UBC2C NYC » Profiles http://ubc2c.com Entertainment & Media Industry Symposium Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:03:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Great Article about Presenter Alan Zweibel! http://ubc2c.com/2010/05/30/great-article-about-presenter-alan-zweibel/ http://ubc2c.com/2010/05/30/great-article-about-presenter-alan-zweibel/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 16:16:37 +0000 Anna Oakes http://ubc2c.com/?p=2521 Check out this great profile piece written by Julie Wesolowski from the UB News Bureau on one of UBC2C NYC’s presenters, funny man Alan Zweibel!

UB alum Alan Zweibel always knew he wanted to be a comedy writer—the difficult part was getting a degree that related to his career goal. The Long Island native transferred to UB after spending a year at Buffalo State College.   When it was time for him to declare

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Don Zakarin (BS Management Science, UB School of Management ’72)  has been distinguished as not only one of New York Metro Area’s top litigators but one of the top litigators in the United States. Working with well-known musical artists, including, Mariah Carey, Enrique Iglesias, Kanye West and Britney Spears in copyright infringement cases and contractual disputes, Zakarin has secured multi-million dollar recoveries for his clients throughout his career. Currently, Don Zakarin is

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]]> http://ubc2c.com/2010/05/05/9-questions-with-don-zakarin-media-law/feed/ 0 Abbe Raven talks with Advertising Age http://ubc2c.com/2010/04/22/abbe-raven-talks-with-advertising-age/ http://ubc2c.com/2010/04/22/abbe-raven-talks-with-advertising-age/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:48:28 +0000 Roma Mandzyk http://ubc2c.com/?p=2082 A&E TV Networks CEO and keynote speaker for UBC2C NYC Abbe Raven recently talked business with Advertising Age.

Following the merger of Lifetime with AETV last summer, Raven hopes that Lifetime can reclaim its former status as a cable-rating champ by replicating the success of History and A&E.  Read the full interview here.

If you want to learn more about the TV business, don’t miss Raven’s keynote address at UBC2C

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]]> http://ubc2c.com/2010/04/20/robert-s-fingerman-%e2%80%9980-bs-accounting-ub-school-of-management/feed/ 0 11 Questions with Christine La Monte http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/20/11-questions-with-christine-la-monte/ http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/20/11-questions-with-christine-la-monte/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 03:44:29 +0000 Roma Mandzyk http://ubc2c.com/?p=735  

Christine La Monte, BA ‘69, a former film studio marketing executive, is a producer of theatre, television and film. Under the La Monte Productions banner, she has several films in various stages of development, including, “Red Hot Mamas” written by Gary Goldstein; a documentary, “The Other Side of 90,” a film about women in their 90′s which she is also directing; and a film based on the critically acclaimed legal thriller, “Justice Deferred”

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]]> http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/20/11-questions-with-christine-la-monte/feed/ 3 11 Questions with Casting Director, Linda Phillips Palo http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/13/11-questions-with-casting-director-linda-phillips-palo/ http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/13/11-questions-with-casting-director-linda-phillips-palo/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 02:44:50 +0000 Roma Mandzyk http://ubc2c.com/?p=727 Linda Phillips Palo, MA ‘75, BA ‘72 is a casting director who won the Artios, the highest casting honor, for Sophia Coppola’s “The Virgin Suicides.” She has worked with Francis Ford Coppola on John Grisham’s “The Rainmaker,” Jack,” “The Secret Garden,” “Wind,” “Jeepers Creepers II,” and “The Young Black Stallion” for IMAX/Disney. She has worked with George Lucas (Radioland Murders), Phil Joanou (Heaven’s Prisoners), Dwight Yoakam (South

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]]> http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/13/11-questions-with-casting-director-linda-phillips-palo/feed/ 1 10 Questions with Disney’s Ted Kryczko http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/08/10-questions-with-disneys-ted-kryczko/ http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/08/10-questions-with-disneys-ted-kryczko/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 17:32:42 +0000 Roma Mandzyk http://ubc2c.com/?p=707 At Disney, Ted Kryczko has produced over 500 products for children and families, including works based on Roger Rabbit, Beauty & the Beast and The Little Mermaid. His work has received 14 Parent’s Choice Awards, more gold and platinum records than Elvis or the Beatles, and he has been nominated for 12 Grammy Awards, winning once for The Lion King Read-Along in the Best Children’s Spoken Word category in 1994. In 2008, “A Green

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]]> http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/08/10-questions-with-disneys-ted-kryczko/feed/ 0 11 Questions with Robert Lamoreaux http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/06/test/ http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/06/test/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 14:47:35 +0000 Roma Mandzyk http://ubc2c.com/?p=686 1994 UB alumnus Robert Lamoreaux has written 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.” Robert has also worked on the generation defining animated hit, “Spongebob Squarepants.”

Robert will be teaching a workshop in Writing for Animation at UBC2C.

1: What was the last project you added to your resume? I’m writing

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]]> http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/06/test/feed/ 0 11 Questions with Bobby Collins http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/05/11-questions-with-bobby-collins/ http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/05/11-questions-with-bobby-collins/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 14:36:47 +0000 Roma Mandzyk http://ubc2c.com/?p=639 The New York Times has called him, “the most natural comedian working today.”  Grammy nominated comedian Bobby Collins has starred in his own Showtime specials, was Rosie O’Donnell’s predecessor, has hosted VH1′s “Stand-Up Spotlight,” and has opened for Cher, Dolly Parton, Julio Iglesias and Tony Bennett – among many others. He’s been nominated for a CableACE award as well the American Comedy Awards “Stand-Up Comic of the Year.” Collins has also appeared in five

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]]> http://ubc2c.com/2009/05/05/11-questions-with-bobby-collins/feed/ 0 Alan Zweibel on becoming a comedy writer http://ubc2c.com/2009/04/17/alan-zweibel-on-becoming-a-comedy-writer/ http://ubc2c.com/2009/04/17/alan-zweibel-on-becoming-a-comedy-writer/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:18:29 +0000 UBC2C http://ubc2c.com/?p=613

UBC2C presenter Alan Zweibel talks about how he started out his career in stand-up comedy and writing. Alan will give his students more insight into the business during his workshop at UBC2C.

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