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In this conversation, Thomas Manning chats with Jijo Reed about his LA-Post House Sugar Studios and the evolution of his filmmaking career.
Reed is an Emmy-winning producer who has worn many hats in the film industry, from working as a post-production supervisor on movie trailers such as Martin Scorsese’s Casino and James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day, to executive producing dozens of film and television projects. Notable upcoming projects from Sugar Studios include the documentary Vice is Broke, which premiered at TIFF in 2024, and the feature film Waltzing with Brando, starring Billy Zane as Marlon Brando.
Alan Ng of Film Threat interviews Founder and CEO of Sugar Studios, an all-in-one premium post-production studio, specializing in independent film.
Below The Line Podcast with Sugar Studios …Shepherding an independent film from script to screen is hard: financial constraints don’t change the amount of work to be done. But when it comes to post-production, Jijo Reed, Founder and CEO of Sugar Studios, thinks his company can be part of the solution. Sugar Studios offers everything from Dailies and Editorial to Color, Mix, VFX and Deliverables under one roof: a synergistic opportunity that, for an indie project, can mean the difference between picture lock and post-production limbo. Jijo and I also discuss the state of the Industry, what runaway production means for LA, and the potential impact of AI on the post-production process.
Movie Maker chronicles how Jijo Reed went from “Punk Rock to Post” with Sugar Studios Inc.
Movie Maker chronicles how Jijo Reed went from “Punk Rock to Post” with Sugar Studios
Jijo Reed named #1 NY Weekly Trendsetter of 2023
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It's no secret filmmaking is sweet. There's the thrill of telling an untold story. Turning a big idea into a real-world reality.
The Blackening post supervisor surprise when the Tim Story-directed horror comedy played for test audiences: It got even more laughs than the filmmakers expected. Jijo Reed got a nice
Read about how he used audience reactions to sharpen the film even more.
Sugar Studios has expanded from its fourth floor headquarters in the historic Wiltern Theater