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 ...
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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 ...
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Ancestry x Hulu

Hulu partnered up with Ancestry.com to shine a light on the value of researching one's family history. A favorite part of this video for me is catching glimpses of my cousins - in Spain, on ...
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LA Times Today

I sat down with Lisa McCree for an in-depth interview aired on LA Times Today. Along with several clips from the show, we delved into the backstory of bringing my family's story to the screen. ...
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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 ...
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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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