IMPOSSIBLE PICTURES CIRCA 2013

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Remaster your studio.
Why did you launch your studio? If you're like me, it was a burning desire for freedom, financial independence, and fun.

Although I founded Impossible Pictures (pictured left) and piloted that incredible studio for 20 years, along the way I had to navigate all on my own. There was no roadmap.

Since exit, I’ve invested a decade building the flight plan that I always wanted; the framework that enables founders like us run a high-performance creative company and unleash our most brilliant creative work.
20
years
Founder
10
years
Advisor
500+
studios
50+ countries
1
mission
Helping founders
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“What unleashed your studio?”
People often marvel at Impossible's achievements and ask me how we did it. My answer is mastery of "the business side."

After two decades helming Impossible then another decade since guiding studio founders, today my mission is clear: helping studios and production companies similarly crush it.

What drives me? Empathy. I've lived the entrepreneurial roller coaster's extreme highs and lows. So don't mistake me for a consultant who has never run a studio, pitched high-stakes campaigns, or struggled to make payroll.

I've walked the walk and faced the same trials and triumphs. I've been the audience to whom I now speak.

I look forward to empowering you with the knowledge, wisdom, and methods that have impacted studios and production companies around the world.

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How it works.
To make your studio stand out, win better clients (with bigger budgets), and produce its greatest creative work:

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TRIBUTES

Joel, you stand for something that not a lot of people in our industry could recognize without you being the first.
Amanda Russell
Co-Founder & CD at Cream Studio
Joel has that rare combination of experience, charisma, and a natural ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way. He’s kind of a unicorn.
Joey Korenman
Founder at School of Motion
The Jumpstart accelerator was an eye-opening experience. It was the compass we needed to find our own path and take Animagic to the next level.
David Calderon
Co-Founder and ECD at Animagic
Guys and gals, listen to Joel Pilger. We repositioned ourselves under his guidance and thinking. It has changed our success rate dramatically for the better.
PJ Richardson
ECD & Co-Founder at Laundry
Bottom line, our industry is stronger and better because of Joel Pilger.
Ricardo Roberts
Co-Founder and EP at BIEN