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This is your opportunity to sit down with Christopher Tuffin, the co-founder Sentient Entertainment - a full service management and production company. Sentient specializes in representing international filmmakers, as well as development, packaging, production and finance of feature film and television projects.
Chris began his career working freelance for ESPN and Fox's A Current Affair, the prior of which he led to a 1993 Sports Emmy, which in turn led him to develop his own talk show for HBO Downtown/ESPN2 and subsequently produce/host his own nationally syndicated golf series. In 1997, Chris transitioned into film working under Peter and Bobby Farrelly on the Fox blockbuster There's Something About Mary and then segued into producing on such indies as Chapter Zero and the award winning documentary Open Mic featuring Dave Chappelle. In 2001 he joined manager Rick Dorfman to build a production business around a comedy roster which included at the time Ed Helms, Greg Giraldo and Richard Jeni. The company had a deal at NBC where it produced The Greg Giraldo Show pilot with Conan O'Brien's Conaco. The company produced four network pilots and one series. In 2003, Chris formed the horror shingle BloodWorks with former Houston teammate (and two time Denver Broncos Super Bowl winning linebacker) Glenn Cadrez and Jive/Zomba music executive Jonathan McHugh where they produced such genre titles as 2001 Manics (Lionsgate), Hood of Horror (Xenon) and 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (Nu Image). During his tenure he also acquired the Jerry Lewis controlled feature film library. In 2005, he became the head of the film finance and production company Social Capital where he financed and produced such films as Tell Tale (alongside Ridley and Tony Scott), The Countess starring Julie Delpy, Daniel Bruhl and William Hurt, Dark Tide starring Halle Berry.
In 2012, Chris joined former ICM agent Renée Tab in forming the production and management company Sentient. The list of filmmakers whom the company has represented over the years includes David Cronenberg (A History of Violence), Pierre Morel (Taken), William Friedkin (The Exorcist), "Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth), Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter), Alejandro Monteverde (Bella), Harald Zwart (The Karate Kid) and many many more. The company has produced such hit TV series as Feud: Bette and Joan for Ryan Murphy (co-created by their clients Zam and Cohen) starring Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon. The show garnered 18 Emmy nominations, 4 Golden Globe nominations and a BAFTA nomination. On the feature film side, they have produced or executive such films as STX's Peppermint starring Jennifer Garner (for their client Pierre Morel), David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars starring Julianne Moore (who won Cannes and garnered a Golden Globe nomination), Live starring Aaron Eckhart (from a screenplay their developed with their client Jeremy Drysdale), Overdrive starring Scott Eastwood and Ana de Armas (from their client Antonio Negret) and the upcoming true crime drama Sound of Freedom starring Jim Caviezel, Bill Camp and Mira Sorvino (from their client Alejandro Monteverde). He also helped structure the companies finance/distribution deal with Italia for the Middle East, Turkey, Greece and India, as well as for Germany and Spain.
In addition to managing filmmakers, writers and authors at Sentient, Mr. Tuffin is the Chairman of Tuffin Entertainment, a motion picture production company with offices in Los Angeles and Dallas. With such a diverse background of experience Christopher has a wealth of knowledge that he'll share with you! You don't have to wait any longer.
Bring your questions and ZOOM with Renee for 30 minutes! You'll walk away with an entirely new perspective on building a career in Film & Television.