Today’s profile subject currently has three primetime animated series on the air. Because of the demands of the medium, this means that at any one time she could be producing well over 100 episodes in various stages of prep, production, and post. Still, she scoffs when people ask in disbelief how she handles overseeing 3/4 of the Fox Sunday Night Animation Block. [...]
Read More →Josh Bycel has hit a lot of dream landmarks in his career in comedy. From his early days as a freelance writer doing stories for The Onion to being a co-EP for two years helping shape a new series (“Psych”) to writing for the Academy Awards when comedian Jon Stewart hosted, Josh has navigated this [...]
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Doug Jung’s Hollywood path is a fairly well-worn one: Working an admin job in the field you want to be in as a writer, spec-ing shows on the side, making connections, getting repped, and getting paid. But lest we give you the impression that it’s an easy path, or one that everyone can succeed on, [...]
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Your Industry Insider originally profiled TV producer Herb Ankrom in mid-2009. He had recently left “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to work with one of the other producers, Denise Cramsey, as she launched a production company. They had just gotten a second season pickup for their first project, “True Beauty.” We wanted to check back in to see what Herb was now [...]
Read More →Agent to Manager to Producer Time Frame: 10 – 12 years Degree of Difficulty: 5 Who is this person? Someone who went to law school or business school and is seriously in love with the art of the deal. How did they make the leap? They built relationships with talent (actors, directors, writers) and helped [...]
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