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Ep 577: J.D. Lifshitz
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PUBLIC VERSION. Producer J.D. Lifshitz (BARBARIAN, FIRESTARTER, THE VIGIL, WRATH OF BECKY) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his career journey. From the movies that inspired him as a child and set his heart on a career in the movie business… to making his first movie in 7th grade (and putting a New Line Cinema logo on it)… to becoming a Hollywood history buff by reading, watching, and teaching himself who all of the players were and then reaching out to every filmmaker and executive he admired so that he could start learning the ropes as a teenager… to retaining his drive and ambition through thick and thin and always pressing onward and upward… to why he believes that a healthy level of delusion and ignorance served him so well… to the pivotal moment when he and his business partner made the decision to stop chasing the market and start making the movies they themselves sincerely wanted to see… to producing a string of terrific movies like THE VIGIL, BECKY, BARBARIAN, and more… to the first time seeing one of his films with the New Line Cinema logo officially on it... the fact that J.D. has already accomplished so much through sheer will and uncompromising tenacity will remind you that your dreams are attainable, too.
400 episodes
Manage episode 425311574 series 1901416
PUBLIC VERSION. Producer J.D. Lifshitz (BARBARIAN, FIRESTARTER, THE VIGIL, WRATH OF BECKY) joins Adam, Joe, and Arwen in the ArieScope Studio to discuss his career journey. From the movies that inspired him as a child and set his heart on a career in the movie business… to making his first movie in 7th grade (and putting a New Line Cinema logo on it)… to becoming a Hollywood history buff by reading, watching, and teaching himself who all of the players were and then reaching out to every filmmaker and executive he admired so that he could start learning the ropes as a teenager… to retaining his drive and ambition through thick and thin and always pressing onward and upward… to why he believes that a healthy level of delusion and ignorance served him so well… to the pivotal moment when he and his business partner made the decision to stop chasing the market and start making the movies they themselves sincerely wanted to see… to producing a string of terrific movies like THE VIGIL, BECKY, BARBARIAN, and more… to the first time seeing one of his films with the New Line Cinema logo officially on it... the fact that J.D. has already accomplished so much through sheer will and uncompromising tenacity will remind you that your dreams are attainable, too.
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