President of Millenium Films
Founder and CEO of The Film Department, an independent movie finance and production company; former President of Warner Independent Pictures (March of the Penguins) and President of Miramax/LA under Harvey Weinstein, he's been involved in the re-cutting of films like The English Patient and In the Bedroom
Movie Marketing Explosion The cost to market movies is exploding: it’s now common for blockbusters to have marketing budgets of well over $200,000,000. But in a world of ballooning marketing budgets, have studios backed themselves into a corner? If they have to spend that much to get the word out about a movie, will studios be forced to make fewer movies?
Hollywood Meets the Internet and Economic Reality Hollywood is waking up to technology and economics. Studios are becoming revolving doors for executives, and the standards for "green-lighting" new projects aren't what they used to be.
Hollywood Meets the Internet and Economic Reality With so much free content on-line, the business model for movies just doesn't work any more. Revenues from DVD's are declining fast, as is backing from wealthy "angels" with big money to spend. And this was a summer of box-office flops. Studios are becoming revolving doors for executives, and are basing productions on comic books, graphic novels, webisodes and video games that can be serialized and "branded" for easy marketing. "Specialty" projects aimed at adults are fewer and farther between. We see how the wide world of entertainment is changing.
Lucia Micarelli: An Evening with Lucia Micarelli Violinist and actress Lucia Micarelli visits The Treatment to discuss her emotive performances as she prepares for PBS' An Evening with Lucia Micarelli.
What did Trump accomplish on his first trip abroad? President Trump is wrapping up his Mideast and European tour. We find out what he has accomplished -- good and bad -- and look at what he faces when he comes home.
The Other Man Stories of two men who meet by chance and emerge indelibly changed – or at least, one of them does.
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.