Great Stories about Great Storytellers
GREAT STORIES about GREAT STORYTELLERS shares insights into storytellers whose names you no doubt recognize—names like Edgar Allen Poe, Steven Spielberg John Grisham and Walt Disney—but reveals the backstories you probably never heard about them. The podcast features different kinds of storytellers—authors, directors, playwrights and even a poet or two. In short 10-15 minutes episodes, this fun and sometimes funny podcast features anecdotes and tidbits about storytellers, with each episode spotlighting a modern storyteller like Tom Clancy or a classical name like Charles Dickens, but in a very different light.
Great Stories about Great Storytellers
Sir Ridley Scott, Cinematic Storyteller Genius
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Randy Overbeck
In this episode, you'll discover--
- how Sir Ridley Scott went from advertising mogul to major movie director
- how even though he ranks among the top grossing directors of all time, he had to wait half his life for his chance to direct a his first major motion picture
- how so many of his films, which were not appreciated initially, became cult and fan favorites
- how. like so many great storytellers, he had to overcome dramatic challenges to accomplish success
Check out the backstories you never knew about the storytellers you love!