From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster

The Neverending Story of Film Pioneer Mark Damon

by Linda Schreyer & With Mark Damon


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Hardcover
$38.49
$29.95
Softcover
$27.99
$19.95
Hardcover
$29.95

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 5/8/2008

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 552
ISBN : 9781434377364
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 552
ISBN : 9781434377371

About the Book

Meet Mark Damon, former actor-turned producer, the man behind some of the most original and award-winning movies of our time: Das Boot, The NeverEnding Story, 9 ½ Weeks, Short Circuit, The Lost Boys, Monster, The Upside of Anger and more.

Throughout the decades, Damon dated, aided, and hired the likes of actors Natalie Wood, Tuesday Weld, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Costner, Charlize Theron, and so many more.

Now we learn his story for the first time – as a smoldering sex symbol in the Hollywood of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s, leading to his years in Rome as an Italian playboy and Spaghetti Western cowboy at the height of “La Dolce Vita”, and his return to Hollywood in the 1980’s to become the inventor of independent film financing.

Filled with juicy behind-the-scene anecdotes of the films he’s made, From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster pulls no punches while offering insights into how to succeed in one of the world’s most cutthroat industries. Mark Damon’s fascinating story recounts how he graduated from actor to Hollywood mogul to award-winning film producer of Monster.


About the Author

Linda Schreyer, who worked with Mark Damon for five years on From Cowboy to Mogul to Monster, is an Award-winning television and screen writer and editor.  She wrote numerous episodes for General Hospital, the Bold and the Beautiful and other daytime television series. She co-wrote television movies, an original screenplay for Disney Productions and is currently creating the book and music for a theatrical musical.  She lives with her husband in Los Angeles. This is her first biography.