CAA’s Roeg Sutherland, Zurich Summit Game Changer Recipient, On Harnessing The Power Of The Independent Sector & Why He Didn’t Follow His Family Into Acting
deadline.comHollywood may be grappling with painful change but for Roeg Sutherland, co-Head of CAA’s Media Finance department and its International Film Group, the disruption represents an opportunity for the independent film sector that he has supported for the past two decades. “If there’s true disruption in the marketplace, it means that not enough movies are being made by the studios.
There are still slots to fill and there’s always someone who wants to watch a movie,” Sutherland told the Zurich Summit on Saturday. “If the studios are making less movies, that means we get to make more movies, and then we get to sell them.
There’s a real opportunity for us to have a real impact on the market.” Sutherland was speaking in an onstage conversation at the Zurich Film Festival’s annual industry conflab ahead of receiving its Game Changer Award, celebrating his work getting hundreds of movies over the line.
Speaking to FilmNation Entertainment Founder and CEO Glen Basner and Deadline’s Co-Editor-in-Chief Film Mike Fleming Jr, Sutherland gave a candid and lively insight into his journey to becoming one of the key movers and shakers in the independent film financing world.
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