Hollywood Terriers

Bruce Feirstein—writer of GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and the New York Times best-selling book Real Men Don't Eat Quiche—talks to Cody Brotter about the changing landscape of the movie marketplace, what his screenwriting pet peeves are, his experiences as a Vanity Fair Contributing Editor, and the time he encouraged a random grad student on campus—Bill O’Reilly—to write a column in the BU newspaper.

Maureen Bharoocha talks to Cody Brotter about going from behind-the-counter at Sprinkles Cupcakes to going behind-the-camera as their first-ever Digital Content Director. She also talks about directing a short (starring Ron Funches), selling a screenplay to Mar Vista (and getting repped), working with Funny Or Die (and College Humor and Lauren Lapkus), getting on a UCB Digital Team, and directing segments for Jimmy Kimmel.

Michael Gunn talks to Cody Brotter about being in Aaron Sorkin’s writer’s room fro “The Newsroom,” writing and pitching (and selling) feature-length screenplays, getting on The Black List, working in casting at HBO, and writing on “The Whispers,” “Black Sails,” and “Designated Survivor.”

Daria Polatin talks to Cody Brotter about going from acting to playwriting to TV writing to novel-writing, working on “Dexter,” writing for a show created by a “Breaking Bad” writer, writing and producing a Hulu show, getting the encouragement from the late Jon Lipsky, becoming a bestselling author, and actively making the effort to diversify the theatre world.

Adam Finkelstein talks to Cody Brotter about the long journey from aspiring intern to full-time editor at Trailer Park and what it’s like to cut trailers for giant studio movies and television shows ranging from “Brave” to “Wonder Woman” to “Stranger Things” to “Mad Max: Fury Road”—the latter of which won three Clio Key Art Awards for film marketing and a Golden Trailer Award.

Corinne Marrinan talks to Cody Brotter about winning an Academy Award (at which she thanked the Academy for seating her next to George Clooney at the nominee’s luncheon), working at “CSI” for a full decade, the importance of diversity in writer’s rooms, and what it actually means to be called a “producer.”

Greg White talks to Cody Brotter about pitching and selling his own shows, finding his niche path in writing for animated half-hour comedies, being a part of the rebirth of “Animaniacs,” and how he manages his own managers in order to treat his TV writing career with the regularity of a blue collar job (advice Greg likely gleamed from his hero, New Jersey’s Bruce Springsteen).

Chelsea Kurtz talks to Cody Brotter about getting from a one-day “guest star” role on “Scandal” and getting asked back for seven more episodes, inspiring words of wisdom she received from LL Cool J (at a party with Nina Tassler and Michael Chiklis), twisting her ankle out of excitement when she booked her first role (on “Criminal Minds”), doing improv at UCB and Second City, her very unique “flexible actor day job” (trust me you haven’t heard this one), and the nitty gritty of going from “auditioning” to “pinning” to “booking.”

Chris Roewe talks to Cody Brotter about teaching himself VR, interning at Fox Sports Australia (before woking at Fox Sports San Diego), scoring a Production Assistant gig at the Boston Red Sox directly after graduation, and what it’s like to create content for the LA Chargers.

In this Summer 2017 Panel moderated by Kevin Ott (former WGA Foundation Communications Director), three women who went from BU to AMC's "Better Call Saul" talk about working as the Associate Producer (Jenn Carroll), Writer’s Assistant (Ariel Levine), and Executive Producer’s Assistant (Desa Larkin-Boutté) on the critically-acclaimed successor to “Breaking Bad.”

Mark DiCristofaro talks to Cody Brotter about moving to Los Angeles and getting his first job (working on a Steven Spielberg movie), serving as Dan Harmon’s line producer, working on shows like “The League” and “House,” and producing Viceland’s first-ever scripted series (starring James Van Der Beek).

Martin Moakler talks to Cody Brotter about developing Hulu Latino (with another BU alum) when he was the Social Media Manager of Hulu, studying at the late great iO West, getting a fake ID to see comedy shows, and shedding a tear when “The Handmaid’s Tale” took home the Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Original Series of the year.

Amy Neben talks to Cody Brotter about taking the leap from working at a management company to being a freelance manager on her own—and then back to a management company (in this case, Select Management Group), and what it’s like to personally represent some of America’s top influencers (like Brooklyn and Bailey, Sofie Dossi, and Sylvia Gani).

Steven Vitolo talks to Cody Brotter about writing freelance episodes for major television comedies (including "Blackish" on ABC) after being a Script Coordinator and Writer’s Assistant on several TV shows AND talks about creating his own successful app, Scriptation, which is already changing the game for TV writers' rooms around the country (and recently got a new round of funding led by Rob Morrow).

Nancy Bennett talks to Cody Brotter about working in music (Atlantic Records, Universal Music Group), working in the corporate space (SVP at MTV, VP at Logo), embracing her curiosity around innovative and immersive technology (namely VR), ending up as the Chief Creative Officer at Two Bit Circus, and what inspired her to name her loan-out company “Hollywood Swine.”

Nick Peine talks to Cody Brotter about sharing the big screen alongside some of the biggest stars in the world, befriending fellow Minnesota comedian Nick Swardson, signing with Principato-Young while still a student at BU, and booking a major role on the Seth Meyers-produced show “A.P. Bio” (starring Patton Oswalt and Glenn Howerton on NBC).

Sabrina Wind talks to Cody Brotter about launching “Desperate Housewives” and “Devious Maids,” working with Reba McEntire, teaming up with Marc Cherry and having the number one show in America, being a Non-Writing Executive Producer, what it’s like when your pilot goes through (and when it doesn’t), and working at CBS News in New York before sending out 100 resumes to get her first job in Los Angeles.

Jennifer Celotta talks to Cody Brotter about writing jokes for “Bridesmaids” and “Spy” alongside Paul Feig, writing jokes for Rainn Wilson at the Film Independent Spirit Awards (and winning a WGA Award for it), having her “Office” episode directed by Harold Ramis, writing a feature length film (with Marc Forster attached), interning at the TV Academy Foundation, and getting her Hollywood start at “Home Improvement.”

Aaron Fradkin talks to Cody Brotter about writing and directing two of his own full-length movies, teaming up with a producing partner, casting familiar faces from TV and film in his own movies, working in advertising, getting paid to film Bar and Bat-Mitzvahs in his youth, and crying from laughter at the end of “40 Year Old Virgin.”

Amanda Domuracki talks to Cody Brotter about gaming, being a typing wizard, monetizing her obsession with social media, interning at DreamWorks Animation and Disney’s Maker Studios, winning Regional and Collegiate Emmy Awards for the BU TV station, and seeing Hulu’s shelves of awards continually expand.