Israeli Filmmakers Take Note

At the closing night of the Jewish Federation's 9th Annual Master Class in Cinema and Television on Saturday at X Bar in Century City the participants and organizers were able to let loose and celebrate a successful program.

“I think that the melding of the two communities is not only important but it’s really giving tangible results and I think a lot of business, real literal business, has come out of these meetings on this ten day experience," said producer Danny Sussman.

Master class co-chair, Joan Hyler, (pictured with Sussman and Federation Prexy John Fishel) provided an apt summary of the week's events, which helps up-and-coming Israeli filmmakers connect with the Hollywood community: “I got the extreme pleasure of having to steer the ship. We created a very vibrant program where Alfred Molina came to dinner and Henry Winkler came to lecture; Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun gave us the tip about the Pepsi merger before anybody, Nina Tassler at CBS was very generous, we had an agent panel with William Morris and Endeavor and CAA agents. So we gave them a guided tour of Hollywood and it was extraordinary.” (J. Marks)