Tisch West: In Conversation With Crystal Boyd and Nardeep Khurmi, The Ins & Outs of Independent Producing

Being a producer is a difficult job with a million moving parts. Not only do you need creativity, but you also need to hone a keen business sense and know how to leverage both skills to the best of your ability.

Tisch West is proud to welcome two outstanding alums who are at the top of their producing game to come tell us how they do it all.

SATURDAY, MAY 4
4:00 - 6:00 PM PT

NYU LA Academic Center
145 S. Fairfax Ave, Suite 405
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Crystal Boyd '10 (BFA, Drama) is an actress, writer, and TV creator who has sold four pilots to Warner Brothers and SONY, as part of the woman-comedy trio, The Downtown Girls. They are currently developing a comedy feature, BLACK GIRL MAGIC, with Gabrielle Union, based on the single-camera comedy pilot that they sold to NBC, with Sony Pictures Television.

Nardeep Khurmi '09 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) is an award winning writer, director, and actor hailing from the suburbs of Philly by way of Switzerland. His debut feature, Land of Gold, which he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in, had its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, is the winner of the AT&T Untold Stories Program, and can be streamed on HBO Max. He is currently developing a limited series with Amazon.

These two creative powerhouses are now in the trenches of embarking on a brand-new project together, an independent feature titled Savage Season, and they’re here to tell us how it all came about.

Moderated by Nina Sadowsky

Nina is an author, filmmaker and educator. She currently serves as Program Director of NYU Los Angeles, and taught producing and writing at USC for over a decade. She has written numerous screenplays, served as President of Production for Signpost Films, and served as President at Meg Ryan’s Prufrock Pictures. Sadowsky executive produced the hit film The Wedding Planner, as well as produced the films Desert Saints, Lost Souls, Northern Lights, and Jumpin' at the Boneyard. She has a multi-book deal with Penguin Random House, with her latest thriller PRIVACY released in 2022. Her debut thriller, JUST FALL, was published in 2016 and her BURIAL SOCIETY series launched in 2018 with the second book in the series, THE EMPTY BED, published in 2020. Her fourth thriller, CONVINCE ME, was also released in 2020. THE BURIAL SOCIETY and THE EMPTY BED are in development for television.

*Parking: Metered street parking is available on Fairfax Ave, for up to 2 hours. There is also parking at The Farmer’s Market across the street for $5/hr for the first 3 hours and $2/hr beyond 3 hours.

*Due to the limited space and high demand for this event, tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.

*Please plan to arrive on time. Due to the event space’s security system, latecomers will not be admitted into the building once the event begins.