It’s not every day thewealthnet speaks to a producer of many major feature films. But, last week I found myself talking to Wayne Godfrey, who produced The Foreigner, Wind River, Strangers, and many other films. He’s also the chief executive of Purely Capital, an entertainment receivables fintech.

Purely Capital was born out of Mr Godfrey’s own frustrations.

He had sold a few films to Amazon and Netflix and was pleased to be making a good profit on them. However...