Coming of Age: Detroit

Coming of Age: Detroit – Pipe Dreams

Episode 2

February 16, 2022

In this episode of the award winning digital series Coming of Age from Silver Screen Studios and Reboot, Joel Katz shares memories about the civil disturbances in Detroit during the late 1960s, the experience of being an observant Jew in the midst of his military service in Vietnam and loving his kids even when they annoy him. Learn more and watch here.

Joel Katz never thought he’d take over the family business. But when his father Albert Katz (founder of Al’s Plumbing and Heating Company) got injured, Joel applied his business acumen to ensuring the company continued to thrive. In this episode of the award winning digital series Coming of Age from Silver Screen Studios and Reboot, Joel shares memories about the civil disturbances in Detroit during the late 1960s, the experience of being an observant Jew in the midst of his military service in Vietnam and loving his kids even when they annoy him.

Joel Katz is a Master Plumber, established gardener, and Master Zaydie. He is a Vietnam Veteran and has owned a plumbing business in Detroit for more than 50 years.

Noam Dromi

Managing Director - Reboot Studios

Noam Dromi is the Managing Director and Executive Producer of Reboot Studios, the content arm of Reboot. He is an Emmy® Award-winning veteran writer/producer, marketing executive and digital strategist, specializing in creative content, media production and brand development for entertainment companies, consumer brands and non-profits. The co-creator of the award winning Dolphin Tale franchise for Warner Bros/Alcon Entertainment, he won the first Primetime Emmy® for VR in 2015 for his work as Producer of the Sleepy Hollow Virtual Reality Experience with the Fox Broadcasting Company. He was nominated again in 2018 for his work as Executive Producer of the AMC digital series The Walking Dead: Red Machete. He is an active member of the WGA, PGA, and Television Academy and served as an adjunct screenwriting professor in the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University.

noam@rebooting.com

Tiffany Woolf

PR Pro and Co-Founder of Silver Screen Studios

Tiffany Woolf has over 25 years of PR experience in arts & entertainment, film, and public interest communications, She was on the Dalai Lama’s PR team (yes, even the world’s most enlightened guru needs some promotion from time to time). In 2018, Tiffany partnered with Reboot to launch Silver Screen Studios, a digital platform of shows, featuring interviews with the legends we love from Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, Marion Ross & Larry King to everyday older role models. Tiffany loves to delight in the absurd, loves old people, a good story or joke, kind people and lobster rolls (kosher of course).

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