By Daily Press staff
Character actor Basil Hoffman and producer-screenwriter Dan Bucatinsky will be guest speakers as part of Santa Monica College’s Mary Pickford Speakers Series.
Hoffman will speak Monday, May 3, and Bucatinsky will speak Monday, May 10. Both talks will be held in the SMC Academy of Entertainment & Technology Screening Room, located at 1660 Stewart St.
The free lectures will focus on the careers of the two men. Hoffman has been seen in hundreds of commercials and TV shows, as well as more than 40 film roles, including “Down With Love,” starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.
Bucatinsky and actress Lisa Kudrow are founders of Is or Isn’t Entertainment, a production company developing new television shows and series. He also is a film and TV actor whose credits include “Friends” and “Frasier.”
The Mary Pickford Speakers Series, which focuses on “the story” in all its aspects, features leaders and experts in the entertainment business, covering topics like auditions, casting and production. The series is designed to draw public attention to the variety of instructional programs and opportunities at SMC’s Academy of Entertainment & Technology.
Seating is on a first-arrival basis. For more information, call (310) 434-3777.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 24, 2004. Read the original PDF.