Resources From the DEMAN Pros
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We’ve compiled a list of resources from the pros.
Check out these DEMAN alumni suggested podcasts, trade publications and books for the inside scoop on working in creative industries.
Podcasts
Trade Publications
Books
- The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up by David Rensin
- Power House: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency by James Andrew Miller
- The Agency: William Morris & the Hidden History of Show Business by Frank Rose
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull
- Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad
- The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood by Tom King
- You’ll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again by Julia Phillips
- When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman by Connie Bruck
- Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans
- When I Stop Talking You’ll Know I’m Dead by Jerry Weintraub
- The Hollywood Assistant’s Handbook by Peter Nowalk & Hillary Stamm
- They Can Kill You But They Can’t Eat You by Dawn Steel
- A Pound of Flesh: Perilous Tales of How to Produce Movies in Hollywood by Art Linson
- Hit & Run: How Jon Peters & Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood by Nancy Griffin and Kim Masters
- Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
- Hello, He Lied & Other Tales from the Hollywood Trenches by Lynda Obst
- Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
- Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field
- What Makes Sammy Run by Budd Schulberg
- Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion
- The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies by Ben Fritz
- The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work by Joseph Campbell
- The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson
- What It Is by Lynda Barry
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
- The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
- Tiny Beautiful Things by Cherl Strayed
- Belonging by Toko-pa Turner
- Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott
- Walking in Wonder: Eternal Wisdom for a Modern World by John O’Donohue & Krista Tippett
- Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
- Blasted by Sarah Kane
- Mr. Burns by Anne Washburn
- Red Noses by Peter Barnes
- Huis Clos (No Exit) by Jean-Paul Sartre
- Endgame by Samuel Beckett
- MFA vs NYC by Chad Harbach
- An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski
- A Director Prepares by Anne Bogart
- Audition by Michael Shurtleff
- Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success by Brian O’Neil
- Tragedy: A Tragedy by Will Eno
- The Children by Lucy Kirkwood
- Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio by Jessica Abel
- Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today’s Top Comedy Writers by Mike Sacks
- And Here’s the Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft by Mike Sacks
- The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith
- Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live by Doug Hill
- Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests by James Andrew Miller
- The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth by David C. Baker
- So You Want to Direct TV? Sixteen Professionals Share Their Paths to Success by Jacob Pinger
- On Writing by Steven King
- Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
- All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition by Donald S. Passman