Archive for February, 2012

Producer/Director Wanted?

I got an email from a reader a few weeks ago with a pretty good question. It went like this:
Do u have a producer friend? Seems its best to have a producer on board when pitching to a network. Does the same go for a director?
To start, I’m not going to take issue in this blog with the writer’s grammar, spelling and punctuation.
But the question asked about whether it is advantageous to attach a Producer and/or a Director to a project is a good one. When I was getting started I asked it too, and the answer is pretty darned simple. …readmore

$12,000,000 Jackpot!!!

You can’t win if you don’t play
I was sitting in an airport lounge this morning waiting to fly to LA for some meetings and I struck up a conversation with a fella sitting beside me. We were talking about the Super Bowl and gambling and the conversation eventually came around to lottery tickets. He was saying his Mother spends upwards of $300 a month on the lottery.
Apparently she always tells him, “You can’t win if you don’t play.” …readmore