The Insiders Show

Guest: Kathy Mandato, Founder / Coach / HR Advisor, Workplace Insider; After more than two years of workplace disruption due to COVID, both employers and employees are reimagining the way we work. In this thought-provoking conversation, Hollywood Human Resources veteran Kathy Mandato shares her surprising conclusions about the permanent changes coming to our work lives. 

Guest: Lenny Lipton, Author, The Cinema In Flux ; From the magic lantern to the digital era, the cinema has been shaped by the brilliant technological achievements of key innovators. Tracing the evolution of motion picture technology alongside the lives of these innovators, historian, entrepreneur and author Lenny Lipton joins the program to discuss his book The Cinema In Flux and reflect on cinem...

Guest: Phil McKinney, President/CEO, Cablelabs With the year ahead promising new twists and turns for managers trying to navigate change and create team success, Wim and Jim are joined by the President/CEO of Cablelabs and innovation expert Phil McKinney. Phil’s most recent book, “Beyond the Obvious- Killer Questions that Spark Game Changing Innovation” explores the future of disruptive tech...

Guest: Bob Pette, Vice President and General Manager, Professional Visualization, NVIDIA As top studio executives, technologists and theatrical exhibitors gather at Skywalker Ranch for the AIS Summit to discuss the future of the media and entertainment business, NVIDIA’s Bob Pette took a moment from the meeting to chat in-person with Wim and Jim to demystify the metaverse and technology trends tha...

Guest: Eduardo Acuña, President, Cinépolis Americas As top studio executives, technologists and theatrical exhibitors gather this week at Skywalker Ranch for the AIS Summit to discuss the future of the media and entertainment business, Cinépolis Americas President Eduardo Acuña took a moment from the meeting to chat in-person with Wim and Jim on why a theatrical window is best for both studios and...

Guest: Linus Sandgren, Cinematographer, No Time To Die As James Bond launches on movie screens across the world, we’re thrilled to welcome Academy Award-winning cinematographer Linus Sandgren to the podcast. Wim and Jim explore with Linus many of the exciting action sequences in  No Time To Die  and why he’s excited for the future of cinema.

Guest: Ted Johnson, D.C. Correspondent, Deadline Hollywood; What’s behind the recent mergers and acquisitions taking place in Hollywood and how is the content race a catalyst for more than just new films and series? In this podcast, Wim Buyens and Jim Chabin are joined by Deadline Hollywood’s D.C. Correspondent Ted Johnson to put today's headlines in focus and help make sense of a marketplace cons...

Guest: Paul Dergarabedian, Sr. Media Analyst, Comscore; Has there ever been a time when more summer blockbuster movies are heading to the big screen then now? After months of delays, studios are releasing a season's worth of blockbusters this fall as the box office rebounds from the greatest challenge it’s ever faced. To unpack the slate of movies coming to theaters over the remainder of the year,...

From CinemaCon 2021, Wim Buyens and Jim Chabin report on the latest breaking industry news coming out of Las Vegas during this important moment in cinema history. This round-up includes updates from studio presentations, including news and reactions on the latest trailers and films shown at the annual gathering at Caesars Palace.

From CinemaCon 2021, Wim Buyens and Jim Chabin report on the latest breaking industry news coming out of Las Vegas during this important moment in cinema history. This round-up includes updates from studio presentations, including news and reactions on the latest trailers and films shown at the annual gathering at Caesars Palace.

Guests: John Fithian, CEO of NATO; Mark Zoradi, CEO of Cinemark; It’s been called the most important movie industry gathering in two years. A critical moment where decisions are made about what movies millions of fans will see between now and Christmas. Two drivers of this effort to get fans back to the movies are Mark Zoradi, a Disney veteran and CEO of Cinemark, and John Fithian, CEO of the Nati...

From CinemaCon 2021, Wim Buyens and Jim Chabin report on the latest breaking industry news coming out of Las Vegas during this important moment in cinema history. This round-up includes updates from studio presentations, including news and reactions on the latest trailers and films shown at the annual gathering at Caesars Palace.

Guests: Kip Kroeger, Supervising Producer, Ted Lasso; Ramy Katrib, Founder & CEO, DigitalFilm Tree; With production teams in London and Los Angeles, the producers of the hit show Ted Lasso have used innovative remote tools to create the summer’s biggest comedy. Now with 20 Emmy nominations, Kip Kroeger, Supervising Producer of Ted Lasso, is joined by Ramy Katrib, CEO of DigitalFilm Tree, to di...

Guests: James Aquilina, Advisory Board Member & Strategic Advisor to the CEO, BlueVoyant; Austin Berglas, Global Head of Professional Services, BlueVoyant; Cyber criminals no longer fit the movie cliché of the big screen. Instead these bad actors now form complex networks that resemble enterprises more than rogue agencies. They will cripple a business with ransomware costing millions. Wim and...

Guest: Chris Aronson, President of Domestic Distribution, Paramount Pictures: Paramount’s A Quiet Place 2 jolted the U.S. box office back to life. So where do we go from here? Chris Aronson of Paramount joins Wim and Jim in a chat about the titles and technologies that will thrill movie fans and drive blockbuster box office revenues. 

Guest: Angela Tietze, President & CEO, ECN : As major media companies and advertisers announce their deals for the balance of 2021, a boom in the business is predicted. Join Ad expert Angela Tietze of ECN as she briefs Wim and Jim on the historic news from Madison Avenue. 

Guest: Bill Simon, Global Sector Leader, Media & Entertainment, Korn Ferry: In a flurry of company and management re-structurings, entertainment industry organizations large and small are transforming themselves for the future. At the center of these changes are recruiters with an inside understanding of the new strategies and skills needed to accelerate growth in the midst of change. We want...

Guest: Danielle Costa, VP of Visual Effects, Marvel Studios: What’s it like to create the visual effects that's thrilled millions of movie-goers across the world? Come behind the scenes with Danielle Costa, VP of Visual Effects, who leads a global team of artists and technicians who create the visual magic at Marvel Studios.

Guest: Matt Shakman, Director, WandaVision: In this episode, WandaVision Director Matt Shakman discusses the hit Disney+ show and reveals the real villain of the series. Fans of the show and upcoming directors in Hollywood won’t want to miss this master class in the art of storytelling.

Guest: Jason Brenek, CEO, MetaMedia: As fans return to cinemas, MetaMedia CEO and veteran Disney and IMAX exec Jason Brenek joins our conversation about how studios and cinemas are reconnecting with fans. He’ll also share how to find a mentor in Hollywood. 

Guest: Hanno Basse, Microsoft Azure CTO, Media & Entertainment: With Godzilla vs Kong bringing fans back to movie theaters worldwide, Hollywood insider Hanno Basse joins us to share how movies, culture, and technology work together to drive blockbuster revenues and profits. As CTO of Microsoft Azure, and a veteran of 20th Century Fox Films and DIRECTV, Hanno reveals why filmmakers are har...

Guest: Gretchen McCourt, Co-Founder, PreShow: After a year’s absence, movies are back in theaters. To find out what’s happening behind the scenes, we’ve invited a Hollywood insider to share her perspectives. Gretchen McCourt has spent her career creating great experiences for movie fans at ArcLight and AMC theaters. She’s also been an advocate and driver for promoting Women working in entertainmen...

Guest: Tony Driscoll, SVP, Emerging & Production Technologies WarnerMedia: How and where will people get their favorite music, movies and media in the 2020s? The global population of content-hungry consumers, confined by COVID-19, but empowered by digital services and screen devices of all sizes, is re-shaping how and where content in distributed. Media and entertainment companies are respondi...

Guest: Wim Buyens, CEO, Cinionic: Our first episode explores the landscape of where 2021 begins, and touches on the kinds of challenges facing the leaders in entertainment organizations. We set out our goals and a few guests for the series. This discussion explores the kinds of questions we hope to get answers to from a wide variety of industry “insiders” and “innovators” during our series.