Industry experts drop major knowledge on the ins and outs of running a production company.
Every year, a new crop of bright-eyed young filmmakers gets together with their friends, buys cameras, and launches their very own production company. Some make it; others don’t. These are the ones that did.
At this year’s DOC NYC, five industry veterans gathered to discuss the nitty gritty of running a production company. Panelists were Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, Academy Award nominated owners and operators of Loki Films (Jesus Camp, Detropia); Jeremy Chilnick, Emmy-nominated COO of Morgan Spurlock’s Warrior Poets (Super Size Me, Freakonomics); and Julie Goldman, Emmy award-winning founder of Motto Pictures (Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry, Best of Enemies). Erika Dilday, Executive Director of the Maysles Documentary Center, moderated. Together, the panelists represented a broad range of possibilities for production companies, large and small. They discussed teamwork, company structure, funding projects, tiptoeing around Disney, and what to do after a successful first feature.
From:: No Film School
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