About Hollywood Resumes

Who We Are

We met in 2010 as interns trying to break into the entertainment industry. Over the years, we've become good friends, and, aside from our love of dogs, one of the many things we have in common is that at each job we've held, we've found ourselves hiring interns, freelancers, and full-time employees. After conducting hundreds of interviews and weeding through even more resumes, we've learned that many qualified candidates simply don't know how to pitch themselves for the Hollywood jobs they want. Plus, our friends, interns, and colleagues frequently approach us for resume help, and we thought others might benefit from our collective experience.

​That's why we started Hollywood Resumes.

Between the two of us, we’ve worked in film, TV, and digital; at big corporations and small start-ups; in scripted and unscripted development, production, and writing; in news and social media; in event planning and marketing; in product placement; and in research.
 
Unlike most professional resume writers, we are not recruiters or HR executives. Instead, we have actually worked in and hired for positions across Hollywood.  In an industry where most jobs are filled through internal referrals, it’s crucial to impress not only the recruiters, but those in the actual departments that are hiring -- and we know what they’re looking for because we’ve had to consider prospective candidates ourselves.

Angela Silak

Angela is a film & TV development executive specializing in children's media. She currently works as a creative executive in the children's programming division of a major streaming platform, where she oversees development and production of live-action and animated preschool series. She previously spent six years as a development executive at a leading children's TV network, where she managed a slate of original movies and scripted series. She has also worked for an unscripted TV production company and an entertainment news website. Angela graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in History, and she also holds a Master of Communication Management degree from USC and a Master of Arts in Educational Studies from LMU. 

Cindy Kaplan

Cindy is a writer whose work includes the award-winning web series ADULTING WITH JANE and cover stories for Food Equality Initiative's Free-From Magazine about life with food allergies. She has directed multiple short documentaries for NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change, including TWO FAITHS ONE PRAYER, for which she earned the organization’s Change-Maker Award. She spent 8 years at Endeavor-owned agency Signal Entertainment Marketing, where she managed the product placement account for leading advertiser P&G and executed deals with Disney, Paramount, and other major production partners. Previously, she worked at Kids at Play, where she wrote and produced content for Disney Jr., Yahoo!, VEVO, and Electus, and managed a development slate of reality series. Originally from Brooklyn, she graduated from Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, Creative Writing, and Journalism