Graduate Profile: Bradley “Brad” D. Falchuk ’93, L.H.D.’14
Emmy Award-winning Writer, Director and Producer; Creator of American Crime Story and American Horror Story
Brad Falchuk has cemented himself as an important creative force in the contemporary “golden era” of television. He discovered his passion for writing, producing and storytelling while taking film classes at HWS. Falchuk wrote a play during his junior year and completed an independent study with Associate Professor of English Elisabeth Lyon where he turned the play into a film that helped him secure admission to graduate school at the American Film Institute (AFI).
Professional Pathways
HWS graduates have gone on to impressive careers across the media industry. HWS alums are eager to provide guidance for students who are interested in pursuing media-related careers and often participate in campus workshops and off-campus networking events. Below is a sampling of places our graduates have gone on to work:
- MasterCard
- Cognac One
- IHS Markit
- Market Hall Foods
- Madison Square Garden
- Playwrights Horizons
- Christie’s
- Walmart Global eCommerce
- Nielson Catalina Solutions
- Athenahealth
- EventQuest
- John Hancock Financial
- Morgan Stanley
- MTV Networks
- BP America Corp.
- Houghton Mifflin
- One Communications
- Ypartnership
- JoJo Ware
- SNAP Productions
- Artsy’s Art Gallery
- Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
- BRTRC Inc.
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Advantage Human Resourcing
- Yahoo! Europe
- Women’s Way
- CBS
- Clement USA
- DreamYard Project
- METRO New York, Inc.
- Virgin Atlantic Airways
- Dutton Children’s Books/Penguin Group
- Professional School