Rule # 26: Avoid Development Hell
Having directed a summer release studio feature, I signed with an ethusiastic young agent at APA. He told me, “You’re the biggest client...
Rule # 25: Trust no one until proven otherwise.
My studio exec on Spy Hard and his boss, president of Disney’s Hollywood Pictures, came to the set while we were filming. I was...
Rule # 24: If you shoot in a foreign country, YOU are the foreigner.
I directed two successful TV commercial campaigns in Paris; shown on French TV and in theaters before the movies began. One was a spoof...
Rule 23: Treat your crew like family
I directed an ad campaign for AAMI Insurance in Australia. The company loved Chevy Chase and in the tradition of his Vacation movies,...