Individual film directors, film-makers books

This long-overdue book sheds light on the creative process of the undisputed master of film title design--a man...  Read More >>

Andrei Tarkovsky is the most celebrated Russian filmmaker since Eisenstein, and one of the most important directors...  Read More >>

Through suggestive readings of gender and identity, this book explores the international appeal of an acclaimed...  Read More >>

Interviews with the director of The Last Picture Show, What's Up Doc?, and Daisy Miller  Read More >>

Known as the celebrated director of critical and commercial successes such as Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963),...  Read More >>

Gus Van Sant is an award-winning film director who has also overseen some significant commercial features, such...  Read More >>

A biographical approach to the films of a controversial and provocative director  Read More >>

The long and prolific career of Steven Soderbergh (b. 1963) defies easy categorization. From his breakout beginnings...  Read More >>

A lively discussion of costume dramas to women's films, Shelley Cobb investigates the practice of adaptation in...  Read More >>

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This definitive biography not only restores the visionary filmmaker to the spotlight but provides an absorbing look...  Read More >>

An epic story of 20th century film-making, the complete history of the creation of Sergei Bondarchuk's cinematic...  Read More >>

Harry Alan Towers' reputation rests upon a corpus of 95 low budget productions shot post-haste in every corner of...  Read More >>

In this illuminating exploration of Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972), Mark Bould considers Tarkovsky not as a transcendent...  Read More >>

Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is the definitive...  Read More >>

Widely believed to be Terry Gilliam's best film, Brazil's brilliantly imaginative vision of a retro-futuristic bureaucracy...  Read More >>

A visually stunning and heartfelt riposte to the emotional sterility of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Douglas...  Read More >>

David Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself...  Read More >>

For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered...  Read More >>

Although Alexander Payne’s body of work is quantitatively small, it is qualitatively impressive. His movies have...  Read More >>

In this enthralling memoir we follow Max Evans and Sam Peckinpah through conversations in bars, family gatherings,...  Read More >>

Interviews with the director of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Australia, and The Great...  Read More >>

Intimate portraits of famous directors of stage and screen  Read More >>

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From the Red Room in Twin Peaks to Club Silencio in Mulholland Drive, the work of David Lynch contains some of the...  Read More >>