About the Author
Michael Douglasis a legendary actor and producer with over sixty celebrated years of film, television, and production experience. Throughout his career he has received two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was honored with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009, two Honorary Cesars in 1998 and 2016, a Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2010, a Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2004, and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018. Douglas has also served for twenty-seven years as a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Shane Salerno is a New York Times bestselling author, film producer and the co-screenwriter of Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Armageddon and Savages, among others. Through his company, The Story Factory, he has been principally involved in more than thirty New York Times bestsellers. He has known Michael Douglas for twenty-five years.
Michael Fleming Jr is Editor at Large for Deadline after serving a decade as Co-Editor in Chief. He spent 20 years at Variety as a film reporter.
