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Imagine having to negotiate with Larry Ellisons nepo daughter, how can you even keep a straight face. "It says here you are a film producer?"
by stefan_ 2y ago
Imagine having to negotiate with Larry Ellisons nepo daughter, how can you even keep a straight face. "It says here you are a film producer?"
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoI only found out recently that animated film company Laika was created after Nike founder Phil Knight bought his son a new career after he failed at being a rapper. He bought into Will Vinton studios and then forced Oscar winning animation pioneer Will Vinton out of his own company. There's a whole documentary, sad and interesting.
- mhuffman 2y agoIf I recall, it turns out that his "failed rapper" son had some sort of natural talent for this and has got nothing but accolades even from other animators ever since. Although I do get your point.
- J_Shelby_J 2y agoYes, they did produce this great movie https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubo_and_the_Two_Strings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubo_and_the_Two_Strings
- busterarm 2y agof me that movie was so great, only to be overshadowed by Coco a year later.
- brandall10 2y agoHe also directed Bumblebee, perhaps the only great film in the Transformers universe.
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- rowanG077 2y agoI don't follow? Why is that funny? Why wouldn't she be able to be a film producer?
- thoroughburro 2y agoOn average, those who enter a field using money are less accomplished than those who enter a field using experience. Obviously.
- ethbr1 2y agoI think it has to do more with being honest about ones core competencies. There are tons of people who enter a field because they're rich, hire great people, connect those great people with money, and do very well. There are also rich people who believe wealth qualifies them as subject matter experts, which tends to go less well...
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoIsaacman seems to have his shit together.
- dboreham 2y agoAlso a nice guy. Perhaps not unrelated.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoBranson is supposed to be a really decent chap. I suspect a lot of it has to do with who you surround yourself with, and how much agency you give them. One word that rich people almost never hear, is “no.” Even really nice ones don't hear it often. That means that almost any rectally-sourced, harebrained idea they squeeze out, is treated as genius, by their entourage. I know a number of fairly wealthy people, and some of them won’t have anything to do with me, because I say the “N” word. Others, actually ask me what I think. People rapidly learn that asking me for my input means getting an answer that is honest, but not one they might want to hear (and that answer might be "I don't know."). They don’t always give it much weight, but at least they ask. Those folks are not always the ones you might consider “nice,” though. Just anectdata, though, and the community we share has some traits that reward Honesty and seeking counsel from others.
- dash2 2y agoIt says this is the company that produced, among other films, She? Did Megan Ellison have anything to do with it?
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago"Producer" == $WALLET
- rpdillon 2y agoHer
- WorldMaker 2y agoIt's just as weird that it happens twice in Hollywood today. Another of Larry Ellison's nepo baby heirs runs Skydance, which has had a bit more success in "blockbuster" terms (and has recently been flirting with buying CBS Viacom aka Paramount).
- ryandrake 2y agoWow, I didn't make the last name connection until reading this thread. The Wikipedia page[1] for Annapurna Pictures doesn't even mention that the founder is the child of a billionaire. It just kind of implies the founder dabbled in film school for two semesters, went off to travel the world, and then -poof- a media production company is conjured into existence. Pretty rosy depiction of nepotism. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna_Pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna_Pictures
- stefan_ 2y agoUntil she got bored, anyway. You know, I also feel I have "grown secluded" from my day job. > After a series of underperforming productions, in 2019 Ellison had grown secluded from Hollywood, leaving Annapurna to be mostly ran by Nathan Gary, who led Annapurna Interactive before being promoted to president. She left to Lanai, a Hawaiian island owned by her father, and remained there as the COVID-19 pandemic forced people to remain isolated.
- rurban 2y agoNot really nepotism. Megan is one of Hollywoods best producers. Far better than her father in his job.
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