By TRILBY BERESFORD | Reporter
Growing up in Pacific Palisades, Tyler Newman enjoyed making videos with his friends. While a student at Palisades Charter High School, he and his brother would make videos for prospective college athletes.
While his brother moved to Connecticut and became a coastguard, Tyler went on to be a public relations and advertising major at Chapman University’s Dodge College, minoring in entrepreneurship. He graduated in May.
At 22 years old, Tyler runs a production company—completely by himself—called Pali Pictures. Recent projects include event re-cap videos for Silverlakes Sports Complex and student recruitment videos for Corpus Christi School. Many of his projects incorporate the use of drones, which Newman operates with a commercial license.
In August, Newman won a Los Angeles area Emmy Award for co-producing the documentary, “Making Music, Making Friends.” Available for viewing on YouTube, the 30-minute show documents the musical pursuits of elementary school kids.
This particular project was a family affair, as Newman’s father Larry executive produced the documentary as Director of Children’s Music Workshop.
“He’s built such a good business,” Newman said, clearly inspired by his father’s work.
As for the future, Newman looks forward to pursuing large-scale projects where he can be involved in every step of the creative process.
“The Palisades has given me so many opportunities to work with great people,” he said, before quickly adding that he’s moving to an apartment in Brentwood.
That’s acceptable, as long as he doesn’t forget his humble beginnings.
Visit palipictures.com to learn more about Newman’s projects.
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