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Dwight Little had done the near-impossible—sustained a decades-long career as a director. In this funny, revealing, generous book, Dwight tells us how he did it—including insights on how to get movie and TV stars to think your ideas are their ideas, when to favor personal loyalty over personal advancement (and when not to!), how to turn disaster into opportunity, how to make a gigantic train look like it's moving when it's not, and how to know when your goose is (temporarily) cooked.""—Hart Hanson, creator and showrunner of Bones

"""Dwight Little had done the near-impossible--sustained a decades-long career as a director. In this funny, revealing, generous book, Dwight tells us how he did it--including insights on how to get movie and TV stars to think your ideas are their ideas, when to favor personal loyalty over personal advancement (and when not to!), how to turn disaster into opportunity, how to make a gigantic train look like it's moving when it's not, and how to know when your goose is (temporarily) cooked.""--Hart Hanson, creator and showrunner of Bones"

“Dwight Little had done the near-impossible—sustained a decades-long career as a director. In this funny, revealing, generous book, Dwight tells us how he did it—including insights on how to get movie and TV stars to think your ideas are their ideas, when to favor personal loyalty over personal advancement (and when not to!), how to turn disaster into opportunity, how to make a gigantic train look like it’s moving when it’s not, and how to know when your goose is (temporarily) cooked.”—Hart Hanson, creator and showrunner of Bones “Dwight has a very specific way of approaching story telling. He is one of my favorite directors that I trust will help me find the character and performance. This book details his approach to the business and I highly recommend it to all aspiring directors.""—Robert Patrick, Saturn Award winner, best known for portraying the iconic villain, T-1000, in Terminator 2 “Excellent. An honest and engrossing fly on the wall account of the Director's journey...the highs and lows memorably realized.”—Lauren Donner, producer, X-Men, Logan, and Deadpool “Get [the book]... Little aptly illuminates the ‘competitive’ nature of the entertainment industry, providing behind-the-scenes looks at everything being a director entails. ...[a] tautly written memoir...an upbeat chronicle of one man practicing his beloved craft. ...a wonderful array of on-set photos. ... A revealing, wholly absorbing spotlight on an unforgiving but seductive profession.”—Kirkus Reviews

"Dwight Little had done the near-impossible—sustained a decades-long career as a director. In this funny, revealing, generous book, Dwight tells us how he did it—including insights on how to get movie and TV stars to think your ideas are their ideas, when to favor personal loyalty over personal advancement (and when not to!), how to turn disaster into opportunity, how to make a gigantic train look like it's moving when it's not, and how to know when your goose is (temporarily) cooked.""—Hart Hanson, creator and showrunner of Bones"

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DGA member Dwight Little has directed studio movies for Warner Brothers, 20th Century–Fox, Columbia Pictures, and many independent movies. He has also directed three television movies and 90 hours of Network Television. He lives in Bell Canyon, California.

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