Opposite page: Producer Orly
Adelson: "When I opened my own
company five years ago,
there were only two women
producers taking care of film
financing, and I was one of them."

Above: Luke Perry,
Olivia d'Abo and Dan Cortese
star as vacationing friends whose
fishing boat encounters a 1930s
luxury liner lost in the Bermuda
Triangle in "The Triangle."

dent at Hebrew University, first focus-
ing on music and sociology and then
working toward her master's degree in
business.
"When I came to live in Los Angeles,
I knew that it was a company town,
and I loved being involved with creative
[projects]," Adelson says. "Naturally, I
was drawn to the movies here.
"I was in advertising first and
became a producer at a big agency. I
did Chrysler commercials, and that
was a great way to learn. Everything
has to get told in one minute." -
When Adelson decided to make her
move into movies 12 years ago, she
aligned herself with a mentor, Michael
Brandman. She and her husband had
agreed to keep their work separate for
the integrity of their marriage, and their
professional paths have not crossed.
"Michael Brandman made a deal with
me," she recalls. "If I could sell a movie,
we would produce it together. I sold
Shoot First to NBC, and we made it."
After working with Brandman for

two years, Adelson joined producer
Roger Gimbel at Carolco-Gimbel,
which later became Gimbel-Adelson,
and made Chernobyl: the Final
Warning for TNT and Desperate Rescue
for NBC.
Under the banner of Orly Adelson
Productions, she has worked with many
titles and many television networks,
including One True Love for CBS, The
Truth About Jane for Lifetime, Ultimate
Deception for USA and Freefall for the
Fox Family Channel.
A documentary, Keeper of the Light,
returned her to Israel for a short time.
Working with Oscar-winning director
Chuck Workman, she helped explore the
relationships between Arabs and Jews.
"I was very lucky that a wonderful guy
wanted me to do a piece about Israel,"
says Adelson, a former Peace Now board
member who is developing a movie
about the Munich Olympics with
ESPN.
Although the Adelson children —
Kori, 14, and Jonathan, 9 — love
watching movies, they are kept distant
from behind-the-scenes involvement
because both parents want their children
to find their own professional passions.
With her mom, dad and other close
family members still living in Israel,
Adelson tries to travel there as often as
possible. She appreciates having rela-
tives in Michigan, where she visits the
family of her aunt, artist Eileen
Aboulafia of Farmington Hills. Aunt
and niece recently enjoyed an exotic
getaway in Turkey.
"When I opened my own company
five years ago, there were only two
women producers taking care of film
financinab , and I was one of them,"
says Adelson, whose upcoming proj-
ects include a TBS movie about reality
TV. "There are more women today,
but I wouldn't say many more.
"Each film that I do is interesting or
challenging to me in a different way,
and I have done a range from very liter-
ary movies to those that are just exciting
and fun. The minute I hear about [an
intriguing] project, I know the way to
make it. I love people, and I really enjoy
what I do and the interaction. You can't
do it alone in television.

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