Don't Kill the Messenger with Movie Strategist Kevin Goetz

Kevin Goetz

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Booking Overview

Don’t Kill the Messenger is a Hollywood career deep-dive hosted by entertainment research expert Kevin Goetz, featuring high-caliber film and media leaders. It’s a strong booking outlet for executives, producers, and other influential creative decision-makers who can share behind-the-scenes lessons on audience, distribution, and building successful films.

Metrics

Episodes: 92

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 160 subscribers

Instagram: 12.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Kevin Goetz - Entertainment research expert and host of Don’t Kill the Messenger, Kevin Goetz focuses on what it takes to bring movies to life—from how stories begin to how they land with audiences. He’s the aut...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Producers, studio executives, and top-tier filmmakers/media leaders (often Emmy/Oscar-recognized) with notable career impact and direct experience shaping productions or audience strategy; sometimes founders of influential media companies with demonstrated audience-community building.
Required Achievements:  
Oscar or Emmy recognition, Leadership roles at major studios (e.g., production leadership, chair-level positions), Major producing/exec producing credits on widely known films, Founding or pioneering companies in film/TV/media distribution or audience platforms

Recent Guest Discussions

Paul Scanlan - Audience Power, Building Communities, Mobile Streaming History, Industry Entrepreneurship And Audience-driven Success

Jeff Annison - Fan-owned Entertainment, Democratizing Hollywood, Community As Marketing, Audience-first Strategy, Crowdfunding And Distribution Learnings

Mark Canton - Studio Decision-making, Test Screenings, Greenlighting Strategy, Showmanship, And What Brings Audiences To Theaters

Mark Johnson - Talent Discovery, Producer-director Collaboration, Audience Testing, Creative Diversity, And Championing Scripts To Launch Careers

Recent Topics

Film, Hollywood, Production, Audience, Studios

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Don't Kill the Messenger with Movie Strategist Kevin Goetz
:

Jeff Annison & Paul Scanlan (Co-Founders, Legion M) on Democratizing Hollywood, Fan Ownership, and the Power of the Audience

June 03, 2026

Send Kevin a Text MessageJeff Annison and Paul Scanlan, Emmy-winning co-founders of the world's first fan-owned entertainment company, Legion M, join host Kevin Goetz for a conversation about disrupting industries, building communities, and betting on the audience. Annison and Scanlan pioneered mobile television at MobiTV and launched the very first equity crowdfunding campaign in U.S. history. The duo have spent two decades proving that the audience is the most powerful force in enterta...

Mark Canton (Producer, Veteran Studio Executive) on Showmanship, Smelling the Circus, and Trusting Your Instincts

May 20, 2026

Send Kevin a Text MessageMark Canton, producer of 300, Immortals, Men in Black, Air Force One, and My Best Friend's Wedding, former President of Worldwide Production at Warner Bros., and former Chairman of Columbia Pictures and Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Companies, joins host Kevin Goetz for a conversation about a career defined by passion and instinct. From delivering mail on the Warner Bros. lot as a college student to greenlighting some of Hollywood's most beloved films, Can...

Mark Johnson (Academy Award-Winning Producer of Rain Man) on Diverse Storytelling, Discovering Talent, and a Lifelong Passion for Filmmaking

May 06, 2026

Send Kevin a Text MessageMark Johnson, Academy Award-winning producer of Rain Man and Emmy Award-winning executive producer of Breaking Bad, joins host Kevin Goetz for a conversation about a career defined by creative restlessness and uncommon decency. The interview ranges from his transformative partnership with Barry Levinson, which produced Diner, The Natural, and Good Morning Vietnam, to shepherding beloved films like The Notebook, A Little Princess, Donnie Brasco, and Galaxy Quest to cha...

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