Starting her film career as an independent producer, Pam Abdy worked her way up to bigger titles such as "How High," "Garden State," and "Stop-Loss." In late 2008, she left Paramount Pictures to join Scott Stuber Productions as a development and production executive at the Universal Pictures-based Shingle. During her time at Paramount, Abdy oversaw the creation of a number of motion pictures including "World Trade Center," "Babel," "Freedom Writers," and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming "Shutter Island." Abdy shares what it was like to make the jump from studio executive to film producer and why she is glad to have done it.