First published 2016
Creative Artists Agency began when five ambitious employees walked out of the William Morris office in 1975. They built something different. Their new talent agency grew beyond movies into television, music, advertising, and investment banking. The company spread its influence across entertainment for decades. James Andrew Miller tells this story through the voices of the people who lived it. He uses financial records never made public before. He interviewed the agents, executives, and stars who built CAA and fought against it. The book reveals ambition, betrayal, and genius. It shows how one company changed the entertainment business. Miller draws from unprecedented access to CAA insiders. The story includes movie stars, television personalities, musicians, athletes, studio heads, network executives, and media moguls. This is the real battle for Hollywood told by those who fought it.
Genres: history, business, non-fiction
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: ambition, betrayal, genius
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 1975, Decades
752 pages · Hardcover · Mariner Books