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Gail Berman Remembers Getting “No After No” For ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Before She Got A Yes; Producer Talks “Resilience” In Accepting PGA’s Norman Lear Award


Gail Berman Regales Getting 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Off Ground: PGA Awards

A Broadway producer in her early 20s, who blossomed into a female TV studio head at Fox Entertainment and then eventually development boss at Paramount. Berman’s sizzle reel showed off her greatest hits from series such as Angel, Roswell and American Idol to movies such as the recent Austin Butler Warner Bros pic Elvis. Buffy herself, Sarah Michelle Gellar, delivered a heartfelt introduction for Berman, who described her a huge mentor in her career who taught the then 18-year old actress how to balance the professional with the personal.

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