Nina Jacobson
Nina Jacobson
Nina Jacobsonis an American film executive who, until July 2006, was president of the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. With Dawn Steel, Gail Berman and Sherry Lansing, she was one of the last of a handful of women to head a Hollywood film studio since the 1980s. She established her own production company called Color Force in 2007, and is the producer of The Hunger Games movies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
thinking way cameras
Women are making strides in many areas and women have mentored and supported me along the way. I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.
smart thinking ideas
The hiring of Phil Messina, the production designer, was a big decision. He's so gifted, and his ideas were always so smart and rooted in American history and architecture. Nothing feels like it's not us, or couldn't be us, and I think that's very important.
player thinking important
I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. I think the most important thing is that you have to really choose the players carefully.
smart book thinking
There is a young fella who works for me, named Brian Unkeless, who's very smart. We're a very small company that has been Brian and me and two assistants, although we're growing a little bit now. He read the [The Hunger Games] book and loved it, and told me I should read it. He had been a fan of the Gregor books. So, I read it and couldn't put it down and couldn't stop thinking about it. I really became obsessed with the thought of producing it, and was completely bothered by the idea that anybody but me could produce it.
thinking careers perspective
I think that one of the greatest perspectives that I have, from being a buyer for my whole career until I became a producer, is that I have a pretty good understanding of the buyers mentality.
women
I think that women are underrepresented behind the camera as directors.
developed good movies
Getting movies developed doesn't do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made.
fortunate material producing saying wants yes
I've been fortunate enough to match up the material I'm producing with the right buyer, the company that will make it and that wants it, and that isn't saying yes to be nice, but is saying yes because they want and need that movie and it's going to be important on their slate.
far female few fewer writers
There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.
call notice
My daughter and I have this thing we call a PMA: 'perfect moment alert.' I try to really notice when we're having a PMA.
filmmakers love power shooting
I know many filmmakers, and shooting in IMAX is challenging. Filmmakers love the vividness and power of those big images.
books indelible love movies resonate speaks younger
When you're younger and you see something that really speaks to you, it's indelible in a way that's not the same as when you're an adult. So I'll always love reading books and making movies that resonate with young people.
commented exploited handshake screw sins trust
Suzanne Collins, it was such a big thing for me to make the handshake with her and to say, 'You can trust me. I will not screw up your books. And I won't let them be diluted and softened. And I won't let them be exploited and made guilty of the sins that are being commented on in the books.' I take that really seriously.
blow definitely
It's definitely a tough blow to your morale to get fired.