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TIL A24 came into being because one evening while driving on a highway to Rome, Daniel Katz, an employee in the financing division of Guggenheim Partners got an idea to challenge the old Hollywood system. The creative idea on the A24 highway to Rome became the genesis of his new film company, A24.

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