. Daniel had a relationship with Spike Lee after he reached out to him after seeing the filmmaker’sand gave it to Pollock, “Tom didn’t blink,” said Daniel. “He said, ‘Let’s do this.’ Just as he did in match-step with Larry and Chuck Gordon’sWhen presented with, however, the then-MCA studio patriarch Wasserman was more than a little bit concerned.
Many in the studio during his regime remember how Pollock hired and promoted women. He was a big champion for women, and became true mentor and friend of Nikki Rocco, the first female head of distribution at a studio. Like he did with me, he also was the force pushing her to succeed, to jump higher. He challenged her to excellence.
When I told him the impact he had on me, he paused and said, ‘I just had no idea.’ I added, ‘I wasn’t the only one, Tom. For many, many people.’
Great article! I'm glad I read it. I feel like I know him now, too.