Shoot Day 123/123
Last Wednesday marked the 123rd and final day of the We Were the Lucky Ones series shoot. I can't believe it. I remember meeting the cast and walking the hallways of the Kurc apartment in ...
Read More Snapshots from Bucharest
With Tommy on the day I arrived in Romania "Hello, friend," said Tommy, producer and director for the television series of We Were the Lucky Ones. "Come meet your family." It was the day before Thanksgiving, and ...
Read More Critics Choice Award Nominated!
Beyond honored over our two Critics Choice Award nominations: Best Limited Series (We Were the Lucky Ones) and Best Supporting Actor (Logan Lerman for his suberb interpretation of my grandfather). It's deeply gratifying to receive ...
Read More “An intelligent, feeling, multithread family drama”
That's how the LA Times describes WWTLO in its list of The Best Shows of 2024, adding that it’s "a study of character under the pressure of history." We certainly appreciate finding ourselves in such ...
Read More New York Screening and Talk
It was a thrill to be featured at Temple Emanu-El's Streicker Cultural Center, where a sneak peak of Episode 1 of the series was screened, followed by a panel where I joined our director, Tommy ...
Read More Mercer Island School Visit
Students are my favorite audience. The questions and conversations that come of our discussions are often profound. Huge thanks to Seattle's Mercer Island community for inviting me to speak with such an engaged group of ...
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