The Script Breakdown of The Godfather with Nick Phillips!
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Nick Phillips is Stage 32's Executive Liaison and has worked as a studio executive, an award-winning producer & filmmaker. His career in the entertainment industry spans nearly three decades, working on some of the most iconic films of our time across all genres and formats. Most recently, Nick was Head of Production for prolific producer Yale Entertainment. While there, he produced four films – REVERSE THE CURSE, written and directed by and starring David Duchovny; ALL YOU NEED IS BLOOD, with Mena Suvari; THE FOG OF WAR with John Cusack and Mira Sorvino; and BARRON'S COVE, starring Garrett Hedlund, Stephen Lang, Brittany Snow, and Hamish Linklater. Before that, Nick served as the Head of Production for the feature startup studio/streaming platform CreatorPlus. CreatorPlus produced, financed and released two features – JANE, starring Madelaine Petsch, Chloe Bailey, and Melissa Leo (distributed by Blue Fox Entertainment) and DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. He also executive produced a slate of five short films as part of CreatorPlus’ Flip The Script Short Film Program. Nick co-founded and served as Executive Vice President of Revolver Picture Company, a fully financed independent production label in conjunction with Kelly Wagner Osborne. While at Revolver, Nick produced HAUNT with Jacki Weaver and Ione Skye; the award-winning BENEATH with Jeff Fahey (both released by IFC Midnight) and DEVIL'S BACKBONE TEXAS for Fox Digital Studios. Revolver’s feature, PET, starred Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, and Jennette McCurdy and premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and was released through Samuel Goldwyn Films. Revolver also co-produced and co-financed the horror reality series Fight of the Living Dead for YouTube Red, which ran for three seasons. Nick also produced two seasons of the series The Real Bros of Simi Valley for Studio 71 and Facebook Watch, and he produced season one of the short-form series Mr. Mom for MGM and VUDU. He also produced season one of the series ALT for Gunpowder + Sky. Nick worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment Senior Vice President of Development & Production where he worked on successful sequels to 30 DAYS OF NIGHT and VACANCY and transitioned over to a role at Sony Screen Gems, where he oversaw a slate of films including STRAW DOGS, THE CHRISTMAS, and COUNTRY STRONG. Nick started his career in New York City at Miramax/Dimension Films as the Vice President of Development & Production where he was involved in such franchises as SCREAM, HALLOWEEN, HELLRAISER, DR. STRANGE, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, HIGHLANDER and THE CROW. He appeared on Season 3 of Project Greenlight, helping shepherd the film FEAST through production and launching a new franchise in the process. Full Bio »
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We’re back in the Writers’ Room for the Script Breakdown with Nick Phillips. We breakdown produced screenplays focusing on a different aspect of writing every webcast. Join us as Nick breaks down the iconic script, The Godfather.
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Our Stage 32 host breaks down produced screenplays focusing on different aspects of writing every webcast. Theme, script structure, scene analysis, what's being conveyed on the page, and so much more are discussed. Join us as Nick breaks down The Godfather.
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