"Travis King is already working in pre-production for an
upcoming US $15 million motion picture with Mariah Carey and Mirna
Sorvino," says Eric Bryce, CEO of Lions Share Pictures
in Los Angeles. "The project is called 'Wise Girls,' and is being
produced by Richard Donner along with our company."
"Mike Croos has been hired on to do Sound for our
upcoming feature film projects," affirms Dwight Adair of Granite
House in Austin, TX. "He is the second Entertainment Connection
student to be trained and successfully employed here."
Glen Lezma has been hired on as 2nd Assistant Director
for the upcoming Salma Hayek film this October, titled "In the
Time of the Butterflies" for ShowTime Network.
"We
were so impressed with your student Mike Marovich that I have
hired him on our Camera Department for our upcoming US $8
million feature 'Wish,' starring Christopher Walken," says Will
Robertson of Summerland Pictures, with offices in New York
and Los Angeles.
Sasha Parulis has been hired on to do Special Effects
and Editing with Blue Visual Effects, in Philadelphia.
"When your student Teresa Bryant came to me
wanting to be a Location Manager I knew I could help," explains
Tyrone Dixon of Dixon/Caine Productions in Los Angeles.
"But I had no idea her first day of training would mean working with
the location manager for John Singleton's upcoming feature that
we're producing."
Marina Giokas has been hired as an Editor through our company, Darius Films, here in Toronto, Canada.
"After only 6 months in the program, Mark Nelson
has been doing Digitizing and Editing for our feature
film that is currently in post production," reports Jim Andre
of Film Branch in Chicago. "The training and knowledge he
gained with us could have never been matched in an ordinary film school
environment. We look forward to working with Entertainment
Connection again in the near future!"
Tony Travis of 2 Tone Films
says "Derek Koen is working on a film for HBO here in
New York City. Not bad considering he had no background and had never
been on a film set until 3 months ago."
Bryan
Hickox, president of Bryan Hickox Pictures in Jacksonville,
Florida notes: "I have hired my second Entertainment Connection
student, Pam Wiselogel, to do our in-house Digital Editing
on an Avid. The first was Mark, who works for us as a Producer.
I still would like to know what screening process you use to obtain
your trainees, but whatever it is, keep it up! I look forward to
receiving your next candidate."
"The apprenticeship I had at Dawsons Creek and the training I
received have landed me a full-time position," reports Amy Gill,
a Entertainment Connection student from Wilmington, NC. "Thank
you!"
