How Set Backs Set Off A Successful Career with Barry Josephson

In this episode, we talked to Barry Josephson (@barryjayj), the man whose five-year persistence made the iconic Men In Black (1997) possible. For all of you in the wrong field, Barry is living proof you can still make it big in entertainment. Before he was working with stars like Will Smith and Harrison Ford, he worked in the music industry. He’s found success as President of Columbia Pictures and executive producer on noteworthy productions such as Enchanted (2007) and Bones (2005-2017). However, he will always say he learned more from his failures. In this episode, Barry talks about why his failures make him successful, the five year process of making Men In Black, and why right now is the Golden Era of television. 

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