Tribeca Film Festival

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Its been a while since my last post, a few months in fact, but the past couple of weeks have reminded me of my days working at Dan Klores Communications and I feel compelled to blog.

While starting up at DKC, I also spent three seasons working with the marketing department of The New York Rangers. My life, during the hockey season, was extremely hectic. I was working more house than ever, getting into the DKC offices by 8:30 am, working straight until 5:30 pm, before running to the Garden for the games. Typically, on game nights, I wouldn't get home before Midnight. But, as an avid hockey fan, I loved every single minute of it.

A few weeks ago, Jeorjie Ornstein (a friend and colleague) asked if I wanted to work as volunteer with the jury department of the Tribeca Film Festival. I inquired about the position, which was described as an experience that would truly utilize my PR background. After applying for the position with the coordinators of The Tribeca Film Festival's jury department, I was offered a position working with the jurors of the International Documentary Films.

When I heard that Ken Burns was serving on my jury, I was extremely excited. My jury, as a whole, was full of amazing individuals and I feel really lucky that I got to work with such an esteemed group of panelists. While I enjoyed getting to know Marc Levin, Oren Jacoby, Robert Drew and Ken Burns, the highlight of my experience was meeting Mark Cuban.

I have been an admirer of Mark Cuban for years, and will write more about my experience working with Mark in the next blog entry.