Laura Belsey is an award-winning director, whose commercials and short films have won numerous international honors, including a Cannes Gold Lion.
Her "New York, New York" spot for the Coalition for the Homeless, hailed by ...
Robert Lamoreaux
Lamoreaux, has written, developed, and produced some of the most popular animation series for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and ABC Family including ‘Totally Spies,’ ‘Hey Arnold!,’ the Annie Award-nominated ‘Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi’ and ‘Catdog.’ ...
Rosalind Jarrett, BA ’69
Rosalind Jarrett is Executive in Charge of Publicity for the Screen Actors Guild Awards® and has contributed to expanding the audiences for the SAG Awards telecasts on TNT and TBS since 1999.
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Alan Zweibel ’72
Multi-Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/director, Alan Zweibel began his career as part of the original ‘Saturday Night Live’ writing team. His TV credits also include ‘It’s Garry Shandling Show,’ ‘Monk’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’
Zweibel’s ...
Peter Riegert ’68
Veteran actor/writer/director Riegert has appeared in more than 30 films such as ‘The Mask’ and ‘Coldblooded.’
He was nominated for an Emmy for his role in ‘Barbarians at the Gate,’ (CBS), played Richard ...
Linda Gelman ’72
Gelman started her career as a dancer, having taken classes at UB in spite of being a Russian history major. She earned an MA in dance education at Columbian University Teachers College, ...
Harris Ferris ’78
Executive director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ferris previously headed the Nevada Ballet in Las Vegas and New Jersey's American Repertory Ballet, where he was managing director to the affiliated Princeton Ballet School.
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Richard Lawrence ’67
Richard Lawrence started his career at Abrams-Rubaloff & Associates (AR&A) an agent for voice over performers and celebrities.
In 1976 he founded Richard Lawrence Enterprises, a personnel management company representing actors, comedians, and ...
Ray Leslee ’76, ’77
Leslee is considered one of the leading composers of music for Shakespeare in the world. His musicals have been produced by the Shubert Organization, Playwrights Horizons, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Alabama ...
Saul Elkin
Saul Elkin, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the UB Department of Theatre and Dance, is founder and artistic director of Shakespeare in Delaware Park, now in its 35th season, and co-founder and artistic ...
Jeanne Palmer-Fornarola ’00
(UB Faculty)
Clinical assistant professor in dance at the University at Buffalo, Palmer-Fornarola is the director of the Dance Program in the Department of Theater and Dance. She instructs courses in ballet, dance ...
Paul Zuckerman ’72
Zuckerman trained with Del Close at the Second City in Chicago and helped bring Chicago City Limits to New York in 1980.
He performed with the company for 15 years and is ...
Ken Tabachnick ’77
Tabachnick has worked in all areas of entertainment for some 30 years.
After a long career as a lighting designer for opera, dance, theater, and television, he earned his JD from Fordham Law School. ...
Robert S. Fingerman ’80
(BS Accounting, UB School of Management)
Managing partner of Fingerman & Macke, CPA, PC, a Long Island-based CPA firm, Fingerman has more than 28 years’ experience providing accounting and tax services to ...
Don Zakarin '72
He is chairman of the litigation department at New York’s Pryor Cashman “having attained the position mostly by clean living and inertia.”
He considers himself a general litigator, having represented clients in a ...
Bobby Collins ’73
American Comedy Award winner for Best Male Stand-up, Collins has hosted VH-1’s Stand Up Spotlight, A&E’s An Evening at the Improv, and Showtime’s A Pair of Jokers.
He has opened for Frank Sinatra, ...
Jody Kleinberg Biehl
Jody Kleinberg Biehl became the director of UB’s Journalism Certificate Program in January 2009.
Before coming to UB, she worked as an editor at Der Spiegel Online, Europe’s largest news magazine and Germany’s ...
UBC2C NYC students were given an opportunity to socialize with fellow students, workshop presenters, guest speakers and mentors at a special mixer held at Macaulay Honors College near Lincoln Center. All participants were given a gift bag during registration.
Gary Kesner, Executive Vice-president of Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, gave UBC2C students a tour of the legendary studio where current shows “Gossip Girl” and “30 Rock” are filmed.
A visit to the United Nations has been added to the NY Times/CUNY Day in the Life visit.
We still have several spots available for this incredible Day in the Life opportunity. If you’re interested in journalism or photography this is one Day in the Life session you can’t miss.
You’ll start with a tour of CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, where you’ll get a chance to meet recent graduates of the program who
We’re excited to announce that Marie Hickey, an Emmy Award winning producer and New York Bureau Chief for the syndicated entertainment show “Extra” has joined UBC2C NYC as a guest speaker in the Journalism and New Media workshop.
Marie has worked in television for more than 20 years covering not only entertainment stories but hard news as well. A graduate of Fordham University, Marie is also an adjunct instructor at Manhattan College in the