Behind the scenes with Hollywood producers : interviews with 14 top film creators / Duane Byrge ; foreword by Robert Osborne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrge, Duane, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Interviews.

Motion picture producers and directors.

United States.

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

v, 206 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

We know what actors do. We know what writers do. But what does a movie producer do, other than arrange financing for films and accept Academy Awards? Featuring in-depth interviews with 14 top movie producers, including eight who have won Oscars for Best Picture, this book describes how they nurture a project from concept to casting to screen. They are entrepreneurs, essentially creating a new business every time they start work on a film. They possess an array of skills and talents and the resilience and the fortitude to not take "no" for an answer. The interviewees are Marc Abraham, Tony Bill, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Clint Eastwood, Taylor Hackford, Mark Johnson, Arnold Kopelson, Alan Ladd, Jr., Michael London, Fred Roos, Paula Wagner, Jim Wilson and Janet Yang. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword by Robert Osborne

Preface

Marc Abraham

Tony Bill

Bona fide: Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa

Clint Eastwood

Taylor Hackford

Mark Johnson

Arnold Kopelson

Alan Ladd, Jr.

Michael London

Fred Roos

Paula Wagner

Jim Wilson

Janet Yang.

Notes:

Includes filmography and index.

ISBN:

9780786472116

0786472111

OCLC:

929123565