Neal Gabler
Neal Gabler is a distinguished cultural historian and author of the bestselling biography, Walt Disney. He is an acclaimed speaker on the business side of the entertainment industry, the evolution of celebrity, and the leadership behind some the biggest success stories of the 20th century. Read Full BiographyLectures & Speaking Topics
The Business Secrets of Walt Disney
If ever there were a business genius who violated everything they teach in business school, Walt Disney was it. In this lecture, Neal Gabler describes how Disney turned a one-person animation company into a world empire by breaking all the rules.
The Art of Biography
In this entertaining and anecdote-filled lecture, Neal Gabler describes the biographical process from selecting a subject to finding papers to hunting down interviewees to organizing material to writing the book itself.
The Making of the President 2012
Noted author and cultural commentator, Neal Gabler handicaps the 2012 presidential race by examining how the American people are electing not a commander-in-chief but a protagonist-in-chief to star in the national movie. This is an entirely different approach to American politics.
How the Jews Invented Hollywood
Neal Gabler, the author of the classic book, An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, describes how a group of Eastern European Jewish immigrants founded and ran the industry that largely defined American values and images.
