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The future of the film and entertainment industry with Alan d'Escragnolle, CEO and Co Founder of Filmhub

Anyone should be able to get their film idea produced without a meeting with Netflix

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Alan d'Escragnolle, CEO and Co Founder of Filmhub, joins the show to talk about

  • How Filmhub approached the BD and enterprise sales process to secure distrubtion deals with incredible partners like Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, and The Roku Channel.
  • The importance of focusing on partners that have high growth potential, versus only focusing on partners with the greatest market share.
  • The future of the film and entertainment industry, democratizing film production, and spitballing ideas for TV series that could be huge (or fail miserably)

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Alan d'Escragnolle

CEO & Co Founder of Filmhub

Alan d’Escragnolle is the CEO and Co-Founder of Filmhub, a film distribution tech platform where filmmakers maintain their rights and monetize their films by distributing them to streaming services worldwide. A Brazilian-American Wharton School graduate, Alan honed his entrepreneurial skills leading teams at Square/Cash App, Google, Intuit and served on the executive teams of two successfully acquired startups. When he’s not powering Filmhub’s global expansion, Alan escapes to nature and can be found in Lake Tahoe skiing and mountain biking with his dog.

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