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Jun 24, 2004

"Cinema in its essence is about an introduction to reality. It's just that reality is actually reproduced." --Caveh Zahedi

Participant Productions

Everybody dreams of being in the movies. Jeff Skoll dreams of making them. The former eBay president, now a billionaire, is starting a company that will fund "socially relevant, commercially viable" feature films along the lines of 'Gandhi' or 'Erin Brockovich.' Skoll's Participant Productions plans to make six movies every year - budgeted at $20 million each -- with a mission to change the world. "I kept meeting these really interesting people in the world who are doing amazing things, everything from saving the environment to standing up for human rights," said Skoll. "A lot of times, their stories were every bit as dramatic and entertaining as anything you'd see in the movies."