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Film Producer / Executive. New York City Metropolitan Area. 2K followers 500+ connections. View mutual connections with Jody. Welcome back. University of Pennsylvania. About. Mostly independent...
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How did you know how much you needed to raise, and at what stage did you bring all teammates on board? Talk about that process. My Friend Dahmerwas made for more than $1.5M and less than $2M, right in that range. We tried to keep the budget at one point closer to $1M, but given the 70s period elements, large cast, locations, union crew in Ohio, etc...
Can you talk about casting Ross Lynch? How did his experience with Disney affect that choice, and how did you put the rest of the cast together? Marc and I worked with Casting Director Stephanie Holbrook on our two previous films, and there was no question about working with her on My Friend Dahmer. Steph is a trusted collaborator, and we began the...
When did you start marketing the film? If before production, how did you build audiences without having any footage? Did you do a concept reel? Website? Social accounts? When did those come into play? Did you have a distribution and marketing budget or just get together enough money for production and then fundraised once you wrapped? We opened soc...
What type of festivals did you target and how did you decide which to submit to? Who joined you on the festival tour? We weren’t ready for the Sundance Film Festival submission in fall of 2016, as Marc had only really just started in the edit room, and so our focus became spring 2017 festivals for our world premiere. Tribeca invited us early on, an...
Did you hire a publicist and did you find it was vital to your festival experience? Did you also work with the festival press offices? We brought on our good friend Sara Serlen and her team at ID PR as the festival publicists for our world premiere at Tribeca; the PR strategy and resulting positive press were vital for the film. This was a piece of...
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JODY GIRGENTI is a producer and sometimes executive. Notably, Jody developed and produced the acclaimed “Certified Fresh” film MY FRIEND DAHMER, which Peter Travers of Rolling Stone calls, “a warped wonder of a movie.”
Jody Girgenti is known for My Friend Dahmer (2017), How He Fell in Love (2015) and Human Capital (2019).
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Sep 16, 2017 · "My Friend Dahmer" producer Jody Girgenti, graphic novelist John "Derf" Backderf and director Marc Meyers attended the Cleveland premiere.
Jun 22, 2017 · Studio: FilmRise. Director : Marc Meyers. Writer: Marc Meyers. Producer : Jody Girgenti, Marc Meyers, Adam Goldworm, Michael Merlob, Milan Chakraborty. Stars : Ross Lynch, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Alex Wolff, Tommy Nelson, Vincent Kartheiser, Harrison Holzer, Miles Robbins. Review Score: Summary:
Jul 11, 2012 · Ibid Filmworks producing partners Marc Meyers and Jody Girgenti have picked up the rights to My Friend Dahmer, the acclaimed and disturbing autobiographical graphic novel by John “Derf”...
