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HOLLYWOOD February 5, 2023
A veteran producer (and voting Academy member) on how the film business lost sight of audiences, and how getting back to fundamentals can win them back.
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HOLLYWOOD October 30, 2022
A producer’s plea to auteurs (and streamers and “value”-craving audiences) to reconsider run times as both the year-end Oscar contenders and blockbusters try everyone’s patience, even as attention spans are shortening.
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HOLLYWOOD August 7, 2022
A longtime producer reflects on how the growing preponderance of billionaire financing—smart money, dumb money, and everything in between—has transformed an industry in transition.
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HOLLYWOOD June 19, 2022
A veteran producer considers his recent “ghostings” and the death of basic courtesy amid a post-Covid tidal wave of streaming content that has overwhelmed agencies, discouraged risk-taking, and transformed everyone into an asshole.


Cannes Closing Ceremony
HOLLYWOOD May 15, 2022
A veteran film producer who once benefitted from the festival “buzz” now wonders whether the circuit as we know it is truly over, a casualty of the pandemic and our streaming reality.
The Dropout
HOLLYWOOD March 20, 2022
A Hollywood producer reflects on how ripped-from-the-headlines streaming series are outcompeting box office rivals with faster turnaround, A-list talent, and better paydays. Being second sucks.
Peter Saraf and David T. Friendly accept Best Feature award for "Little Miss Sunshine"
HOLLYWOOD January 30, 2022
An outbreak of 9-figure deals is fueling a new arms race—and serious FOMO from producers like me. Ironically, the very thing that makes these companies so successful may also be a curse that spins them out.
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HOLLYWOOD January 13, 2022
A Hollywood producer asks: Will we ever eat lunch in this town again?