Ithaca College

In celebration of their 25th anniversary, ICLA is sponsoring a series of webinars with ICLA alums working in the entertainment industry. 

 THE HOLLYWOOD WRITERS ROOM                                                                                                                                        Moderated by Steven Ginsberg, screenwriter and ICLA Pendleton Endowed Chair 

Thursday, October 22, 2020, 4pm-5:30pm (Pacific)/7pm-8:30pm (EST)

To register for this Webinar, go to http://tinyurl.comtJpp/HollywoodWritersRoom

Liz Tigelaar '98 is a producer and writer who recently launched Best Day Ever, a new production company, which has entered a two-year overall pod deal with ABC Studios. She was most recently the showrunner and executive producer of the Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere, produced by ABC Signature Studios.  Tigelaar also created the dramatic series Life Unexpected, which enjoyed a two-season run on The CW. She is also known as a writer and producer for such TV series Casual, Nashville, Brothers & Sisters, and Bates Motel.  She started her career in 2000 as an assistant on Dawson's Creek. 

Mikko Alanne '98 is a screenwriter, showrunner, and docu­mentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He is best known for creating The Long Road Home (2017), the National Geographic Channel’s acclaimed global event series about the Iraq War, based on the best-selling book by Martha Raddatz. Alanne’s most recent feature film is Mapplethorpe (2018), a biopic of the con­troversial photographer, directed by Ondi Timoner. Alanne previously wrote the Chilean miner rescue drama The 33 (2015), starring Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, released by Warner Bros. He began his career working with Oliver Stone as a researcher.

FUTURE WEBINARS

Film & TV Production – Thursday, November 19, 2020

Animation – Thursday, December 3, 2020