Learning from Sharks: Lessons on Managing Projects in the Independent Film Industry

There are few industries where project leaders and managers have as little control over results as in the independent film industry. Yet despite being a project-based industry, there is no formal way to impart knowledge to new entrants. The result is a process that is as idiosyncratic as each individual film producer, who follows his or her own path towards attempting to achieve a successful project. Here an executive producer in the independent sector imparts some of his lessons learned.