The Cover Story

• Spielberg's Secret Weapon
  Kristie Macosko Krieger, whose producing credits include The Post, The Fabelmans and the upcoming Maestro, has learned from the best.
  Interview by Steve Chagollan / Photography by Tameka Jacobs

Featured Articles

• Last Hurrahs
  Producers behind The Kominsky Method, Insecure, Ozark, Ray Donovan and Brooklyn Nine-Nine expound on the logic behind ending a show's run in a way that provides closure, or not.
  Written by Hugh Hart
• Star-Studded Lovefest
  The 34th PGA Awards brimmed with goodwill and heartfelt emotion as nominees, presenters and special guests celebrated each other's work.
  Written by Steve Chagollan
• Optimistic and Unflappable
  Nominees for the Zanuck Award expound on challenges of COVID and maintaining healthy equilibrium for cast and crew.
  Written by Steve Chagollan
• One on One: Sequel Rites
  Producers Elizabeth Avellán (Spy Kids) and Basil Iwanyk (John Wick) talk about the risks and rewards of building franchises from scratch.

Brief Takes

• Tool Kit: Jake Sally Wants To Augment Your Reality
  The Emmy-nominated, award-winning producer is an XR industry leader who is determined to bring augmented reality to the masses through a mobile video game.
  Written by Daron James
• A Day in the Life: Keeping International Time
  With her own production shingle, Atlanta-based Autumn Bailey-Ford starts her day before dawn with overseas calls, and plows through as many as a half dozen scripts a day.
• In the Footsteps of Giants: A Banquet of Inclusion
  James Schamus reminisces about The Wedding Banquet 30 years after it broke ground for greater representation of Asian and gay characters in movies.
  Written by Steve Chagollan

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