
Overcoming Adversity to Create Longevity: A Guide to Creative Producing
Sundance Institute held its annual Creative Producing Summit last weekend, a three-day gathering at the Sundance Resort that provides a forum for top industry professionals, producers, and directors to focus on three primary avenues of dialogue: narrative producing, documentary producing, and the state of the independent film industry. Below, Sundance Institute #ArtistServices staffer Missy Laney shares her takeaways from the weekend.At the start of the Creative Producing Summit, Festival director John Cooper posed a simple question to the group: “Looking back at the last five years, are you more or less optimistic about the industry?” With budgets shrinking, marketplaces becoming increasingly crowded, and projects becoming more ambitious, it could seem impossible to be able to survive as an independent producer.