JOHN J. LEE, JR. / ANNE MARIE GILLEN
The Producer’s Business Handbook, Fifth Edition pulls back the curtain on today’s global motion picture economy—revealing how producers may best navigate streaming, AI, and the new financial models that are rewriting every business rule of film and series production. This edition delivers clear, current guidance on how to finance, package, and distribute content worldwide—showing producers how to access private and institutional funding, Donors and Donor Advised Funds, Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), partner with studios and streamers, and profit from the industry’s expanding digital and ancillary markets. With fresh analysis of global streaming, viewer interactivity, and immersive technologies, PBH5 connects readers directly to the opportunities driving the next generation of entertainment. Packed with updated and downloadable models, deal templates, and working examples, this is the definitive playbook for producers, investors, and students who want to master the business of entertainment—and succeed in its fastest-moving era yet.
