Silas Sao
No. 20

Ricky

Staub

Neighborhood Film Co.

Ricky Staub's Neighborhood Film Co creates beautiful stories, but it's only one part of what makes this production team so special.
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How did you end up in your industry?

Out of college I worked as a production assistant on any set anyone would let me on. After a couple years I was hired by film producer, Sam Mercer, who took me from LA to Philly to work with M. Night Shyamalan where I worked on the film, The Last Airbender. Several years later I would return to Philly to launch my production company, Neighborhood Film Company, with a mission to hire adults returning home from incarceration.

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Movie you are embarrassed that you cried at?

A Walk to Remember

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What has been the highlight of your career (so far)?

Being able to make my first feature film in Philadelphia with the crew who helped shape me as a Director is certainly the highlight of my career so far.

04
First piece of music you ever purchased?

Probably a Goo Goo Dolls CD.

05
What’s the best piece of business advice you’ve ever been given?

Build a company that can outlive you. Before I started my company a mentor of mine said that most entrepreneurs build companies that live and die by their presence. But if you want to make something truly sustainable make it like a star fish. A star fish can lose a limb and still survive. In fact they grow the limb back. So at my company I constantly look to hire people who are better fit to run it than me. Whose influence is more powerful and more dynamic than mine. I want to work with people whose talent intimidates me.

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Comic book store

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What the skyline of Philadelphia looks like from the Navy Yard haha. Working on a new film to be shot in Philly!