The Television Academy Foundation is launching a 10-week production assistant training program for Los Angeles-area high school students in a partnership with consumer electronics retailer Best Buy. Through funding from Best Buy, the after-school program will be free for students, providing them with training for entry-level positions from PAs, production coordinators, assistant directors, production managers, producers, location managers and production accountants. Students will also take field trips to experience scripted and unscripted television productions firsthand.
The program will operate out of YMCA facilities in L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood and in Long Beach. With 20 years of experience as an industry executive, Herran has steered production on a wide range of TV series, including scripted dramas “Yellowstone,” “Landman” and “MobLand” and unscripted shows such as “The Challenge” and “Martha & Snoop’s Dinner Party.” Herran is also the author of “The Production Guru: Leadership Principles and Philosophies Across Film, Television and Beyond” and founder of Ellevan Creative Consulting. Campos and student Aalijah Perez during a visit with “America’s Funniest Home Videos” creator and executive producer Vin Di Bona.)
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