<p><strong>Carol Baum</strong> has produced thirty-four movies, seventeen of them independently. Before becoming an independent producer, Baum was co-president of Sandollar Productions, Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin’s production company, for ten years, where she produced such hits as Father of the Bride; the Academy Award-winning HBO documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt; Tidy Endings; I.Q.; Jacknife; True Identity; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Gross Anatomy; Shining Through; Straight Talk; and Kicking and Screaming. As an indie producer, Baum made, among other movies, The Good Girl; My First Mister; $5 A Day; You Kill Me; and Boychoir. She has produced five television movies for Hallmark and several documentaries. </p> <p>Baum currently teaches producing in the Film and Television Production Division at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. She is also a mentor for the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.</p> <p>In this episode, we talk about:</p> <p>• The lesson she learned working at her first job at Bantam Books which led to the purchase and development of the autobiography of Malcolm X</p> <p>• Being an advocate for the material and develop your taste</p> <p>• Getting pregnant and working freelance for awhile</p> <p>• Her 5 years at Palomar Pictures working on projects like <em>The Stepford Wives</em> and then moving to LA with her husband and becoming the studio VP at Lorimar</p> <p>• Becoming known for developing “The Shining” at the Producer’s Circle</p> <p>• Being a VP at 20th Century Fox and what she sees as the difference between a producer and an Executive</p> <p>• Working at Dolly Parton’s company Sandollar</p> <p>• How The Fountainhead made her love the business and why she thinks its important for young producers to watch movies from the 40s and 50s</p> <p>• Launching the careers of David O. Russell and Mike White</p> <p>• The story of developing with <em>Father of the Bride</em> and getting the rights from Ted Turner, the invention of Martin Short’s character, and how Jack Nicholson was thrown as a possibility for Steve Martin’s role</p> <p>• Developing multiple projects as a producer and how it’s all about timing. She said that if David Cronenberg hadn’t had success with The Fly, he wouldn’t have been able to do Dead Ringers.</p> <p>• Her recommendations for writers on what is commercially viable right now</p> <p>• Carol’s explanation for spec scripts for films</p> <p>• Her recommendation for writers on how to get an agent</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Guest:</p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062071/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">IMDb</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Baum" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.carolfriedlandbaum.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Producing-Pitch-Picture-Development/dp/1621538370" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Buy her book!</a></p> <p>Host:</p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mentorsonthemic/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/michellesimonemiller/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneMiller⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mentorsonthemic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleSimoneM?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Facebook page:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Website:<a href="http://www.michellesimonemiller.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.michellesimonemiller.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and <a href="www.mentorsonthemic.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.mentorsonthemic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> If you like this episode, check out <a href="https://kite.link/jayfrancis" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a>⁠<a href="https://kite.link/carol2" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Excerpt from ⁠⁠⁠Creative Producing: a Pitch-to-Picture Guide to Movie Development⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Carol Baum</a></p> <p><a href="https://kite.link/carol1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Do’s and Don’ts of PITCHING YOUR FILM with Hollywood Producer Carol Baum</a></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support</a>

Mentors on the Mic: Your guide to pursuing a career in the Entertainment industry

Michelle Simone Miller

Becoming... Movie Producer Carol Baum "Father of the Bride" "Dead Ringers" "The Good Girl"

OCT 7, 202474 MIN
Mentors on the Mic: Your guide to pursuing a career in the Entertainment industry

Becoming... Movie Producer Carol Baum "Father of the Bride" "Dead Ringers" "The Good Girl"

OCT 7, 202474 MIN

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<p><strong>Carol Baum</strong> has produced thirty-four movies, seventeen of them independently. Before becoming an independent producer, Baum was co-president of Sandollar Productions, Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin’s production company, for ten years, where she produced such hits as Father of the Bride; the Academy Award-winning HBO documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt; Tidy Endings; I.Q.; Jacknife; True Identity; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Gross Anatomy; Shining Through; Straight Talk; and Kicking and Screaming. As an indie producer, Baum made, among other movies, The Good Girl; My First Mister; $5 A Day; You Kill Me; and Boychoir. She has produced five television movies for Hallmark and several documentaries. </p> <p>Baum currently teaches producing in the Film and Television Production Division at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. She is also a mentor for the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC.</p> <p>In this episode, we talk about:</p> <p>• The lesson she learned working at her first job at Bantam Books which led to the purchase and development of the autobiography of Malcolm X</p> <p>• Being an advocate for the material and develop your taste</p> <p>• Getting pregnant and working freelance for awhile</p> <p>• Her 5 years at Palomar Pictures working on projects like <em>The Stepford Wives</em> and then moving to LA with her husband and becoming the studio VP at Lorimar</p> <p>• Becoming known for developing “The Shining” at the Producer’s Circle</p> <p>• Being a VP at 20th Century Fox and what she sees as the difference between a producer and an Executive</p> <p>• Working at Dolly Parton’s company Sandollar</p> <p>• How The Fountainhead made her love the business and why she thinks its important for young producers to watch movies from the 40s and 50s</p> <p>• Launching the careers of David O. Russell and Mike White</p> <p>• The story of developing with <em>Father of the Bride</em> and getting the rights from Ted Turner, the invention of Martin Short’s character, and how Jack Nicholson was thrown as a possibility for Steve Martin’s role</p> <p>• Developing multiple projects as a producer and how it’s all about timing. She said that if David Cronenberg hadn’t had success with The Fly, he wouldn’t have been able to do Dead Ringers.</p> <p>• Her recommendations for writers on what is commercially viable right now</p> <p>• Carol’s explanation for spec scripts for films</p> <p>• Her recommendation for writers on how to get an agent</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Guest:</p> <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062071/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">IMDb</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Baum" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.carolfriedlandbaum.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Producing-Pitch-Picture-Development/dp/1621538370" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Buy her book!</a></p> <p>Host:</p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mentorsonthemic/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/michellesimonemiller/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneMiller⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mentorsonthemic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleSimoneM?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Facebook page:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Website:<a href="http://www.michellesimonemiller.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.michellesimonemiller.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> and <a href="www.mentorsonthemic.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.mentorsonthemic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p> <p>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> If you like this episode, check out <a href="https://kite.link/jayfrancis" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a>⁠<a href="https://kite.link/carol2" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Excerpt from ⁠⁠⁠Creative Producing: a Pitch-to-Picture Guide to Movie Development⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Carol Baum</a></p> <p><a href="https://kite.link/carol1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Do’s and Don’ts of PITCHING YOUR FILM with Hollywood Producer Carol Baum</a></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support</a>