Individual film directors, film-makers books

A generously illustrated overview of, and introduction to, the entirety of Godard's work as a filmmaker and video...  Read More >>

An anthology of source materials and selected essays on the films of Wim Wenders, a major filmmaker in the so-called...  Read More >>

Paring a novel into a two-hour film is an arduous task for even the best screenwriters and directors. This work...  Read More >>

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While a few select foreign filmmakers have been widely recognized for their contributions to Hollywood, scores more...  Read More >>

Rumble offers a comparative study based on the concept of 'aesthetic contamination,' which is fundamental to the...  Read More >>

With films such as ""The Brood"" and ""Videodrome"", David Cronenberg established himself as Canada's most provocative...  Read More >>

1996 is the centenary of the birth of Howard Hawks, one of the great directors of American cinema. This anthology...  Read More >>

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A major contribution to film scholarship and women's studies, this is the first critical biography of America's...  Read More >>

Ninety year old retired film director Vincent Sherman looks back on his life.  Read More >>

A descriptive analysis of post-theatrical work of the influential Polish director and performance theorist  Read More >>

Leontine Sagan was a controversial film director whose film ""Girls in Uniform"", became a classic of the Weimar...  Read More >>

The colorful W.S. ""Woody"" Van Dyke directed many of MGM's most outstanding films during the 1920s and 1930s including:...  Read More >>

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Ceplair's book details the course of Hollywood screenwriter Sonya Levien's exceptional career at Fox and MGM and...  Read More >>

Andrzej Wajda is considered one of Poland's - many would say the world's - greatest film directors. During the thirty-five...  Read More >>

Alice Guy Blaché was not only the world's first female director, who made more than 650 films in France and the...  Read More >>

A comprehensive review of Fassbinder's life and career. The author discusses Fassbinder's artistic output, drawing...  Read More >>

""Orson Welles (1915--1985) revolutionized the art of filmmaking with his first feature, Citizen Kane, made when...  Read More >>

""One of the greatest Italian filmmakers, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) created such masterpieces as La Strada, La...  Read More >>

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A pioneering comparison of the director's theatre and film productions.  Read More >>

Pioneering study exploring a major filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder's creative vision of Germany's troubled national...  Read More >>

Film and theatre director Tony Richardson's death in 1991, the publication of his memoirs in 1993, and the posthumous...  Read More >>