How Glen Basner and Stacey Snider Plan to Make FilmNation the Destination for Visionary Filmmakers: 'We're in the Big Swing Business Creatively'
May 12, 2026 1:30am PT
How Glen Basner and Stacey Snider Plan to Make FilmNation the Destination for Visionary Filmmakers: ‘We’re in the Big Swing Business Creatively’
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When Stacey Snider brings her boss Glen Basner a project she wants to make at FilmNation, he analyzes everything about her pitch — from its budget to the commercial track record of its creative team to the performance of recent films in the same genre. Basner knows the business intimately, having put together financing for one boundary-pushing film after another. Over the indie production and sales company’s 18-year history, he’s helped make everything from “Anora” and “Conclave” to “Mud” and “Arrival.”
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