Producer of 'The Big Chill,' 'Erin Brockovich,' to talk


March 30, 2001


Hollywood producer and 1966 alumnus Michael Shamberg will speak at 11 a.m. April 6 in Graham Chapel.

After graduating, Shamberg wrote for a Chicago newspaper as well as for Time and Life magazines. He went on to found TVTV, a company that produced television documentaries, and now is a partner in Jersey Films with Danny DeVito and Stacey Sher.

Shamberg has been involved in a number of successful films. He was executive producer for the award-winning "Pulp Fiction," and produced "Erin Brockovich," "A Fish Called Wanda" and "The Big Chill."

His other production credits include "Out of Sight," "Reality Bites," "Eight Seconds," "Get Shorty," "Sunset Park," "Fierce Creatures," "Matilda," "Feeling Minnesota," "Gattaca," "Living Out Loud," and "Man on the Moon."

Shamberg's most recent productions include "The Caveman's Valentine," starring Samuel L. Jackson, currently receiving considerable critical attention, and the soon-to-be-released "How High," starring Method Man and Redman.

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 935-4056.

 

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