Nov 29, 20172 min read

MEET A UNIQUE LEGEND IN THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY.

Updated: Jul 15, 2021

Eric Sherman - educator, producer, author, writer and director.

An Exclusive Gypset Magazine Interview with Eric Sherman telling his personal experience working with Orson Welles. Two producers, Alfredo Papadakis and Reinaldo Vandres, had the unparalleled opportunity to interview one of a kind individuals that contribute to US film industry and education.

Eric Sherman is a producer, author, writer and director. He is one of the most unique and influential men today in the American film industry, where he carries the legacy of his father, Vincent Sherman, who directed many of the movies' greatest stars like Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Richard Burton, Paul Newman and Ava Gardner among others.

Eric Sherman Exclusive Interview - Gypset Magazine LA

Eric opened his home to give us the inside view in this exclusive interview about his experience working with film industry icons like Orson Wells and Francis Ford Coppola. He also talks about his TV production "Futures with Jaime Escalante." (Jaime Escalante is the LA high school math teacher whose life was portrayed by actor Eduard James Olmos in the film Stand and Deliver by Warner Bros.) This TV production was awarded the prestigious Peabody award.

Stand and Deliver Trailer:

Eric Sherman has been involved with the film industry nearly his entire life. Born in Los Angeles, he graduated from Yale University. After starting out as a mathematics major, he co-founded the Yale Film Society and became Yale's first Scholar of the House in Film. Then he opened the film department at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design where he teaches seven thousand students - such as Michael Bay, who directed films like Armageddon and Transformers, Zack Snyder, who directed Man of Steel 2013 and produced Wonder Woman 2017. Eric Sherman directed and produced many films in the industry. He is so respected that he is a recognized expert witness in the US court system in the field of Entertainment.