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The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Most Powerful Man in Hollywood: Michael Ovitz
- ▶ 1:10:19 David Senra Uh, I think the episode I did on James Cameron might be the best single episode I've ever made, and, uh, you know, you can read between the lines in the opening of that episode.
Mr Beast's Leaked Memo
- ▶ 28:34 David Senra And so if you want to see what a high agency person looks like, one of my favorite examples of this is when I was reading a biography of James Cameron, the filmmaker, when he was in his early twenties, he was, uh, he, first of all, he… 2 times in the scene
The Biography of George Lucas
- ▶ 3:52 David Senra When I mentioned Steven Spielberg on a Steve jobs episode, when I mentioned Spielberg on the Christopher Nolan and the James Cameron episode, it pulled an idea from Spielberg that I mentioned in an episode on Pixar.
- ▶ 7:24 David Senra James Cameron talks about this.
The Autobiography of Quentin Tarantino
- ▶ 17:05 David Senra But if you ask me like what I think the best episode I ever was capable of making, I think the best episode I've ever made so far was episode three, 11 on James Cameron. 2 times in the scene
The Robber Baron's Art Dealer: Joseph Duveen
- ▶ 57:10 David Senra Then you have, uh, Mark Twain, uh, James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Walt Disney, uh, the dynasty book, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Greatest Families I did a few months ago.
The Biography of Bugatti
- ▶ 15:40 David Senra Uh, at the very end of the book, in the appendix, uh, let me get to it real quick, because I, I might not bring it up later, and it reminded me of James Cameron and Christopher Nolan, who have just spent a bunch of time, uh, studying and… 2 times in the scene
The Biography of Balenciaga
- ▶ 1:47 David Senra We just saw this with the episode I did on James Cameron. 3 times in the scene
Paul Graham (How To Do Great Work)
- ▶ 12:21 David Senra How is it possible that both James Cameron and Christopher Nolan both watched the movie, a space odyssey when they were kids and both arrived at the same conclusion that I can do that, that I can make movies.
The Biography of Christopher Nolan
- ▶ 1:29 David Senra And unusual for a director working at his level, he has either written or had a hand in writing all 11 of his movies to date, granting him entry to a very exclusive club of directors, the only other two being Peter Jackson and James…
- ▶ 5:21 David Senra So I already mentioned James Cameron one time, since him, Peter Jackson, and Nolan are really, uh, the only group of, uh, directors operating at that level that are also writing. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 5:57 David Senra Nolan doesn't like to use CGI, and Cameron is literally inventing the new technology for other filmmakers.
- ▶ 10:16 David Senra In fact, his parents actually, there was a, there's a connection to James Cameron here. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:47 David Senra James Cameron.
- ▶ 17:23 David Senra So when Christopher Nolan and James Cameron are around college age, they both want to go to film school, right? 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:34 David Senra And so this is yet another thing that James Cameron and Christopher Nolan have a comment, the importance of dreams in their work. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:58 David Senra Michael Jordan, Sidney Harmon, Rick Rubin, Andy Beal, Harry Snyder, James Cameron, Felix Dennis, Claude Shannon, and Mark Twain.
- ▶ 43:25 David Senra And there's another story about the making of Interstellar that I think compares and contrasts Christopher Nolan and James Cameron. 2 times in the scene
Mark Twain's Biography
- ▶ 31:41 David Senra And then this idea that came from the last episode, the James Cameron episode, in that episode, James Cameron has this idea where like, uh, he would let ideas simmer for decades. 2 times in the scene
The Biography of James Cameron
- ▶ 0:00 David Senra After James Cameron's avatar made 2.7 billion dollars, the director found the deepest point that exists in all of the Earth's oceans and dove to it. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:38 David Senra Cameron and his fifth wife live year-round in New Zealand, where they have owned a 5000 acre farm since 2011. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:47 David Senra When Cameron moves, he moves fast and favors one side. 24 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:04 David Senra The list of things that Cameron has failed at is short, but there are a few destinations that have eluded him. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:04 David Senra It is called The Return of James Cameron, Box Office King, and it was written by Zach Barron. 19 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:22 David Senra It's obvious James Cameron was a builder and a founder from an extremely early age. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:37 David Senra And so it's after high school, Cameron goes to Fullerton Junior College, which he, which he mentioned earlier, or mentioned in the GQ article, right? 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:41 David Senra And so what we see next is that James Cameron was James Cameron before he was James Cameron. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:42 David Senra Cameron was not, did not feel like he was a naturally gifted writer. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 38:36 David Senra So the financial success of Terminator opens up every opportunity that Cameron's gonna have after this. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:48 David Senra And so one main idea, one main theme in James, the life and career of James Cameron is that he's just willing to let ideas marinate for decades. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:26 David Senra Another main theme in the life of James Cameron is the, the important and magical power of compounding. 14 times in the scene
- ▶ 51:58 David Senra What James Cameron really wants and what most of the history's greatest founders want. 16 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:33 David Senra In Cameron's mind, that line seemed to grow to glow on the page. 18 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:02:51 David Senra And this is why he's so interesting. 19 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:05:16 David Senra And so eventually he resurfaces literally and he's like, all right, I'm going to make avatar. 19 times in the scene
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Before He Was Successful)
- ▶ 30:30 David Senra He's like, listen, I'm not, there's actually a fantastic line when he meets James Cameron to be interested in doing the Terminator.