Quinn is the recipient of the Visionary Award alongside Eli Roth and Elijah Wood from the Stanley Film Festival, and the Leading Light Award from the DOC-NYC Film Festival. He was so into the socially-aware, Heathers-meets-A Clockwork Orange satire that he had to leave the theater for a moment to compose himself. They also made it clear they saw Oscar potential, and pledged to campaign for Margot Robbie and Allison Janney. By the time TIFF rolled around, NEON was impressing the filmmakers of its first big play, I, Tonya, with a well-drawn presentation right after the movie’s festival premiere. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Email Print Talk Tom Quinn. After Tom Quinn launched the indie distributor NEON before 2017’s Sundance Film Festival, it didn’t take long for the company to show its potential to become an important part of the landscape. You will be redirected back to your article in, Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Tom Quinn with Bong Joon Ho at the premiere of Parasite. They brought to their meeting the same Dove ice cream bars that Jeff Gillooly stocked in Tonya Harding’s refrigerator, his awkward attempt to make her feel valued. At Sundance 2017, Quinn said, he was confident that “Patti Cakes” was perfect for NEON. Over the course of an hour-long conversation, Quinn talked about broader plans for NEON, how “I, Tonya” caught him off-guard, and why Netflix has become an unexpected competitor. The company will next partner with Participant Media on the survival thriller MONOS which will be released on Sept. 13th and collaborated with Refinery 29 and Planned Parenthood on LITTLE WOODS starring Tessa Thompson which was released on April 19th. 2018 was a record-breaking year for NEON, with the release of Craig Gillespie’s runaway hit I, TONYA starring Margot Robbie and the Academy Award® winner for best supporting actress, Allison Janney, as well as Matt Spicer's Sundance and Independent Spirit Award-Winner INGRID GOES WEST. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. Even with decades of experience, NEON co-founder Tom Quinn knows the truth about film distribution: It’s not easy. It was neither an awards contender, nor I think, a real success. The team had a clear idea how to exploit the black comedy of the film without disregarding its depiction of serious abuse, which had made the movie a hot potato. “I felt that the movie could launch this company,” he said. The company has impressed with its clever marketing and distribution strategies, assembled by a brain-trust that includes Zisa, distribution executive veep Elissa Federoff, marketing and distribution senior veep Sumyi Antonson, and chief marketing officer Christian Parkes. Tom Quinn, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, NEON will be speaking at the 10th Annual International Film Finance Forum in Cannes on May 17, 2019 “I think the movie only works for a very small sect of barely one quadrant, and while it’s a smaller pool, we would’ve owned that pool,” he said. Quinn is the CEO and Founder of distribution label NEON, which continues to push the boundaries and take creative risks on bold content with films such as: BORDER, Sweden’s pick for best foreign film which recently garnered an Academy Award® nomination; Todd Douglas Miller’s cinematic event 50 years in the making: APOLLO 11; Tim Wardle's THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS, winner of the Sundance Special Jury Award for Storytelling which surpassed $13m at the box office; and Bong Joon-Ho’s highly-anticipated crime drama PARASITE, premiering in competition at Cannes. NEON recently partnered with Impact Partners and Artemis Rising on an effort to bring THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM to schools and communities nationwide through their in-theater education program. “I watched it with my daughter on an iPad and she I loved it, I loved it, but it was meant to be seen on a big screen. “I don’t believe that movie would have ever become what it ultimately became, and that’s because how long would a majority of the people who saw that film have given it on Netflix — as opposed to getting up and going to your local theater, sitting down, and committing yourself to watching that movie?”, Similarly, he was frustrated with Netflix’s day-and-date release of “Okja,” from Korean director Bong Joon Ho, whose previous film “Snowpiercer” was a Radius release. ‘Netflix is My Biggest Competitor’: NEON Founder Tom Quinn on Making ‘I, Tonya’ Into a Hit and the Company’s Future, ‘Chicago 7’ Vs. the World: How Aaron Sorkin’s Awards-Friendly Epic Jolted a Strange Awards Season, NYFF Director Eugene Hernandez Explains the Rollercoaster Ride to Programming a Film Festival Without Theaters, How the Academy’s Inclusion Rules Speak to the Challenges Faced by the Film Industry, Introducing ‘Deep Dive’: Damon Lindelof and His Team Go Behind the Scenes of ‘Watchmen’, ‘Succession’: How Editing Helps Every Dinner Scene Come to Life — Deep Dive, Becoming Hooded Justice: The ‘Watchmen’ Craft Team Analyzes the Emotional, Pivotal Scene – Deep Dive, 39 Must-See New Movies to See This Fall Season, The Best Movies Eligible for the 2021 Oscars Right Now, Jessie Buckley Won’t Explain ‘Ending Things,’ but She Will Reveal What Terrified Her Most. by Tina Jøhnk Christensen April 2, 2020. interviews; Industry; Parasite; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Copy URL. Daniel Bergeron. “It seemed to fit who we wanted to be.”, It was his first major outing with NEON’s main investor at the time, Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong-based SR Media (30West bought out SR Media’s share at the end of the year). Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. After Tom Quinn launched the indie distributor NEON before 2017’s Sundance Film Festival, it didn’t take long for the company to show its potential to become an important part of the landscape. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. The inspirational tale of leaving the big city to farm in harmony with nature opened in theaters on May 10th. After their successful collaboration on I, TONYA in January 2018, 30WEST (Dan Friedkin's and Micah Green's strategic venture) partnered with NEON's Tom Quinn and Tim League (Co-Founder) to become majority investors in the company.
The company is best known for releasing films, such as Ingrid Goes West, I, Tonya, Three Identical Strangers, and Parasite. Quinn is credited with having created a new distribution paradigm for such groundbreaking films as SNOWPIERCER, IT FOLLOWS and BACHELORETTE, while simultaneously championing a traditional distribution model for recent back-to-back Oscar winners 20 FEET FROM STARDOM and CITIZENFOUR. It was also a triumph for the movie’s Australian director Gillespie and star Margot Robbie, which led the Australian Screen Forum to single out the release for a case study as part of its Lincoln Center gathering. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! “It’s so expensive that unless you’re going to build something that has a point of view, that can stand for something, I didn’t really feel the need to launch a company.”.
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Tom has 5 jobs listed on their profile. The company lost to Fox Searchlight, which bid $12 million; NEON would only go as high as $10 million. View Tom Quinn’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. “They wanted us to make as big a splash as we wanted to,” Quinn said. And I think that movie getting launched as a crossover wide release, it would have built momentum, it would have been a part of I think the cultural fabric, and it’s very hard to determine where that even starts within the ecosystem of Netflix.”. Robbie went on to a nomination and Janney a win, and the slow rollout of the film through the Winter Olympics led to a $30 million domestic gross.
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