— Ellen Weiss Kander, Co-founder, Steeltown Entertainment Project
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So the job is this: Monday the staff meets with the host, and the writers spend Monday evening pitching every idea imaginable. Tuesday the writers don’t sleep and crank out material and by Wednesday Don Roy King, the director of “Saturday Night Live”, finds 45 sketches or so on his desk. Wednesday evening Lorne Michaels, the legendary... Read More »
What do “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” producer Tom Pellegrini, MTV’s “The Buried Life” associate producer Ryan O’Shea, and “The Next Food Star” production assistant extraordinaire Kat Weiler have in common? They are examples of the many Steeltown interns now working on major film and TV productions after... Read More »
By: Andrew Gordon
Dennis Schebetta sits in the lobby of the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, waiting for his winning Steeltown Film Factory film “A Date with Adam” to be screened at Lionsgate. As he sits, he reflects on the opportunity that winning... Read More »
This year, as the Sundance Film Festival celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, founder Robert Redford reflected on its role in creating original voices outside of tradition Hollywood. These original voices are coming more and more from Pittsburgh, as evidence by last year’s Grand Jury and Audience Award-winning Blood Brother... Read More »
