Whether or not you became a fan of Tina Fey when she was a co-host of Weekend Update on “Saturday Night Live” or as the creator/showrunner and star of the Emmy winning NBC series “30 Rock,” you must recognize that she has broken a lot of ground as a woman in comedy, an especially [...]
We here at YII sometimes like to check in with past profile subjects and find out what they’ve been doing since we originally talked to them. When we first spoke to Shana Hagan in April of 2009, she was on hiatus from her Camera Operator job on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” Some people who work on [...]
I’ve had this conversation time and time again with clients, job candidates, younger friends… They went to an entertainment personnel agency and during the interview, the agent asked what kind of job they were looking for. They were very clear, they tell me. They told the agent they wanted to work at a film production company. [...]
Today’s profile is a guest post from Alexa Brooks, a Bay-area blogger with a serious passion for music and the music biz. Her subject, Andrew Prince, is a music industry executive who didn’t wait until he had his undergrad degree to test drive his dreams. It resulted in ruling out one aspect of the business [...]
Reader John K. just sent in the following: Aside from spelling and formatting, what does a cover letter to a studio, agency, prodco, etc. that makes you want to hire me look like in terms of content? Ahhhh, John. You have come to the right place. I’ve read hundreds and hundreds of cover letters. [...]
There are only three people in entertainment who can say they truly walk in the footsteps of Oscar-winning actors. Two of them are Stand-Ins and Stunt Doubles, who fill in for actors on the set for lighting prep and for dangerous moves, respectively. The third is called a Foley Artist. Today’s profile subject is [...]
Congratulations! You got the coveted entertainment job interview during a competitive time in an always ultra-competitive field. We know you’re not going to blow it. You, savvy YII reader, you know the basics and you’re ready to shine. But there are three things you must say in order to distinguish yourself from the competition [...]
Diane Mizota is an actress and TV host and, currently, a contestant vying for the position of VP, Pop Culture at Pop Chips under Ashton Kutcher, who is the President of Pop Culture for the company, not to mention a part-owner. Contestants submitted 90 second videos, uploaded onto Facebook, which are voted on by [...]
Even though it is not literally a person, your resume speaks. Loudly. It tells people everything they need to know about whether to consider hiring you. Say one of these four things and the answer is likely to be “no:” “I am boring.” Longtime YII readers will recognize this oft-repeated refrain coming from me. [...]
Writer I. Marlene King initially broke in as a screenwriter, selling pitches and then writing the script, and spent some time in “development hell” before having a film produced. Her early days of filmmaking involved collaboration with an established actress, a process which, for her, proved to be highly instructive and rewarding. Crossing over to television has also proven [...]
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