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David Kirschner: Met his namesake.

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avid Kirschner, meet
Kirschner.
David
Confused?
This was the scene
when 13-year-old David
Kirschner, of Bloomfield
Township, spent last week-
end in Hollywood with
producer David Kirschner.
David took a gamble and
decided to write to the
producer about his passion
for video production and the
$30,000 grant he helped
win for his school,
Bloomfield Hills Middle
School.
Young Mr. Kirschner,
who is known around school
as Mr. Video, was stunned
when he received a response
to his letter, an invita-
tion from Mr. Kirschner to
come meet him in
California.
"I was shocked when he
called me so soon and that
I was talking on the phone
with a big producer who
wanted me to be his guest,"
David said. "When he
called, he told me he
thought it was great about
my age and that I'm so
involved. He said he
thought it was ironic we
have the same names.
"He also told me we
would be able to meet some
people at Universal Studios
and I could see what kind of
job he does daily."
Mr. Kirschner produced
Hocus Pocus, Once Upon a
Forest and the Child's Play
movies.
Because of David's love of
video and production, last
spring his principal gave
him four days to produce

what turned out to be an
award-winning 15-minute
video about Bloomfield Hills
Middle School.
The video helped the
school win one of 10 Illinois
State University grants for
integrated science, comput-
ers, math and technology.
David's mom, Marilyn
Kirschner, could not believe
her 13-year-old son had the
confidence to send the
Hollywood producer a letter
and then go to California on
his own.
David first found out
about David Kirschner the
producer when his 10-year-
old sister's friends kept ask-
ing if he had "made a
movie."
"When David found out
there was a Hollywood pro-
ducer with the same name,
he was very intent on me
locating him," his mother
said. "I called all over
Hollywood until I finally
found this guy."

David found out
about David
Kirschner the
producer when
his sister's
friends asked
if he had
"made a movie."

Now, David is offering
some words of encourage-
ment and advice.
"I think if you want to do
something, you should have
the confidence to just try it.
In my case, the result was
good. If I did not try, I
would not have gone to
Hollywood."
David said he got hooked
on video four or five years
ago when he took a video
class at the Jewish
Community Center.
"I started taping things
like sports, including high
school varsity games,
and really loved it. Now, I'll
be taping bar mitzvah ser-
vices at Temple Israel," he
said.
David said he would
eventually like to make his
own movie and plans on
asking his friend, the
Hollywood producer, for
some advice.

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