Brian Engles (’13), a graduate of the film and television program, has written his first novel, Wildball, published in April by Black Rose Writing. How long have you known that you’ve wanted to be an author? Are you still interested in a career in film and television? I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was a… Read More
“Good Time,” written by Josh Safdie (’07) and Ronald Bronstein (’08), is a bitterly realistic drama with only one leap out of the narrative framework into a flashback, but, in its images and its tone, it streaks and smears and shreds the screen with a sense of furious subjectivity—that of its characters and of its… Read More
Watching the CEO of America’s Test Kitchen carefully peel a ginger root, one thing is clear: David Nussbaum is no professional chef. A media veteran who founded his own trade magazine before he turned 30, Nussbaum (COM’79) stands in the bustling main test kitchen at the Brookline-based company, watching intently as a professional chef—one of… Read More
It starts with a sound: footsteps on a metal staircase, or the choke of an engine. A siren’s wail follows, or an eerie xylophone. Then a voice comes in with an ominous message. No more than 15 seconds has passed, but looking away is no longer an option. That’s the goal for Adam Finkelstein (COM’09),… Read More
Meet Emerging Media Studies alum, Serena Bronda. Serena is #girlboss and PR queen who landed a job at Eataly Boston right out of the EMS program. Now transitioning to a career at a PR healthcare agency, she provides us with her advice about networking in Boston and the Emerging Media Studies program. Q: Where are you… Read More
Sanaz Tahernia (’17) interviews 2017 Commencement speaker and DreamWorks Animation president Bonnie Arnold (’78). Read more about Bonnie Arnold’s career story.
Hollywood producer Sam Sokolow grew up in Manhattan, where his parents worked in the film and publishing worlds. Summers meant the Hamptons and playing in a celebrity-studded summer softball league on Long Island with literary lights whose names meant nothing to young Sam. “To me they were just my parents’ friends who played softball,” Sokolow… Read More
Pairing the names Odysseus and Kim Kardashian in the same sentence seems unlikely, but Bonnie Hammer, the Hollywood Reporter’s “Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment,” strung them together in her BU Commencement speech Sunday, offering a storyteller’s advice on how the graduates might construct the narrative of a successful postcollege life. “When you leave today, you’ll… Read More
Albert “Sandy” Gallin (COM ’62) died April 21st 2017 at 76 after a long battle with cancer. He was known in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s as one of the most powerful talent representatives in the entertainment industry. He managed a diverse array of artists ranging from Dolly Parton and Cher to Richard Pryor and… Read More
Name: Nicole Beale COM graduation year: 2015 Program: Television (MS) Current title: South African Assistant Production Coordinator, Outlander Current location: Cape Town, South Africa Q: Why did you choose the Television (MS) program? NB: COM’s MS Television program really spoke to me for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is one of the few courses… Read More