Bill Duke

My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera

Bill Duke (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0555-9 (ISBN)

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This is the memoir of Bill Duke, one of the first—and few—African Americans to direct for both television and feature films. Duke recalls his childhood, the importance of his family and mentors, and the challenges he faced as an African American—to not only achieve success as an actor, but more significantly as a director in a very white Hollywood.

While many film fans may not be familiar with Bill Duke’s name, they most certainly recognize his face. Dating back to the 1970s, Duke has appeared in a number of popular films, including Car Wash, American Gigolo, Commando, Predator, and X-Men: The Last Stand. Fewer still might be aware of Duke’s extraordinary accomplishments off-screen—as a talented director, producer, entrepreneur, and humanitarian.

Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera is the memoir of a Hollywood original. In an industry that rarely embraces artists of color, Duke first achieved success as an actor then turned to directing. After helming episodes of ratings giants Dallas, Falcon Crest, Hill Street Blues, and Miami Vice, Duke progressed to feature films like A Rage in Harlem, Deep Cover, Hoodlum, and Sister Act 2. In this candid autobiography, Duke recalls the loving but stern presence of his mother and father, acting mentors like Olympia Dukakis, and the pitfalls that nearly derailed his career, notably an addiction to drugs. Along the way, readers will encounter familiar names like Danny Glover, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Whoopi Goldberg.

From his Broadway debut in 1971 to the establishment of the Duke Media Foundation, which trains and mentors young filmmakers, Duke has been breaking the rules of what it means to triumph in the entertainment industry. Recalling pivotal moments in his life, Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera is the story only Bill Duke could tell.

Bill Duke is an actor, director, producer, and humanitarian who has more than sixty films and television shows to his credits. His directing credits include A Rage in Harlem, Deep Cover, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, and Hoodlum, as well as episodes of Dallas, Knots Landing, Hill Street Blues, and Miami Vice. His acting credits include Bird on a Wire, Commando, Menace II Society, Predator, Payback, X-Men: The Last Stand, and several television shows, including Law and Order: SVU. He is the president of Duke Media Entertainment, a production company that produces films and television shows, and head of the Duke Media Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to train and empower underserved and gifted high school students in the disciplines of media literacy and financial literacy.

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Prologue
Introduction
CHILDHOOD
Chapter One: Wyatt Jones Beer Garden
Chapter Two: Little Black Sambo
Chapter Three: Understanding Hate
A GROWING MIND
Chapter Four: Finding the Skips
Chapter Five: Poetic License
Chapter Six: The Awakening
Chapter Seven: Higher Learning
Chapter Eight: A Tumultuous Time
SUCCESS AND FAILURE
Chapter Nine: The Death of Courage
Chapter Ten: Inspirations and Aspirations
Chapter Eleven: A Pool of Regret
Chapter Twelve: Meditation
MY CAREER
Chapter Thirteen: Acting Out
Chapter Fourteen: Directing Hollywood
NO CONCLUSIONS
Chapter Fifteen: The Rainbow Bridge
Chapter Sixteen: Now What?
Epilogue
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	20.10.2018
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 237 mm
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
ISBN-10	1-5381-0555-1 / 1538105551
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-0555-9 / 9781538105559
Zustand	Neuware