movies, classic cinema stars (my dogs name IS Brando afterall), cinematography, writing, music, art, travel (though I have a phobia of planes), cooking (esp. baking), animals, South Africa, intelligence, sincerity, eating, reading (both novels and trashing magazines), dancing (free form and ballroom), tango music, pathos, comedy, tennis, exercising, laughing, and more.
Brando, The Stud
Ryan (My Husband) and I on Safari in South Africa
Also on Safari
My Beautiful Sisters, Dana and Irit
My Gorgeous Nieces, Ella & Jamie
Niece Ella and Nephew Jojo in Platt
Hout Bay, South Africa
Music
Classical (Brahms, Hungarian Dances, Isacc Perlman, Beetohven), Tango, Salsa, Swing, Gipsy Kings, Buena Vista Social Club, Alternative, My Chemical Romance, Five for Fighting, Maroon 5, Sting, Plain White T-Shirts, Edith Piaf, ABBA, Musical Theatre, School House Rocks, Duran Duran, U2, Queen, 80's Hair Bands, Men Down Under, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, The Police, The Arctic Monkeys, Black Eyed Peas, Fergielicious, Gwen Stefani/No Doubt, Sublime, Elton John, Van Morrison, Blues, Andrew Sisters, Klessmer, Matisyahu, Brazilian Jazz, James Blunt, Keane, Carey Ott, the list goes on and on....
Movies
"Gods and Monsters" "All the Mornings of the World" "Europa, Europa" "Silence of the Lambs" "The Graduate" "My Left Foot" "The Piano" (Champion and Polanski) "Schindler's List" "Gone With the Wind" "Strictly Ball Room" "Muriel's Wedding" "Girls Gone Wild"( just seeing if your paying attention).
Television
"Grey's Anatomy" "Top Chef" "Scrubs" "Everybody Loves Raymond" "Family Guy" "Cosby Show" "The Simpsons" "The Girls Next Door"
Books
"The Kite Runner""Unbearable Lightness of Being" "Laughable Loves" "Slowness" "Les Miserables""Love in the Time of Cholera" "Sylvie, A Memoir"
Heroes
(In no particular order) Wonder Women, My Late Parents (and all those who came before me), Matt Groening, Madonna, Oprah, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg
yael's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Occupation:
Graphic design, writer, director, artist, dreamer
yael in your extended network Posted at 2:22 PM Jul 19, 2007 view more
Hi! I'm Yael. About me? Well, I'll try to distill it, but as Shrek said, "I'm like an onion Donkey. I have many layers." I'm a graphic designer www.YELLmedia.com, I'm a new blogger http://yellmedia.blogspot.com, and I enjoy making and writing films.
I started graphic designing like many other things in life, I fell into it. Don't get me wrong, I was always creating, drawing, sculpting, acting, singing, and designing from a young age. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. At the University of Illinois (UIUC), I earned a BFA in Theatre as well as auditioning and attending the prestigious Oxford School of Drama Summer Program (UK). After graduating I moved out to Los Angeles to work in show biz. With a friend I started designing a website for a model. I decided I liked it and started taking classes in HTML, Quark, and Photoshop. From there I taught myself Illustrator and started working as a Graphic Designer for a few years. While in CA I wanted to learn more and more and after getting accepted, I completed yr-1 MFA in Film Directing at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). I also attended the Tel-Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership Film and Television Master Class.
I returned to Chicago out of necessity and worked as a Marketing Art Manager for a premiere senior service not-for-profit. Finally, in 2007, I made the move converting my freelance skills into a full-time position after incorporating YELLmedia.
How'd I get YELLmedia? After years of having my name mispronounced, I decided to make lemonade out of lemons. Plus it relates really well to marketing communications.
www.YELLmedia.com 
