBoob.
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JOE LaBRACIO .00 Agent, UTA |
Joe LaBracio joined United Talent Agency (UTA) in February 2008 where he is an agent focused on the international television business. Prior to UTA, LaBracio was an agent with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) since 2006 where he played an integral role in building the agency's international television business, with his specific focus on U.K. independent production companies and the international format business. Prior to CAA, LaBracio served as Director of Alternative Series Development for CBS, where he oversaw production on the hit series "The Amazing Race," "Survivor," "Big Brother," and "Rock Star," among others. He joined CBS in 2003 as an assistant to then Senior Vice President of Alternative Series Development, Ghen Maynard, and was rapidly promoted through the ranks in 14 months. LaBracio began is career in television as soon as he graduated when he was hired for a year-long producing fellowship at ABC News "Nightline." During his first month, he traveled to Alabama with Ted Koppel for a story and when they returned to Washington D.C., Koppel asked LaBracio to be his assistant. He worked closely with Koppel during a historic two-year news cycle, which covered the Presidential election in 2000, the 9/11 terrorist attacks (for which they won a Peabody Award,) and the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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PAUL LAZARUS .76 Director, Producer, Writer |
Paul Lazarus is a director, producer and writer of television, film, and theater projects. He directed and produced the feature film, "Seven Girlfriends," starring Tim Daly, Mimi Rogers, Jami Gertz, and Melora Hardin. Produced independently, "Seven Girlfriends" was released by Castle Hill Productions and was featured on HBO and Comedy Central. For Dreamworks SKG, he voice directed the animated musical feature, "Joseph," starring Ben Affleck. Lazarus resides in Los Angeles where he has been directing many notable prime time television series. Most recently, he directed "Samantha Who?" and "Ugly Betty" for ABC, the new "90210" and "Privileged" for the CW network, "Las Vegas" for NBC, and "Psych" for the USA network. Past shows include: "Friends," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Grounded For LIfe," "Mad About You," "LA Law," "Melrose Place," "Beverly Hills 90210," "Dream On," for which he received a Cable Acenomination and the pilot for MTV's "2Gether".
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MARK LOTITO .81 Actor |
Broadway: Mark has played Gyp DeCarlo in Jersey Boys, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and Max Bialystock in The Producers. Also on Broadway: Dinner at Eight, Betrayal, The Boys From Syracuse, Marie Christine, Most Happy Fella, Victor/Victoria, Smell of the Kill. TV: "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Sopranos," all the "Law & Order" shows, "Third Watch," "NYPD Blue," "NY Undercover," "Feds," "Cosby." Film: Moonlight Mile, Growing Down in Brooklyn, Saint of Fort Washington, Keep the Change, Just Like in the Movies.
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STEPHN MACHT .63 Actor |
Stephen Macht graduated Dartmouth College and trained professionally
for the stage at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art. He starred as "Proctor" in THE CRUCIBLE, "Orsino" in 12TH NIGHT,
and "Dunois" in SAINT JOAN at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in
Canada where he was scouted and singed by Universal Television to come
to Hollywood to begin his film career. Since then he has played
leading men in plays and dozens of television movies and feature films
from "Yoni Netanyahu" in RAID ON ENTEBBE to "Warwick" in Stephen
King's GRAVEYARD SHIFT, and from "Dan Lavetta" in THE IMMIGRANTS to
"David Keeler," Sharon Gless' love interest in CAGNEY AND LACEY. He
has appeared opposite Charlton Heston on stage in MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
as "King Henry VIII," and as "Lt. Challey" in The Cain Mutiny
Court-Martial," as well as "Heavy Eagle," in Heston's film MOUNTAIN
MEN. Stephen has had recurring roles on the t.v. series BOSTON
PUBLIC, JACK AND JILL and BOOMTOWN and has just completed two HBO
experimental films to be projected on the sides of apartment buildings
in major cities all over the world.
Stephen holds a Ph.D. in Dramatic Literature and Criticism from
Indiana University, taught at Smith College and Queens College in New
York and has directed theatre and television in Los Angeles. He is
the father of the actor, Gabriel Macht, and together with his wife and
three other children, as well as five grandchildren and counting, his
greatest hobby and future plans are to provide a lot of entertainment
for years to come.
Through the years, Mr. Macht has participated in and supported various
charitable causes, serving as an Honorary Board Member of the
Parkinsons Resource Organization and its Master of Ceremonies for the
past ten years. He has been spokesman for the Jewish National Fund,
and M.C. for Israeli Consulate functions, He is a board member of The
Center For Jewish Culture and Creativity in Los Angeles.
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RUPA MAGGE .01 Writer, Actress |
Rupa Magge has been working in the entertainment business in New York City
since graduating in 2001. She worked for MTV Networks for a while and for
one of NYC's top talent management companies with the motive to further
minority involvement in film & television. She also had the opportunity to
make a few soap opera appearances. In addition, she attained representation
from an acclaimed talent agency in New York. In August, she is relocating
to Los Angeles where she will begin her graduate studies at USC School of
Cinema-Television in their Writing for Screen & Television MFA program. She
is a writer and an actress.
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BEN MANDELKER .01 Writer, Producer |
Ben Mandelker currently works as the Director of Development at the Wyle/Katz Company in Los Angeles. Additionally, he co-authors industry website TVgasm.com with Joe Fahs 01. The site has been recently featured in the New York Times, USA Today, New York Post, New York Daily News, E! Online, Us Weekly, Chicago Sun-Times, and FoxNews.com. Previously, Ben worked as a writers assistant on the Fox sitcom "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" and as assistant to the VP of Motion Pictures at Mandate Pictures ("The Grudge", "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle"). Ben is looking to pursue a career in writing. (Last Udpated 02.01.05) |
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ILYA MAGAZANIN .00 Writer, Producer |
Ilya worked for 2 years at an advertising agency as an ad executive. Since then, Ilya has been at a small post-production house Chemistry for the last 3 years working mostly on commercials (Wendy's, Lady Foot Locker, Nike, Club Med). Recently, Ilya has worked on short films and is co-editing a documentary on Renaissance Faires directed by a fellow Dartmouth Alum.
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LIZ McKEON .02 Write, Actor, Comedian |
Liz is a writer, actor and comedian living in Boston. She is a
graduate of the ImprovBoston sketch writing program, and is currently
training there in stand-up and improv. She is a member of The Latchkey
Kids sketch comedy team, has performed with The Ruckus sketch group,
and is the Producer of the weekly comedy show SketchHaus. Liz is the
Asst. Producer and a designer for ImprovBoston's summer main show
Henchmen. She also covers television shows for Broadcasting & Cable
Magazine's blog BC Beat.
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LEN MEAD .94 Director of Program Development & Acquisitions NESN |
After 10 years at ESPN, Len returned to his home state of Massachusetts in May 2006 to be the Programming Director at New England Sports Network (NESN). NESN carries the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins games, as well as over 100 college sporting events, and a bunch of other original programming. Len is now responsible for developing and acquiring new shows, improving existing shows, strengthening NESN"s new media platforms, and scheduling programming on NESN 24/7. He also manages relationships with New England"s many sports teams, leagues, conferences and colleges, as well as other television and media entities in and outside of New England. Len lives in Maynard, MA with his wife Amanda ('95) and 1-1/2 year old daughter Piper.
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SAM MEANS .03 Writer, The Daily Show |
Sam Means is a staff writer at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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MICHAEL MORIARTY .63 Actor |
Michael Moriarty won the 1978 Emmy and a Golden Globe for his memorable turn as Dorf, the SS officer in the TV miniseries Holocaust; numerous awards for his work opposite Blythe Danner in the 1979 TV-movie Too Far to Go; and Emmy nominations for his 1989 guest-star role on The Equalizer and in 1991 for Law and Order, the long-running NBC series on which he starred, as Assistant DA Ben Stone, for its first four seasons.
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JOHN MOFFITT .55 Director |
John Moffitt has been directing television for 36 years. At CBS, he directed the last three years of The Ed Sullivan Show. He has also directed the Emmy Awards, and specials for Mitzi Gaynor, Andy Williams, Perry Como, Richard Pryor and Dick Van Dyke. Moffitt met the late Bill Lee in 1972 and later formed Moffitt-Lee Productions. At ABC they produced and John directed Fridays, a live topical comedy series, and discoverd Larry David and Michael Richards. Upon Bill Lee's untimely death of cancer, Bill's wife, William Morris agent Pat Tourk Lee, started filling in and eventually became the new "Lee" in the partnership. Moffitt and Lee are two of the founders of Comic Relief and produced all eight specials starring Robin, Billy and Whoopi. M-L produced and Moffitt directed eight years of HBO's first series Not Necessarily the News, which won more cable awards than any other show. Moffitt has directed many specials and series for HBO, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox, including two Primetime Emmy Awards telecasts, ABC's 40thAnniversary, 50 Years of Television for CBS and George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy. He has been nominated for four Emmys, and won for the 28th Annual Emmy Awards. The most recent series Moffitt directed was four seasons of HBO's acclaimed Mr. Show with Bob and David. This summer M-L produced and Moffitt directed a live comedy hour for HBO starring Bill Maher, and Moffitt just finished directing The Hollow Men pilot for Comedy Central. (Last Udpated 01.29.05) |
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JUSTIN MONJO .81 Actor |
Justin writes for film, theatre and television. His theatre credits include Romeo is Bleeding (performed in Australia and the United States), The Year I Started Believing in Vietnamese Fortune Tellers, That Eye, The Sky and Ray's Tempest. He has written for a number of television drama series including Wildside, and FarScape, on which he was also an executive producer. Justin's stage adaptations of Tim Winton's novels That Eye, The Sky and Cloudstreet (with Richard Roxburgh and Nick Enright respectively) have been runaway successes worldwide.
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MARK MUSASHI .99 Actor, Stuntman |
One month after graduating from Dartmouth with a degree in East Asian Languages and Literatures, Masaru moved to Japan to teach English while pursing his Chinese martial arts training. He found his way into the entertainment industry when scouted for a TV commercial at a martial arts demonstration. Through that job he met with members of the Tokyo based AAC STUNTS and soon began training as a professional stuntman. Using the professional name "Mark Musashi," Masaru worked as both stuntman and actor on several Japanese films and television shows as well as numerous internationally recognized video games. His unique ethnic look and martial arts ability led to considerable notoriety among followers of Japanese "tokusatsu" (action/sci-fi) both within Japan and worldwide. Early in 2008, Masaru/Mark relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in U.S. entertainment by taking part in the shooting of Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight.
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MELISSA MYERS .96 Writer |
Melissa Myers is a writer living in Los Angeles. After graduating Dartmouth summa cum laude and spending a year abroad, Melissa moved to New York where she gained production experience on independent films such as You Can Count on Me and on the television series Wonderland. She then moved to Los Angeles to continue her production work on the sitcoms Imagine That and Watching Ellie before joining The West Wing in its fourth season. It was there Melissa decided to pursue her writing. While at The West Wing, she researched and broke stories for Aaron Sorkin's play and feature projects, including The Farnsworth Invention and Charlie Wilson's War. In 2005, she earned accolades in the one-hour drama category in the Austin Film Festival and Scriptapalooza. Then in 2006, she joined the writing staff of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, where she and her fellow writers were nominated for a WGA Award. She is currently working on her first feature and shopping around a one-hour pilot.
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JAMES NADLER .82 Writer, Producer |
James majored in Drama/Film Studies at Dartmouth. A recovering lawyer/MBA, James is an active writer/producer in a variety of television genres. James was the Executive Producer/Showrunner of Psi Factor which starred Dan Aykroyd, Matt Frewer and Michael Moriarty. James was also the Supervising Executive of The Outer Limits for which he won the Gemini Award for best drama. In the area of kids / tween programming James wrote and produced The Zack Files and Seriously Weird. His reality television work includes the series Office Temps, Women on Top and Crash Addicts. James recently completed production on the first 26 episodes of Family Biz a new live action comedy he created for YTV in Canada and France 2. He is also an Associate Professor at Ryerson University's School of Radio and Television Arts where he lectures on Broadcast History, Business of Television and media writing.
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BEN OREN .00 Writer |
Ben Oren is a screenwriter and humorist based in Los Angeles. His horror scripts for "Ghost Game" and "Cult" have recently been produced in conjunction with The Syndicate and Autumn Entertainment. Ben's humor essays can be found in Jest Magazine and NationalLampoon.com. Additionally, he has contributed material to Jim Breuer and Michael Dell (computer nerds like to be funny in meetings), as well as the Mark Katz memoir "Clinton & Me" (Miramax Books). Ben graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in History. He was involved with the Dog Day Players, the Dartmouth Review and Alpha Chi Alpha.
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KARA PALDINO .98 Counsel, Legal Affairs NBC Universal |
Kara Paldino is Counsel, Legal Affairs in the NBC Universal, Inc. Law Department. She handles production-related issues and contracts for NBC and Bravo unscripted entertainment programming. Paldino joined NBCU in July 2006. Previously, she was an associate in the Entertainment, Media and Publishing group and Advertising, Marketing and Promotions group at the law firm of Davis & Gilbert LLP in New York. Before joining Davis & Gilbert, Paldino was an associate in the Intellectual Property & Media group at the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Paldino received her J.D. degree in 2001 from New York University School of Law. She graduated with a B.A. degree in History modified with Film Studies from Dartmouth College in 1998.
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ALEXANDER PANOV .96 Producer, Production Designer, Artist |
Alexander Panov majored in Studio Arts and, after graduation, began to
exhibit his artwork in New York and then California. In 2001 he was recognised
as an "artist of extraordinary ability in fine arts" and granted Permanent
Residency in the U.S. by the U.S. Department of Justice. Becoming an
American, Alex decided to move to Los Angeles where he continued with exhibitions,
made artwork and illustrations for music videos, commercials, and later feature films and
TV shows like "Click," "Dreamgirls," "Spiderman 3," and "Nip/Tuck." This led to
art directing of feature films. He joined Art Director's Guild with films
"Finding Amanda" (Matthew Broderick), "No Place like Home" (Danny DeVito)
and "Slammin' Salmon" (Michael Clarke Duncan). Alexander
currently art directs and produces commercials, music videos, and films for the Russian
market. He is looking forward to co-operating with any Dartmouth Alums in
bringing rapidly growing Eastern European Media resources to Los Angeles
and vice versa.
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PETER PARNELL .74 Producer |
Parnell served as co-producer for two seasons on The West Wing, for which he won an Emmy Award and producer on The Guardian. He has written numerous plays, some of which include: The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket, An Imaginary Life and an adaptation of The Cider House Rules. Parnell's QED, starring Alan Alda, was commissioned by the Mark Taper Forum where it was presented in 2000-2001. The production was subsequently produced by the Lincoln Center Theatre Company at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 2001-2002. Parnell is currently writing the book to the musical The Blue Angel with composer/lyricist Stephen Trask. Some Grants and Fellowships have included two NEA's, Guggenheim, Ingram Merrill and two awards from the Fund for New American Plays. Most recently he has completed a screenplay of Frank Rich's book Ghost Light for Storyline Productions and is currently writing a teleplay for Showtime based on the characters in QED.
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EYAL PODELL .97 Writer / Actor |
Eyal is both a writer and an actor. After making his big screen debut
playing Al Pacino¹s son in THE INSIDER, he went on to work alongside Gene
Hackman in BEHIND ENEMY LINES and recently completed work in the sequel.
Other film credits include DEEP BLUE SEA, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, BLOWING SMOKE,
and the independent feature HARD SCRAMBLED, which premiered at this years
Cinequest Film Festival. He¹s starred in the ABC family original film A
PIZZA MY HEART, written by Keith and Juliet Giglio '84, and in the Hallmark
Channel¹s MYSTERY WOMAN series. Additional television credits include THE
WEST WING, ER, WITHOUT A TRACE, CSI, CROSSING JORDAN, EYES, EVERWOOD, Spike
Lee¹s SUCKER FREE CITY, and many others. He has recurring roles on E-RING
and COMMANDER in CHIEF. In addition to acting, Eyal has written three
screenplays which are at various stages of development. He is repped by the
KOHNER AGENCY and ARTISTRY entertainment.
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DAN POWELL .00 Junior Development Executive Comedy Central |
Dan graduated Dartmouth in 2000 after blowing off his classes to run "Jack O'Lantern" and perform with the Dog Day Players. After moving to New York, he spent a brief time as a P.A. for Comedy Central's "TV Funhouse" before moving to the network's development offices. In 2002, Dan joined the staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for a two-season foray into political satire. After being bumped up to Associate Producer, Dan rewarded the show's faith in him by going back to Comedy Central Development, where he currently serves as the junior executive in the NY offices.
Outside of work, Dan directs short films and produces live comedy shows. He has performed at NY's famous comedy show "Eating It at Luna Lounge" and has served as a contributing writer for Robert Smigel's "TV Funhouse" segments on Saturday Night Live. He lives in Jersey City with his Dartmouth '99 girlfriend and her adorable tabby cat.
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SARAH RIES .04 Actress, Singer |
Sarah Ries '04 (AFTRA, SAG-e). Member of Old Vic New Voices Network NY under the artistic direction of Kevin Spacey. Co-founder of At Play Productions, a NY-based theater company comprising 40 actors, directors, writers and producers under the age of thirty. Off-Broadway: Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays (Atlantic Theater), At Play 24 Hour Plays (Atlantic Theater), 5 Boroughs on Fire (Ohio Theater). TV: Grey's Anatomy, CSI, Desperate Housewives. Regional: Scrooge (Premiere Theater Co, NJ), Away with the Breeze (Old Operahouse Players, SD). Opera: Eugene Onegin (Opera North, NH). Favorite roles include Evita, Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, Passionella in The Apple Tree, Lucy in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas. Broadway: Assistant directed Jennifer Aniston, Rosie Perez, and Adam Bock in the Celebrity 24 Hour Plays (American Airlines Theater). Production assistant for the 24 Hour Musicals at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater. Majored in music (high honors) and in law & political theory at Dartmouth. Winner of the Hopkins Center's Lazarus Award and a Richter grant for Evita. Further studies: Royal College of Music, New School for Drama's SWEAT program, Larry Moss and Stella Adler.
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SHONDA RHIMES .91 Creator, Exec Producer Grey's Anatomy |
Shonda Rhimes is the creator and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy (ABC). She wrote the screenplay ?Introducing Dorothy Dandridge,? produced by HBO. The biopic, nominated for numerous awards, won Halle Berry a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries for her portrayal of Dandridge. Rhimes? original script ?Crossroads,? produced and released in 2002 by Paramount, starred Britney Spears. She also wrote the soon-to-be-released Disney feature film, ?Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement.?
Rhimes is slated to make her feature directorial debut with her own original screenplay, ?When Willows Touch,? the Southern gothic tale of a family torn apart by the discovery of a body in their cornfield. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are executive producers. Other upcoming projects include the Disney feature films ?His & Hers? and ?Daddy?s Girl,? for which Rhimes is currently writing screenplays. Rhimes was research director on the Tollin-Robbins/Mundy Lane documentary, ?Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream,? which was nominated for an Emmy Award and an Academy Award, and won a Peabody Award and the NAACP Image Award. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College in English Literature with Creative Writing. As director of the Black Underground Theatre and Arts Association there, her work earned her numerous awards for excellence. She received her MFA from the USC School of Cinema-Television, where she was awarded the prestigious Gary Rosenberg Writing Fellowship. (Last Udpated 02.18.05) |
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JETHRO ROTHE-KUSHEL .03 Producer, Director |
Jethro Rothe-Kushel is a Los Angeles based director and producer of motion pictures, television, and new media. His work communicates the range of human experience with humor, fear, desire, empathy, luxury, and ultimately love. He served as a creative executive for Torn Sky Entertainment and worked in tv & film development helping emerging writers out of graduate film programs at AFI, USC, UCLA, Columbia, and NYU. He went on to develop material with director Peter Care (DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS, "Six Feet Under"), writer Robert Goodman ("Batman Beyond", "Superman") and Garry Hart, the former president of tv production for Paramount Studios. He has successfully pitched projects to indy companies and cablers as well as ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Sony Pictures & Paramount. As a producer, Rothe-Kushel has six 35mm features to his credit. He has worked with Ron Howard, Bennett Miller, James Toback, Brett Ratner, Danny Boyle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE), Spike Jonze, Gus Van Sant, Warren Beatty, Michael Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech & Chong, Deepak Chopra, Melissa Etheridge, Hugh Hefner, Buck Henry (THE GRADUATE), Tarsem, Gary Busey, Sarah Silverman, Camilla Belle, and Scarlett Johansson. Most recently he supervised the LA production of the top of the broadcast for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. As a director, Rothe-Kushel began his career at Dartmouth with a documentary about homelessness in downtown Los Angeles which screened to critical acclaim at festivals and social issues conferences around the world. He went on to direct projects in Spain, Mexico, and Brazil as well as award-winning music videos for MTV. As a community leader, Rothe-Kushel works with several non-profits including the Liberty Hill Foundation, Courage Campaign, and Brave New Films. He currently serves as the President of the Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles and Dartmouth Alumni in Entertainment & Media Association. He is on the board of directors of Ivy Entertainment and the California Empowerment Congress and is an active member of the Producer's Guild of America.
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ROBERT STEPHEN RYAN .73 Actor/Writer |
Robert Stephen Ryan is a Los Angeles based actor and occasional writer. (He is much too lazy to be a real writer.) He is a longtime member of the acting companies of the Colony Theatre in Burbank and Vox Humana in Los Angeles. He has written several pieces for the stage and a fairly large volume of short, comic material for television, primarily for Fox, including one piece that was nominated for a Sports Emmy in a somewhat esoteric category called Opens, Closes and Teases. Honest.
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ANDREW SHUE .89 Actor |
Andrew Shue made his television debut as a series regular on "Melrose Place". He also has appeared on "The Wonder Years." Shue's feature film credits include "Adventure's in Babysitting" and "The Karate Kid." Recently, Shue completed production on Francis Ford Coppola's feature film, "The Rainmaker." A history major at Dartmouth College, Shue traveled after graduation to Zimbabwe in Africa to play professional soccer for the Bulawayo Highlanders. While there, he also taught math and worked on a documentary about his African experiences. In 1990, Shue returned to the United States to train as an actor in New York City. He is also actively involved in public service, including "Do Something," a non-profit organization dedicated to motivating young people to improve society. Born February 20 in Willmington, Delaware, Shue resides in Los Angeles with his wife and son.
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ANDREW SINGER .00 Senior VP of Television, Broadway Video |
Andrew Singer is the Senior Vice President of Television at Lorne
Michael's company, Broadway Video, under an overall deal with NBC
Universal Television Studios. A Film & TV major at Dartmouth College,
Andrew received a valedictorian master's degree from NYU's Tisch
School of Film & Television. Andrew began his career in television
development at Carsey Werner Mandabach, where he was involved in the
development of several pilots and worked on two series. Reporting
directly to company CEO Jack Sullivan, Andrew is responsible for the
development and production of all Broadway Video's primetime
endeavors, including "30 Rock", of which he is an Associate Producer.
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JESSE SINGER .02 Director of Development |
Although Jesse interned for Jerry Bruckheimer Films
during his junior year, his first real job in entertainment
following graduation was as an assistant to Kathy White, a television
literary agent at CAA. He worked briefly as commercial
director Peter Lang's assistant at Pictures in a Row and then as
a PA on ABC's "Life of Luxury." In October 2003, he became an
assistant to David Johnson, a film and television producer and
co-founder of The Johnson-Roessler Company, a newly-formed
venture that will be focusing on producing television projects
concerning important social issues and mid-budget films in all
areas. Jesse was recently promoted to Director of Development. While at Dartmouth, Jesse majored in Film modified with Social Psychology.
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TODD R. STEINER .95 Comerica Bank Entertainment Group |
As an officer in the Entertainment Group at Comerica Bank, Steiner analyzes and structures financing packages for clients including film and TV producers, independent studios, and private investors. He graduated with an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in 2006. Prior to business school, Steiner worked on the creative side of the entertainment industry while serving in various production capacities and as the Director of Development at The Shooting Gallery (Sling Blade, The Minus Man, You Can Count on Me).
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ANDREW STONE .69 Line Producer |
Surrender Dorothy (2006) (TV); The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004) (TV); The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004) (TV); When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) (TV); "Freaks and Geeks" (1999) TV Series; Crowned and Dangerous (1997) (TV); Jerry Maguire (1996); Spy Hard (1996); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995) (TV); Take Me Home Again (1994) (TV); Untamed Love (1994) (TV); Darkness Before Dawn (1993) (TV) (unit manager); Baby Snatcher (1992) (TV); O Pioneers! (1992) (TV); Lucky Day (1991) (TV); My Blue Heaven (1990); Montana (1990) (TV)
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JONATHON E. STEWART .86 Writer/Director/Producer |
Writer/Director/Producer Jonathon E. Stewart cut his teeth in Hollywood
on various bits for promotional TV, commercials & music videos after
graduating from Dartmouth College. Since completing his first
multi-award-winning indie feature as Director and Producer, Guy In Row
Five (www.guyinrowfive.com), Stewart has been continuing to direct and
write both feature and short form projects. Most recently, he snagged
the award for BEST DIRECTOR at the 2005 San Francisco 48-Hour Film
Festival, and directed a music video for the band HELMET, the only
video shot for their final CD with Interscope Records. In addition to
developing a second picture to direct later this year, Stewart just
finished writing a historical drama based on real events with co-writer
and fellow alum, Eyal Podell, entitled The Space Within
(web.mac.com/scorpion_tales). Stewart can also be seen strumming the
guitar in the opening credits of The Sweetest Thing, and served as the
Director of Development for production company Grover In CA from 2001
to 2005.
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DAVID STONE .91 VP of Development Buena Vista Productions |
David Stone is the VP of Development for Buena Vista Productions,
Disney's alternative TV division. They develop reality shows, game
shows, and talk shows for network, cable and syndication, as well as
program for SoapNet. Shows include The View, Live with Regis and
Kelly, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Prior to Buena Vista, David
was the Head of Development for Rocket Science Labs, the reality TV
company behind Temptation Island, Joe Millionaire, My Big Fat
Obnoxious Fiance, Trading Spouses, Duel, Bullrun, Married by America,
and Must Love Kids.
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PAM SUCHMAN .91 Writer, Producer |
Pam Suchman is a television producer who began her career in feature film development
at companies including Warner Bros. Studios, Columbia Studios and
Ridley Scott & Associates. She served as Production Executive on
Australian feature film "Paperback Hero" (Miramax). She has spent the
last several years producing reality television shows including
"America"s Next Top Model" (CW), "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
(ABC), "Single in the City" (WE), "The Adam Carolla Project" (TLC),
"Hollywood Real Estate" (Travel), "Christmas in Tinseltown" (BBC), and
"Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" (Food Network). Suchman recently
co-founded media company FlyoverTV with offices in Minneapolis and Los
Angeles.
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MAX SWEDLOW .98 Reality TV Producer |
Max Swedlow is a reality TV producer whose credits include Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, 30 Days, Solved, Bound For Glory, Celebrity Fit Club, The Mansion, The WB's Superstar USA, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. He has
been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program and an
International Documentary Association award for Continuing Series.
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SIMONE SWINK .98 Producer, writer |
Simone is a New York-based television producer and writer.Most recently, sheworked for ABC's documentary unit helping produce a five hour series on NASCAR. Prior to visiting every racetrack in the country, she produced for "TheMartha Stewart Show" and"The Jane Pauley Show" for nearly three years. Before moving to New York, she produced documentaries and daily news pieces for the National Geographic Channel in Washington, DC. Her first independent documentary, "Democracy: The Making of an American Opera," followed the creation and collaboration of an opera commissioned by Placido Domingo for Washington National Opera and is currently in the acquisition process.
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BRIAN TAYLOR .06 Development Exec, Gross Entertainment |
Like Kenneth on 30 Rock, Brian started off as an NBC page before assisting Kevin Reilly at the network and Abram Hatch at Darren Star's company. He now works at Gross Entertainment (Dirty Sexy Money, Day Break, Across the Universe) as Matt Gross' development exec for television and features.
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DAX TEJERA .07 Research Producer, NBC News |
Dax Tejera is an NBC News research producer based in the network's Los
Angeles bureau. In that capacity, his primary responsibility includes
breaking news coverage and feature story development for NBC Nightly
News, the TODAY Show, and MSNBC. Before moving to Los Angeles in
2008, Tejera worked at NBC News World Headquarters in New York.
Selected his senior year as one of six members of the network's News
Associates program, his career in television began at Dateline NBC and
continued at the TODAY show and the network desk, where he was part of
NBC's Decision 2008 coverage - including the 2007 Democratic Debate at
Dartmouth. As an undergraduate at the College, Tejera served as
Publisher of The Dartmouth after three years of reporting on
governance, faculty, and alumni relations
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GREG THOMPSON, TUCK .92 Producer |
Greg Thompson is a television comedy writer-producer who has written for such shows as KING OF THE HILL, 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN, and GROUNDED FOR LIFE. He is a 1992 Tuck School graduate.
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GREG TUFARO .97 Producer |
Greg started his career in television casting for ABC's primetime "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." He then went on to the daytime arena, working on "The Ananda Lewis Show" and then launching "The John Walsh Show" for NBC Enterprises. Following that, he shot a pilot, "Judge Paul Mooney," for Comedy Central and then launched "The Jane Pauley Show" for NBC Universal.
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AISHA TYLER .92 Actress, Comedian, Writer |
Aisha Tyler is a triple-threat: actress, comedian, and now, author. Her stint on E! Entertainment's Talk Soup landed her firmly in the Hollywood spotlight. She was both the first woman and first African-American to captain the Emmy-award nominated show. She left the show in Spring of 2002 and moved quickly into acting roles in both television and film, enjoying another first - the first African-American to enjoy an extended character arc on NBC's wildly popular Thursday powerhouse Friends. In the short period of time since she left Talk Soup, Aisha has made numerous television appearances, including HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, CBS' CSI: Miami and her multi-episode arc as paleontolgist Charlie Wheeler on Friends. She has also made the transition to film, appearing in Disney's The Santa Clause 2, Showtime, and the independent features Meet Market and Never Die Alone. As a comedian, Aisha has made multiple appearances on The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Politically Incorrect, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn. She wrote, produced and directed the edgy independent short The Whipper, and won an NAACP Theater Image Award for her work in the critically acclaimed play Moose Mating. And in January of 2003, Dutton will publish her first book, Swerve: Reckless Observations of a Postmodern Girl. Aisha makes her home in Los Angeles. She is currently developing new film and television projects, and is learning to play the bass guitar. Hey, every girl needs a hobby. (Last Udpated 01.29.05) |
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DAWN URBONT .94 Writer, Producer |
Dawn Urbont is a Los Angeles-based television writer and producer.
Currently she is Supervising Producer on the ABC Family drama,
"Lincoln Heights". Prior to this, she wrote on the CW series, "One
Tree Hill" as well as sit-coms including the WB's "Off Centre", NBC's
"Kristin", ABC's "Spin City", and ABC's "It's like, you know...".
In 2005, she was nominated for a Black Reel award in the category,
Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted, Television, for her work on the
mini-series, "Miracle's Boys", which aired on The N network. Dawn
has also worked as a Format Producer for the Fox reality series, "My
Big Fat Obnoxious Boss" and as Creative Consultant on the Travel
Channel's "Local Flavor with Joan Cusack". After graduating from
Dartmouth in 1994, Dawn moved back home to New York City, where she
worked as an assistant to producer, Jean Doumanian, who produced
Woody Allen films such as "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Mighty
Aphrodite", among others. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Dawn worked at
Castle Rock Entertainment as an assistant to Larry David ("Seinfeld",
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"), before getting her first staff-writing job
on the comedy, "It's like, you know...". Dawn graduated Dartmouth
with a degree in English modified with Film Studies. (Last Udpated 08.17.07) |
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JOSEPH WALKER .91 Associate Producer & Co-Founder of Lincoln Butterfield LLC |
After attending Dartmouth, Joseph earned a masters degree from NYU's
Tisch School of the Arts - Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Joseph also received training in Customer Centric Marketing from the
Executive Education Program at the Harvard Business School. He also
has experience in new business development and marketing. Currently,
Joseph is an associate producer and co-founder of Lincoln Butterfield
LLC, an animation development and production studio based in Burbank,
CA. Their animated TV show "TAN" will be going into production late in
the 4th quarter of 2008.
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ANDREW WIESE .91 Writer & Producer |
Andrew has worked as a writer and producer in Hollywood since 1998, developing film and television projects for ABC television, Imagine Entertainment, Picturehouse Entertainment, Starz Entertainment and Southpaw Entertainment among others. Most recently he worked as a co-producer on the feature film "Gracie," directed by Academy Award winner, Davis Guggenheim, which was released on over 1,100 screens in the summer of 2007. 2007 also marked the published release of "Jack Hightower," a graphic novel Andrew created and wrote in partnership with Academy Award winner, Will Vinton. Dark Horse Entertainment is currently developing "Jack Hightower" for both film and television with Universal Studios.
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PETER WERNER.68 Director |
Documentary: Frances Flaherty: Hidden and Seeking.
Film: No Man's Land, Don't Cry, It's only Thunder, In the Region of Ice ( ACADEMY AWARD.)
TV: Moonlighting, Almost Golden, Hiroshima, We Were the Mulvaneys, Momma Flora's Family, The Seventies, Gracie's Choice, Mom at 16, Nash Bridges.
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JOHN WILL .99 Producer |
John is a producer residing in Los Angeles. After graduating from Dartmouth pre-med, he completed the Tuck School's Business Bridge Program. On the cusp of the digital video revolution, John founded Horizon Film Studio, an arts organization based in Southwest Florida that provided studio space, video equipment, and production assistance to emerging filmmakers. After managing Horizon for over 2 years, he started Xscape Media Solutions, a commercial video production company. In 2003, John moved to Los Angeles to serve as the sole producer of the HD, dramatic short HOW'S MY DRIVING, starring Gil Bellows. John next served as Production Manager of the 35mm, dark-comedy musical PRETTY DEAD GIRL, directed by Shawn Ku. The film screened at the Sundance and Tribeca film festivals, resulting in a studio feature deal for the director (DRAMARAMA for Warner Brothers). Over the past three years, John has worked at a talent management company in Los Angeles where he guides the careers of several well-known actors. He is currently launching Torn Sky Entertainment a film/tv development company that works with writers and directors to develop and produce material in conjunction with the studios and networks.
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RICHARD WINKLER .74 Partner / Exec Producer, Curious Pictures |
A Curious Pictures founder, and Executive Producer, Richard Winkler, has extensive hands-on production experience. An embassy brat who grew up in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Richard went to high school in Rome and graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Anthropology. He began his filmmaking career overseas and has always focused on special effects, mixed media, animation and large format projects. Richard returned to the United States and worked for a variety of production companies in New York City- working his way up the production hierarchy. In addition he kept busy producing documentaries, commercials, TV movies of the week, and large format films such as, "On the Wing," an IMAX film for the Smithsonian Institution. In 1987, Winkler joined the New York animation company Broadcast Arts where he was Executive Producer for five years. At Curious, he supervises all long form content development and production and leads the company?s efforts into new ventures and diversification.
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RUSSELL WOLFF .89 Executive Vice President, ESPN International |
Russell Wolff was promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president in November 2004. He has served as managing director of ESPN International since June 2002. He is based in ESPN International?s New York City headquarters and reports directly to George Bodenheimer, president, ESPN Inc. and ABC Sports.
Wolff is fully responsible for all of ESPN?s international businesses, which include partial or whole ownership of 30 networks televised outside of the United States, as well as radio businesses in 14 countries and several popular sports websites. Wolff also overseas a variety of ancillary international businesses including ESPN The Magazine in China, consumer products, wireless initiatives, and international X Games events. Under Wolff?s guidance, the distribution of ESPN programming and branded products outside the US has grown to reach an estimated 168 million households in 192 countries and territories worldwide.
In his role, Wolff also represents ESPN?s interests in a variety of joint ventures including ESPN Star Sports in Asia, ESPN Classic Sport in Europe, CTV Specialty Television, Inc. in Canada, and Sports-i ESPN in Japan.
Among his accomplishments with ESPN, Wolff spearheaded a project to establish ESPN?s first branded television network in Europe. His efforts produced ESPN Classic Sport, a new network of European sports channels dedicated to showcasing the greatest moments in sports history. ESPN Classic Sport launched in 2002 and today offers dedicated French, Italian, and English feeds to more than 15 million households in 40 countries across Europe. In October 2004, ESPN Classic Sport further established itself in Europe with the channel?s debut on KDG, Germany?s largest cable operator.
In September 2002, Wolff was appointed by Bodenheimer to lead the effort to launch ESPN Deportes, the company?s 24-hour Spanish-language network in the U.S. Since launching in January 2004, ESPN Deportes has secured distribution agreements with seven of the ten largest cable operators in the U.S..
Wolff first joined ESPN International in 1997 as vice president, managing the company?s business interests in the Pacific Rim. In 1998, he joined ESPN Star Sports, as vice president of programming and event management and was later promoted to senior vice president. Wolff returned to ESPN in 2000 as senior vice president to manage a diverse portfolio of international activities, including programming, marketing, and the company?s businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. After graduating from Dartmouth College with an A.B. degree in 1989, Wolff began his career at the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago (1989-1992). Shortly afterwards, he returned to Dartmouth and received his M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. From 1994 to 1997, he worked at MTV Networks as director, market development, handling affiliate sales and marketing to alternative distributors for MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Nick at Nite?s TV Land.
Wolff is currently the chairman of the board of ESPN STAR Sports, and also serves on the boards of CTV Specialty Television, Inc., ESPN Classic Sport, and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He also serves as an advisor on the television council of FIBA, the international Basketball Federation.
Wolff frequently returns to Dartmouth as a guest speaker.
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