Anita Farzan
Class of:
2007
Current Occupation/Field of Work:
I am an entertainment lawyer. I work in-house at an independent film finance/production company. We finance and produce movies, distribute them to international buyers, and I do allllll the legal work. I love what I do and I'm so happy to be doing it!
Work Experience
After graduating from UCLA, I took a year off to study for the LSAT and apply to law school. I attended Southwesten Law School thereafter, and obtained an internship at IM Global - a leading production company based in Los Angeles. I interned there, then got hired on for a part time position, and stayed after I took the bar and passed. Now I work for another very similar company called Aldamisa International. We have produced a couple hits - Machete Kills and Sin City 2 which should be coming out in the summer. I'm very happy here.
Why did you choose Comm Studies as your major?
I have always had a passion for the media and arts, especially the business aspect of it so Comm Studies was the perfect fit.
Favorite UCLA memory and/or professor
Professor VonBlum and Professor Steve Peterson. I think I might have taken all their classes they offered. I admired VonBlum's passion for what he stood up for and he really opened my mind. I also really liked Professor Peterson because he had a lot of connections in the industry and knew a lot about the ins and outs of what goes on behind the scenes. To this day, some of the things he taught us about reality shows, I still remember and implement a lot I learned!
How has Comm Studies empowered you in your professional and personal life?
There was a lot I learned through my Comm Studies classes that I also learned in law school. I remember taking one class about the First Amendment and LOVED it, and that was actually what inspired me to go to law school. I think about 90% of what I learned in that class overlapped with my Constitutional Law in law school so it was very helpful.
