Make sure to attend UME’s info session to learn about our GBM program and all of our committees!

Join us for the Wharton Club Fair to learn more about how you can join UME and pursue your interest in media and entertainment. We can't wait to see you there!

Join us for an early screening of Mortal Kombat II at Cinemark!

Join UME for a conversation with Andy Hopkins! An alumnus of both Wesleyan University and Harvard Business School, Hopkins serves as Executive Vice President, Global Development, Segment Planning & Finance for The Walt Disney Company’s Disney Experiences segment (DX).

Join UME for an incredibly exciting event with the creator of the A24 show Beef on Netflix: 2003 Penn graduate Lee Sung Jin. The three-time Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner will be hosting both a masterclass and a screening.

Join us for a Speaker Series event with University of Pennsylvania 1983 graduate and veteran entertainment executive Rich Ross. A former Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel, Ross previously served as Chairman of Walt Disney Studios and President Worldwide Disney Channel.

Join us for our first GBM of the year! It will be a mixer-style GBM, designed to help members meet others in the club, and food will also be provided. We hope to see you there!

Join us for an early screening of Wuthering Heights at Cinemark!

Join Penn alums as they explain their career trajectories and share knowledge about the industry!

Join us at our info session to learn more about UME and how to get involved!

Join us on at the Wharton Club Fair to learn more about how you can become involved with UME and explore the media and entertainment industry!

Join us for a special evening with Writer, Director and Producer Jesse Eisenberg!

Join us for a speaker series event with Christopher Vollmer: a Managing Director at MediaLink, a partner at UTA, and one of the most recognized advisors in entertainment, media, and technology.

Walt Disney Studios Head of Theatrical Distribution Andrew Cripps joins us for a speaker series event!

Our inaugural conference with panels on the future of streaming (David Curley and Amy Jo Smith), AI in entertainment (Kevin Dawe, Allison Goldberg, Neal Zuckerman), and the production process (Brandon Smith, Maria Zuckerman, Katie Maloney)!

A conversation with Penn students about their experiences navigating and working in the entertainment industry!

A conversation with Grammy Award-winning music critic, author, and Rolling Stone editor Anthony Decurtis!

Make sure to attend our info session September 2nd at 7 to learn more about the club and all our committees!

Join us at the Wharton Club Fair tomorrow from 3-6 pm in Huntsman Hall to learn more about who we are and what we do!

Happy FDOC! Curious about the intersection of business and entertainment? Or looking to just say hi? Find us at the SAC fair tomorrow, August 27th, from 4-7pm to talk to board members, learn more about what we do, and discover ways to get involved!

Join us for our last speaker series event of the semester with Sam Register on Monday, April 28 at 7!

Sam Register is President of Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Cartoon Network Studios (CNS), and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, reporting to Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman Channing Dungey. He has led WBA since 2014 and expanded his responsibilities to include CNS in 2020 and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe in 2021. Register oversees original animated content development across the three studios for diverse audiences and platforms, including streaming, television, film, and digital media. Notable projects include Batman: Caped Crusader, Teen Titans Go!, Harley Quinn, and the new The Amazing World of Gumball series. He began his animation career at Cartoon Network in 1994, later launching CartoonNetwork.com in 1998.

Join us in JMHH 365 for a speaker series event with Randi Michel on Tuesday, April 15 at 5pm!

Randi is an Emmy Award-winning producer and talent manager who currently heads the New York office of Artists First, a management and production company. Her upcoming projects include producing the animated film The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear with Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit for Netflix and All Screwed Up, a biopic about DJ Screw, in collaboration with Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack label and Sony Pictures. Randi represents a roster of high-profile clients including John Travolta, Colton Underwood, and Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York. In addition to her work in entertainment, she serves on the Advisory Board of The Said Project, a nonprofit focused on arts education. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer in Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches a course on artist representation.

Join us this Friday, March 28th, at 4 PM in Irvine room G16 for a speaker event with Mark Kaufman!

Mark Kaufman is a University of Pennsylvania alumnus and serves as Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures. In this role, Kaufman has creative, operational, and managerial oversight on all live stage endeavors across Warner Bros. Discovery’s family of brands and businesses. Kaufman reports directly to Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group's Co-Chairs/CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, serving as a member of the company’s senior leadership team.

Under his guidance, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures has multiple titles playing around the world and is currently represented on Broadway with The Outsiders, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Good Night, and Good Luck. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures has previously been represented on Broadway with hits like Beetlejuice, Elf, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Kaufman’s career spans stage, film, music, and television. He joined Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures in 2011 from Unique Features, after 16 years at New Line Cinema, where he served as executive producer on films including Hairspray, 17 Again, Valentine’s Day, and Secondhand Lions. He also worked on soundtracks for films including Rush Hour, Austin Powers, The Wedding Singer, and Boogie Nights. As a writer, Kaufman created Toothless and Just a Walk in the Park for The Walt Disney Company.

Welcome back to campus, UME! We hope you enjoyed your break. Join us for our next speaker series event with Brad Schwartz on Wednesday, March 19 at 7PM!

Brad Schwartz, President of The CW Network since November 2022, is a media executive with over 20 years of experience in leadership and brand transformation. He previously led the successful rebrand of TV Guide Network to Pop TV, where he helped launch Schitt’s Creek, which went on to make Emmy history. Before that, he held executive roles at Fuse and MTV Canada, driving award-winning programming and network growth. Recognized as a top industry leader, Schwartz began his career at Saturday Night Live after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania.

Join us as we hear from Doug Belgrad on Wednesday, March 5 at 7PM in SHDH 209! Doug is Vice President of Original Films at Netflix, where he oversees all movies made in-house from development to release, including upcoming films Knives Out 3, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, RIP, Ladies First, Fast and Loose, and Happy Gilmore 2. Previously, Doug founded 2.0 Entertainment, a film and television production and financing company, based at Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he was President of the Motion Picture Group prior. There, he was involved in launching and revitalizing live-action I.P., including the Spiderman franchise, Jumanji, Ghostbusters, Men in Black, Jump Street, Grown-Ups, Smurfs, and others. He also supervised a a range of high-quality commercial dramas, including 21, The Social Network, Zero Dark Thirty, Captain Phillips, American Hustle, and Concussion. Doug graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in history and began his career at Kidder, Peabody as a securities analyst, specializing in media and entertainment companies, before joining Columbia Pictures in 1989. Doug is married and has 3 adult children.

Mickey 17 hits theaters next Friday, March 7. Along with the movie, you won’t want to miss an exclusive night of free wings and hoodies at Smokey Joe’s on Monday, March 3 at 7PM! Presented by UME and WBU@Penn.

Join Music Business at Penn and Wharton UME for a speaker series event with Gregg Wattenberg! Gregg is a Grammy nominated producer and serves as the CO-CEO of Artist House, a music artist incubator and accelerator. Come to gain insights into the music business industry!

Join us this Monday, February 24th, at 7:30 PM in JMHH 340 for our second GMB of the semester! Hear about some of our exciting upcoming events and enjoy an activity with other fellow UME members!

Join us on Monday, February 24 at 12:15pm in JMHH F45 for a fireside chat with Nancy Lefkowitz, EVP of Artist Relations and Special Events at Tribeca Enterprises!

Join Wharton UME, Penn Film Society, and SPEC Film for a Valentine’s Day mixer on Tuesday, Feb. 11! Meet us in Rodin Rooftop Lounge at 6:30 PM and bring your friends. We’ll have pizza, drinks, and a candy bar! Mingle with members of Penn’s premier entertainment clubs as we get into the Valentine’s Day spirit with snacks & a movie!