Like Brothers, Duplass Mark, Duplass Jay

From a childhood spent wielding an oversized home video camera in the suburbs of New Orleans to their shared years at the University of Texas in early nineties Austin, and from the breakthrough short they made on a three-dollar budget to the night their feature film Baghead became the center of a Sundance bidding war, Mark and Jay tell the story of a bond thats resilient, affectionate, mutually empowering, and only mildly dysfunctional. They are brutally honest about how their closeness sabotaged their youthful romantic relationships, about the jealousy each felt when the other stole the spotlight as an actor (Mark in The League, Jay in Transparent), and about the challenges they faced on the set of their HBO series, Togetherness--namely, too much togetherness.

But Like Brothers is also a surprisingly practical road map to a rewarding creative partnership. Rather than split all their responsibilities fifty-fifty, the brothers learned to capitalize on each others strengths. Theyre not afraid to call each other out, because theyre also not afraid to compromise. Most relationships arent--and frankly shouldnt--be as intense as Mark and Jays, but their brand of trust, validation, and healthy disagreement has taken them far.

Part coming-of-age memoir, part underdog story, and part insider account of succeeding in Hollywood on their own terms, Like Brothers is as openhearted and lovably offbeat as Mark and Jay themselves.

Advance praise for Like Brothers

Wright. Ringling. Jonas. Im sure you could name a bunch of famous brother teams. Theyre all garbage compared to Mark and Jay. I cant wait for you to read this book.--From the Foreword by Mindy Kaling

As creative partners, we sure learned a thing or two from Mark and Jay Duplass journey through the Hollywood machine. Like Brothers is an essential guide for making space for yourself in a world that doesnt always encourage individuality and innovation. As useful to an aspiring filmmaker as it is to a pair of siblings wondering How do we turn our connection into something great?, this book will be essential on your shelf.--Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner

The Duplass Brothers have a genius for conveying deep feeling without ever straying into sentimentality. Here they capture the often wonderful and occasionally terrible business of collaborating professionally with someone you love.--John Green and Hank Green

As a writing team and directing team, we love seeing two people who are more intelligent and articulate than us explore the dynamic that we dont have the depth or self-reflectiveness to explore ourselves --Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg