On May 14, 2018, Columbia Crandell was sitting in the so-called bullpen at Vin Di Bona Prods. when a male superior asked her to come in and check out the latest Oculus Rift VR headset. The bullpen is the area of the office where young staffers — mostly women and often recent graduates of Di Bona’s alma mater, Emerson College — watch and log clips that just may land on the production company’s signature series, America’s Funniest Home Videos, or its tie-in social media platforms.
Crandell, an Emerson alum, said yes and followed vp business development and strategy Philip Shafran back ...
Crandell, an Emerson alum, said yes and followed vp business development and strategy Philip Shafran back ...
- 10/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On May 14, 2018, Columbia Crandell was sitting in the so-called bullpen at Vin Di Bona Prods. when a male superior asked her to come in and check out the latest Oculus Rift VR headset. The bullpen is the area of the office where young staffers — mostly women and often recent graduates of Di Bona’s alma mater, Emerson College — watch and log clips that just may land on the production company’s signature series, America’s Funniest Home Videos, or its tie-in social media platforms.
Crandell, an Emerson alum, said yes and followed vp business development and strategy Philip Shafran back ...
Crandell, an Emerson alum, said yes and followed vp business development and strategy Philip Shafran back ...
- 10/14/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The production company behind America’s Funniest Home Videos is facing a wide-ranging lawsuit that alleges “gender violence,” racial discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation and more.
The class action filed by three anonymous women on behalf of “all other aggrieved employees” names Vin Di Bona Entertainment; its digital offshoot, Fish Bowl Worldwide Media; and individual employees, including one who has been put on administrative leave.
In a March 19 filing in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the women ID’d only as Jane Roes 1, 2, and 3 assert in part that the company did not take action regarding the behavior of Philip Shafran, who was Roe 1’s supervisor at Vdp. Roe 1, a black woman who was a senior manager in the company digital unit at the time, alleges a pattern of racial bias including ostracized by white supervisors in meetings and Shafran making comments her being “first in line to...
The class action filed by three anonymous women on behalf of “all other aggrieved employees” names Vin Di Bona Entertainment; its digital offshoot, Fish Bowl Worldwide Media; and individual employees, including one who has been put on administrative leave.
In a March 19 filing in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the women ID’d only as Jane Roes 1, 2, and 3 assert in part that the company did not take action regarding the behavior of Philip Shafran, who was Roe 1’s supervisor at Vdp. Roe 1, a black woman who was a senior manager in the company digital unit at the time, alleges a pattern of racial bias including ostracized by white supervisors in meetings and Shafran making comments her being “first in line to...
- 4/3/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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