80: Julie Christeas on sustainable filmmaking

In this episode, Julie and Jeffrey discuss her journey from immigrating from Greece at a young age to growing up in Brooklyn and New Jersey, her unexpected path to becoming a producer, her impact on Jeff’s production career, how taking care of the environment is a win-win for impact and business, and much more…

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/O4gwHSzyCSI

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Host: Jeffrey M. Zucker

Producer: Kait Grey

Editor: Nick Case

Recording date: 9/18/23

https://www.tandempictures.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tandempictures/

https://www.facebook.com/tandempictures

https://www.linkedin.com/company/tandem-pictures/

Other resources:

https://www.tandempictures.com/brand-content?wix-vod-video-id=c1c8e677ffc144c9955977e89f1d6931&wix-vod-comp-id=comp-julnk1ne

https://www.producersunion.org/

https://www.earthangelsets.com/

https://www.motionpictures.org/2020/12/the-sustainable-production-alliance-celebrating-the-green-production-guides-10-year-anniversary/

https://www.bricfoundation.org/

https://www.green4ema.org/

Bio:

JULIE CHRISTEAS is the founder and CEO of Tandem Pictures, since 2010. Her recent films include BLACK BEAR (Sundance 2020) starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott and Sarah Gadon, which was released last year by eOne/Momentum, and THE SURROGATE (SXSW 2020/Monument Releasing). She also executive produced the cult horror favorite THE EYES OF MY MOTHER (Sundance 2016/Magnet Releasing), MONOGAMY (Best NY Narrative, Tribeca Film Festival 2010), the feature doc DUKALE'S DREAM starring Hugh Jackman, and GHOST TEAM starring Jon Heder, David Krumholtz, Justin Long, Amy Sedaris and Melonie Diaz. Previously she produced BLOOD STRIPE (Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film, LA Film Festival 2016), WILDLIKE starring Bruce Greenwood and Brian Geraghty (HIFF), and THE SLEEPWALKER starring Christopher Abbott and Brady Corbet (Sundance 2014/IFC). Julie also produces original short-form content for some of the biggest brands in the world — Amazon, Chase Bank, Ford Motors, Netflix, Cadillac and many more. Before Tandem, Julie was EVP across production and development at Renart Films.

Chapters:

0:00 – Intro

12:47 – Importance of Giving Back

18:29 – Education

27:49 – Early Career

30:31 – Producers

40:13 – Tandem Pictures

46:27 – Representation in the Industry

49:54 – Sustainable Sets

58:35 – Profit Donations

1:00:27 – Black Bear & Nuked

1:05:28 – BRIC Foundation

1:07:40 – Barbie

1:14:02 -When Work Affected Change

1:18:04 – Ask Jeff a Question

1:20:30 – Snap Your Fingers