The Business of Hollywood
Lee Stobby, LeeStobby.com
– The Sharkpreneur podcast with Seth Greene Episode 972 Lee Stobby
Lee Stobby has over 15 years of management and producing experience and focuses on championing strong independent voices and quality cinema and television. He is a literary manager, producer, and principal of 2B CONT’D. His success can be attributed to his passion, extensive knowledge, and enthusiasm for films. This has enabled him to, on numerous occasions, discover raw, exciting new talent and build them into juggernauts in Hollywood.
Some of his client highlights include: Shay Hatten (JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3, JOHN WICK 4, ARMY OF THE DEAD, ARMY OF THIEVES, DAY SHIFT), Kate Trefry (STRANGER THINGS), Isaac Adamson (#1 Black List script BUBBLES), Rodney Ascher (ROOM 237, THE NIGHTMARE, A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX), and Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (Cannes winner THE TRIBE and upcoming THE TIGER starring Alexander Skarsgård and Dane DeHaan).
Recently, he produced dark comedy feature FOIBLES, a dark comedy starring John Karna, Carina Conti, and Deborah Wilson, which is currently in post and is the Fantasia alum Ryan Oksenberg’s feature film debut. Stobby’s other Producing highlights and credits include SISTER AIMEE, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released by 1091; WILDLING starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif and which sold to IFC and premiered at the 2017 SXSW; HOW TO BE ALONE staring Maika Monroe and Joe Keery; PEOPLING, starring Kimmy Robertson and Josh Fadem which played at Fantasia, Fantasic Fest, and Sitges and has over 30 million online views; MUNCHAUSEN written and directed by Ari Aster; PLAY ME, a new horror short by Caleb Phillips (SXSW winning filmmaker behind THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOX, which has over 10 million views online).
As for development, Stobby has a horror satire from Sundance and Cannes Auteur filmmaker Rodney Ascher with Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures producing alongside Stobby, as well as feature development set up with Matt Reeves’ 6th and Idaho, Charlize Theron’s Denver and Delilah, Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa, Universal, Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs, and Netflix.
Listen to this informative Sharkpreneur episode with Lee Stobby about the business of Hollywood.
Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:
- How working with people with intense personalities, like actors, taught hi valuable lessons about dealing with challenging situations.
- Why it’s important to be a warrior in Hollywood and fight for your art and its quality.
- How people in Hollywood often pass on films that end up being masterpieces.
- Why it’s important to understand what audiences want and then find creative ways to cater to their expectations while staying true to your art.
- How it’s important to create unique, smart, and compelling content to attract audiences.
Connect with Lee:
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@LeeStobby
@leestobby
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