Who Is Michael Ovitz?

Biography & Memoir, Business, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries, Entertainment & Performing Arts
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Author: Michael Ovitz ISBN: 9781101601488
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: September 25, 2018
Imprint: Portfolio Language: English
Author: Michael Ovitz
ISBN: 9781101601488
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: September 25, 2018
Imprint: Portfolio
Language: English

If you're going to read one book about Hollywood, this is the one.
 
As the co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, Michael Ovitz earned a reputation for ruthless negotiation, brilliant strategy, and fierce loyalty to his clients. He reinvented the role of the agent and helped shape the careers of hundreds of A-list entertainers, directors, and writers, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Sean Connery, Bill Murray, Robin Williams, and David Letterman.
 
But this personal history is much more than a fascinating account of celebrity friendships and bare-knuckled dealmaking. It's also an underdog's story: How did a middle-class kid from Encino work his way into the William Morris mailroom, and eventually become the most powerful person in Hollywood? How did an agent (even a superagent) also become a power in producing, advertising, mergers & acquisitions, and modern art? And what were the personal consequences of all those deals?
 
After decades of near-silence in the face of controversy, Ovitz is finally telling his whole story, with remarkable candor and insight.

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If you're going to read one book about Hollywood, this is the one.
 
As the co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, Michael Ovitz earned a reputation for ruthless negotiation, brilliant strategy, and fierce loyalty to his clients. He reinvented the role of the agent and helped shape the careers of hundreds of A-list entertainers, directors, and writers, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Sean Connery, Bill Murray, Robin Williams, and David Letterman.
 
But this personal history is much more than a fascinating account of celebrity friendships and bare-knuckled dealmaking. It's also an underdog's story: How did a middle-class kid from Encino work his way into the William Morris mailroom, and eventually become the most powerful person in Hollywood? How did an agent (even a superagent) also become a power in producing, advertising, mergers & acquisitions, and modern art? And what were the personal consequences of all those deals?
 
After decades of near-silence in the face of controversy, Ovitz is finally telling his whole story, with remarkable candor and insight.

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