1161. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Film and TV Industry Executive?

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

5.0 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

"The New York office asked me if I'd like to transfer there as supervisor and a pay raise that was literally three times greater than what I was earning at the time as a 25-year-old 'newbie' in the world of advertising. My immediate response was: 'No thank you, I want to make movies.' Soon thereafter I accepted a job as a production assistant on a TV show called 'Dream On' which was featured on HBO, for a tiny fraction of the salary I was offered in the ad business. My gut told me that if I took that high-paying job, I would be shackled by the proverbial 'golden handcuffs' and never be able to pursue my passion for the film and TV industry. My gut was spot on and I have been creating a career that I love every day ever since."

Tim Tortora has spent his impressive career in the entertainment industry garnering extensive financial and producing experience before releasing his second book "An Effective Guide to Build Your Path in The Film and TV Industry." His latest book and companion Community guides aspiring filmmakers through the black box that is building a durable network in film and TV production.

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:16.6	Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work
0:22.0	they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:26.8	On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most
0:31.4	popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what
0:36.8	it's really like to do what they do. Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Tim Totora, and our topic, A Day in the Life, what's it really like to be a film and TV industry executive? Welcome, Tim. Thank you for having me. I really appreciate it. Well, it's our pleasure. Tim, are you using your talents doing work that you love? I am, and I do love what I do for a living. Good, good. Well,
0:58.8	we're going to dive into that whole story. Tim Tuturo has spent his impressive career in the entertainment
1:03.7	industry garnering extensive financial and producing experience before releasing his second book,
1:10.0	An Effective Guide to Build Your Path in the film and TV industry releasing his second book, an effective guide to build your path
1:12.3	in the film and TV industry.
1:13.9	His latest book and companion,
1:16.3	How to Make It in Hollywood,
1:18.2	Guides aspiring filmmakers through the black box
1:20.8	that is building a durable network in film and TV protection.
1:24.5	Well, before we dive into your backstory, Tim,
1:26.8	take just a minute or two and tell our listeners around the world what you're engaged in right now that has your excited and motivated. Just a quick snapshot.
1:34.3	Well, you know, two things. One thing that really excites me and motivates me are young filmmakers and helping them understand how the industry works, how to get connected in it. And we have a couple of
1:44.6	movies coming up this year, mostly shot in Canada. So it's busy finding money and connecting
1:50.1	people to make that happen. Oh, excellent, excellent. Wow, it's an amazing industry as we talked
1:55.5	about in the pre-interview. Well, also, as you know, everyone's life is about turning points or passages from the day we're born until we leave this plane of existence.
2:04.0	So take us into the backstory of Tim Turturo, family of origin, and tell us where it all began and the people and choices and changes that influenced how you got here today.
2:13.6	Well, I am a second generation, California, in particular Southern California. My parents both went to high school here. My dad was born here. And in the late 60s, they decided that Los Angeles was too expensive and the school district wasn't very good, which is funny now, you know, 50 years on.
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