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There was lively discussion on the state of the film and TV industry during a panel at the Winston Baker UK Summit today which included Dan Steinman, Co-President and COO of 30WEST; Solstice Studios President & CEO Mark Gill; See-Saw Films COO Simon Gillis and Twickenham Studios Managing Director Cara Sheppard. Among…

EXCLUSIVE: The upstart 30WEST has made its third splashy deal at the Toronto Film Festival, acquiring the North American distribution rights to Beast, the Michael Pearce-directed film that premiered Saturday at the Winter Garden Theatre. The deal is seven figures, including P&A spend. Co-founded by Dan Friedkin and Mic…

EXCLUSIVE: 30WEST is the official name of the venture that Dan Friedkin and Micah Green formed in April, the one that compelled Green to leave his post as co-head of the CAA Finance and Sales Group. 30WEST already has offices in Los Angeles and New York, and is providing capital and strategic guidance to ambitious…

After co-heading the CAA Film Finance and Sales Group with Roeg Sutherland for over a decade, Micah Green shocked the indie film community by leaving to form a venture with entrepreneur Dan Friedkin, backer of producer/financier Imperative Entertainment. Long considered one of the brightest agents piecing together…

EXCLUSIVE: The new venture hatched by longtime CAA Film Finance and Sales Group co-head Micah Green and Texas-based entrepreneur Dan Friedkin has made its first big hire. Dan Steinman has stepped down as Black Bear Pictures co-president/COO and Elevation CEO to join. He will be based in New York and open an office…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear Pictures, the financier-producer of the Oscar-contending drama The Imitation Game, has made a major move to expand. President-CEO Teddy Schwarzman today set as president and COO Dan Steinman, the seven-year veteran of the CAA Film Finance Group. Steinman will be based in New York, as Gotham-based…