[Watch the video interview on Youtube here]
Adam William Ward, Actor/Director: Some people have made six figures almost monthly on Tubi. I’ve seen the numbers myself.
Film Courage: Was your plan from the start to release Bad Advice [Adam’s latest project] on Tubi?
Adam: It’s so funny, it was the original idea to release it on Tubi. That’s why I made it because these series were doing so good on Tubi. I see the numbers on Tubi and there’s certain shows and certain things that do $60,000 a month, $100,000 a month on there, especially back then.
I was like Man, if I could just get a fraction of that with the show, it would be worth it. I went to work thinking it was going to go Tubi. Then everybody loved it so much that they talked me into trying to shop it to networks, so my plan had shifted.
Originally I made it for Tubi because things were doing so well on Tubi. Then I shifted toward the studio system to try and roll the dice. I honestly have wasted a year or more where I could have just put on Tubi because of our distribution company and get it on there sooner. It probably would have been better but I did what I did.
Film Courage: We hear from independent filmmakers that Tubi is the best paying platform, would you say that’s so?
Adam: It’s not true. I mean their ECM rate, which is their every thousand impressions they pay a certain amount, there’s other places that pay more than…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
MORE VIDEOS WITH ADAM WILLIAM WARD
WATCH ‘BAD ADVICE’
Tubitv.com/series/300010740/bad-advice
WATCH ‘WALLY GOT WASTED’
Tubitv.com/movies/564745/wally-got-wasted
CONNECT WITH ADAM WILLIAM WARD
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About:
Adam is a Jewish-American born in Abington, Pennsylvania who grew up in Bucks County, PA. At age twelve his family relocated to Roseburg, Oregon; a new and unfamiliar small town. As the middle child of three, Adam realized he had to stand out to gain any measure of attention, if he wanted his rightful place at the dinner table. His antics started purely as a way to amuse his family, but quickly blossomed into a desire to entertain a bigger audience. This desire, however, was abated by a nearly crippling case of stage fright that lasted until he joined his high school’s drama program as a teenager. Through his teacher and classmates’ encouragement, Adam gradually let go and confronted his fear. It seemed to work. After receiving much local acclaim in his first year on stage, his high school named the A-Ward Award after him and it is still given annually to the most outstanding newcomer. It was because of this success Ward pursued his love of film as an undergrad at Hawaii Pacific University where he graduated with a Communications Degree. After graduating from college, Ward made his way to Hollywood! During his first day in town, he used his charm to land a position in post production at Dreamworks. From there, he segued to a gig working for Todd Phillips at Warner Brothers. But pursuing a career made him temporarily lose sight of his dream (dream of what?) It wasn’t until Ward bumped into Jimmy Smits at LAX that he was convinced to go back and study acting again. At Smits’ recommendation, he began studying at the Joanne Baron DW School of Acting during which he found time to star in eleven short films. The following year ward was a lead in three independent features. But it wasn’t until the year 2011 Ward, took his destiny in his own hands and wrote, directed and starred in a tv comedy called, “Three Guys and a Couch” (On Amazon Prime). In 2013 wrote Directed and Starred in “Parole Officers” another tv pilot. (On Amazon Prime). Later in 2014 Ward co-wrote a feature film called, “Wally Got Wasted”. [See more of Adam’s bio on IMDB]
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