#10: Being a production company

In the episode we speak with award winning documentary filmmaker Sophie Robinson. 
Sophie had great success with her first documentary feature film 'My Beautiful Broken Brain' in 2014, which was executive produced by David Lynch, nominated for an Emmy and bought by Netflix. 
We chat with Sophie about what happened after the success of her first feature film and her recent journey setting up her own production company 'So&So Pictures'.
Hosted by Karoline Pelikan (@PelikanPictures) and Paul Hulligan (@paulhully).
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Episode guide:
00:39 - Introduction, Sophie's current projects
03:05 - Making ‘My Beautiful Broken Brain’
06:18 - Working with Netflix
09:06 - Why she started the company and ambitions for it
13:09 - Deciding the company name
15:00 - Promoting the company and why it’s led to more work
19:34 - Some advantages and disadvantages to being a company
23:56 - Using her success and company to give back, the importance of having a mentor
25:45 - The long term vision
26:36 - Top few tips when creating your own company