This week Kyle sits down with Kevin Nicklaus, a Producer and a partner with the Los Angeles-based management and production company, Sandstone Artists. They talk about how management can support creative empowerment, pitching and the attention economy, as well as the value of collaboration.

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Kevin Nicklaus is a partner with the Los Angeles-based management and production company, Sandstone Artists. Kevin oversees the production division of the company, with projects set up with A-list directors, studio pods and a greenlit animated project. He currently serves as the consulting producer for RIDI, the billion-dollar company behind the Manta comics app and Tapas, a division of Korean media giant, Kakao, as well as other IP-based projects.

Prior to his work as a producer, he served as SVP for The Wolper Org., and contributed to BATES MOTEL and the Emmy-nominated ROOTS reboot, among others. He attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and entered the industry through the Television Academy internship program.

Sandstone Artists is a dynamic and innovative management + production company dedicated to empowering creators in the film and television industry.

Theo Brown is an LA-based director with a deep love for intimate character stories within the science fiction genre. His latest feature film, An Electric Sleep is a ten-time Festival award winner, including LA Sci-Fi, Best Feature at the Culver City Film Festival, Best SciFi at the Silicon Valley Film Fest, and Best Soundtrack at LA Sci-Fi Film Fest. He also directed the Smoky Mountain Rescue web series, which won the Silver Telly for Best Web Series, as well as the Grand Jury Prize at the San Diego Int. Kids Film Festival.

From Star Trek marathons to Spider-Man comics, Theo’s love of sci-fi inspires him to keep telling stories that audiences across the globe have resonated with.

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We're back! Producer Skye Wathen (FALLOUT, WESTWORLD) sits down with Kyle to discuss her road to producing some of the top television shows of the last decade, as well as her experience with indie film. They touch on several aspects, including becoming a production assistant, how one line in a script can cost millions of dollars, and why anger has no place in the process.

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