The
Marquette Journal

By Patrick Johnson

October 23, 2008

My Journey

I was an Accounting PA for the movie “Public Enemies” (directed by Michael Mann and starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Channing Tatum and Marion Cotillard — summer 2009 release). I left school in the middle of April and continued my classes online while we traveled throughout Wisconsin filming in Oshkosh, Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin Dells, Madison, Milwaukee and Beaver Dam (among others). Shortly after completing finals, I moved to Chicago to work out of our main production office. The movie continued filming in the Chicago area until the end of June.

The Roads I Took to Get There

The people responsible for me having the opportunity to get this job are two Marquette alumni, Steve Muckerheide and Brian Wensel. I think keeping Marquette connections is very important and we should always be networking as students. After being able to get my first job in the film industry, I can only hope that this will open up opportunities for me to be able to help other Marquette students who would like to pursue a career in this industry.

Continuing the Journey

Ideally I would like to get back into film as soon as possible (when I graduate). There are many opportunities and roads to follow within film production, so I would like to spend some time finding what interests me most.

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