Steven Demmler of South Side Studios On The 5 Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Career in TV and Film

Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine
Published in
8 min readAug 20, 2023

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Have hobbies that don’t overlap with work at all. Spend time with family. Understand that, no matter how passionate you are about your work, you are not your work.

As a part of our series about creating a successful career in TV and Film, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Steven Demmler.

Steven Demmler is working on bringing Hollywood to Texas with his large-scale Film & TV production facility and studio located in the heart of Texas. With over 120,000 SF of newly revamped studio space and offices, along with over 20,000 SF of props and equipment (from wardrobe to full set furnishings) and a fleet of trucks and trailers for actors, South Side Studios has become a national film and TV hotspot. Steven Demmler leverages South Side Studio’s comprehensive experience across film, television, and global finance to design, fund, and realize his creative visions. Before becoming South Side Studio President, Steven worked for many years at “Saturday Night Live” before moving on to Executive Produce “Bookworm” starring Elijah Wood, as well as serving as an EP, Co-executive producer, or production executive on films such as

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Yitzi Weiner
Authority Magazine

A “Positive” Influencer, Founder & Editor of Authority Magazine, CEO of Thought Leader Incubator