Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Jeff Apploff started as a nationally touring stand-up comedian in 1990 and performed at comedy venues throughout the world with such notable comedians as Larry The Cable Guy, Bobby Slayton, Jackie Mason, Gilbert Gottfried, Dom Irrera, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carrot Top, Jim Breuer, and the late Richard Jeni, Mitch Hedburg, and Bill Hicks.  He went on to create, produce, direct, and perform in the successful comedy tour, “The Disciples of Comedy” with several members of Sam Kinison’s “Outlaws of Comedy,” performing to sold-out audiences in theatres ranging from 2,500 to 3,800 seats. Apploff also negotiated several sponsorship contracts for the tour with numerous national advertisers including, Showtime, Budweiser, and Don King Productions. He later went on to produce the “Eddie Griffin Wanted Tour.” In 2003, Apploff changed his career and created an unscripted romantic relationship series entitled, “Secret Admirer,” which was bought and development by NBC.  In 2005, Apploff created and executive produced an unscripted dramatic comedy series, entitled “Face the Family,” which was picked up by Lifetime Televisionand premiered in 2006.  A year later, he founded his own company (Apploff Entertainment, Inc), where he immediately created and executive produced “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!,” a primetime network musical game show series for FOX hosted by Wayne Brady, which was sold in syndication to over 95% of the country a few years later. In 2011, Apploff signed a “first-look” deal with Fremantle Media (“American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent”) where, for the next few years, he was commissioned to executive produce several shows, including the UK smash hit, “Take Me Out” for FOX in which George Lopez hosts. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ali LeRoi is an Emmy Award winning television executive producer, director, writer, and actor…best known as the co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed sitcom Everybody Hates Chris alongside Chris Rock, whom he met on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show. LeRoi wrote and directed several episodes of the series. He is also the director of the American sitcom Are We There Yet? and the writer/producer of several feature films including Head of State and Down to Earth. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

JASON GOLDBERG IS BEST KNOWN AS THE CO-CREATOR OF THE GROUNDBREAKING HIT SHOW “PUNK’D” AND HAS BEEN PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL CONTENT CREATION THROUGHOUT HIS 20 YEAR CAREER AS A FILM, TV, AND DIGITAL CREATOR. HE HAS PRODUCED OR DIRECTED OVER 25 TV SHOWS, 10 FILMS, AND RUN A SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FIRM FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. NAMED BY FAST COMPANY AS ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES," HIS ENTERPRISE HAS BEEN CREATING EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING THROUGH UNRIVALED DISTRIBUTION AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST INFLUENCERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BRANDS FOR YEARS. JASON CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE FOUNDER OF THE SOCIAL PROGRAMMING NETWORK, A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INFLUENCERS AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO DIRECTLY REACH THEIR AUDIENCE, PRIORITIZING CONTENT WITHOUT FORSAKING VIDEO QUALITY. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

THE “BEST OF INDUSTRY STANDARD 2013” FEATURES A COMPILATION OF ALL OF THIS YEAR’S EPISODES OF “INDUSTRY STANDARD,” FEATURING SAGE WISDOM AND ADVICE ABOUT BUSINESS AND LIFE FROM 24 OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTIVES IN HOLLYWOOD. IN THIS POWER PACKED INSPIRATIONAL YEAR END EPISODE, YOU’LL HEAR FROM DOUG HERZOG (PRES OF COMEDY CENTRAL), MIKE FARAH (PRES OF PROD OF “FUNNY OR DIE”), REGGIE HUDLIN (PROD OF “DJANGO UNCHAINED”), PETER ENGEL (CREATOR—“SAVED BY THE BELL”), BRANT PINVIDIC (PRES OF EYEWORKS), MATT WILLIAMS (CREATOR—“ROSEANNE”/”HOME IMPROVEMENT”), JULIE ASHTON (CASTING DIRECTOR—“MADtv”/”2 BROKE GIRLS”/”INTERNSHIP”), ERIC TANNENBAUM (EXEC PROD OF “2 ½ MEN”), ANDY ACKERMAN (DIRECTOR—“SEINFELD”/”CURB”), DJ NASH (WRITER/CREATOR OF NBC SERIES “GROWING UP FISHER”), MARC HIRSCHFELD (CASTING DIRECTOR—“SEINFELD”), CHRIS ALBRECHT (CEO & PRES OF HBO AND STARZ), ROBERT MORTON (EXEC PROD OF “LETTERMAN”), STEVE KOONIN (PRES OF TNT, TBS, TCM, & TRUtv), TODD GARNER (PROD OF “ANGER MANAGEMENT”/”KNIGHT & DAY”/”ZOOKEEPER”), DAVID HILL (# 2 MAN TO RUPERT MURDOCH AT 21ST CENTURY FOX), LARRY LYTTLE (PRES OF BIG TICKET TV/CREATOR OF “JUDGE JUDY”), JOE WEINSTOCK (EXEC PROD OF “DUCK DYNASTY”), BUDD FRIEDMAN (OWNER OF THE ORIGINAL IMPROVISATION), TOM WERNER (PROD—“COSBY”/”ROSEANNE”/”3RD ROCK”/”70’S SHOW”/”CYBIL”), DICK GLOVER (CEO OF “FUNNY OR DIE”), WILL KEENAN (PRES OF ENDEMOL BEYOND USA),  LARRY MOSS (ACTING COACH OF HUNT, SWANK, & DICAPRIO), AND PATTY JENKINS (WRITER/DIRECTOR OF “MONSTER”). THIS EPISODE IS INVALUABLE AND WILL SERVE AS YOUR BLUEPRINT TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN 2014. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

PATTY JENKINS IS AN AWARD WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR HER DEBUT FEATURE “MONSTER,” BASED ON THE LIFE OF CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER AILEEN WUORNOS. PATTY BEGAN HER CAREER AS A PAINTER AT THE COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK CITY. AFTER TRANSITIONSING TO FILMMAKING, SHE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS A FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA PERSON/FOCUS PULLER. AFTER ATTENDING THE AFI IN LOS ANGELES, SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED “MONSTER” AND IT WAS NAMED BEST FIRST FEATURE BY THE 2004 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS, ONE OF THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR BY THE AFI, BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR, AND # 3 FILM OF THE DECADE BY CRITIC ROGER EBERT. THE MOVIE ALSO EARNED STAR CHARLIZE THERON AN OSCAR, GOLDEN GLOBE, SAG AWARD, AND NUMBEROUS CRITICS AWARDS IN THE BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY FOR HER STUNNING PERFORMANCE. JENKINS HAS DIRECTED A PLETHORA OF COMMERCIALS AND TV PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE EMMY AWARD WINNING FOX SERIES “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” AND HBO’S ENTOURAGE.” SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR A PRIMETIME EMMY AND WON THE DGA AWARD FOR HELMING THE TV PILOT OF “THE KILLING.” SHE WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR THE DGA AWARD FOR THE FINAL SEGMENT OF A SERIES OF FIVE SHORT FILMS ABOUT BREAST CANCER FOR LIFETIME—A PROJECT SHE SHARED WITH FELLOW DIRECTORS JENNIFER ANISTON, ALICIA KEYS, DEMI MOORE AND PENELOPE SPHEERIS. SHE RECENTLY DIRECTED THE PILOT EPISODE OF “BETRAYAL” FOR ABC, AND IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN PRODUCTION ON “I AM SUPERMAN,” A FEATURE FILM THAT SHE ALSO WROTE, IN THE SPRING OF 2014. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WILL KEENAN is the President of ENDEMOL BEYOND USA, the digital division within the world's largest production company. Prior to that, he was a VP at top online MCN (Multi-Channel Network) MAKER STUDIOS where he developed and launched YouTube’s first entertainment & politics network (PoliPop/ 33 channels), partnered and optimized YouTube’s #1 Mom’s Network (TheMomsViewNetwork/25 channels), led vertical optimization for their ThePlatform lifestyle network launch (60 channels), their animation network (27 channels), and led their social account profiles, as well as their, initial network-wide social strategy.   Before his entry into the digital world, Will had garnered recognition as an indie & "cult" film star & stunt legend for his starring roles & producing efforts in over 30 independent movies in America, France, Germany, and India's "Bollywood."     Among his unique historical achievements, Will is the “World's First Digital Star” (Lead role in the first fully-digital feature film LOVE G-D), star of the last black and white widescreen musical feature film (THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X), named the “21st Century's Buster Keaton” (by Trevor Groth at The Sundance Film Festival), the “Cinema's First Hermaphrodite Serial Killer" (TERROR FIRMER), photographer of one of the "Most Legendary Pictures Ever Taken" (BUZZFEED '13 with Snoop Dogg & Phillip Seymour Hoffman), the only person ever to have publicly "Punk'd" legendary comedian/filmmaker Jerry Lewis, credited with single-handedly bringing Twitter to mainstream India, and as a "death-defying stuntman whose trademark was getting hit by cars" (Filmthreat Magazine). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dick Glover is President and CEO of Funny Or Die, and a former top level executive at NASCAR, WWE, and espn (where he developed and launched espn.com). Under Glover’s leadership at Funny Or Die, it has grown into a vertically integrated 21st century digital studio that produces high quality content over numerous platforms, operates a social media and marketing division with 7.6 million Twitter followers (#1 Comedy Brand), and over 3.4 million devoted followers on a plethora of social networking sites.  Funny Or Die’s website continues to be the leader in original online comedy video production and distribution with over 16 million unique visitors each month and 60 million monthly video streams. Funny Or Die’s slate of off-net production includes tv (“@midnight” on Comedy Central/HBO’s “Funny Or Die Presents”), film (“Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie”), merchandising (Hasbro just launched the Funny Or Die board game), and personal appearance tours (“The Oddball Comedy Festival” 14-city tour starring Dave Chappelle and Flight of the Conchords). Glover is one of the few CEO’s who continues to demonstrate that Hollywood and Silicon Valley can thrive together. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BUDD FRIEDMAN is universally known as the Father of the Comedy Clubs.  Since he founded the Original Improvisation in New York City in 1963,  for half a century, his brand has remained the premiere stage for live comedy in the United States. Over the decades, the talent who performed on its stages, represent the Who’s Who of American Comedy, including Richard Pryor, Billy Crystal, Lily Tomlin, Freddie Prinz, Andy Kaufman, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Jay Leno, Chris Rock, Ellen DeGeneres, Jamie Foxx, Adam Sandler, and Dave Chappelle. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

JOE WEINSTOCK is one of the executive producers of DUCK DYNASTY, which is arguably one of the most popular reality shows of all time.  He joined Discovery Channel as the Senior Director of Development in 2012, after previously being VP of production for Gurney Productions while serving as an executive producer for Auction Hunters, American Digger, Monster Man, Haunted Collector, Hollywood Treasure, American Guns, and Duck Dynasty. Prior to Gurney Productions, Weinstock was Senior Director of Original Series for Spike TV for five years working on high-profile projects such as Jesse James is a Dead Man, Deadliest Warrior, Manswers, Pros vs. Joes, DEA, and 1000 Ways to Die. Weinstock started his entertainment career at MTV Networks in 2005 in the business and legal affairs department at Comedy Central in Los Angeles. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

LARRRY LYTTLE is an Emmy Award winning TV executive with over 30 years experience. He was the founder and president of Big Ticket Television that created such hits as Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown, Moesha, The Parkers, Jamie Kennedy Experiment, and the acclaimed comedy satire Nightstand with Dick Dietrick. He also served as president of Spelling Television and was a senior VP at Warner Brothers overseeing such blockbusters as Night Court, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, Spencer for Hire, China Beach, Life Goes On, and Murphy Brown. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.