Hire Me, Hollywood!: Your Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Most Exciting - and Unexpected - Jobs in Show Business

by Mark Scherzer, Keith Fenimore

Overview

The secret to Stan Lee's writing process
The story behind Elmo's giggle
What's for lunch on the set of The Walking Dead
Squirrel training with Johnny Depp

Think you know what it takes to get your favorite TV show on the air every week? (You'd be surprised.) Or what all those people whose names in the credits of the latest blockbuster actually do? (Including the Supervising Digital Colorist?)What better way to find out than from the who's who of Hire Me, Hollywood!

Entertainment insiders Mark Scherzer and Keith Fenimore are here to give you a crash course in all things Hollywood through thirty sometimes funny, occasionally racy, and always revealing interviews with such industry experts as:

• Ryan Randall, Hair Stylist/Makeup Artist (American Idol)
• Sam Trammell, Actor (Sam Merlotte on HBO's True Blood)
• Paula Davis, Senior Talent Executive (Conan O'Brien)
• Mark Steines, Cohost (Entertainment Tonight)
• Sara Holden, Stunt Woman (House, All My Children, How I Met Your Mother, Iron Man 2)
• Cecilia Cardwell, On-Set Tutor (Titanic, Little Miss Sunshine, No Ordinary Family)
• Michael Gelman, Executive Producer (Live! with Regis and Kelly)

Whether you've always dreamed of yelling "Action" on a major movie set or you'd be thrilled just to get Matthew McConaughey his morning coffee, this book will give you inside scoop from craft service to the director's chair—and every take in between.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440512285
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	07/18/2011
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

An Adams Media author.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Interviews:

Comic Book Legend Stan Lee 1

TV/Film/Stage Actor Sam Trammell 13

Hairstylist/Makeup Artist Ryan Randall 25

Cinematographer/Director of Photography Shane Hurlbut 37

TV Writer/Producer Lisa Melamed 49

Production Designer Carlos Barbosa 63

On-Set Tutor/Studio Teacher Cecilia Cardwell 75

Makeup Effects Artist/Co-owner of Legacy Effects John Rosengrant 87

Costume Supervisor Howard Sussman 99

Craft Service Zach Kane 111

Head of Programming, MTV David Janollari 123

Show Runner/Executive Producer/Writer Tammy Ader Green 135

Puppeteer/Creator and Voice of Elmo Kevin Clash 147

Film Historian and Movie Critic Leonard Maltin 159

Senior Talent Producer for Conan O'Brien Paula Davis 171

Executive Producer Live with Regis and Kelly Michael Gelman 183

Character Actress Carol Ann Susi 195

Head Stage Manager Debbie Williams 205

Film Editor Joel Plotch 217

Lead Animal Trainer Mike Alexander 229

Casting Director Jackie Burch 241

Cohost Entertainment Tonight Mark Steines 253

Creative Director David Thomas 263

Stunt Woman Sara Holden 277

Executive Producer of America's Funniest Home Videos and Chairman of FishBowl Worldwide Media and Vin Di Bona Productions Vin Di Bona 289

First Assistant Director Sam Mahony 299

Script Supervisor Tracy Moody 313

Vice President, Creative Director, Supervising Digital Colorist (EFILM) Steven J. Scott 327

President of NBCUniversal Cable, Entertainment and Digital Sales Dave Cassaro 339

President, Western Region, Chair, Canada and Latin America, Edelman PR Gail Becker 349

Conclusion 361

Index 363

About the Authors 372