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Sundance is such an acquisition-frenzied, industry-centric experience, and at SXSW, many of the movies have distribution. And the focus is more on positioning the movie as opposed to selling them. People are more relaxed.

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The most effective tool I have to work with artists I admire is to point to other artists that I admire and show that I've worked with them many, many times. It's not because I have option deals; it's because they want to keep working with us.

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Great stories and acting always win the day. If the story behind the scares is dramatic and the filmmaking is great, it works. If those things aren't great and the scares are secondary, it doesn't.

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All of our movies are lower budget, and that makes them more interesting, too: we have to come up with solutions other than throwing money at problems.

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When DVD disappeared but before digital distribution came on strong, there were a few years where a movie that didn't get theatrical would just be gone.

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I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if all we did were sequels, but in the same breath, I'll say that I wouldn't be creatively satisfied if everything was an original. It's good to use the different parts of my brain. Very different rules apply.

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One of the things is that you need to space out scary movies.

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It's hard to make a movie that's very expensive and not be thinking of the results all the time.

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I think, generally, the creative process is hurt if you're thinking about the end as opposed to focusing on day-to-day decisions.

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Unless you're making Marvel movies, I think CGI usually suffers, especially in mid-budget-range horror movies where you see CGI.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: Unknown

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