You’ve been seeing a lot of each other for a few weeks now. He calls you all the time, takes you out to nice meals, specifies Grey Goose when you order a vodka martini. He tells you all the right things, says you’re like neo-Fellini with a leitmotif of Cassavetes, yet still distinctly unique: a real find.  He always tells you what a great match the two of you would make: how he’s the only one for you. You know what he wants, but are you ready?  

It’s 2015 and I have so many New Years resolutions that I plan to keep, one of which is to “pay it forward” and share the knowledge that I have gained over the last 20+ years in the entertainment industry.  I won’t bore you with my credits or the zig-zags that my career has taken to get me to this point - co-founder of Fishbowl Films - but I will tell you that the last 5 years have been my own personal masters program in independent distribution while retaining numerous roles and responsibilities at Gravitas Ventures, the last of which was Vice President of Acquisitions & Marketing. 

Editors' Note: We did not invent the term PMD - our glorious writer and thinker friend Jon Reiss first coined the term in 2010. This article is meant to support the widespread adoption of that position and its inclusion in film curriculum.