{"id":633146,"date":"2026-10-01T12:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633146\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:18:18","slug":"harry-smith-and-siddhi-sundar-launch-creative-executive-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/633146\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Smith and Siddhi Sundar Launch &#8216;Creative Executive&#8217; Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe creator boom has delivered plenty of experts in various fields offering up advice, interviews and tips on how to get ahead in careers like finance, tech, beauty, wellness and everything in between. A new series is set to launch, focused on helping creative executives succeed, and comes from those who know Hollywood well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAptly titled The Creative Executive, it doubles as a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecreativeexecutive\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube series<\/a> and business platform. Launching in partnership with Wispr Flow and executive coaching firm Novus Global on Oct. 8, it comes from Harry Smith, known as the brother of Oscar-winning actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/will-smith\/\" id=\"auto-tag_will-smith_1\" data-tag=\"will-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Smith<\/a>, and Siddhi Sundar, a filmmaker and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix_1\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> executive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter received the roster of season one guests and it includes many familiar names from the Will Smith universe, including the man himself. He sat for a lengthy interview, and the 90-minute chat will close the season. It finds him talking about everything from creative partnerships and building a family enterprise to career longevity. (No word on whether he addresses the Oscar scandal.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOther guests include veteran Hollywood producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/todd-black\/\" id=\"auto-tag_todd-black_1\" data-tag=\"todd-black\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Black<\/a>, who worked with Will on The Pursuit of Happyness, Emancipation and Seven Pounds as well as Fences, the Equalizer franchise, Ma Rainey\u2019s Black Bottom, The Magnificent Seven and dozens of other films; film and TV producer Caleeb Pinkett (brother of Jada Pinkett Smith) who worked on Cobra Kai and After Earth; Real Husbands of Hollywood co-creator Chris Spencer; Grammy Award winner MAJOR.; and former Universal Pictures and Westbrook Studios top executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jon-mone\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jon-mone_1\" data-tag=\"jon-mone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Mone<\/a>, who will speak on his unplanned path from CAA\u2019s mailroom to running major studios.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/The-Creative-Executive-promo-artwork-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA promo shot for The Creative Executive\u2019s first season featuring (from left to right) Chris Spencer, Caleeb Pinkett, Todd Black, Will Smith, Jon Mone and MAJOR.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy of The Creative Executive<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThere\u2019s also an episode that digs into the decades-long business partnership of Harry and Will Smith, a \u201cdeep dive\u201d into film distribution economics through Smith Global Media, Harry\u2019s production and distribution company, and an installment on Harry\u2019s varied business interests like real estate development and construction experience, work that has seen him collaborating with hospitality brands Capella, Starwood Hotels and W Hotels. One more: Harry and Sundar go deep on mentorship. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBeyond the chats, each of the nine episodes is paired with subscriber-based curriculum designed to help artists, founders and entertainment professionals build careers and businesses around their work using frameworks, case studies and playbooks. But because it\u2019s launching in 2026 and is doing so with partners like Wispr Flow, which is an artificial intelligence-powered dictation tool, the modern series will include guidance on how to integrate AI into creative workflows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cMost of what creatives need to know about business, technology, and media isn\u2019t taught in one place \u2014and the people who\u2019ve succeeded at the highest levels are often the hardest to access,\u201d Harry Smith and Sundar said in a joint statement. \u201cWe created this platform to close that gap, turning real-world conversations and hard-won experience into practical education that helps emerging creatives navigate the future without losing their voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHarry is the former CEO of Smith Global Media and founder of Treyball Development. Sundar served as head of product innovation research at Netflix, where she spent eight years. She currently works as CTO of Innovative Dreams, a production startup pioneering a new approach to filmmaking. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The creator boom has delivered plenty of experts in various fields offering up advice, interviews and tips on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,286192,400,286193,71349],"class_list":["post-633146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jon-mone","tag-netflix","tag-todd-black","tag-will-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}