Martha Marcy May Marlene: A Case Study of Creative Teams
by Website Update on March 28, 2011 in Distribution
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Fresh off their successful Sundance premiere and sale, the creators of Martha Marcy May Marlene, as well as the Cannes and Berlin festival favorite Afterschool, reveal their strategy for collaboration. Find out why their support of each other’s projects is so effective, and allows them the creative freedom to keep making the films they want to see.
From the 2010 Script to Screen Conference
Moderator
Ted Hope, Executive Producer, Martha Marcy May Marlene; Producer, The Savages, Adventureland, 21 Grams, American Splendor, Happiness, The Ice Storm, In the Bedroom
Ted Hope, co-founder of Good Machine, This is that and, most recently, Double Hope Films, has produced over sixty films, including three Sundance Grand Prize winners and the first features of Alan Ball, Michel Gondry, Hal Hartley, Nicole Holofcener, and Ang Lee. He blogs at HopeForFilm.com and co-founded the Indie Film review site HammerToNail.com. Ted’s most recent production, SUPER, written and directed by James Gunn, and starring Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler and Kevin Bacon, was the first sale of this year’s Toronto Film Festival; he is in currently in post-production on DARK HORSE, written and directed by Todd Solondz and starring Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Justin Bartha, Mia Farrow, and Christopher Walken.
Participants
Antonio Campos, Producer, Martha Marcy May Marlene; Director/Writer, Afterschool
Antonio Campos is currently in post-production on his second feature film, Simon Killer. Campos wrote and directed Afterschool, which was nominated for two Gotham Awards including Breakthrough Director and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2009. Afterschool premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has gone on to screen at many festivals around the world including the New York Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival and was released theatrically by IFC in October 2009. Campos then produced Martha Marcy May Marlene, which premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Antonio is a co-founder of Borderline Films. In 2006, Campos was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, and he is also a co-founder of Borderline Films.
Sean Durkin, Director/Writer, Martha Marcy May Marlene; Producer, Afterschool
Sean Durkin wrote and directed Martha Marcy May Marlene. The film premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival where Durkin won the prize for Best Director. The film will be released by Fox Searchlight in 2011. The project was developed in the 2010 Sundance Screenwriter’s and Director’s Lab. Durkin is the producer of Afterschool, which was nominated for two Gotham Awards and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2009. Afterschool premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has gone on to screen at many festivals around the world including the New York Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival and was released theatrically by IFC in October 2009. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Film & Television and a co-founder of Borderline Films.
Josh Mond, Producer, Martha Marcy May Marlene; Afterschool
Josh Mond is the producer of Martha Marcy May Marlene. The film premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Mond also produced Afterschool, for was nominated for two Gotham Awards and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2009. Afterschool premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and has gone on to screen at many festivals around the world including the New York Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival and was released theatrically by IFC in October 2009. Mond has produced and directed several music videos and commercials for clients including Island Def Jam, Atlantic Records, Sony Records, Foot Locker, Citibank, Bloomingdales, MTVU, and Ebay. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Film & Television and co-founder of Borderline Films.