Who Is Michael Ovitz? (Unabridged) Who Is Michael Ovitz? (Unabridged)

Who Is Michael Ovitz? (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

“When the history of Hollywood is written, few people will have played a larger role than Michael Ovitz.... It is impossible to read such a chronicle and not see Mr. Ovitz as the Steve Jobs of agenting, possessing a version of Jobs’s fanatical drive and a similar desire to remake an industry.” —The Wall Street Journal

Who is Michael Ovitz? He’s a striver who talked his way into the famous mailroom of the William Morris Agency without any connections, then worked his way out of the mailroom in record time.

He’s an entrepreneur who left a safe job to launch Creative Artists Agency, growing it from five guys in a rundown office to the most powerful agency in the world.

He’s a friend and confidant to megastars such as Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, David Letterman, Sean Connery, Bill Murray, Paul Newman, and Martin Scorsese.

He’s a pioneer who reinvented the role of the agent in packaging actors, directors, writers, and producers, which made CAA the essential hub of countless movies and television shows.

He’s a master negotiator who drove historic deals for many of his clients, as well as the acquisitions of two major studios by Sony and Matsushita.

He’s a self-taught connoisseur of art and architecture, a generous philanthropist, a devoted father...

And to his detractors he’s a world-class jerk and a ruthless manipulator who double-crossed his friends, crushed his enemies, and let nothing stand in his way, ever. 

After decades of near silence in the face of relentless controversy, Ovitz finally tells his whole story in this memoir, with remarkable candor and insight. If you’re going to read just one book about how show business really works, this is the one.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
NARRATOR
DB
Dennis Boutsikaris
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
11:54
hr min
RELEASED
2018
September 25
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
380.7
MB

Customer Reviews

LTKwok ,

Real life Mad Men

If you liked Man Men, the TV series, you’ll love this book. I wouldn’t surprised if the writers of Mad Men took inspiration from Ovitz life. He’s also direct about everything, sometimes, not so kind to himself. Amazing how ruthless but sensitive powerful people can be.

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