Two years ago today, after having the first sale of the Toronto International Film Festival (at a far higher amount than I had hoped for) and my business partner having the #1 film at the US Box Office, I shut the doors on my production office for good. As an Indie Film Producer, I could not afford the high rents of NYC. Today I confess: my productivity went down as a result. Further, I lost the ability to naturally collaborate with the other producers and filmmakers I shared office space with. It sucks not to have an office (although I did love having lunch regularly with my wife).
I am thrilled that the San Francisco Film Society has confronted this problem head on (office space — not lunches), offering filmmakers free office space in a wonderfully collaborative work space. Seriously, how many reasons am I going to have to give you to move Indie Film to The Bay Area? Is funding and work space not enough for you? How about a great film culture? Well, there is still more coming…
