Bankroll Your Film
Bankroll seminar and other Hollywood events for film and television professionals
By Robin Rowe
Bankroll by Tom Malloy, raised money to star in a film with Amy Smart
HOLLYWOOD, CA (Gosh!TV) 10/26/2009 – Bankroll book author Tom Malloy presented a seminar on how to bankroll your own film to a packed house at the 99-seat Lost Studio in Hollywood on October 24th.
Malloy described his experiences as an actor-producer financing his own films. Rather than wait for a casting director to cast him and the studio to greenlight the picture, he’s reached out to high net worth investors to back his films. His latest film, Love and Dancing, stars himself and Amy Smart.
Malloy says he likes to have film projects in the $250k to $6M range, that less than $250k would mean he’s working for free and that over $6M is unlikely to be profitable without studio backing. In pitching individual investors, Malloy says a key technique is to pitch to the vested interest. For example, a major investor in Love & Dancing is the owner of a chain of dance studios. And, Amy Smart loves to dance. Accepting the role meant she’d receive weeks of training from a top ballroom dancer.