The Movie Business Podcast

HAROLD L. VOGEL is the author of Entertainment Industry Economics. Ranked the top industry analyst at Merrill Lynch for many years, he heads an independent investment and consulting firm based in New York City. Read Hal’s chapter in The Movie Business Book, “Analyzing Movie Companies.” Host Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. M...

ERIC B. FLEISCHMAN is a prolific independent producer who has made 33 movies in 9 years, some as official selections at Sundance, Tribeca and South By Southwest. Read Eric’s chapter in The Movie Business Book, “Producing in the DIY Model.” Host Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Music: “The Day it All Began and it All Ended” b...

ROB AFT is president of Compliance Consulting, an LA-based film finance and distribution consultancy serving banks, law firms, producers and distributors. Read Rob’s chapter in The Movie Business Book, “Getting Paid!” Host Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Music: “The Day it All Began and it All Ended” by Pawel Feszczuk (Lice...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, February, 2021, veteran entertainment lawyer PETER DEKOM returns to expand upon his earlier episode about the state of the film and Television Industry during Covid. Peter been listed in Forbes among the top 100 lawyers in the country and in Premiere Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful people in Hollywood. His strategic consulting and trend analysis helps en...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, here are my “Crystal Ball” predictions for the entertainment business, recorded January, 2022, and interviewed by GHJ Partner Ilan Haimoff. Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practice at GHJ.

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, November, 2021 , RAYMOND ZHOU covers trends in the Chinese film industry. He is the foremost English and Chinese bilingual film and theatre scholar and critic, previously based in China, The Los Angeles Times called him the Roger Ebert of China. Raymond has served as Executive editor-in-chief, China Daily Online; Senior columnist and editor, China Daily and Exec...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, July, 2021, STEVE MANGEL, president, UniFi Completion Guarantors in Los Angeles, deconstructs the mysterious, complex world of completion bonds. Throughout his career, Steve has supervised bonding hundreds of film and television productions with aggregate production budgets exceeding $10 billion . Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practic...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, here are my “Crystal Ball” predictions for the entertainment business, recorded December, 2020, and interviewed by GHJ Partner Ilan Haimoff. Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practice at GHJ.

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive recorded in October, 2020, KEVIN GOETZ, founder and CEO of Screen Engine/ASI, talks about the highly influential area of market research. He has tested over 6,000 film titles and countless TV programs worldwide and is a trusted consultant to numerous top executives and talent. Kevin is also the author of “Audience-ology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love.” H...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, recorded March, 2020, Executive Producer MICHAEL GRILLO discusses the nature of big-budget production management. Credits include Marvel’s AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, CAPT. AMERICA: WINTER SOLDER, ANT-MAN, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and AVENGERS: ENDGAME, one of the highest-grossing movies in history. Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practice at GHJ...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, June, 2020, veteran entertainment lawyer PETER DEKOM offers an overview of the state of the business. Peter has been listed in Forbes among the top 100 U.S. lawyers and in Premiere Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful people in Hollywood. He is the author of “Next: Reinventing Media, Marketing and Entertainment.” Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participati...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, recorded in July, 2020, IMAX Senior Vice President, Entertainment Business Affairs and Operations LINDA BENJAMIN describes the uniqueness of the IMAX business model. Prior positions include Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business and Legal Affairs at Covert Media; President, Global Strategy and Business Affairs at Reading Rainbow’s media company; and Execut...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, recorded March, 2020, veteran media analyst HAROLD L. VOGEL discusses issues of entertainment industry economics. Ranked the top industry analyst at Merrill Lynch for many years, he heads an independent investment and consulting firm based in New York City and is the author of the groundbreaking textbook Entertainment Industry Economics. Host Ilan Haimoff leads...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, recorded April, 2020, Producer ERIC B. FLEISCHMAN covers the world of the independent producer. He has made 33 movies in 9 years, some as official selections at Sundance, Tribeca and South By Southwest and was also honored as one of Forbes “30 Under 30” in Hollywood and Entertainment. Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practice at GHJ. Co-...

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, here are my 2020 “Crystal Ball” predictions for the entertainment business, recorded December 2019, as interviewed by GHJ Partner Ilan Haimoff. Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practice at GHJ.

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, here are my “Crystal Ball” predictions for the entertainment business, recorded January 2019, and interviewed by GHJ Partner Ilan Haimoff. Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practice at GHJ.

From the GHJ “Media Clips” Archive, here’s my first podcast, discussing the state of the movie business, November, 2017, with my co-host, GHJ Partner Ilan Haimoff. Jason E. Squire is Editor of The Movie Business Book and Professor Emeritus, USC School of Cinematic Arts. Host Ilan Haimoff leads the Profit Participation Services practice at GHJ.