Film Courage: How many films have you helped get onto Netflix?
Glen Reynolds, Founder of Circus Road Films: I believe it’s five to date. Most of my films that have gone on Netflix have gone through distributors who then got into Netflix. In terms of directly, I believe it’s five.
Film Courage: How about this year? I know we’re early in the year [at the time of this interview’s filming].
Glen: None this year.
Film Courage: None this year, okay. What’s the most recent film you got onto Netflix?
Glen: Most recent I’m trying to think if there’s something after Tinker that got onto Netflix? There’s a film called a kind of lo-fi, sci-fi film called Tinker. I believe that was the last one.
Film Courage: Was that the one where she was a personal assistant to an insane writer, because that looked good [Grace].
Glen: No, Clayne Crawford is in it.
Film Courage: What are the advantages of a filmmaker getting their movie on Netflix?
Glen: Several things. First of all if you’re beloved by Netflix and they want to bring you into the fold in terms of making films, one of the few companies that can just say yes very quickly and finance your movie there’s a lot of things that come with that. But they’ve definitely got a lot of money to spend on production. The bragging rights are pretty huge. It’s a way some people can see movies very easily. Everybody doesn’t mind paying the subscription fee. No one has to get out their wallet and…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Glen Reynolds founded Circus Road Films in 2006 to provide strategic advisory services to filmmakers. Circus Road guides filmmakers through the festival and distribution process and negotiates licensing agreements on their behalf. Glen has participated in the sales of over 900 narrative and documentary feature films with many of them premiering at Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, Cinequest, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Fantastic, Telluride and Toronto. Distributors of these films include Fox, Sony, Warner Bros, Universal, Lions Gate, Magnolia, IFC, Strand, Oscilloscope, Drafthouse, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, Starz, Lifetime, ESPN and Syfy. Some favorite films sold include the first films of some successful filmmakers such as Absentia, written and directed by Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass); Pop Skull, written and directed by Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs Kong); and Newlyweeds, written and directed by Shaka King. (Judas and the Black Messiah). Recent work includes Clean (Tribeca/IFC) with Adrien Brody, My Dead Dad and 18½ with Willa Fitzgerald (101 Films). Glen has also co-produced twenty films to date including his favorite Conversations with Other Women which premiered at Telluride and stars Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter, and Olivia Wilde. Other great production experiences include developing two projects with Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) and co-producing five films with Ram Bergman (Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi). Glen holds a JD from the University of Texas at Austin, a BA in English from NYU and is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He serves as a judge for the UCLA Screenwriting Competition and on the jury for the Woods Hole Film Festival.
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