Daniel de Boulay

Daniel de Boulay is a producer, essayist, and lecturer.

After graduating from Loyola Marymount, Daniel served as an acquisitions executive at Sony Pictures for several years.

de Boulay is an alum of the Academy Awards’ Gold program.

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titles negotiated and acquired, $15M+ in aggregate value
  1. 29 What a Film Acquisitions Executive Does danieldeboulay.com
  2. 28 Stage 6 Films, Sony’s Acquisitions Label danieldeboulay.com
  3. 27 Why Every Movie Has Its Own LLC danieldeboulay.com
  4. 26 Calypso, Kaiso and Soca danieldeboulay.com
  5. 25 The Needle Drop: What a Song Costs a Movie danieldeboulay.com
  6. 24 Why Studios Shelve Finished Movies danieldeboulay.com
  7. 23 What p.g.a. Means After a Producer’s Name danieldeboulay.com
  8. 22 Completion Bonds in Film Financing danieldeboulay.com
  9. 21 Turnaround: The Price Tag on a Dead Project danieldeboulay.com
  10. 20 Producer Health Insurance danieldeboulay.com
  11. 19 Qualified Opportunity Funds for Film Production danieldeboulay.com
  12. 18 The Most Favored Nations Clause in Indie Film danieldeboulay.com
  13. 17 How Film Tax Credit Financing Works for Investors danieldeboulay.com
  14. 16 Film Recoupment Waterfall Explained danieldeboulay.com
  15. 15 daydreams or how I fell asleep and smelt the flowers for a couple of hours on a rainy day danieldeboulay.com
  16. 14 The Scarcity Premium danieldeboulay.com
  17. 13 Market Design: Affinity Networks Like Shooq, & Why a Festival Should Buy AFM danieldeboulay.com
  18. 12 Black Bottom, Detroit and a Child’s Imagination danieldeboulay.com
  19. 11 The Artist’s Limitations in an Age of Computers danieldeboulay.com
  20. 10 Biscuit danieldeboulay.com
  21. 09 The Sidecar, part II: Nobody just…walks through the door danieldeboulay.com
  22. 08 The Economic Value of Cultural Authority: FUBU & Instagram as a Film Platform danieldeboulay.com
  23. 07 James Bond, pt. 1 danieldeboulay.com
  24. 06 Moving beyond “save the cat” and “likability” LinkedIn
  25. 05 The Sidecar LinkedIn
  26. 04 Olivia Rodrigo The Splice
  27. 03 Cassettes danieldeboulay.com
  28. 02 Soca, part 1 danieldeboulay.com
  29. 01 Kerry James Marshall (artist) danieldeboulay.com
2025 – now

brazen entertainment

creative executive & business development · 2025 to present

Employed on both the creative and the deal side. Developing an anime adaptation of a well known video game franchise, taking established IP from concept through treatment and pitch materials.

Advising on library and rights deals across FVOD and AVOD windows, with titles evaluated on concept, audience and platform fit. Tracking development and acquisition activity across studios, streamers and independents to surface material, IP and packaging opportunities.