The studios have been an ever-constant in the industry. As a director moves up the ranks in their career, they will inevitably encounter: the studio executive.
In this roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Stuber (Netflix), Toby Emmerich (Warner Bros), Donna Langley (Universal), Jim Gianopulos (Paramount), Alan Horn (Disney), Tom Rothman (Sony), and Jennifer Salke (Amazon) discuss what the industry is like for them.
Recorded right before the pandemic, some of the advice around theatrical and streamers will have changed now. But this is a fascinating insight into some of the biggest media companies working today.