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Some people lead charmed lives. There is extra grace involved when the person who lives that life is as charming and irresistible as the author of this autobiography. The author seems to have just walked in the door full of enthusiasm as projects - films, plays, restaurants - were forming and fresh talents being born to which she offered her services. Bright and educated but not wielding one special talent, she proved to be endlessly improvi- sational working on films Woodstock , Marjoe , Eraserhead , The Last Waltz , etc. Some she offered to help had genius, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Marty Scorsese, David Lynch and others. Generally, she was just looking for work with people she might enjoy and the results were ingenious. The places you can go and the things you can experience with such an honest attitude and indestructible spirit are simply and beautifully described. Young women, especially, will thrill to see how a life can be created, and not just take the one they've been given. Other readers can enjoy a view from the wings of fame, revel in a life well-lived and realize that simple choices can lead to magic.

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During her years in the entertainment industry, Jeanne Field has worked as a distributor, camera assistant, editor, producer (in film and theater), agent and manager. Her production work includes documentaries such as Michael Wadleigh's Academy Award winning Woodstock, Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz and another Academy Award winner, Sarah Kernochen's Marjoe. She also worked on four feature-length films and videos with Neil Young, two one-hour videos with Joni Mitchell, The TVTV Show (for NBC), feature films Eraserhead (directed by David Lynch) and Uforia (directed by John Binder), and many other films and television shows. At the American Film Institute, Field produced The Horse Dealer's Daughter from a short story by D.H. Lawrence, which won many awards, played on cable channels and has been released to the home video market. She also produced the theatrical plays Neon , Tarantula (written and directed by Darrell Larson, adapted from Bob Dylan's book) and Dreams Die Hard , based on the book by David Harris, play written by John Binder, directed by him and Darrell Larson. In 1991, Field began work as an agent representing writers and below the line. She now runs Windfall Management where she works with a client list of writers, directors and novelists. Projects done include A Texas Funeral , Animal Factory , Ripley Underground , The Lazarus Man television series (TNT), Second Honeymoon (CBS), Mr. St. Nick (ABC), Caught In The Act (Lifetime), Irreconcilable Differences (documentary).

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