Film financier plans to produce 12 films in Minnesota

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Jerry Seppala, a political fundraiser who’s planning to produce up to a dozen films in Minnesota through his company, Wayzata-based Griffin Productions, said raising cash to make a film is pretty straightforward.

Pitching a film “is no different than an other private equity deal … it’s a product like any other. There are risks involved like any other [business proposition],” Seppala said when I called him to discuss the world of film finance Tuesday morning.

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