Writer and Producer Adam Belanoff joins us for The Mentor Series

Writer and Producer Adam Belanoff (“Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Fantasy Island,” “The Closer”) joins us for a virtual talk next Wednesday, September 3, at 2:30PM via zoom as part of our Mentor Series.

Register for this event here:
https://unm.zoom.us/meeting/register/nC6s_Mx9Q-ag6QZFaKKQ8Q

Bio:
Adam Belanoff grew up in Chappaqua, NY, received his BA in English at Columbia and his MFA in Screenwriting from the USC School of Cinema-Television.

As a writer and producer, Adam’s credits include “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Wings,” “Murphy Brown,” “Partners,” “Cosby,” “Titus,” “What About Joan,” and “Judging Amy.” Adam spent six years as Co-Executive Producer of “The Closer” and six years as Executive Producer of its spinoff, “Major Crimes.” He most recently served as a writer and Co-Executive Producer of Sony and Fox TV’s reboot of “Fantasy Island.”

Sold pilots on the half-hour side include “Deja Life” (NBC) and “Drama Queen (NBC) – and on the one hour-side, “The Cure” (CBS), “The Fixer” (with James Duff, TNT) and “New Tricks” (with James Duff, CBS.)

In 2017, Adam was the recipient of Columbia University’s I.A.L. Diamond Award For Achievement In The Arts, in part for his work resurrecting Columbia’s annual Varsity Show. For more than twenty-five years, Adam has also been a mentor for the Blank Theater’s Young Playwrights Festival.

Adam lives in Encino with wife Alison, an archaeologist, and daughter Rae, a ninth-grader at Campbell Hall.

The Department of Film & Digital Arts Mentor Series was inaugurated to celebrate thirty (plus!) years of film education at UNM. Each semester we invite a distinguished group of alumni and film luminaries to talk to our students and the community about how they found success doing what they love. If you want to work in the digital media fields, this series is a fabulous source of advice and useable strategies. All events are free and open to the public.