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What a Good Film Producer Actually Does

He co-created the Emmy-nominated AMC sitcom Cooper's Bar with Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn. Sometimes you'll hear about mandates like, "We need horror about nuns," or "Write more stories featuring 40-year-old characters." Morton doesn't get that specific because those specifics change sometimes week to week.

What a Good Film Producer Actually Does

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He co-created the Emmy-nominated AMC sitcom Cooper's Bar with Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn.

Sometimes you'll hear about mandates like, "We need horror about nuns," or "Write more stories featuring 40-year-old characters." Morton doesn't get that specific because those specifics change sometimes...

Producer Nick Morton spent 30 years in Hollywood, first as a development executive at Philip Anschutz's Bristol Bay Productions on films like Ray and Sahara, then at Phoenix Pictures, then at Whitewater...

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He co-created the Emmy-nominated AMC sitcom Cooper's Bar with Better Call Saul's Rhea Seehorn. Sometimes you'll hear about mandates like, "We need horror about nuns," or "Write more stories featuring 40-year-old characters." Morton doesn't get that specific because those specifics change sometimes week to week. Producer Nick Morton spent 30 years in Hollywood, first as a development executive at Philip Anschutz's Bristol Bay Productions on films like Ray and Sahara, then at Phoenix Pictures, then at Whitewater Films, where he executive-produced dozens of indies, including Joey Soloway's Afternoon Delight and Jacob Estes' Mean Creek.

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Producer Nick Morton spent 30 years in Hollywood, first as a development executive at Philip Anschutz's Bristol Bay Productions on films like Ray and Sahara, then at Phoenix Pictures, then at Whitewater Films, where he executive-produced dozens of indies, including Joey Soloway's Afternoon Delight and Jacob Estes' Mean Creek.

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