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Paloma Basu

Paloma Basu

Film producer and director based in Brooklyn, co-director of the documentary Other Music (Tribeca 2019), and producer of Micro Budget (2024).

Aug 3, 2026

11:54
[laughs]
11:55
I think I've worked on so many TV shows and films, like bigger ones, where there's just, like, this culture of fear in the industry where it's like everyone's so scared of fucking up, you know? Like, "Oh, I made a mistake, and then everybody's mad at me." And like, you see people, when something goes wrong, being yelled at, and all of a sudden you're wasting all this time not fixing the problem, but, like, getting mad at somebody because something went wrong.
12:19
And so for me, that's always been my main thing.
12:22
It's like, if something goes wrong, let's not take it out on each other and let's just figure out how to fix it.

21 MINS LATER

33:27
... on the set working with somebody who can kinda show you the ropes.
33:30
I think it's also about saying yes to as many things as you can and never being late, never complaining about [laughs] how long things are going, and just, like, being very present for all of it.
33:44
I think that that's really what counts.
33:46
When I started working in the film business, I was working, like, 19, 20 hou-...

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