CompanyCinetic Media & Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo

Skills & Expertise Building a Team, Business Development, Corporate Consulting, Go-To-Market Strategy, Strategic Partnerships

Industry  Arts & Culture; Entertainment

In-Person Appointments  Jan 29th

John Sloss is founder and CEO of Cinetic Media, and partner in Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo. Through Cinetic, John produces motion pictures and television, provides various content sales and corporate advisory services, and presides over a rapidly growing talent management division. He has produced or executive produced over 70 films including Richard Linklater’s Academy Award-winning BOYHOOD, LAST FLAG FLYING, and “BEFORE” Series, Todd Haynes’s THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, WONDERSTRUCK and I’M NOT THERE, Peter Farrelly’s Academy Award-winning GREEN BOOK, Errol Morris’s Academy Award-winning THE FOG OF WAR, Kimberly Peirce’s Academy Award-winning BOYS DON’T CRY, Jennifer Westfeldt’s FRIENDS WITH KIDS, and Ethan Hawke’s BLAZE.

In addition to his ongoing roles at Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo and Cinetic Media, John founded Filmbuff, a digital distribution company, which he later sold. He founded Producers Distribution Agency in 2010, a theatrical distribution company which released Banksy’s EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP, Asif Kapadia’s SENNA, Emilio Estevez’s THE WAY, and Katie Dellamaggiore’s BROOKLYN CASTLE among other titles. He also founded the groundbreaking digital production and distribution company InDigEnt alongside Gary Winnick and IFC Films. John is a member of the Board of Directors of Film at Lincoln Center and serves on the Finance Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition, he advises a range of corporate entertainment clients across film and television to shape business strategies and support the growth of production, distribution, and marketing capabilities.