Mitchell Zuckoff is a professor of journalism at Boston University. He is the author of three previous books, most recently Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend. As a reporter with The Boston Globe, he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and the recipient of numerous national writing awards.

In an excerpt from Mitchell Zuckoff's new biography, Robert Altman, crazy tales from the set, Elliott Gould’s tantrum, and how the director’s son made more money than him.