Finding Direction: A Hollywood Legend’s Roadmap to Discovery and Success

In Thirty Minute Mentors: Fifteen-Time Emmy Award Winner George Stevens Jr., we take a closer look at the impressive career of George Stevens Jr., founder of the American Film Institute and co-founder of the Kennedy Center of Honors. Stevens is the winner of 15 Emmys and an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as the author of the book “My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington.”

In this course, host Adam Mendler interviews Stevens, gleaning his advice and lessons learned on a wide range of topics, including personal discovery and development; leadership, mentorship and success; takeaways from time spent with John F. Kennedy, Edward R. Murrow, Steven Spielberg, and Sidney Poitier; and much more.