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# Ryan Seacrest producer leads off speaker series
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/ryan-seacrest-producer-leads-off-speaker-series/
- Published: 2004-09-08T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:01:23.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Want-to-be writers, producers, directors and fans of Ryan Seacrest can hear his producer and executive assistant, Claudine Cazian, featured at the first speech at Santa Monica College.

The “Mary Pickford Speakers Series” features leading film and television producers, directors and writers. All aspects of “the story” are examined in the speeches.

Beginning on Sept. 13, the speeches are free and are held every Monday until Nov. 15\. Other speakers scheduled include David Milch, Emmy award winning creator, executive producer and head writer for the hit HBO series “Deadwood;” David Grae, writer and director of “Joan of Arcadia;” Margie Friedman, producer of reality shows and Ira Pincus, a film and TV producer.

The speeches are held in the Academy of Entertainment and Technology’s Screening Room at SMC at 7 p.m. Seats are on a first-arrival basis. For more information call (310) 434-3777.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 8, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090804.pdf?ref=smdp.com)