Erik Benjamin
BS in Television, Radio, & Film, Syracuse University
Area(s) of Interest: TV/film, Performing arts, Theatre, Video/digital media, Arts/music festivals, Nonprofit work, Entrepreneurship
Experience: NBC Page; Assistant at ICM Partners
Ideal job in 10 Years: Film Executive at a Studio or College Professor
What led you to enroll in the MSLCE program at Northwestern? I like the mix of practical business hard skills and the specificity of the creative industries.
Which leader or influential figure inspires you the most and why? Elie Wiesel: the bravery in telling his own story to ensure that an atrocity of the Holocaust never happens again.
Where are you from? Atlanta, GA, USA