Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa, partners at Before the Door (a partnership between Dodson, Moosa & Zachary Quinto) have been tearing up the independent film scene over the last couple of years. Their first film Margin Call, needs no introduction. It has become the poster child for the new independent VOD, Super VOD model; you name it, it was a trendsetter. Their second major film is director J.C. Chandor’s follow up film, All is Lost, starring Robert Redford. 

What’s great about Neal and Corey, and their company, is their attitude and passion for independent film.

Business of Film

Neal Dodson & Cory Moosa

Amotz Zakai is a manager at Echo Lake Management. If you are starting out in film, this podcast gives some practical advice on how to get started in film.

Amotz Zakai

Richard Boddington debut feature was a self financed $150,000 genre film, Dark Reprieve. The film went on to be picked up and distributed nationally by Image Entertainment. What’s great about Richard’s story is how he went about making his first film, his take aways, and then more importantly, how he leveraged that into his next two endeavors.

Shortly after completing Dark Reprieve, he was able to line up The Dogfather, a $1 million plus family film starring Chris Parnell. And then his journey takes him to his latest family film, Against the Wild, starring Natasha Henstridge and CJ Adams. His journey is inspiring, because he gives us a step by step on how each of these movies was made and what he had to do to get each film off the ground. Packed with great tips and advice, I highly recommend this episode.

Richard Boddingon

Now a packaging agent at CAA in the independent film financing division, at the time this podcast was recorded, Maren Olson ran Traction Media. Based in Los Angeles. Maren's primary business, has and continues to be, getting films made and sold. And she's damn good at it.

Maren Olson

Dad. Film Producer. Really Big Smile

Subscribe to over 75 podcasts on iTunes. Link below.

Jesse Ikeman