Lauren Zalaznick tackles her tasks in twos. She had both premed and English concentrations in college, worked on film and TV careers, took charge in marketing and programming positions, and is now president of two NBC Universal cable networks, Bravo and Trio. The New York native didn't even envision a career in TV while she was an undergrad at Brown University prep-ping to apply to med school. But to indulge a budding interest in film, she decided to delay med school for a year. After sending out one letter, she landed a job as production assistant on director Frank Perry's feature film Compromising Positions, starring Susan Sarandon and Raul Julia. For the next decade, she jumped between freelance production assignments on art-house flicks, all the while producing promos, music videos and commercials for MTV Networks and others.
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