Mike Nichols (BREAD CRUMBS)

Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 7 a.m.

In Episode 9, Mike Nichols talks about producing his 2011 horror movie, BREAD CRUMBS. Mike faced harrowing financial challenges and goes into detail about working with his independent investor - specifically, running out of cash one week into his production, and what he did to quickly raise the capital needed to pay his cast and crew. Shooting on 35mm film presented its own challenges, and Mike shares the clever workflow he created to digitize the footage for editing. He reveals valuable information about how the film markets operate, how he welcomed help and advice from other crew members, how he navigated his distribution deal, and offers extremely valuable of advice along the way.

The Producerville podcast is hosted by MasiMedia's Anthony Masi and Nate Ragon, with each episode focusing on one film and the producer(s) that made it.

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