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Outstanding Achievement In Reality Programming– TV Critics Association

“A worthy successor to Project Greenlight…”

The Chair is flawless, riveting reality TV

    –– Reality Blurred 

‘The Chair’: TV Review, The Hollywood Reporter

Backed by a long line of co-producers, including Zachary Quinto, Starz’s first original unscripted series is an indie look at how indie films are made

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Land of Bridges. And, possibly, an indie film renaissance, if Zachary Quinto and the producers behind The Chair get their way. Created by Project Greenlight‘s Chris Moore, the Starz series pits two up-and-coming directors against one another. The two contestants are given the same script and the same location, but film separate movies that will emphasize their creative differences. The Pittsburgh location is key, though, not only because of Quinto’s connection to the city (it’s his birthplace, and he also graduated from Carnegie Mellon University) and tax credits, but because Chris Moore had some financial ties there that helped launch the series. As is emphasized early and often, that part is key. 

As Co-Executive Producer of the series, Carl Kurlander help support and raise funds for Starz television’s first award-winning ten part docu-series, working closely with Good Will Hunting and Project Greenlight producer Chris Moore and Zack Quinto and his company Before the Door on the project.

This has been part of Kurlander’s ongoing mission to support regional talent and help Western Pennsylvania become a player in the entertainment industry, first articulated in his Post-Gazette editorial “Pittsburgh’s Next Industrial Revolution: Entertainment” and the short film “Pittsburgh: Hollywood’s Best Kept Secret.”

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Watch episodes and the entire series on Starz and Amazon Prime.