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Adam Fasullo on the set of Chad Powers with actor Glen Powell
Doing What Scares You
Can Land You in Hollywood
A Q&A with Pitt alum Adam Fasullo
Thanks to Pitt Business, Adam Fasullo (BSBA ’11) learned a key skill to succeed as the president and co-founder of Anomaly Pictures — the ability to network.
From his first internship, to his current role, the power of networking has changed his career.
Can you tell me a little about your company?
Anomaly Pictures started about three years ago with my business partner Michael Waldron, who is a writer and director. We’re in an exclusive deal with 20th Television. Anything we make in TV will be a Disney production.
Day-to-day, I meet with filmmakers, writers, executives, agents, managers, and producers. I also read scripts, books, and articles to find ideas that Michael and I can develop and sell.
We’re a full-service company — we’re there from the original idea all the way through to when something is released. I get to go from daydreaming about what’s interesting to pairing a writer with an idea to working with an actor to being on set. Then post-production and then marketing, where my business background comes in handy.
It’s a job that touches every single facet of the entertainment industry. It’s incredibly creative and incredibly business-oriented at the same time.
What’s been your proudest career accomplishment so far?
I’m so proud of Chad Powers. It’s a very stupid show with very big ideas, and I love it. It was the first thing I got to create with my best friend, and we built that whole experience with our friend Glen Powell at exactly the right moment.
If we’d been a couple of days early or late, it wouldn’t have worked. Everything in this business is telling you no, and this was one we just believed in.
But honestly, I’m most proud of the fact that I’ve always done the thing that scared me most. I’ve never been timid about a career decision. The advice I give to everyone is: always bet on yourself.
It doesn’t mean you’ll always get the outcome you want, but you will always learn something about what kind of life and career you want to have. Do the thing that scares you most.
Always bet on yourself. Do the thing that scares you most.— Adam Fasullo (BSBA ’11)
What’s your favorite memory from your time at Pitt?
My favorite memory happened within my first few months at school, in 2007. It was the Pitt vs. West Virginia game, the Backyard Brawl.
West Virginia was the second-best team in the country; Pitt was 4-7 and had no business winning. It was the LeSean McCoy, Pat Bostick era — and we won. I remember feeling a level of jubilation I didn’t know I was capable of. That moment really cemented my love of Pitt football and of competition in general.
Another great memory is that I worked for the basketball team during the season when they were ranked number one in the country. The time of DeJuan Blair, Levance Fields, Coach Jamie Dixon.
I really came alive that year. I thought, “how lucky am I to be here for this?”
That instilled something in me — a real obsession with brand and the association between a logo and success and prestige.
That’s honestly why I went to work at the biggest talent agency in Hollywood, then HBO, then Paramount. I became obsessed with how you associate yourself with a great brand.
And I think what I’ve always loved about Pitt is that there’s a real underdog mentality. We’re never going to get the best recruits, but we’re going to work harder than everyone else.
That gave me a chip on my shoulder competing against kids with Ivy League pedigrees, and it made me a real advocate for our school.
Once you were in the business program at Pitt, was there anything that stood out to you?
All of my friends were going to school for business, so I said, great, I’ll do that.
I was always a creative kid, but at the time it just seemed impossible to pursue something in the arts.
Once I got to the business school, I made friends who are still close to this day, and I loved having that sense of community.
I really started figuring out what I wanted to pursue when I took marketing classes. I thought, okay, this is a creative field within a business program.
I was also in a business fraternity called Alpha Kappa Psi, which I loved because it offered a community within a community. That’s something I’m always chasing to this day.
What’s your best piece of advice?
If you have even the slightest inclination toward something you want to do, find someone with a connection to it and be their shadow.
Get a mentor. Don’t be afraid to take the non-traditional path.
Don’t be afraid to send that email. People are more willing to give you their time than you realize.
I’ve never once met someone who wasn’t excited to give advice. I love helping people and I especially love helping Pitt students, because frankly, in my business, there aren’t a lot of us.