Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen

Before he directed Wicked, or even the groundbreaking film Crazy Rich Asians, Jon M. Chu was a movie-obsessed first-generation Chinese American, helping at his parents’ Chinese restaurant in Silicon Valley and facing the cultural identity crisis endemic to children of immigrants. Growing up on the cutting edge of twenty-first-century technology gave Chu the tools he needed to make his mark in film school, and to be discovered by Steven Spielberg, but he soon found himself struggling to understand who he was. In this book, for the first time, Chu turns the lens on his own life and work, telling the story of questioning what it means when your dreams collide with your circumstances, and showing how it’s possible to succeed even when the world changes beyond all recognition. With striking honesty and unrivaled insights, Chu offers a firsthand account of the collision of Silicon Valley and Hollywood–what it’s been like to watch his old world shatter and reshape a new one. Ultimately, Viewfinder is about reckoning with your own story, becoming your most creative self, and finding a path of your own.

Hardcover: 320 Pages

Language: English

Format: Kindle Edition, Audiobook, & Hardcover