8) Interview with Jonathan Baker
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In this episode, Ben and Matt interview their mentor, Jonathan Baker. Jonathan is a very successful film producer whose career has taken him from Wall St to Broadway and then to Sony where he was a part of 50 films, 10 of them hit #1 at the box office. After Sony, Jonathan started mentoring singers, actors, writers, directors and producers as well as producing himself. His film Crown Heights won the Audience Choice Award at Sundance in ‘17, his film The Banker with Samuel L Jackson and Anthony McKay just premiered on Apple+ and his latest film Sylvie’s Love with Nnamdi Asomugha and Tessa Thompson premiered at Sundance ‘20 and was just sold to Amazon Studios! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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