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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

Lee Gabler was Co-Chairman and Partner of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and oversaw management of the Television and Marketing Divisions from 1995-2007.   More>

Jeff Greenfield, a veteran political, media and culture reporter, returned to CBS News as senior political correspondent in May 2007. He contributes to the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, The Early Show, CBS News Sunday Morning, other CBS News broadcasts, and CBSNews.com. More>

Tory Metzger was President of MRC Film, where she was responsible for sourcing and structuring MRC’s film projects. Prior to MRC, Ms. Metzger was a Partner at Creative Artists Agency where for 16 years she worked with artists including Tom Cruise, Ang Lee, and Cameron Crowe. More>

Gary Newman earned his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Southern California Law Center. After working for Columbia Pictures Television and NBC, Newman joined 20th Century Fox Television, where he served as the company's top ranking business officer. More>

Sarah Pillsbury, a film producer and philanthropist, graduated from Yale and attended UCLA Film School. She began her career working in documentaries and was the associate producer on the Academy Award-nominated documentary film, The California Reich. More>

Dr. Joseph Pollock received a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied medicine at Washington University Medical School. After earning his M.D. degree in 1938, he practiced abdominal surgery in Beverly Hills, California, serving as chief of surgery at several hospitals.  More>

Thomas P. Pollock served as Vice Chairman of MCA INC. from July 1995 to March 1996. He previously served as Executive Vice President of MCA and Chairman of its Motion Picture Group, Universal Pictures, from September 1986 to July 1995.  More>

Rick Rosen is a board member and head of the television department at WME. He was a founding member of the Endeavor Agency and was instrumental in shaping its June 2009 merger with the William Morris Agency. More>

Arthur Allan Seidelman continues to distinguish himself as a director of film, theater, and television. He directed the film The Sisters which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has won Best Feature Awards from the Sedona, Dixie and Deep Ellum Film Festivals.  More>

Brad Silberling is currently preparing his latest film, An Ordinary Man, which he’ll direct and produce from his original screenplay.  Prior credits include Land of the Lost, starring Will Ferrell and Danny McBride; and the critically acclaimed independent feature 10 Items or Less. More>