During this year’s award season, come join us as we explore these and other questions with Cornellians whose mantles are graced by the noblest of Hollywood’s brass figurines. Do you have what it takes to join their ranks? And if you do, what's on the other side of the rainbow? After this event, be prepared to question everything you thought you knew about success in the entertainment industry!

Moderator:

Howard A. Rodman ’71 – screenwriter (“Joe Gould’s Secrets,” “Savage Grace,” “August”) and professor in the Writing Division at the USC Cinema school. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America West and was the founder and co-chair of the Guild’s independent screenwriters’ caucus.

Panelists:

Dr. Lance Gentile ’71 – Writer and producer for such TV series as “Providence,” “Third Watch,“ “ER” and “Three Rivers.” In 1995, he won an Emmy for the “ER” episode “Love’s Labors Lost.” He is also an attending physician in the Los Robles Regional Medical Center emergency department.

George Joblove Eng. 76, Arch ’79 - Exec VP of Advanced Technology for Sony Pictures Entertainment. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science’s Science and Technology Council, he has worked on such films as “The Abyss,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” “Men in Black II,” “The Aviator” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” In 1994, he won a Scientific and Engineering Oscar.

Bill Nye '77 - "Bill Nye the Science Guy" won 18 Emmys, and Bill himself won 7. "The Greatest Inventions," a show he hosted and co-wrote, received an Emmy in 2009.

Mark Saltzman '73 - Began his career in N.Y. with Jim Henson, writing for the Muppets. His "Sesame Street" sketches and songs (including "Caribbean Amphibian") earned him seven Emmy Awards. But behind Kermit's back, Mark was writing cabaret shows and musicals, including the long-running revue "A, My Name is Alice." Among other films, he wrote "Mrs. Santa Claus," " The Red Sneakers," "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" and "Three Ninjas Kick Back." His play "Set Up and Punch" was part of a CCLA event last year. His musical "The Tin Pan Alley Rag" was produced in New York last year by the Roundabout Theater Company. And his latest play "Rocket City, Alabama," will be published by Samuel French in April.

Special Guests from Ithaca:

Amy Villarejo, Chair of Cornell’s Theatre, Film & Dance Department

Sabine Haenni, Associate Professor in Film and American Studies

Nicholas Salvato, Assistant Professor in Theatre and Television

Lisa Patti, adjunct Assistant Professor in Film Studies

 

Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Time: 7:00 pm – wine/cheese reception; 7:30 pm – program

Location: Writers Guild of America , 7000 W. 3rd Street , Los Angeles 90048

Parking: free underground – garage entrance on Blackburn (1 block south of 3rd Street )

Cost: $20 per CCLA member ($40 for a CCLA member + 1 guest); $30 per person for each additional non-member

RSVP: Click here to buy tickets!!! Deadline: Monday, March 15 – your name will be on a list at the door

More Info: Nancy Mills – NLM5@cornell.edu or 310-545-3321