Sundance
other on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
How I Built This 
the a16z Podcast
2 statements about Sundance, every show
DuVernay: A Sundance peer landed a Jurassic Park sequel within six months
“One of my fellow filmmakers at Sundance who won the Screenwriting Award that year, who within six months had a deal to direct the sequel to Jurassic Park.”
Hastings: Netflix's early attempt at Sundance movie acquisitions lost money
“In the middle of the blockbuster wars, we started buying films on DVD out of Sundance, and we couldn't make the economics work. We bought a whole bunch of films, and it turned out we just spent a lot more money than we got.”