The powerhouse producer is used to meetings getting emotional and even enjoys it when they do — it shows how connected the writer is to the script
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Kate Warren It’s 9 a.m. in Los Angeles, and Alana Mayo, the president of Orion Pictures, cheerfully arrives on Zoom for a pitch meeting with a writer. In her home office, the sun peeks through the window. Ten minutes into the chat, the writer is in tears as he talks about how much he personally relates to the story. “It’s okay, take your time,” Mayo reassures him from behind her standing desk while smiling gracefully. This is nothing new for Mayo. .
This is a glimpse of what a recent Wednesday looked like for Mayo, a day that she describes as “rare” because she mostly had meetings about the creative, not managerial, side of her job. “It was a nice little rest day from some of the business stuff and more creatively driven,” she says. 8:25 a.m. Even though Mayo’s working from home, she dresses as if she’s going to the office. “I happen to really enjoy getting dressed. It puts me in work mode every morning.” Today, she’s wearing her box braids pulled back and a turtleneck. She keeps her Zoom background blurred so the spotlight is all on her.
11:00 a.m. The next meeting was back to filmmaking, this time for a project that was finally kicking off. Writer Kristen SaBerre is starting to write the screenplay for a project that Orion bought a while ago. Because of legal issues, it has taken a while to start, but today they’re finally signing off on the project. During the meeting, they discuss the ending of the script, making sure it works with what came before, and touch on other notes such as how mythology is used in the film.
5:00 p.m. It has been a long day of Zooms, but Mayo isn’t done yet. She gets ready to head to dinner with a producer of one of her films.
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