HollyWU’s Leadership Committee including WashULaw alums: Ellen Eichner, Lan Du and Cary Simowitz want you you connect with alums in California. Join the chat @ 1pm CST via SKYPE or in the Career Center @ the DUC (Danforth University Center, Suite 110). Skype ID:ellenaeichner
Panel:
Scheherezade Daftary
Scheherezade Daftary is Finance & Accounting Consultant with over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry. She graduated with a BA in Art History and Spanish Literature from Wash U and then went on to pursue an MBA at Case Western Reserve University. She worked for 8 years at News Corporation/21st Century Fox before branching out as a consultant. She has worked on projects at most of the major studios and some smaller ones such as Fox, Paramount, DreamWorks Animation, ABC Networks, Disney, Sony, Open Road Films, Sonar Entertainment, New Regency, and Tang Media Partners.
Ellen Eichner
Ellen Eichner is an entertainment and intellectual property attorney at Nolan Heimann LLP, where she specializes in digital media transactions. In addition to practicing law, she manages her firm’s social media presence and is an influencer for Glossier. Previously, she was a corporate associate at a boutique tech transactional law firm and spent her summers in law school interning in the Legal and Business Affairs departments of HBO and Starz. She holds a J.D. from Washington University School of Law and a B.A., summa cum laude, in Political Science and Communication from The Ohio State University.
Ellie Kirshenbaum
After starting as an assistant at WME and 20th Century Fox TV, Ellie Kirshenbaum was promoted to Coordinator in the 20th TV Current department. In addition to working as the covering current production executive on EMPIRE, MODERN FAMILY, AMERICAN HORROR STORY and THE X-FILES, she works in conjunction with Ryan Murphy HALF Foundation to increase representation of female and diverse directors across the Studio’s 21 live-action shows.
Merigan Mulhern
Merigan Mulhern has just completed her third season as the Writers’ Assistant on The CW’s hour-long comedy Jane The Virgin, for which she has written two freelance episodes. She was a staff writer on Season 2 of The CW Seed’s musical webseries I Ship It, and has prior experience in talent representation (both agency and management) and as a television producer’s assistant.
Neil Wade
After several years of teaching, traveling and odd jobs, Neil Wade broke into the animation world as a production intern at Nickelodeon Animation. His first position was as a production assistant at Family Guy followed by coordinator and social media rolls at Nickelodeon. Currently he is a production coordinator at Dreamworks TV, while also pursuing animation and directing in his spare time.