Enjoy the opportunity to meet with Phillip Watson!
Phillip Watson has worked at LBI Entertainment for the past 10 years representing actors, writers, directors as well production companies. In addition to management, Phillip has been active in producing non-fiction series and documentary films with Appian Way. Recent releases include The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen for History Channel along with Fire Chasers and The Ivory Game for Netflix.
Appian Way Productions is a Los Angeles-based film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio. Since its launch, Appian Way has released a diverse slate of films, including Alejandro Iñárritu’s three-time Academy Award and Golden Globe winner The Revenant, Martin Scorsese’s Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated The Wolf of Wall Street and Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning The Aviator, along with Shutter Island, Scott Cooper’s Out of the Furnace, George Clooney’s Golden Globe-nominated The Ides of March, the psychological thriller Orphan and the film adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s critically acclaimed novel Live by Night with Ben Affleck, among others. Currently, The Right Stuff based on the acclaimed Tom Wolfe book for National Geographic is streaming on Disney+.
The company has put forth strong efforts to gain headway in the documentary world, especially as it pertains to progressive environmental change. Appian Way recently worked in partnership with the History Channel on Grant, and National Geographic to produce Before the Flood a documentary film that sheds light on that aforementioned change. It also worked with Netflix on the Academy Award-nominated Virunga, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, and Kip Anderson’s Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret. Appian is in partnership with Netflix on several additional documentaries, including critically acclaimed The Ivory Game, How to Change the World, and Catching the Sun. Recently released projects included; Sea of Shadows with National Geographic, Ice on Fire with HBO along with And We Go Green for Hulu. Upcoming projects include Titans Who Built America and Roosevelt for History Channel.