Description
Book Synopsis Dwight Little''s Hollywood career includes directing and producing major motion pictures for multiple studios, acclaimed television series and even video games. In this memoir, he takes readers along on a movie-making adventure that is by turns funny and brutally honest. There are many on-set interactions with well-known producers and stars along with detailed descriptions of film shoots from the wilds of India to the banks of the River Kwai. Included are tales from the jails of Madrid to the jungles of Fiji and the cold war streets of Budapest. The work seamlessly connects the Golden Age of Hollywood to the highly successful premium television of today.
Make or break creative battles, Hollywood intrigues, unpredictable studio executives, and temperamental actors are all documented in colorful detail. Whether the reader is an aspiring filmmaker or just a movie lover, this book has it all, including a unique insight into television directing in the new streaming age and 4
Trade Review
Dwight Little had done the near-impossible—sustained a decades-long career as a director. In this funny, revealing, generous book, Dwight tells us how he did it—including insights on how to get movie and TV stars to think your ideas are their ideas, when to favor personal loyalty over personal advancement (and when not to!), how to turn disaster into opportunity, how to make a gigantic train look like it's moving when it's not, and how to know when your goose is (temporarily) cooked."—Hart Hanson, creator and showrunner of Bones
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part 1. Movies
- One. Welcome to the Hotel California
- Two. Follow the Money
- Three. Into the Great Wide Open
- Four. It's Not Your Fault But It Is Your Problem
- Five. A Game of Thrones
- Six. Three Strikes and You're Out
- Part 2. Television
- Seven. The Writer's Revenge
- Eight. Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
- Nine. It's Always Personal
- Ten. The Long and Winding Road
- Epilogue
- Index
