Cooper Raiff, director for the Sundance-award winning romance film “Cha Cha Real Smooth,”He announced Tuesday that he was creating Small Ideas Production Company with producer partner Clementine Quintner.
The pair plan to develop independent film and TV series from other up and coming directors and writers as well as Raiff’s own. Small Ideas’ first project is an unnamed TV series that Raiff will write and direct as well as produce alongside Quittner.
“Clem and I are very protective of passion. We want the artists we work with to know we believe in their stories and ideas as much as they do. I know how brutal fighting for people to trust your vision can be, and I know what a difference it makes to not have to fight for it alone. Small Ideas knows just how much love and support a filmmaker needs,”Raiff made the statement in a statement. “I’m super excited for Clem to run the show—she’s going to be the company’s engine. She elevates everything she works on and it’s a dream to be her creative and professional partner.”
As well as writing and directing “Cha Cha Real Smooth,”Raiff was the Bat Mitzvah starter and fell in love with Domino (Dakota Johnson). She then befriends her autistic son. The Sundance Audience Award won the film and it was released on Apple TV+, June.
Raiff is currently in pre-production for his next film. “The Trashers,”David Harbour is one of the stars “Licorice Pizza”Cooper Hoffman and Olivia DeJonge are stars. Filming is expected to start in the fall.
Quittner will be joining Small Ideas, an indie production outlet Black Bear Pictures. Her previous producing work includes “Nyad,”The narrative debut of “Free Solo” directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi starring Annette Bening, and Neil Burger’s “The Marsh King’s Daughter”Starring Daisy Ridley & Ben Mendelsohn
“Cooper is a brilliant filmmaker and my favorite collaborator,”Quittner made the statement in a statement. “I can’t wait to work together to build a home for artists we love and artists we don’t yet know—people who desire to make things differently.”