Scott Ferguson is a two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe winning film and television producer. He has worked with renowned directors, such as Jim Jarmusch, Stephen Frears, Jay Roach, James Mangold, Ryan Murphy and Lisa Cholodenko, as well as leading television showrunners Daniel Futterman and Jesse Armstrong. He has also worked with Academy Award winners Milos Forman, Robert Benton, Sydney Pollack, Barry Levinson, Steve Zaillian and Ang Lee.

Scott is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University’s MFA program. Scott is currently serving as Executive Producer of HBO’s series Succession, which has been awarded the Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and Producers Guild Awards for Best Television Drama in 2020.

Our Moderator is NFMLA Board Member Varda Bar-Kar, award-winning director of the feature music documentary Big Voice (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu) and the upcoming documentary Fandango at the Wall. Varda also directed for Ryan Murphy’s hit Fox Show 9-1-1 after she participated in his Half Foundation Program diversity initiative.

We will speak with Scott about his journey from Unit Production Manager-Producer on independent films like Laurel Canyon and Brokeback Mountain, Temple Grandin and The Normal Heart to be a producer of the TV mini-series The Looming Tower and now EP of Succession. We'll discuss each of the key positions he's held, his responsibilities and when does he come into a project. We'll ask him about how he collaborates with directors and what qualities are most important for a film director and TV director. We'll also ask him to describe the anatomy of a film and TV show from start to finish.

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After joining as an Annual Member of NFMLA, you can email andrew@nfmla.org to receive the discounted member's ticket link for 50% off.