ICONS
ICONS

ICONS

Justin Campbell-Platt

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Ideas from the greatest makers — Host, Justin Campbell-Platt (@justincampbellp), dissects the biographies of painters, musicians, filmmakers (and more), to find ideas you can use for your creative work.

Recent Episodes

Al Pacino
JAN 28, 2025
Al Pacino

What creative insights I learned from Al Pacino by reading: Sonny Boy, a Memoir.

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⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Al Pacino’s Best Performance + Insights Summary) here

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ICONS is now on YouTube - check it out!

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Art mentioned

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To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Life's on the Wire

00:01:24 Al Pacino as an ICON

00:07:52 Life Has Two Paths (Street Life)

00:17:33 The Other Path (Acting)

00:29:09 The Collaborators

00:44:37 Making The Godfather

00:56:05 Making Scarface

01:08:18 What Keeps Coming Back To You

01:20:56 The Greatest Word In English Language

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85 MIN
Bruce Lee
OCT 29, 2024
Bruce Lee

What creative insights I learned from Bruce Lee by reading: Bruce Lee, A Life, by Matthew Polly.

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⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Bruce Lee's Unmade Script + Insights Summary) here

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Check out the visual experience of this episode on YouTube now!

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Art mentioned:

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To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

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Chapters 00:00:00 How Bruce Lee was Found by Hollywood 00:01:41 Bruce Lee as an ICON 00:05:33 The Many Names of Bruce Lee (The Child Star) 00:18:28 Bad School Kid (Fighting) 00:25:14 Martial Arts - Wing Chun 00:38:52 Moving to the US and Cha-Cha 00:48:41 America & Teaching Wing Chun 01:02:52 What Robin was to Batman 01:13:59 Jeet Kune Do 01:21:44 Longstreet 01:29:09 The Hong Kong Films 01:41:38 Hollywood’s New Man: Enter the Dragon 01:49:54 The Passing 01:54:11 The Icon (Bruce Lee's Legacy)

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116 MIN
The Canvas Strategy — Turn Grunt Work into Greatness
JUN 26, 2024
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27 MIN
Christopher Nolan
MAR 4, 2024
Christopher Nolan

What creative insights I learned from Christopher Nolan by reading: The Nolan Variations: The Movies, Mysteries, and Marvels of Christopher Nolan, by Tom Shone.

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⁠⁠Download the Bonus PDF (Christopher Nolan’s Best Work + Insights Summary) here

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Art mentioned:

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⁠ICONS is now on YouTube! - Check it out⁠

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To learn from artists not covered in the podcast: Follow ⁠@theICONSpod on Twitter⁠ or ⁠ICONS podcast on LinkedIn⁠.

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89 MIN