Mike Holz: The Evolution of Television & the Rise of the Gourmet Cheeseburger

Mike Holz joins us on the tenth episode of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. We discuss the shift from a producer-led Hollywood to a streamer-led Hollywood, the breakdown of the global-licensing framework in television, and how the “gourmet cheeseburger” is becoming a dangerously popular order on our television menu. Having spent the last decade working in international television at Paramount and other top companies, Mike brings both a book-lover’s and an international-television insider’s perspective on hits from Gorky Park to A Gentleman in Moscow. 

Mike Holz is an independent producer who spent the last six years at Paramount as part of their international television studio. His slate covered the UK, Latin America, and Europe. He worked on scripted and unscripted content for Paramount+, Showtime, and other key networks, including Sexy Beast with Sir Ben Kingsley and the adaptation of Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow starring Ewan McGregor. Going further back, he was at Ben Silverman's Electus, with a stint at CAA, and even some quality time spent working on Steven Seagal direct-to-DVD movies.