H
arrisburg boasts a number
of highly talented people
who could be living
practically anywhere but
have intentionally chosen the city as
their home.
Cue city resident Adrian Selkowitz,
an Emmy-award-winning filmmaker
with close to 20 years of experience in
film and television.
Okay, so how did he end up here?
Like his résumé, it's an interesting
story.
reALLY LoVeLY
Back in 2001, Selkowitz graduated
from NYU's film school with a solid
foundation in indie filmmaking. To
gain experience with big-budget,
studio films, he headed to the West
Coast to try his chops in Hollywood.
After working in the development
office at Sony Pictures, he took a job
with the producer Barry Poltermann,
who helped him learn the business
of large-scale indie filmmaking.
Together, they produced " e Life
of Reilly," about the actor Charles
Nelson Reilly.
Eventually, Selkowitz created
his first feature film, "Sex Drugs
Guns," which went on to win "Best
Feature Film" at the Philadelphia
Independent Film Festival and to be
acquired there.
As it was for many, the Great
Recession proved a crystallizing time.
Selkowitz described a confluence
of factors, including an absence of
paying projects and a general burnout
on Hollywood.
Filmmaker Adrian
Selkowitz brings a
touch of Tinseltown
to the banks of the
Susquehanna.
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Photo by Anela Bence Selkowitz
