The Pitch Tank with Special Guest Jonny Perl

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The Pitch Tank

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Jonny Perl is developing projects for Animation and Broadway musicals such as Farewell My Concubine by Kenneth Lin and Jason Robert Brown. While a student at UCLA, he founded the student run company Positivity Productions and continues to also work as an independent producer, director, musician, and performer. Recently, his show "Macabaret" was offered residency at the 3 Clubs in Hollywood. Full Bio »

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During this Pitch Tank, Jason Mirch is joined by Jonny Perl the Associate Producer at Cinemation, a company built by the creative minds behind features and television including Disney's The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, DreamWorks' & Netflix's "The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show", Stuart Little. They are currently in production on Open Road Films' animated feature Blazing Samurai starring Samuel L Jackson and Mel Brooks, which releases in 2021!

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Jonny Perl is developing projects for Animation and Broadway musicals such as Farewell My Concubine by Kenneth Lin and Jason Robert Brown. While a student at UCLA, he founded the student run company Positivity Productions and continues to also work as an independent producer, director, musician, and performer. Recently, his show "Macabaret" was offered residency at the 3 Clubs in Hollywood.

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