I’ve worked inside the craft, led the people making it and run the businesses behind it.
Entertainment & Innovation Executive
From engineering to creative leadership.
I’m Anthony Furlong, an entertainment and innovation executive. I began in engineering, then moved into design, animation, VFX and directing. I’ve built and run several production and technology businesses. At Boss Beauties, I co-founded the company and led its creative organization, technology and innovation across original IP, products and entertainment development.
Open to full-time studio leadership opportunities.
Eight years in engineering and engineering leadership.
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Making the work
Design, animation, VFX, editorial, live action and finishing.
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Leading production
Twenty years in creative direction, directing, production and post, including leadership of teams and crews.
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Building companies & IP
Production and technology businesses, original IP, organizations, budgets, partnerships and operating decisions.
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Developing new capabilities
Products, production workflows and applied AI, shaped around firsthand needs. PaprCut and Pitch Dept are two examples of this ongoing work.
Engineering taught me to understand systems. Creative and production work taught me what teams need from them. Leading businesses made me accountable for the decisions around both.
Leadership in practice
The decisions behind the work.
Basic Nature / Operating judgment
Build the company around the work.
At Basic Nature, I changed staffing, cost structure, production and delivery. The company-wide average profit margin increased from approximately 20% to 60%. Creative quality and the economics of delivery were part of the same responsibility.
A season inside a race team depends on trust. Some moments were deliberately left unfilmed. Understanding those limits helped sustain the access needed to tell the story.
Documentary stories emerge from what people say. Finding the right words in hours of interviews means listening again and again. I built PaprCut to make that material readable, shape it into a story and carry the edit into Premiere Pro.
I’m interested in full-time studio leadership opportunities across entertainment, innovation and production. I bring experience building businesses, leading teams and developing the creative and technical capabilities behind the work.
