There is a great article up at WIRED interviewing Jon M. Chu (along with some great photos) talking about his family, growing up in a Chinese restaurant, the realization of being in a bubble concerning being an Asian American man, how technology helped shape him, and his new memoir.
Here's a quick excerpt:
You were inspired by Steve Jobs.
I put the WIRED cover, the one with the crown of thorns around the Apple logo, on my wall in college when Steve Jobs came back, and I said, “Everybody, just watch.”
Jobs had a reputation for being monomaniacal, impatient, and petulant. How do you feel about that leadership style?
Yeah. I’m sure we have very different styles, but that doesn’t take away from what he created. I’ve seen from every introduction—from the iMac to the iPod to the iPhone—how the public didn’t believe in that vision at the time. And then watching him push through. It wasn’t about the showiness of the product or about himself. It was always about the solution. There was a purity to that that I admire. I don’t believe human beings are geniuses. We get into situations when things align, and genius comes out of us.
Read the article in full here: https://www.wired.com/story/jon-chu-director-wicked-crazy-rich-asians-silicon-valley/
