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To Pixar and Beyond

To Pixar and Beyond

My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History

by Lawrence Levy
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/10/2017

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A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year 2017

One day in November 1994, Lawrence Levy received a phone call out of the blue from Steve Jobs, whom he'd never met, offering him a job running Pixar, a little-known company that had already lost Jobs $50 million. With Pixar's prospects looking bleak, it was with some trepidation that Levy accepted the position. After a few weeks he discovered that the situation was even worse than he'd imagined.

Pixar's advertising division just about broke even, its graphics software had few customers, its short films didn't make any money and, on top of all that, Jobs was pushing to take the company public. Everything was riding on the studio's first feature film, codenamed Toy Story, and even then it would have to be one of the most successful animated features of all time...

Full of wisdom on bringing business and creativity together, and recounting the touching story of Levy's enduring friendship with Jobs,

To Pixar and Beyond is a fascinating insider's account of one of Hollywood's greatest success stories.

ISBN:
9781786071866
9781786071866
Category:
Animated films
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-10-2017
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x19mm
Lawrence Levy

Lawrence Levy was hired by Steve Jobs as chief financial officer and member of the Office of the President of Pixar Animation Studios in 1994.

He guided Pixar's transformation from a money-losing graphics company into a multibillion-dollar entertainment studio. Originally from London, he now lives with his wife Hillary in Palo Alto, California.

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