Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

JEFF CESARIO is an Emmy-winning actor, comedian, and writer. Born in Kenosha WI, he began as a musician in college and moved to Minneapolis to join the stand-up comedy scene. After crafting a successful stand up career in which he appeared multiple times on the Tonight Show and produced four stand-up specials, he also wrote for television, including "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Dennis Miller Live", for which he won two Emmys as a writer and Executive Producer. He was the head writer for The Queen Latifah Show, Executive Produced Russell Brand's "Brand X" for FX, and co-wrote the Warner Bros. feature film "Jack Frost". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

DAVID ZUCKER is a writer, producer, and director who has created some of the most iconic and popular comedy movies ever made, including "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series, and is considered a pioneer in the spoof and mockumentary comedy genres. Beginning in college with his brother Jerry and friend Jim Abrahams, Zucker successfully produced and showed comedy shorts in the back of a college book store, before opening the "Kentucky Fried Theater" group in Los Angeles. The trio self-financed a 10-minute short to attract investors to their first film, the smash hit "Kentucky Fried Movie". David Zucker went on to co-write and/or direct or co-direct several successful comedy movies including "Airplane!", the "Naked Gun" series, "BASEketball" (based on a real game invented in Zucker's driveway) starring Trey Parker and Matt Stone, "Scary Movie 3", and "Scary Movie 4". "Airplane!" was nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA award, and was entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2010. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AMY INTROCASO-DAVIS is an entertainment executive and current exeutive vice president of programming and development at GSN. She's had successful tenures as an executive with multiple networks, including Senior Vice President of Development Production at Bravo where she won four (4) Emmy Awards - one for developing and executive producing "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", two for "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List", and one for "Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within". She began as an intern and advanced to casting director at A Playwright's Horizons in New York, and went on to a prime time development and casting role at Fox. She served as Visce President for Series Development at Lifetime, and senior Vice President of Development Production at Bravo, where she was responsible for developing the Real Housewives franchise. She spent 3 years senior Vice President of original programming and devel with NBC Universal's Oxygen Media before joining GSN in 2011.     See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

DAVID GOLDMAN has been a talent agent, talent manager, producer, and entertainment executive, and is the founder and CEO of the Comedy Time Network. A graduate of UCLA undergraduate and law schools, Goldman practiced briefly as a lawyer, before joining the mailroom at the William Morris Agency. there, he had a hand in the creation of the Beach Boys hit "Kokomo," put together the then-largest salary ever negotiated for a director, and represented an impressive client list including actors, directors, and musicians ranging from Will Smith to Billy Idol. He was promoted to the Vice President of the Motion Picture Department, and Head of the Motion Picture Directors Division, before leaving William Morris to join ICM. In 1999, he founded Power Entertainment, a leading management comany specializing in comedy; during his tenure as President and CEO, Power represented comedians including Eugene Levy, Martin Lawrence, Fred Armisen, Keenan Thompson, and Seth Meyers.  He went on to found Comedy Time, a production company creating original content for AOL and Sprint, and negotiated distribution deals that brings Comedy Time content to many major digital platforms. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

LARRY MILLER is a comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and best selling author. Begining as a stand up comic in New York with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Bill Maher and Carol Leifer, he opened for Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas and appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, before making the rare leap from stand up comedian to character actor. He's appeared in memorable roles in major films such as "Pretty Woman", "The Nutty Professor", and "10 Things I Hate About You". He's also appeared in numerous TV shows ranging from "Law and Order" to "8 Simple Rules" to "Seinfeld". He continues to write and tour as a comedian, and his podcast "The Larry Miller Show" is one of the most listened to podcasts in the world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

RON FRIEDMAN is a prolific television writer and producer, and a professor of screenwriting for USC and Chapman University. A successful architect in Pittsburg with a wife and two kids, Ron left his job and moved to New York to pursue a career in writing. He began writing stand up acts and comedy albums in New York, before Dean Martin hired him as a writer for his show, prompting his move to Los Angeles. Ron has written over 700 hours of television, including episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Starsky and Hutch", and "Fantasy Island", among many, many others.  He drafted the episode of "Happy Days" that introduced The Fonz, and the episode of "Bewitched" that introduced the practical-joking warlock Uncle Arthur. He created the animated series G.I. Joe, and adapted the animated Japanese show Transformers for American television, leading to his writing the 1986 animated film "Transformers: The Movie". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CHRIS THOMPSON is a film and television creator, writer, and producer. He began in entertainment as an improv actor, founding the still-operating Los Angeles improv troupe "Off The Wall", and performed on stage with Robin Williams for nearly a year. He began writing for television with "Blanksy's Beauties", before becoming a writer and eventually and executive producer for the hit series "Laverne and Shirley." He created and produced "Bosom Buddies" for Paramount Studios, launching Tom Hanks' career, wrote two feature films, "Back to the Beach" and "Jumpin Jack Flash", and created the shows "Action" for FOX, "Ladies Man" for CBS, and "Shake It Up!" for the Disney Channel. He's been a and executive producer and creative consultant for dozens of TV shows, and created over 20 network television pilots. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SANDRA DEWEY is the President of TNT/TBS Productions and Business Operations. She oversees production and business affairs for TNT, TBS, TCM, truTV, and Cartoon Network Originals. She was the lead deal maker behind the agreement that brought Conan O'brien's late-night show to TBS, and arranged deals resulting in several hit TNT and TBS original series, including "The Closer", "Men of a Certain Age", "Leverage", "Dark Blue", "My Boys", and "Lopez Tonight." She has worked in various executive and legal positions with Warner Bros. and Turner for over 20 years, once served as an attorney to Michael Jackson, and is active with the charitable foundation Fresh Start, and mentorship group Turner Women Today. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

ILLIANA DOUGLAS is an award winning film and telelvision actress, writer, director, and producer. Beginning her career as a stand-up in New York, she was once asked to dub screams for "The Last Temptation of Christ", leading to a long collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, during which she appeared in several of his films including "Good Fellas" and Cape Fear". She has appeared in numerous telelvision shows in guest and recurring roles, including "The Larry Sanders Show," "Frasier," "The Drew Carey Show", "Grey's Anatomy," and "Entourage." She was nominated for an Emmy for her perfomance on HBO's "Six Feet Under," and is a regular on he hit NBC series "Welcome to Sweden." Her web series "Easy to Assemble" has won 6 Webby Awards and has ben viewed over 40 million times. Her first book "I Blame Dennis Hopper: A Life Inside and OUtside Movies" comes out in December 2015. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

NEIL and MICHAEL MANDT are six-time emmy winning producers, and are partners in the premiere Los Angeles-based production company Mandt Bros. Productions.  They have produced over 1,500 hours of television shows for major networks, including the hit ESPN series "Jim Rome Is Burning".  In 2014 the Mandt Brothers were producers of the Walt Disney Pictures feature film "Million Dollar Arm", starring Jon Hamm and Alan Arkin. Neil and Michael are veteran producers of the Olympics telecasts, and Michael has produced numerous live sports events for television including the NBA finals, NFL Pro Bowl, US Open, and X-Games.  Their production company has also produced numerous short films starring the likes of Will Ferrell, Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Jon Hamm, Seth Meyers, and Jaime Foxx. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.