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The School of Greatness

237 Jon Chu on Directing in Hollywood, Creative Storytelling and Chasing Your Dreams

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Fitness, Money, Success, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Self Care, Celebrity, Celebrity Interview, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Self-improvement, Relationships, Health, Greatness, Education, Inspiration

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2015

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

"The reason we make and watch movies is to feel connected as a community." - Jon Chu If you enjoyed this episode, check out show notes and video at http://lewishowes.com/237

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0:00.0

This is episode number two thirty seven with director John Chu

0:07.6

Welcome to the School of greatness my name is Lewis Howe's former pro athlete turn lifestyle entrepreneur in each week

0:15.9

We bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness

0:22.9

Thanks for spending some time with me today now let the class begin

0:30.6

Welcome everyone back to the podcast. We're very excited about this episode

0:37.9

It's with the buddy of mine named John Chu who's an American film director film producer screenwriter and

0:44.2

cinematographer best known for directing the movies step up to the streets step up 3D

0:50.5

Justin Bieber's never say never and GI Joe retaliation

0:54.5

He's an alumni of the University of Southern California School of Cinema Television where he won many awards

1:01.0

And he's currently filming gem in the holograms and the five things you're gonna take away from this

1:07.4

There's gonna be a lot of takeaways from this and I didn't want John to stop because his storytelling is so incredible

1:13.1

But you're gonna hear about the story of how Steven Spielberg found one of John's movies while he was still in school and

1:19.4

Bought another one of his ideas later how he got into making dance movies

1:24.6

Why he will always make movies even when no one pays him and what he learned about Justin Bieber from making that movie as well

1:32.5

Lots of other incredible stories about creativity storytelling and how to live an incredible life

1:38.3

I think you're gonna fall in love with this one as much as I've fallen in love with John

1:43.2

So make sure to check out all the show notes

1:45.6

We'll have some other videos of what John's up to at Lewis House dot com slash two three seven

1:52.0

So without further ado, let's go ahead and dive into this episode with the one the only John to

2:00.9

Welcome everyone back to the school of greatest podcast. We've got John to in the house. What's going on?

2:04.9

I'm gonna see you brother. We met I think three years ago two or three years ago at JL's

2:11.5

Yes, that we originally met

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