Sienna Jackson

And I was personally very interested in international relations and international and current affairs. So I was doing things like during the Arab Spring, I was reporting on that. I was talking to students that were protesting in Tahrir Square in Tunisia and asking them questions like, hey, I'm a student reporter. from the United States and I'd like to talk to you about why you're protesting.

And I was personally very interested in international relations and international and current affairs. So I was doing things like during the Arab Spring, I was reporting on that. I was talking to students that were protesting in Tahrir Square in Tunisia and asking them questions like, hey, I'm a student reporter. from the United States and I'd like to talk to you about why you're protesting.

So I was really interested in what was going on in the region. I was like one of the senior staff reporters for my college paper when Osama bin Laden was killed. And I remember filing the story about that for my college paper.

So I was really interested in what was going on in the region. I was like one of the senior staff reporters for my college paper when Osama bin Laden was killed. And I remember filing the story about that for my college paper.

The night that was announced, like, I was at a cafe or something that also reported on really serious issues like the honor killing of one of my classmates when I was 16 that was within the Armenian community in Los Angeles. So I was really interested in, like, serious stuff. But my whole family works in the entertainment industry and I thought I was going to be the one to not do that.

The night that was announced, like, I was at a cafe or something that also reported on really serious issues like the honor killing of one of my classmates when I was 16 that was within the Armenian community in Los Angeles. So I was really interested in, like, serious stuff. But my whole family works in the entertainment industry and I thought I was going to be the one to not do that.

Like I was going to be the rebel that would do something that would be a reporter. But I got the opportunity to have an internship at the Weinstein Company when I was just turned 17. And I walked into that interview and I walked out with the job and my boss at the time, Richard Glasser, who is of like... classically old school. He was born in the forties.

Like I was going to be the rebel that would do something that would be a reporter. But I got the opportunity to have an internship at the Weinstein Company when I was just turned 17. And I walked into that interview and I walked out with the job and my boss at the time, Richard Glasser, who is of like... classically old school. He was born in the forties.

He's worked with like Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder, and he's been just absolutely all over the place when it comes to the music industry. He really saw a lot of potential in me and mentored me and gave me the opportunity to work part-time as I was getting my following degrees. in journalism and communications. This was around 2008. No, it was 2010 when I started interning there.

He's worked with like Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder, and he's been just absolutely all over the place when it comes to the music industry. He really saw a lot of potential in me and mentored me and gave me the opportunity to work part-time as I was getting my following degrees. in journalism and communications. This was around 2008. No, it was 2010 when I started interning there.

And at the time we were post recession, job security was scarce. So I was handed this amazing opportunity. I was like, this is not my plan, but I should take it and run with it because Who would turn away an opportunity like that? And because of that, I got to work on a lot of amazing projects, like a lot of Quentin Tarantino's work up through Hateful Eight.

And at the time we were post recession, job security was scarce. So I was handed this amazing opportunity. I was like, this is not my plan, but I should take it and run with it because Who would turn away an opportunity like that? And because of that, I got to work on a lot of amazing projects, like a lot of Quentin Tarantino's work up through Hateful Eight.

When I started there as an intern, they were in post-production on The King's Speech, which put them off that run, that kind of legendary two, three year sprint of getting best picture over and over. So it was like The King's Speech, The Artist, Silver Mining Playbook. getting a lot of Oscar noms in those early years, those Obama era years.

When I started there as an intern, they were in post-production on The King's Speech, which put them off that run, that kind of legendary two, three year sprint of getting best picture over and over. So it was like The King's Speech, The Artist, Silver Mining Playbook. getting a lot of Oscar noms in those early years, those Obama era years.

And then I did a lot of other things on the side during that period. So it was just like, it was happenstance that I got that opportunity, but I took it and I ran with it.

And then I did a lot of other things on the side during that period. So it was just like, it was happenstance that I got that opportunity, but I took it and I ran with it.

Yeah, so working in a music department at a studio, typically those departments are pretty substantially large. At Weinstein, for so many reasons, just about the way that company was managed, our music department was never more than three people maximum. So that meant I was doing day to day. both creative and admin on all of our filming and TV projects.

Yeah, so working in a music department at a studio, typically those departments are pretty substantially large. At Weinstein, for so many reasons, just about the way that company was managed, our music department was never more than three people maximum. So that meant I was doing day to day. both creative and admin on all of our filming and TV projects.

So that was all the Quentin Tarantino films, all the Oscar Beatty films that we did, all the TV shows like Project Runway, it was like Scream and Scary Movies, like the Dimension label films, stuff that was like Radius TWC. It ended up being like clearing music for our trailers. doing sometimes in-house music supervision. So that's like how music that you see in a film.

So that was all the Quentin Tarantino films, all the Oscar Beatty films that we did, all the TV shows like Project Runway, it was like Scream and Scary Movies, like the Dimension label films, stuff that was like Radius TWC. It ended up being like clearing music for our trailers. doing sometimes in-house music supervision. So that's like how music that you see in a film.