Adam Lough: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER in Los Angeles, CA
Adam Lough
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Los Angeles | United States
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The Motivation [Rain Dominion Productions]
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | 01/2012 - Current
• Produced and financed internationally distributed premium documentaries, presiding over the entire video production process from research and story development to field producing, post-production and broadcast / streaming delivery to Netflix in 190+ countries and 15+ languages
• Recruited, hired and supervised a diverse creative team of 30+ freelance employees of different skill levels, fostering environments of collaboration across cross-functional departments
• Created compelling pitch decks, treatments, video teasers, budgets and schedules to secure private equity in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and presales to distributors with advances in the hundreds of thousands of dollars
• Brokered crew and vendor rates, music and video licensing, talent releases and equipment rental to keep all three films well under budget, raising the return to investors by tens of thousand of dollars on each film
• Cast and collaborated with over a dozen elite celebrity athletes and A-list talent and their agents / management
• Negotiated and oversaw major corporate branded sponsorships and partnerships (GoPro, DC Shoes, Street League, Stance, etc) with total dollar value in the six-figures
• Managed the social media pages [Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Verified Facebook pages] for all three films, organically growing the fanbase to 100k fans in three years and produced live Facebook chats, Reddit AMA's and 30+ pieces of original video content specifically for mobile platforms with views in the multi-millions
• Organized the legal logistics, taxes and production insurance for the production company and each film production including extensive fact-checking and obtaining E&O insurance
• Developed and executed the company’s business and creative strategy with the co-CEO keeping the brand fresh and innovative
Netflix / Hulu / Amazon Prime / iTunes
Independent Filmmaker / Producer & Director | 01/2002 - Current
• Wrote and directed 10 feature length documentary and scripted films which have played theatrically, on Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, BBC, Amazon, Showtime, BET and beyond
• Recognized by Sundance Film Festival as the only filmmaker to date with both documentary and narrative films in competition as well as a screenplay in their Screenwriting Lab
• Nominated for a Spirit Award for “Best First Feature”
• Acclaimed as Filmmaker Magazine’s “Top 25 Indie Filmmakers to Watch”and Buzzfeed’s “Asian-American Filmmakers You Need to Know”
• Premiered three films at #1 on iTunes documentary charts in multiple countries generating millions of dollars in revenue
• Directed a film (The Carter) recognized among the best music documentaries in history by numerous publications, with tens of millions of YouTube views
• Attracted and collaborated with Academy Award and Grammy Award winning talent and their management, raising the profile of each project
• Developed and pitched premium content to every major platform in the US: Netflix, Apple, A24, Paramount, WB, Uni, MTV, BET, HBO, Quibi and others and internationally, BBC, Arte, Al Jazeera and others
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
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