One Moore Hollywood Podcast: Where Audience Meets Industry

What’s It About?

From movie lovers to movie lovers, this podcast is a place for the audience to reconnect with the industry. It’s for people who love movies to learn more about the business and how it works–what it used to look like, how it’s changing, and what its future might be. 

These days, navigating the entertainment landscape can be hard work for someone who wants to settle down with a good movie at the end of the day. With streaming services dominating the film industry, content choices are endless and the curation is changeable depending on the service.

So, how has the subscription model changed the industry at large? Why do some shows get drpped while others stay on? Why do some projects get made and others don’t? Why are streaming services changing their names all the time? 

Basically, who and what is driving the decisions made in Hollywood?

Meet the Team

Enter Chris Moore (the podcast’s namesake), Katie Marpe, and Dennis De Nobile: the three minds behind One Moore Hollywood Podcast. They’re here to answer these questions and more–helping you, the audience, watch movies in the modern age.

Hailing from the industry in myriad ways, at the end of the day, all three are in it for the magic of storytelling.

One glance at Moore’s IMDB will tell you he’s a seasoned film producer with a knack for spotting talent and taking risks. Once a kid from a tiny town in Maryland who loved Star Wars, his first major project was producing Good Will Hunting in 1997. A few years later, he’d be working on American Pie, closely followed by Project Greenlight, again with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. 

While Moore enthusiastically supports the access to movies streaming has brought, he questions how major conglomerates now control releases, finding that their methods impede honest conversations between audience and industry. This, in turn, limits the industry's ability to meet the audience's expectations, and as the customer, it’s essential that the audience’s needs are met rather than that of the company.

“I love stories, I love characters, and I love anything that makes it easier, faster, cheaper, and more fun to find and experience and live in great stories.”

–Chris Moore

Earning her Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies at UCLA in 2022, Marpe’s research centered on how streaming affects the independent film industry and, more generally, how the industry changes when people start watching movies differently.

Recently finishing up a year teaching at UC Irvine, Marpe has also taught at UCLA and worked at independent film distributor Roadside Attractions and Sundance Film Festival. Always a fan of pairing her love of learning with the industry, Marpe lends a hands-on and academic perspective to the conversation. 

“The way I approach these conversations is in terms of how new industry trends affect the way we watch movies, thinking about it from a cultural and audience perspective.”

–Katie Marpe

De Nobile, the owner of an expansive collection of DVDs and Blu-rays because of his passion for obscure horror movies, grew up on sets because his mother was a talent manager. His path crossed with Moore’s on Project Greenlight, where an internship turned into a job, and he became the Manager of Development and Production at LivePlanet.

For nearly twenty years, De Nobile has been working in the industry, creating and producing TV and digital content. He most recently worked at Complex Networks as Executive Producer and Senior Director of Programming. 

“I became fascinated with seeing both sides of the same projects and being part of the process of people crafting stories.”

–Dennis De Nobile

Looking Ahead

So, if you want to understand why the film industry works the way it does, this podcast is for you. 

As Moore says, the world is moving fast. The making and marketing of film now is markedly different than it was ten years ago. Let’s talk about it. 

“We believe story and storytelling and escaping your brain and learning about other cultures has a value, and we’d like that to make more sense.”

–Chris Moore

According to the founders, the more interactive this podcast becomes, the better. One Moore Hollywood Podcast has socials and email, so send any questions or thoughts along–they just might be featured on a future episode. 

Listen to the entire first episode here: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or iHeartRadio.