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- The DocPlay Audience
- The History of A Streaming Service
- Curation, Tech and The Team
- Quick Questions For Paul Wiegard
What kind of person subscribes to a dedicated documentary streaming service? ‘We know our audience are generally in a higher socio-economic group, and we’d like to say well educated too, because they’re watching our films!’ What are the exact numbers of paying subscribers? Nobody’s going to tell us that, but Wiegard can reveal that twice-weekly EDM...
‘Older Australian content does get played if it’s curated properly, and if there’s a moment in time or a zeitgeist thing. It’s extraordinary how every week there’s another news story that has relevance, or has been covered in a documentary that’s been made previously. So we are constantly drafting off these moments, and often there’s a direct relat...
Weigard says tthat in the last four months, with the the shutdown of cinemas and the slowing of other parts of the business, they’ve been able to redeploy a number of their team from the theatrical side of the business on to the DocPlay platform. This has meant additional marketing and publicity and curation and acquisition of films. The actual tec...
Wiegard had to rush off early to an AIDC meeting, where he’s on the Board of Directors for the annual documentary conference, but he was happy to answer some quick questions by email. Here they are:
Oct 5, 2022 · Madman Films CEO Paul Wiegard. As one of the biggest names in the Australian film industry, he has made his mark on popular box-office movies including Animal Kingdom, Searching for Sugar Man, Kenny, Parasite, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Hunt For The Wilderpeople.
Paul Wiegard was born on 4 July 1969 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Paul is a producer and executive, known for Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Animal Kingdom (2010) and That Sugar Film (2014).
Madman co-founder/co-managing director Paul Wiegard was delighted with the $1.1 million-plus gross for Snowtown, acknowledging the tough subject – the mass murders in a South Australian town ...
