Adaptation: With Producer, Stephen Nemeth - Part 1
Part 1 of our conversation with Hollywood Producer, Stephen Nemeth is packed with anecdotes, advice, adaptations gone awry, and the unique challenges of producing classic novels.
Stephen Nemeth formed and heads up Rhino Films, the independent film company that originated as a division of iconoclastic record label Rhino Records. He has produced and executive produced dozens of films including THE SESSIONS, C.O.G., FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, WHY DO FOOLS FOOLS FALL IN LOVE and FEAR AND LOATHING IN ASPEN. He is in pre-production on a Johnny Cash film and adaptations of the New York Times bestselling book CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN and Hunter S. Thompson’s THE CURSE OF LONO. Nemeth’s documentary credits include DOGTOWN AND Z BOYS, WARDANCE, FUEL, FLOW, CLIMATE REFUGEES, ROBERT WILLIAMS MR. BITCHIN’, GOOD FORTUNE, HIGHER LOVE, KISS THE GROUND, 137 SHOTS and MEDIHA. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and on the board of numerous non-profit organizations including Friends of the Earth, the Wildlife Ecostation, the Woodstock Film Festival and is on the advisory board of the Full Frame Documentary Festival. Nemeth has served on the boards of the International Documentary Association, Wheels for Humanity, Children Uniting Nations, Shine On Sierra Leone and OneVoice and as an advisor to the Dean’s Board of UC Santa Cruz’s School for the Arts.
