45 - From Indie to Disney with Devin Berko (Walt Disney Company)

Devin Berko is a producer at the Walt Disney Company, entrepreneur and matzo ball enthusiast. He moved to Los Angeles in 2018 after running a successful production company and has since focused on creating diverse content, whether through his work as a food photographer, commercial producer, or director.

Today Devin gets into how to get hired by Disney and what Disney corporate producers look for in a director and production company to work on commercials for the Disney parks, faking a documentary to propose to the love of your life, and the philosophy he adopted from his fianceé that will give you the best shot at getting what you want.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

1:15 - start

1:35 - Devin’s job at Disney producing commercials for the Disney Parks

3:35 - Tiana’s Bayou Adventure!

4:55 - From making TikToks for a company to working with Disney IP   

7:05 - Being a part of something bigger

10:33 -working inside a bureaucracy / large company 

23:15 - set your own path; short-term opportunity vs. long-term strategy 

29:45 - wedding company gets ghosted

34:05 - Producing for TikTok

35:25 - When is too late to start? (Age)

38:45 - The “get-out-of-bed” rate

41:55 - Don’t Ask, Don’t Get

44:45 - How to get hired by Disney

51:15 - Matzoball Documentary

56:25 - Faking a documentary to propose 

1:01:03 - TIME CAPSULE

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IG: @devinberko

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