Bill Draper
Upon walking into F201 to hear the forum last friday, I recognized a man sitting in the corner of the room as someone I knew from my home ward in Valencia, CA. Then that man got up, sat next to Tom Lefler, and introduced himself as Bill Draper, Production Manager at Warner Bros. Studios. I recalled my dad telling me about a guy in our ward that worked in the film industry, but I was shocked to see him sitting in front of my department discussing in detail the big bad world of Hollywood. Bill is an alumni of BYU and was a part of the film program with previous experience in the business major. He said that studying both fields helped him to get ahead in LA, for down there the act of film making is not "show art" but rather "show business." It takes a certain A type personality to make it in that part of the world, and according to Bill, you either have it or you don't. He scared half the students in that room to death and the other half, like me, with plans of going into non-Hollywood lines of work, were at ease knowing they'd never have to adapt to that kind of lifestyle. With all the success that Bill Draper has had in his career, he said the one thing he wish he would've changed was to have married earlier and to have spent more time with his children. It was very interesting having a peek into that multi-billion dollar industry and comforting to know that there are people out there that can handle all the stress necessary for entertaining America and allowing everyday people an escape from reality through blockbuster films.
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