Chapter
Climbing the Hollywood Ladder
The speaker describes the path he took to become a successful Hollywood producer, starting from getting access to the story department of Warner Brothers and eventually writing the movie Splash, to taking a job as the lowest assistant and slowly working his way up.
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A person shares their experience of getting fired from the story department of Warner Brothers after gaining access to early script and manuscript submissions and appearing to create a fake bid on them.
38:30 - 39:48 (01:18)
Summary
A person shares their experience of getting fired from the story department of Warner Brothers after gaining access to early script and manuscript submissions and appearing to create a fake bid on them.
ChapterClimbing the Hollywood Ladder
Episode#279: The Most Curious Man in Hollywood — Brian Grazer
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker talks about his journey from getting fired as a law clerk to working as the lowest assistant for a movie company executive and eventually becoming a successful screenwriter.
39:48 - 41:19 (01:30)
Summary
The speaker talks about his journey from getting fired as a law clerk to working as the lowest assistant for a movie company executive and eventually becoming a successful screenwriter.
ChapterClimbing the Hollywood Ladder
Episode#279: The Most Curious Man in Hollywood — Brian Grazer
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Brian Grazer worked for Edgar J Sherick as a baby assistant, and with the discipline of selling a 20-hour miniseries on the 10 commandments every two weeks, he produced Zoom a Beach which later became a movie for television at the age of 25.
41:19 - 44:10 (02:51)
Summary
Brian Grazer worked for Edgar J Sherick as a baby assistant, and with the discipline of selling a 20-hour miniseries on the 10 commandments every two weeks, he produced Zoom a Beach which later became a movie for television at the age of 25.