Hollywood Director Guy Magar Publishes Memoir

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - May 1, 2012) - Hollywood TV and film director Guy Magar (La Femme Nikita, The A-Team, Battlestar Galactica) shares tales of working with then-23-year-old James Cameron; nearly decapitating a young Drew Barrymore with a machete; and scrambling to save the life of the girl of his dreams in his new memoir, "Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot" (www.kissmequickbeforeishoot.com).

As with so many stories out of Hollywood, Magar's reads like a made-for-TV movie. A young Egyptian refugee immigrates to the United States and latches onto two dreams: becoming a filmmaker and finding his one, true love. Despite being a kid from the New York suburbs with no connections to the film industry, he finds a way to manage the first. And, after years of searching, he finally gets the girl, too.

"We had a magical Camelot wedding only a movie director could conjure -- complete with sword-dueling to rescue the bride who got kidnapped. It was my Errol Flynn life moment!" recalls Magar.

But, into his 25^th year of marriage, he learns his wife, Jacqui, has an aggressive form of leukemia. The memoir includes his desperate efforts to find a promising treatment for her and the difficult battle for her life that they undertook together.

The book also recounts many Hollywood memories, including luring a low-paid young visual effects guy, "Jim" Cameron, away from another company. Cameron built a ferocious monster for what was to be Magar's first feature film, but alas, it was canceled before shooting started.

He also writes about hearing footsteps on his balcony at 2 a.m. Fearing the worst, he grabbed a machete and flung open the door, ready to swing. Before him, bug-eyed and screaming were young Drew Barrymore and her mom, an old friend of Jacqui's who was returning a gown borrowed for the evening.

"'Kiss Me Quick Before I Shoot' deserves every bit of praise and recognition it gets and more," writes reviewer Yvonne Perry.

About Guy Magar

TV and film director/writer/producer Guy Magar has worked for more than 30 years in the motion picture industry. His feature films include Lookin' Italian, starring Matt LeBlanc and Lou Rawls; Stepfather 3, which launched HBO's World Premiere Series, and Retribution, to be re-released for its 25^th anniversary on DVD this summer. Guy is also the founder of Action/Cut Seminars which has taught filmmaking to thousands of students with a film dream.