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Life After Vandy-in-Hollywood
Friday, April 20th, 2012An aspiring screenwriter gets his first job in movies By Charlie Kesslering, BA’11 If I’ve learned one thing since landing my first job in Hollywood, it’s that it’s nearly impossible to get a dinner reservation at the Hotel Bel Air. But we’ll get to that. Last July, months before four-course meals ever crossed my mind,…
Park & Castillo Land Paid Internships at Latin Anywhere
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012Kristin Park (a 2011 VU grad) and Julissa Castillo (a 2009 VU grad) recently landed paid internships with Latin Anywhere. The company owns what is believed to be the largest Spanish-language film library in the U.S. and recently announced a digital distribution deal with Lionsgate and GoDigital, on which Park and Castillo will be working. Latin Anywhere’s…
Former ViH Intern Jeannette Francis Lands Gig With Top Agent
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011Congrats to 2010 Vanderbilt graduate Jeannette Francis, who recently scored a job assisting agent Eric Rovner at William Morris Endeavor, the world’s largest talent and literary agency. Rovner specializes in representing Latin artists, performers, and producers working in TV, film, broadcast news, literature, and sports. Previously, Jeannette was a Vandy-in-Hollywood intern two summers in a…
Stacy Greenberg, Former ViH Intern, Teams With Ron Howard & Brian Grazer
Monday, October 17th, 2011Vanderbilt grad, and two-time Vandy-in-Hollywood intern Stacy Greenberg (A&S, 2010), has landed a position as the 1st assistant to Francie Calfo, President of Imagine Television (24, Lie To Me, Parenthood, Arrested Development), the TV branch of producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment (The DaVinci Code, Tower Heist, Cowboys & Aliens). Stacy’s first Vandy-in-Hollywood…
Former ViH Intern Alex Echols Joins Dreamworks Marketing Team
Saturday, October 15th, 2011Congratulations to former Vandy-in-Hollywood intern Alex Echols (class of 2009), who recently landed a plum gig in Dreamworks Animations’ marketing department. As Dreamworks’ Strategic Brand Marketing Coordinator, Alex helps create and shepherd marketing campaigns for movies such as Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots. Alex completed the Vandy-in-Hollywood Summer Internship Program in 2008,…
VU Alum Deena Dill Sells Reality Show
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011VU alum Deena Dill (1992) has sold an original reality show, “Extreme Musical Chairs,” to the CW. The show, which comes from a partnership between Dill and Richard Joel and Phil Gurin (Shark Tank, The Singing Bee), pits people against each other in an obstacle-course adaptation of the popular kids’ game, Musical Chairs. Click HERE…
VU Professor Will Akers and ViH Take L.A. By Storm
Monday, August 22nd, 2011What I Did On My Summer Vacation… OR My Fabulous Day at Vandy in Hollywood by William M. Akers (Senior Lecturer, Film Studies Program “The first job is everything.” – Brian Terwilliger, intern coordinator, G4 network “I couldn’t have gotten this internship without Vandy in Hollywood. That connection was HUGE. Everyone else has an uncle…
Congrats to the ViH Summer Interns – Class of 2011
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Major kudos to this summer’s batch of great Vandy-in-Hollywood interns! Every year, the ViH program grows by leaps and bounds… not only getting more applicants and more top-notch students, but more companies. This year, as word of the program continues to spread, we had some of the most powerful companies in Hollywood coming to us,…
VU Alumni To Premiere Film at Cannes Film Festival
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011Cannes, FRANCE – The Seawall, a film written and directed by Vanderbilt graduate Mason Richards (1996), has been selected to be part of the 64th Festival de Cannes. Held from May 11th – 22nd in Cannes, France, the festival, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious, showcases and celebrates the best and brightest new…
TLC show filmed at VUMC to begin airing Monday, May 2
Thursday, April 28th, 2011TAKEN FROM THE REPORTER, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER… After nearly five months of filming last fall and winter, Vanderbilt University Medical Center will once again be the subject of a new reality TV series scheduled to debut on TLC on Monday, May 2, at 1 p.m. The series, titled “Baby’s First Day,” is…
Vanderbilt Magazine Feature
Vandy in Hollywood was the cover story for the Spring 2010 issue of Vanderbilt Magazine. Read the story »
The Vandy-in-Hollywood program is great. The program is really a huge asset to both students and employers alike.
~ Michael Valeo, Valeo Entertainment
Recent Press & News
- Life After Vandy-in-Hollywood » 4.20.12
- Park & Castillo Land Paid Internships at Latin Anywhere » 3.6.12
- Former ViH Intern Jeannette Francis Lands Gig With Top Agent » 10.19.11
- Stacy Greenberg, Former ViH Intern, Teams With Ron Howard & Brian Grazer » 10.17.11
- Former ViH Intern Alex Echols Joins Dreamworks Marketing Team » 10.15.11
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