Advisory Board:
 Director and Producer
Paris Barclay received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for his work on NYPD Blue. He also took home the DGA Award for the same series (for Jimmy Smits final episode), and was Emmy nominated for directing an episode of The West Wing. More> |
 Journalist
Ann Louise Bardach is the author of Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington and Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana. More> |
 Founding Partner, BermanBraun
Gail Berman is a founding partner of BermanBraun, a television, motion picture, and new media production company. Berman was the first and only female executive to hold the top posts at both a major film studio and television network. More> |
 Founder, Carsey-Werner Company
Marcy Carsey is a founder with partner Tom Werner in the Carsey Werner Company, the television production company responsible for a litany of successful shows, including The Cosby Show, Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and That 70's Show. More> |
 Chairman, Metropolitan Theatres Corporation
Bruce Corwin, chairman of Metropolitan Theatres, is a longtime friend and major donor to UCSB. Mr. Corwin has served as a trustee at his alma mater, Wesleyan University, as well as at UCLA. More> |
 Director/Producer/Writer
Andrew Davis is a filmmaker with a reputation for directing intelligent thrillers, most notably the Academy Award® nominated box-office hit, The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. More> |
 Actor
An actor with over thirty years of experience in theatre, film, and television, Michael Douglas branched out into independent feature production in 1975 with the Academy Award-winning One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. More> |
 President/CEO, The Erickson Group
Gary Erickson is a native Californian spending most of his youth in Exeter, California. He is a 1963 graduate of UCSB and received his master’s degree from California State University San Diego. More> |
 Screenwriter/Producer/Director
Scott Frank graduated from UCSB in 1982 with a BA in Film Studies. Since then he has written movies for filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg, Sidney Pollack, Steven Soderbergh, Barry Sonnenfeld, Jodie Foster and Kenneth Brannagh. More> |
 President, Fox 2000 Pictures
Elizabeth Gabler ('77) is President of Fox 2000 Pictures, a division of Twentieth Century Fox Filmed Entertainment. Under her leadership, the division has overseen such high profile films as The Devil Wears Prada, Walk the Line, Man on Fire, Marley and Me, and Love and Other Drugs. More> |
