StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry

Hi, I’m Stephen

I do a number of different things, most of which are related to the film industry and/or storytelling.

My mission is to help filmmakers get their films funded, shot and seen.

I also want to try to understand how the industry functions and, whenever possible, why. This site is a document of my journey as I use data to work out what’s going on.

Below, there is a little more about the things I do… (written in the third person because I’m British and showing off physically hurts)

Film Data Researcher

Stephen is an established data researcher in the film industry whose work has been featured in the New York Times, The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Mirror, The Evening Standard, Newsweek, The New Statesman, AV Club and Indiewire.

He acted as an industry consultant and guest on the BBC Radio 4 series The Business of Film, which topped the iTunes podcast chart, and consulted for a wide variety of clients, including the Smithsonian in Washington.

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