Paul Feig

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Ghostbusters (1984); The Housemaid (2025); A Simple Favor; Last Christmas; The School for Good and Evil.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Michael Ovitz: 1 line

industry (super-packaging precedent) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they directed: Michael Ovitz ⇒ Ghostbusters (the host's read). Ovitz's famous packaging example: assembling the cast, director and effects on paper and forcing studios to bid, as with Ghostbusters.
“His famous example of this is that he puts together like Ghostbusters and goes to all of the studios and is like, like, it's on everyone's table, you know, like, start bidding.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 0:57:34 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they directed: Ghostbusters ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read). Afterlife is a revival of the original series by Ivan Reitman's son, loaded with its mythology.
“This is Jason Reitman's revivification of his father, Ivan Reitman's famed film series.”
The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:02:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Jason Reitman: 1 line

people (people) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they directed: Ghostbusters ⇒ Jason Reitman (the host's read). Reitman has said he wants to honor his father's franchise; Jason was on set of some of the originals.
“Jason Reitman was on the set of some of these movies”
The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:16:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Pixels (2015): 1 line

unmapped (tonal model) · through Ghostbusters (1984), which they directed: Ghostbusters ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). Pixels is called a Ghostbusters knockoff, with Adam Sandler trying to do Ghostbusters with Chris Columbus.
“Hixels is Ghostbusters.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (5) everyone in directing

director, The Housemaid (The Big Picture, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …)
director, Ghostbusters (The Big Picture, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies)
director, Last Christmas (Blank Check — Patreon, Doctor Sleep)
director, A Simple Favor (Blank Check — Patreon, Doctor Sleep)
director, The School for Good and Evil (Blank Check — Patreon, Doctor Sleep)

What was said about them, by kind

No claims join them to a film or another person.

Fun items about them

None.