“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

We’ve been increasingly busy trying to keep up with our new admissions, our international students’ paperwork and the needs of our current students and decided that it was time to bring a new person to the team to lend a hand.

We recently welcomed Danielle Parker to the FilmSchoolSF crew. She’s been busy getting up to speed with processes and procedures, fussing around with our phone (our names are on them now!), and navigating database mail merges but was able to take a few minutes to answer a few questions.

Where did you come from and how’d you get here?

Born and raised in Monterey, CA. Went to college at UC Berkeley studied English because my mom wasn’t thrilled with the idea of film, or film school; but you’d be surprised how many English classes are based on film, and vise verse. Traveled often and as much as possible. Graduated in 2005 and then toured South America. Then moved to SF to live in a converted room/dining room in my best friend’s apartment. Fell in love with the city, and began working at a publishing house and then Current TV.

What do you do when you aren’t working?

When I’m not working and have extra $ (which is rare), I love to travel. Otherwise, I love to ride motorcycles (Honda CB500) on sunny days, sew, swim, and play in the East Bay. I’m an only child so I can occupy myself fairly easy.

And because this is a film school, we had to ask her for her Top 5 Films. And they are (in no particular order):

Do the Right Thing , Old Boy, Big Lebowski, City of God, and Dumb and Dumber. (Wait. What? Did she really say Dumb and Dumber? Let me check the transcript again. Holy wow. Yep…it says it right here. Awesome!)

As the school continues to grow, we’ll count on Danielle to manage our ever-increasing admissions inquiries and contribute to fresh marketing and promotional efforts.