Veteran movie producer Matt Smith and award-winning business and music video director and producer Dan Gedman have joined forces to launch Freeway 10, a financier and manufacturing firm. The companions say that their new enterprise will give attention to making top quality, filmmaker-driven films which can be value efficient and commercially interesting. The aim is to draw high expertise who function within the indie movie sphere, who could make concept-driven movies throughout a number of genres. Freeway 10 will function in each Los Angeles and Kansas Metropolis.
Shared regional roots have one thing to do with the enterprise’s moniker — Smith and Gedman named the corporate as a nod to the freeway that took them from their hometown of Kansas Metropolis to varsity collectively on the College of Kansas. After school, Smith began his profession on the Border Webb Chervin Silbermann Company and Revolution Studios earlier than happening to work as an government at Sean Bailey’s Ideology Inc., Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, Offspring Leisure and Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Highway Photos. He was additionally the top of manufacturing and improvement for Circle of Confusion. His numerous movie producing profession has ranged from studio blockbusters to small funds Indies and competition movies. Together with Disney’s “Maleficent” franchise, Smith’s credit embrace MGM’s musical remake of “Valley Lady,” Netflix’s household journey “Rim of The World,” gonzo motion film “Mayhem,” two movies within the “Step Up” franchise and Wayfarer Studios’ upcoming action-comedy “Code 3.”
“Dan and I are thrilled to be partnering collectively on Freeway 10, combining our a long time of manufacturing expertise and robust relationships within the artistic neighborhood to make top quality, budget-friendly movies which have robust viewers enchantment,” says Smith.
Gedman began his profession in promoting earlier than launching Outrider (previously Liquid 9), one of many largest and most profitable manufacturing firms in Kansas Metropolis. As a artistic, Gedman has directed MTV award-winning music movies for artists equivalent to Kendrick Lamar, Tech N9ne, T-Ache, B.o.B. and lots of others. He has additionally directed Cannes Lion-winning tv commercials and different video content material for premium manufacturers across the globe.
“Because the panorama of the leisure trade continues to evolve, Freeway 10 provides an thrilling alternative to finance and produce entertaining films that entice distinctive expertise and filmmakers” says Gedman.
Freeway 10 can be asserting their first movie imminently. Smith may even proceed producing conventional studio-based productions by his Electro Corduroy Leisure banner. He’s repped by Ziffren Brittenham.
