External Advisory Board

Director/Writer/Producer Brad Silberling’s work has traversed feature films and television throughout his career.   His most recent film is the suspense drama, An Ordinary Man starring Ben Kingsley. His prior features include City of Angels, starring Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage, Moonlight Mile, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon, Lemony Snickett’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, starring Jim Carrey and Meryl Streep; 10 Items or Less, starring Morgan Freeman, Land of the Lost, starring Will Ferrell, as well as his debut film, the family classic Casper, produced by Steven Spielberg. In television, his growing stable of hit series include the critically acclaimed comedy Jane the Virgin, Emmy-winning Netflix romance Dash and Lily, as well as the period drama Reign, contemporary reboots Dynasty and Charmed, and the Disney Plus series Diary of a Future President. He is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television where he earned his master’s degree in production, following his bachelor’s degree in English from UC Santa Barbara.