How I Got Greenlit

Oct 01 2024 83 ep. 12
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ALEX KELEDJIAN, the creator of "Project Greenlight," hosts a weekly podcast about pursuing your passions, both in the creative arts and beyond. Featuring in-depth personal interviews and lively round table discussions with Hollywood's hottest media makers, as well as innovators in music, advertising, and business, industry veteran Keledjian unlocks the secret ingredients to personal success through long form one-on-one interviews and group conversations examining how acclaimed working professionals discovered their path in life and achieved their goals through hard work, perseverance, and incredible luck. They share their humble origin stories, their brushes with legendary figures in Film and TV, and give us a front row seat to their "Greenlit" moments of breakthrough success. "How I Got Greenlit" is part How To, part Self-Help/Self-Actualization, part Industry gossip, and part Pop Culture geek out. World class on-screen and off-screen talent share their unique, touching, hilarious, and often unbelievable adventures on their way to the top of the screen trade and beyond.

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