From Indie to Disney with Devin Berko

Show notes

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. 1:15start
2. 1:35Devin’s job at Disney producing commercials for the Disney Parks
3. 3:35Tiana’s Bayou Adventure!
4. 4:55From making TikToks for a company to working with Disney IP
5. 7:05Being a part of something bigger
6. 10:33working inside a bureaucracy / large company
7. 23:15set your own path; short-term opportunity vs. long-term strategy
8. 29:45wedding company gets ghosted
9. 34:05Producing for TikTok
10. 35:25When is too late to start? (Age)
11. 38:45The “get-out-of-bed” rate
12. 41:55Don’t Ask, Don’t Get
13. 44:45How to get hired by Disney
14. 51:15Matzoball Documentary
15. 56:25Faking a documentary to propose
16. 1:01:03TIME CAPSULE

Keep Up With Devin

IG: @devinberko