2006 Program Co-Director / Peter Broderick

President, Paradigm Consulting

Peter Broderick is President of Paradigm Consulting, which helps filmmakers and media companies develop strategies to maximize distribution, audience, and revenues. In addition to advising on financing, sales, and marketing, Paradigm specializes in state-of-the-art distribution techniques - including innovative theatrical service deals, cutting edge video strategies (mixing retail and direct sales online), and new approaches to global distribution.

Broderick was President of Next Wave Films, which helped launch the careers of filmmakers (such as Christopher Nolan) from the U.S. and abroad. It financed digital features through its production arm - Agenda 2000. Broderick played a key role in the growth of the ultra-low budget feature movement. A leading advocate of digital moviemaking, Broderick gave presentations on digital production at Cannes, Sundance, and Berlin. He has written articles for Scientific American, The New York Times, and The Economist. To harness the power of film to impact elections, he launched www.filmstoseebeforeyouvote.org

He is a graduate of Brown, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School. Now focused on the revolution in independent distribution, Broderick has given keynotes on the subject internationally and published a seminal article, Maximizing Distribution (see www.peterbroderick.com )

As Program Co-Director, Broderick helped organize the first Digimart in 2005 and has continued in that role in 2006.

• IS THE CUSTOMER ALWAYS RIGHT?
  October 16
  4:30 - 5:00
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• MAXIMIZING AUDIENCE
  October 17
  2:00 - 3:15
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