Silver jubilee celebrations
Celebrating 25 Years of Trojan Vision with Alumni Guests & a look back over the years.
Watch 25 years of Trojan Vision’s journey to learn more about what we produced 25 years ago and meet some of the alumni who produced the shows!
LET’S TALK TV: DIRECTING LIVE TV
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 – 7:00pm
Special guest ESPN Director Kathy Perez
Moderated by Professor Steven Martinez
Online conversation and Q&A
How do studio television directors work behind the scenes with talent, writers, showrunners and executive producers? How do they rehearse a show, run a control room and navigate last-minute changes? What’s the best way to get experience directing? What are the skills needed to be successful as a director?
Special guest Kathy Perez is currently the director for the acclaimed ESPN show NBA Today. She mentored Trojan Vision’s Professor Steven Martinez early in his career, the moderator of this event
Before arriving at ESPN, Kathy was an accomplished director at Univision Network and Fox 11. After covering The Rodney King Case in 1995, she won the Columbia/DuPont Award and Peabody Award for Broadcast Excellence. She has also taken home four Emmy awards, three for Best Director and one for Best Spanish Language Daily Program. At ESPN since 2010, she has directed shows such as SportsCenter, SportsNation, NBA Countdown and NBA Today. We are honored to introduce such a talented and accomplished industry leader to the USC community.
Professor Steven Martinez is a former ESPN lead producer on NBA programming like The Jump and NBA Today and has covered multiple NBA Finals and NBA All-Star
Games. Prior to his work at ESPN, he studied Film at Columbia University and joined the Trojan Vision Faculty in Fall 2021 as instructor for the TVTV sports talk program The Water Cooler. He is currently Senior Producer with the tech company, Monthly, merging content production, talent relations and curriculum development.
Phoebe Lai, Student Manager of Industry Relations at Trojan Vision, will host this event.
The Future of Television Industry Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 15, 2021 – 6:30pm
Trojan Vision’s Director of Industry Relations, Michelle Au, and guest alumna Mackie Kravitz hosted a panel discussion with entertainment industry professionals to discuss “The Future of Television.” Panelists included Janet Graham Borba, Executive Vice President, Production, for HBO & HBO Max; Erik Bjorklund, Vice President, Current Series, for The Walt Disney Company; and Mika Pryce, Head of Development at Radicle Act Productions. Hear their thoughts on the future of television with the rise of streaming and the disruption due to the pandemic.
