This Business of Film: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Film Industry - Hardcover

Greenwald, Stephen R.; Landry, Paula

 
9780823099894: This Business of Film: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Film Industry
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 082309989X ISBN 13: 9780823099894
Verlag: Lone Eagle, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

This Business of Film explores all the dimensions of film as a business -- development, financing, production and distribution -- It tells the story of the business from the "inside," drawing on the experiences of Stephen Greenwald and other industry leaders.  The book will be constructed around a number of themes that will bring the past, present and future together in a way that will enable readers to understand the underlying dynamics and forces that have shaped -- and will continue to shape -- film as a business.  They can use that understanding to discern the future direction of the industry-- the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Stephen R. Greenwald has been professionally involved in the motion picture and related industries for over 25 years as an educator, attorney, corporate executive, producer and consultant. His experience has encompassed all aspects of the motion picture business, including development, production, international distribution, film financing, film and film library valuations, media company reorganizations along with film studio construction and operation.With this breadth of experience, Stephen conceived and launched a unique graduate business program in media management.
 
Paula Landry is a producer of film and television. Her first film, Angel Passing, premiered at Sundance and went on to win awards worldwide. She has also done extensive work in television, producing for Pearson Television and Fit TV, among others. Landry has also produced commercials for Loews, Time Warner, and Get Out The Vote. The author earned an MBA at Metropolitan College in New York City and returned to teach a graduate class on the economics of the film industry.


STEPHEN R. GREENWALD has served as an executive, financier, consultant, and lawyer within the motion-picture industry. He is currently president of Aurelius Capital PLC and has worked in almost every capacity imaginable in the movie business at: Presto Productions, a film-and-television development and production company; G&H Media, a business-and financial-consulting firm for the film-and-television industry; Odyssey Pictures Corporation and Vision International, worldwide film distributors; and De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, a production and distribution company where he served as chairman and CEO. While he was an executive at De Laurentiis, the company released more than twenty films, including Blue Velvet and Crimes of the Heart.

Mr. Greenwald has also worked as an independent syndicator and dealmaker for real-estate and motion-picture ventures. His production credits include Snowboard Academy and Amityville II: The Possession. From 1999 to 2007, he was president of the Metropolitan College of New York, where he launched an innovative graduate business program in media management, the first of its kind in the country.

PAULA LANDRY is a film and music producer who creates commercials, multimedia concerts, films both short- and long-form, and branded videos for the Internet. Her movies have premiered at Sundance and gone on to win awards worldwide.

Ms. Landry is currently president of Idea Blizzard Productions, a media-consulting company, and also heads a commercial-music enterprise, FireStorm Productions. She has produced media projects for American Health and Fitness, Fit TV, the Odyssey Channel, Pearson Television, and several Fortune 500 companies. Landry has also consulted on media projects for Carnegie Hall, Christie's auction house, Details magazine, Entertainment Weekly, G&H Media, Loosely Translated Productions, Mullen & Company, Tribe Pictures, and numerous political campaigns. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor in film at the Metropolitan College of New York.

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Verlag
Lone Eagle
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
082309989X
ISBN 13 
9780823099894
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
347
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