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Eighteen-Year-Old Actor & Filmmaker Samuel L. Pierce Inks Distribution Deal With Longtime Paramount Exec Eric Doctorow
Doctorow held senior management positions at Paramount Pictures for 20 years.
(L-R) Samuel L. Pierce and Eric DoctorowRandom Media EXCLUSIVE: Eighteen-year-old Seattle-based actor and filmmaker Samuel L. Pierce and his newly formed production company Electric Shock Productions have entered into a first-look distribution deal with Random Media, led by Eric Doctorow, the former Paramount, Fox, MGM and Miramax exec. The deal comes following the companies’ past collaboration on Pierce’s comedy feature The Get Rich Quick Scheme, which premiered at The Grand Cinema in Tacoma and received a theatrical run. The film is about three students (led by Pierce in an acting role) who make a bet with their evil principal to succeed in business.
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