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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 OBrien. While attending Dartmouth College, Alex was the Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Jack OLantern 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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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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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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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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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 Producer / DGA 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 film and television production for over 21 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. 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"). This past summer Mark was the Line Producer on the new feature, "The Prince and Me 2", which was shot in Prague, Czech Republic. He is currently producing a new comedy pilot called "The Mud Show". He also enjoys teaching film studies, mentoring new DGA Trainees and serving on the DGA UPM/AD council and many committees.
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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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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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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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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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PAUL LAZARUS .76 Director, Producer |
Paul Lazarus is a director and producer of theater, film, and television projects. He recently directed and produced his first feature film, "Seven Girlfriends," starring Tim Daly, Mimi Rogers, Jami Gertz and Elizabeth Peña. Produced independently, "Seven Girlfriends" was released by Castle Hill Productions and is currently playing on Comedy Central. For Dreamworks SKG, he voice directed the animated musical feature, "Joseph," starring Ben Affleck. In the theater, he most recently directed the critically acclaimed production of Neil Simons Biloxi Blues at the Pasadena Playhouse and Ill Be Seeing You as part of the Blank Theater Companys Young Playwrights Festival. Other recent credits include directing Kristin Chenoweth in her solo concert debut and the world premiere of a new musical by Jim Wann, "The People vs. Mona," also at the Pasadena Playhouse. Other favorite Los Angeles projects include directing the world premieres of Mark St. Germain's play "Camping With Henry and Tom" starring Robert Prosky, Ronny Cox and John Cunningham and "The 24th Day" starring Noah Wyle and Peter Berg. "Camping..." received the Outer Critics' Circle and Lucille Lortel awards for best off-Broadway play. "The 24th Day" received six Los Angeles Dramalogue awards including Best Director and four LA Ovation award nominations. From 1990 to 1992, he served as the Artistic Director of the historic Pasadena Playhouse. Mr. Lazarus has directed over seventy plays and musicals in such prominent theaters as The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, The Manhattan Theater Club, Circle Rep, The Actors Studio, La Mama ETC, and The Goodspeed Opera House, to name a few. Highlights include: receiving a Drama Desk Nomination for directing the hit Off-Broadway musical, "Personals," which was written by Marta Kauffman & David Crane, Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken; directing Anouilh's "Antigone" for the Lincoln Center Institute; serving as associate director for the celebrated concert version of Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" starring Carol Burnett, Lee Remick and Mandy Patinkin; and staging the premiers of Jon Klein's drama, "Life Class," for the Art Institute of Chicago; David Crane and Larry Coen's comedy, "Epic Proportions" for the Manhattan Punch Line; and Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts' AT&T award-winning musical "Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller" for the George Street Playhouse. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1989, Mr. Lazarus has been directing many notable prime time television series. Shows include: "Friends," "Mad About You," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "LA Law," "Melrose Place," "Beverly Hills 90210," "Ned and Stacy," "Partners," "Murder She Wrote," "Dream On," for which he received a Cable Ace nomination and "Shrink," a pilot presentation starring James Garner. Recently, he directed the pilot for the new MTV series, 2gether and episodes of the NBC series, Kristin and the FOX series, Grounded For Life starring Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve). In 1983, he produced and directed "A Stephen Sondheim Evening," which starred Angela Lansbury, George Hearn and Mr. Sondheim and was recorded by RCA Records. From 1978 to 1986 he produced and hosted "Anything Goes," an award-winning radio series celebrating the American musical theater past, present and future for WBAI-FM in New York and National Public Radio. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Mr. Lazarus apprenticed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England.
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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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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 o |