My Hollywood Career
Corey Moss
Thursday, 12 Nov 2009 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Corey Moss codirected, wrote and produced a 78-minute feature documentary Dear Jack about the Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate singer Andrew McMahon and his bout with leukemia at the age of 22. He is an executive producer at Yahoo! Originals, where he created "Primetime in No Time," the highest-rated show on the Web. He has also written and directed short films starring Jackie Chan, Brett Ratner and Jamie Kennedy. debuted in front of the cameras on MTV and was their resident American Idol expert for several year. He later appeared on Fuse's "Videos that Rocked the World," "10 Great Reasons" and "Live Through This." Moss, who graduated from Iowa State with a journalism degree, is also an entertainment journalist who has been published in Spin, Rolling Stone and Vibe.A screening of DEAR JACK will follow at 8 p.m.
Cosponsored By:
- Freshman Council
- Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
- Iowa State Daily
- Student Union Board
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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