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Josh Greene is a multi-talented genius and humanitarian who enjoys writing his own bios. After a tour of duty in the trenches of children's theater, his professional career was launched with an appearance on FRASIER, which catapulted him into a guesthouse in the Valley. Shortly thereafter he did some time in the Broadway musical RENT, then returned home to pursue lifelong goals like fame, fortune, and the elimination of world hunger. Josh was the star of Discovery Channel’s RALLY ROUND THE HOUSE, and recently wrapped his 50th episode of TLC’s 10 YEARS YOUNGER. Providing the voice of Jimmy Lizard in the Weinstein Company’s animated hit HOODWINKED, he also penned the song RUNAWAY which was included on the film's award-winning soundtrack. In 2005 Josh wrote/directed/produced THE COMMISSION, a film which walked away with nine nominations and three wins, including "Best Comedy" and "Best Screenplay" at the 168 Hour Film Festival in L.A. Last year he starred with Tenacious D's Kyle Gass in the smash hit musical ROCK OF AGES, and is currently in development on three feature films, a television pilot, and his first solo album. It's looking like world hunger may just have to wait -- Or you could visit ONE.org and help stamp it out yourself!

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Rebels on the Backlot

By Sharon Waxman

Tags: Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Hollywood, Movies, Non-Fiction

Started reading: May 15, 2007
Finished reading: May 28, 2007
Rating: 8

Review

A thoroughly-researched and compelling account of “Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System.” Detailing the rise (and occasional fall) of Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderberg, P.T. Anderson, Spike Jonze, David O. Russell, and David Fincher, “Rebels” manages to inform and entertain at the same time. I devoured this book over the course of just a few days (of jury duty), and would recommend it to anyone with even a passing fancy in the machinations of Hollywood and the people that make it tick. A must-read for any student of cinematic history and lore, it culminates with what I consider to be the finest year at the movies in my relatively short lifetime, 1999. Now I know how we ever managed to get there!

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