Josh Rosenbaum is a Producer at Waypoint Entertainment.
Josh majored in Business Administration at the USC Marshall School of Business and minored in Music Industry through the USC Thornton School of Music. Before he joined Waypoint Entertainment, he worked as an Agent Trainee at William Morris.
After joining Waypoint Entertainment in 2015, he worked his way up from being a Production Coordinator to now a Producer. Since joining Waypoint, he worked on titles like THE FAVOURITE, CUCKOO, MID90S, HOSTILES.
In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews Producer at Waypoint Entertainment Josh Rosenbaum about his start in the entertainment business at William Morris; why relationships and strategy are the most important tools in building a career; how a production company chooses VFX vendors; why AI will never replace storytellers (including VFX artists); the behind-the-scenes of CUCKOO (to be released in 2024) – and so much more!
Josh Rosenbaum on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-rosenbaum-61b29521/
Josh Rosenbaum on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4835250/
Waypoint Entertainment Website: https://www.waypoint-ent.com
EPISODE 444 – FILM PRODUCER JOSH ROSENBAUM – WAYPOINT ENTERTAINMENT
Hi, everyone!
This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 444!
I’m interviewing Film Producer Josh Rosenbaum about:
- His start in the entertainment business as an Agent Trainee at William Morris;
- Why relationships and strategy are the most important tools in building a career;
- The importance of paying your dues and learning on the job;
- Working with Ken Kao, President and CEO of Waypoint Entertainment;
- The finance and production facet of Waypoint Entertainment;
- Has TikTok and social media changed the audiences’ standards of expectation;
- The studio trend of “No CGI” promotional narrative;
- Why AI will never replace good storytelling and storytellers (including VFX artists);
- The behind-the-scenes of CUCKOO (to be released in 2024);
- And so much more!
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Let’s dive in!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM ALLAN McKAY:
[55:44] One of the biggest problems we face as artists is figuring out how much we’re worth. I’ve put together a website. Check it out: www.VFXRates.com! This is a chance for you to put in your level of experience, your discipline, your location — and it will give you an accurate idea what you and everyone else in your discipline should be charging. Check it out: www.VFXRates.com!
Okay, what did you think? I want to thank Josh for joining the Podcast. I hope you got a lot from this Episode.
Next week, I’m interviewing VFX Supervisor Karen Heston about their creative journey as a VFX Supervisor on GEN V, the spinoff of THE BOYS; as well as their experience studying cinematography at NYU, switching to visual effects, the learning experience as a the main vendor on Cary Fukunaga’s BEASTS OF NO NATION, and so much more!
Until then –
Rock on!
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