BA #120: Alex Fernie

March 7, 2016

 

On the one-hundred and twentieth Box Angeles writer / director Alex Fernie (Childrens Hospital, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) stops by Studio 309. He discusses growing up on a horse farm, discovering improv at high school in Rhode Island, attending Vassar College, working for a night club, and more!

 

 

the BA #120 breakdown
– Box rants turning off email notifications.
– Drinking and rituals.
– Growing up in New Hampshire and growing up on a horse farm.
– Moving to Rhode Island and getting into improv at an artsy school.
– Going to Vassar College to major in history and meeting Alex Berg & Todd Fasen
– Creating Convoy and moving to Los Angeles right after graduation.
– Taking classes at iO West and working at a night club.
– Convoy’s run at UCB and meeting Tom Lennon & Ben Garant.
– Selling pilots and working at Funny or Die learning directing.

For more Alex, catch him in ‘Reno 911!‘ and follow him on Twitter @ferniecommaalex.

 

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