Alison Benson was a scientist before she switched tracks to the silver screen, scoring jobs at Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Productions and Stanley Tucci’s First Cold Press Productions. In 2005, she teamed up with Sarah Jessica Parker to cofound Pretty Matches Productions, churning out such hits as HBO’s Golden Globe-nominated Divorce. She was starting this company and he said, I’ve known her for a long time, I’ve known you for a long time, and I know you’re a really good fit. Like, here is this environment, if I put this element in, and this element, I think I know what’s gonna happen, but I’m not sure. I got my first job at Tribeca Productions, not because I did anything correctly.

Source: Forbes May 06, 2018 01:09 UTC