ABSTRACT
No area of the business has seen more upheaval than independent (indie) distribution, and Tom Quinn, Founder/CEO of NEON (2022) has been at the forefront of this change at Samuel Goldwyn, Magnolia Pictures and as former Co-President of RADiUS, part of The Weinstein Company. Subjects include Raising Victor Vargas, Supersize Me; boutique distribution; downsizing; Harvey and Bob Weinstein; Marc Cuban and Todd Wagner; the Oscar shorts program; first-time filmmakers; multi-platform release (or day-and-date); ultra VOD, VOD; Jeffery Katzenberg; Milken Global Conference; Variety; Red Rock West; Bubble; Alex Gibney, Will Clarke; 2929 Entertainment; All Good Things, Melancholia, Thirteen Assassins, Snowpiercer, Citizenfour, Bachelorette, It Follows; Jason Janego; iTunes, Amazon, Microsoft’s Xbox, Sony’s Playstation, Comcast, DirectTV, Dish, Verizon, AT&T, Charter, Cox and Time Warner Cable; geo-targeting; tentpole release; limited theatrical release; multi-platform release; marketing; acquisitions; publicity; advances; “40% gross corridor” deal; “costs off the top, 50/50 split” deal; “mutual gross corridor” deal; tracking new projects; approach to attending festivals; Sundance, Berlin, South By Southwest (SXSW), Cannes, Toronto, Telluride, New York, Tribeca, Hot Docs (Toronto), Full Frame (North Carolina), True/False (Missouri), Fantastic Fest (Austin); negotiating with filmmakers; acquiring movies; horror, action, sci-fi, comedy and outsider cinema; Drafthouse Films.
