HOLLYWOOD PL. Beyond The Dream: Personal Roads to The Silver Screen.

23 biographies. 4 years of private encounters on 2 continents. Hours of conversations, conducted at homes in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, London, Warsaw. Documented in 1 book. Hollywood PL is a coffee table book that features the incredible stories of acclaimed Polish-born filmmakers, whose vision left an indelible mark on today's Hollywood. They are winners of Academy Awards, Golden Globes & Emmys. Directors: Agnieszka Holland, Roman Polanski, Zbig Rybczynski. Composers: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Cinematographers: Adam Holender, Slawomir Idziak, Dariusz Wolski . Production & costume designers: Allan Starski, Anna Sheppard. Actors: Beata Pozniak, Alicja Bachleda & many more. Hollywood PL allows us to gaze into the eyes of its characters, captured in the painterly photographs, as we absorb their intimate testimonies. Personal anecdotes offer a look at life in Hollywood, contextualized against the broader backdrop of the immigrant's pursuit of the American Dream. "Historical, political and so very inspirational. A journey of Polish film artists from their native country to Hollywood, whose struggles, sacrifices and successes are told in their own words. Beautiful photographs and moving conversations combine to capture the oftentimes eccentric and always poetic lives of some of cinema's most accomplished artists. An wild ride that's left me a little more than what I was before taking it". Carl Franklin- Director: House of Cards, Devil in the Blue Dress, "My great surprise on reading this wonderful book is that far from being only a source of inspiration for filmmakers aspiring to work in Hollywood, it fostered in me great pride in being part of the Hollywood system. We will open our arms and embrace those with talent and determination, and the Polish filmmakers interviewed in "Hollywood.Pl" are an example and lesson that all things are possible. The American Dream is alive and well". Michael Phillips- producer: Closer Encounters of the Third Kind.