Laura Lewis
Laura Breaks Down the Universal Struggle of the entertainment industry, no matter the paycheck
Laura is the CEO and Founder of Rebelle Media. They are financing, creative, and production partners for bold storytellers who put women and girls at the heart of their narratives.
Her focus has always been on finding ways to push against the “no” and getting stories, across all genres, about women and other marginalized voices made and seen.
Laura has twenty years of experience in film and television development, production, strategy, sales, and financing.
She recently produced the feature film Long Weekend and is currently in production on the upcoming Mr. Malcolm’s List.
Previous credits include Executive Producer on An Acceptable Loss starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Tika Sumpter and Co-Executive Producer on All About Nina, written and directed by Eva Vives, and Little Woods, written and directed by Nia DaCosta.
Before launching Rebelle, as a film finance and sales agent at Creative Artists Agency, Laura packaged and sold films such as On the Basis of Sex, The Wife, Jackie, Dallas Buyers Club, The Imitation Game, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Maggie’s Plan, Begin Again, Mud, and Still Alice, amongst many others.
Prior to CAA, she consulted with financiers on slate and individual picture film financing and worked as a development and production executive at Twentieth Century Fox and Edward Saxon Productions on films ranging from Away We Go to What Happens in Vegas.
Laura has a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. She is a founding member of Time’s Up, an executive member and former board member of Women and Film, a member of the Los Angeles Women’s Collective, and a proud member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
This week, we dive deep into Laura’s transition from the corporate lifestyle to running her own company, as well as the dangers of self-comparison, and navigating the challenges of the industry regardless of the paycheck.
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“It’s so easy to get into this bubble of everyone is successful, and I’m not. It’s all relative. We all have insecurities… this business is a struggle, whether you’re making a lot of money or not.”
- Laura Lewis
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