Jon Brockett
Coordinating Producer
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
Graduated with a major in Theater.
Moved to NY to be an actor.
Quickly figured out that's a bad idea.
But still wanted to work in entertainment.
Got a job at William Morris; also a bad idea.
Got a job as an assistant at SAG.
Several years later moved to Los Angeles to work on the SAG Awards.
And now I'm one of the producers of the show.
Keep following my journey
Education
High School
Career
Coordinating Producer
I produce a live nationally televised awards show.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Film
Television
Working with Others
Day to Day
Most of my day is spent on the phone and on email, which is frustrating because there's less time to be creative. Relationships with the people I work with - in and out of the office - are the key to getting things done in my job. I work on these relationships everyday.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for college students
Do everything. Take every film and theater class offered. Intern. Audition. For anything. Produce your own plays. Create your own short films. Even if it's with your iPhone camera. Get your feet wet. Learn everything you can.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Myself:
"I honestly never had a lot of resistance from family or friends. I wanted to move away to NY, I moved to NY. I wanted to move even further away to LA, I moved to LA. My family was supportive of my choices and really enabled me to succeed. I think about this every day. If there was any noise it was my own. I doubted myself. I had a lot of fear of failure (and still do sometimes) but I pushed through it each time. I'm still pushing."
Challenges I Overcame
Insecurity
