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Founders Library

Reading paths

Storytellers and showmen

Film, animation, advertising and the business of getting attention.

8 books

  1. Step 1

    Walt Disney

    Neal Gabler

    The definitive Walt Disney biography.

    Amazon
  2. Step 2

    Creativity, Inc.

    Ed Catmull

    Ed Catmull on running Pixar.

    Amazon
  3. Step 3

    George Lucas

    Brian Jay Jones

    From American Graffiti to Star Wars and Lucasfilm.

    Amazon
  4. Step 4

    Steven Spielberg

    Joseph McBride

    A deep biography of Spielberg.

    Amazon
  5. Step 5

    Francis Ford Coppola

    Michael Schumacher

    Coppola's highs and near-ruin.

    Amazon
  6. Step 6

    Who Is Michael Ovitz?

    Michael Ovitz

    The agent who built CAA.

    Amazon
  7. Step 7

    Confessions of an Advertising Man

    David Ogilvy

    David Ogilvy on building an ad agency.

    Amazon
  8. Step 8

    Barnum

    Robert Wilson

    P.T. Barnum, the original showman.

    Amazon