Don't Kill the Messenger with Movie Strategist Kevin Goetz

Kevin Goetz

kgasst@kevingoetz360.com

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Booking Overview

Interview podcast focused on Hollywood filmmaking, film careers, studio leadership, and how audiences shape movies, featuring substantial conversations with veteran producers, studio executives, agents, and other influential film professionals. Credible guest candidates include senior entertainment executives, acclaimed producers and filmmakers, literary agents, and other experts with major film credits or industry leadership; booking difficulty is very high.

Metrics

Episodes: 95

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 160 subscribers

Instagram: 14.0k followers

Contact Information

kgasst@kevingoetz360.com

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Host

Kevin Goetz - Entertainment research expert specializing in audience insights and the moviegoing experience.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Senior experience in Hollywood as a studio executive, producer, filmmaker, literary agent, or other established entertainment-industry leader, supported by major film credits or substantial industry accomplishments.
Required Achievements:  
Major feature-film credits, Senior studio or agency leadership, Academy or major industry leadership, Successful book-to-film adaptations, Recognition for influential entertainment work

Recent Guest Discussions

Lauren Shuler Donner - Building A Producing Career, Developing And Testing Films, Protecting Creative Vision, Discovering Talent, And Bringing Film Properties To Broadway.

Bob Bookman - Finding Cinematic Books, Adapting Literature For Film, Representing Writers And Filmmakers, Evaluating Original Material, And Producing Independent Films.

Sid Ganis - Studio Leadership, Film Marketing, Audience Testing, Acquiring And Developing Major Properties, And Leading The Academy.

Recent Topics

Film Industry, Audience Research, Film Production, Hollywood, Filmmaking

Episodes

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

Lauren Shuler Donner (Legendary Producer) on X-Men, Pretty in Pink, and the Producer's Job of Protecting the Vision

July 15, 2026

Send Kevin a Text MessageLauren Shuler Donner, one of Hollywood's most influential and adaptable producers, joins host Kevin Goetz for a wide-ranging career retrospective. Over nearly five decades, Shuler Donner has produced roughly 40 films that have grossed more than $5 billion worldwide — including Mr. Mom, St. Elmo's Fire, Pretty in Pink, Dave, Free Willy, and the X-Men franchise she helped build years before Marvel became Marvel. She talks with Goetz about breaking into a male-...

Bob Bookman (Literary Agent, Manager & Producer) on Adapting Great Books, Discovering Hollywood Classics, and Why the Best Movies Aren't Always Based on the Best Books

July 01, 2026

Send Kevin a Text MessageBob Bookman, one of Hollywood's most respected literary agents, managers, and producers, joins host Kevin Goetz for a masterclass on the art of discovering stories that successfully make the leap from page to screen. Over a remarkable career, Bookman has represented authors and filmmakers including Michael Crichton, John Irving, Thomas Harris, Jonathan Demme, Cameron Crowe, and Tom Stoppard, helping bring to the screen films like Jurassic Park, The Silence of the...

Sid Ganis (Veteran Studio Executive, Producer) on Marketing Lucas and Spielberg's Biggest Films, Running Studios, & Leading the Academy

June 17, 2026

Send Kevin a Text MessageSid Ganis, former President of the Motion Picture Group at Paramount Pictures, former Vice Chairman of Columbia Pictures, and four-term President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, joins host Kevin Goetz for a wide-ranging conversation spanning more than five decades in Hollywood. Ganis traces his path from an office-boy job won through a chance connection, to marketing campaigns for The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark, to greenlightin...

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