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Directors

Multiple Portraits

The Film That Changed My LifeThe Film That Changed My Life
Robert K. Elder
Thirty masters of filmmaking discuss the films that most inspired them. Includes Danny Boyle on Apocalypse Now, Atom Egoyan on Persona, Kevin Smith on Slacker, and John Waters on The Wizard of Oz. Softcover, 296 pp. $18.95.


The Gendered ScreenThe Gendered Screen

Brenda Austin-Smith & George Melnyk
This book is the first major study of Canadian women filmmakers since the groundbreaking Gendering the Nation (1999). The Gendered Screen updates the subject with discussions of important filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta, Ann Wheeler, Mina Shum, Lynne Stopkewich, Lea Pool, and Patricia Rozema, whose careers have produced major bodies of work. It also introduces critical studies of newer filmmakers such as Andrea Dorfman and Sylvia Hamilton and new media video artists. Softcover, 270 pp. $29.95.


Talking Movies: Contemporary World Filmmakers in InterviewTalking Movies: Contemporary World Filmmakers in Interview

Jason Wood
Talking Movies is a collection of interviews with some of the most audacious and respected contemporary filmmakers of the present generation. Taken from over ten years of conversations for various films and publications, as well as numerous new unpublished interviews, directors selcted for inclusion in this collection comprise figures whose work has defined how images are processed and appreciated by moder audiences. Softcover, 239 pp. $29.95.


501 Movie Directors501 Movie Directors

Edited by Stephen Jay Schneider
501 Movie Directors is a comprehensive guide to the masters of the big screen, from Woody Allen to Fred Zinnemann, and from Takashi Miike to Ingmar Bergman. Every auteur and action hit maker, comic genius and horror maestro is here, in one beautifully illustrated and fact-filled volume. Hardcover, 640 pp. $29.99.


My First Movie: Take TwoMy First Movie: Take Two - Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film

Edited by Stephen Lowenstein
In these strikingly candid interviews, ten internationally acclaimed directors -- Richard Linklater, Richard Kelly, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Takeshi Kitano, Shekhar Kapur, Emir Kusturica, Agnes Jaoui, Lukas Moodysson, Terry Gilliam, and Sam Mendes -- talk about the struggles and rewards of making their first film. Hardcover, 284 pp. $30.00.


Great Canadian Film DirectorsGreat Canadian Film Directors

Edited by George Melnyk
Great Canadian Film Directors is the first major study that reflects the cultural and linguistic diversity of Canada's most dynamic film directors. The 19 essays in this collection focus on each filmmaker's ability to create a vision that both reveals and redefines our national cultures Softcover, 468 pp. $34.95.


British Film Directors: A Critical GuideBritish Film Directors: A Critical Guide
Robert Shail
British national cinema has produced an exceptional track record of innovative, creative, and internationally recognized filmmakers, among them Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell, and David Lean. This tradition continues today with the work of directors as diverse as Neil Jordan, Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, and Ken Loach. This concise, authoritative volume analyzes critically the work on one hundred British directors - balancing academic rigor with accessibility, British Film Directors provides an indispensable reference source for filmm students at all levels, as well as for the general film enthusiast. Softcover, 246 pp. $43.95.


Film Talk: Directors At WorkFilm Talk: Directors At Work

Wheeler Winston Dixon
Film Talk is an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at filmmaking from the 1940s to the present. In eleven intimate and revealing interviews, contemporary film directors speak frankly about their work. Illustrated with more than fifty rare photographs, this is essential reading for aspiring moviemakers, film scholars, and everyone interested in how movies are made and the fascinating individuals who make them. Softcover, 217 pp. $29.00.


Encyclopedia of Arab Women FilmmakersEncyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers

Rebecca Hillauer
Arab women filmmakers: Who are they? What drives them? What are their experiences in a male-dominated profession? How do they function within the contexts of patriarchal societies? The answers are complex and sometimes surprising, as complex and surprising as the vastly different films these women direct. In this unprecedented book, Rebecca Hillauer assembles a comprehensive and penetrating look into the history of Arab women's filmmaking, as well as the political and social background of the countries--Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, among others--from which these artists emerged. Arab Women Filmmakers is a must read for cineastes as well as students of film, feminism and the Middle East. Hardcover, 484 pp. $51.95.


The Director's Cut: Picturing Hollywood in the 21st CenturyThe Director's Cut: Picturing Hollywood in the 21st Century

Stephan Littger
In The Director's Cut, 21 Hollywood filmmakers share the thrilling accounts of their creative journeys to the film industry's top position. These conversations provide revealing and in-depth explorations of each director's artistic roots--giving readers a real understanding of the environments and attitudes that these very different filmmakers have experienced and embraced in their careers and personal lives. The Director's Cut should become a standard volume for aspiring filmmakers. Softcover, 330 pp. $23.95.


Directors in British and Irish CinemaDirectors in British and Irish Cinema

Robert Murphy
This unique volume presents a comprehensive reference guide to directors who have worked in the British and Irish film industries between 1895 and 2006. The book is packed with fascinating facts, critical summaries and invaluable contextualising details. It will be an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in film-making in Britain and Ireland. Softcover, 644 pp. $55.95.


Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden AgeConversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age
George Stevens Jr.
This is the first book to bring together the interviews of master moviemakers from the American Film Institute's renowned seminars. Here talking about their work, their art -- picture making in general -- are directors from King Vidor, Howard Hawks and Fritz Lang, to William Wyler, George Stevens and David Lean. The book is edited -- with commentaries -- by George Stevens, Jr., founder of the AFI and the Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series. Softcover, 710 pp. $22.00.

Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent FilmmakersA Critical Cinema 5: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers
Scott MacDonald
A Critical Cinema 5 is the fifth volume in Scott MacDonald's Critical Cinema series, the most comprehensive, in-depth exploration of independent cinema available in English. In all, there are fourteen interviews, each of which is accompanied by a detailed filmography and a selected bibliography. Softcover, $41.95.

Rebels on the BacklotRebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System
Sharon Waxman
The 1990s saw a shock wave of dynamic new directing talent that took the Hollywood studio system by storm. At the forefront of that movement were six innovative and daring directors -- Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, David O. Russell, and Spike Jonze -- whose films re-invigorated the cinematic landscape. In Rebels on the Backlot, Sharon Waxman weaves a fascinating tapestry out of the careers of these talented filmmakers. Hardcover, 386 pp. $36.95.


Black Directors in HollywoodBlack Directors in Hollywood
Melvin Donaldson
This book provides the first comprehensive look at the work of black directors in Hollywood, from pioneers such as Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, and Ossie Davis to current talents including Spike Lee, John Singleton, Kasi Lemmons, and Carl Franklin. Assessing the meanings and messages in their films, Melvin Donaldson convincingly demonstrates that black directors are balancing Hollywood's demand for box office success with artistic achievement and responsability to ethnic, cultural, and gender issues. Softcover, 375 pp. $31.95.


Just Making MoviesJust Making Movies: Company Directors on the Studio System
Ronald L. Davis
From the late 1930s to the mid-1950s, Hollywood's major film studios employed "house directors," journeymen filmmakers who knew how to shoot quickly, inexpensively, and with limited resources. This unique book brings together twelve interviews with house directors from this era, all conducted by film scholar Ronald L. Davis during the 1980s. These previously unpublished conversations provide a candid look at how the big studio system operated, as told by those who knew it best. Softcover, 239 pp. $28.95.

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ART by Film DirectorsART by Film Directors
Karl French
Many of the greatest film directors began their careers as graphic designers, painters or illustrators, but little is known of their creative work outside the medium of film. For the first time, the artwork of over 20 international directors, all with an eye for composing the image, is brought together in one stunning book. Spanning the media of drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture, the artwork is as diverse as the directors who have produced it, and offers a unique insight into some of the most creative minds in cinema. Hardcover, 208 pp. $56.00.

The Hollywood.com Guide to Film DirectorsThe Hollywood.com Guide to Film Directors
Hollywood.com
More than just a reference tool providing biographical and professional data, The Hollywood.com Guide to Film Directors is studded with trivia and telling anecdotes. And worth the price of admission alone are its lively and incisive biographical sketches of these giants, mavericks, hacks, and geniuses who together have changed the way we watch movies and view the world. Softcover, 965 pp. $35.95.

American Jewish FilmmakersAmerican Jewish Filmmakers
David Desser & Lester Friedman
Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Sidney Lumet, and Paul Mazursky -- all directors of Jewish descent -- remain among the most prominent contemporary American Jewish film directors. This revised, updated second edition of American Jewish Filmmakers demonstrates how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in the films of these and other significant Jewish directors. Softcover, 345 pp. $43.95.

Who The Devil Made ItWho The Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors
Peter Bogdanovich
Director, screenwriter, actor and critic Peter Bogdanovich interviews sixteen legendary directors, including George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcok, Fritz Lang, Sidney Lumet, Otto Preminger, Josef von Sternberg and Raoul Walsh.
Softcover, $37.95.

 Women's Cinema: The Contested Screen

Women's Cinema: The Contested Screen
Alison Butler
Women's Cinema: The Contested Screen provides an introduction to critical debates around women's filmmaking and relates those debates to a variety of cinematic practices. Using both canonical directors as well as less established names as examples, Alison Butler argues that women's cinema is unified in spite of its diversity by the ways in which it re-works cinematic conventions. Softcover, 134 pp. $30.50.


Directing ScreencraftDirecting Screencraft
Mike Goodridge
This fifth book in the Screencraft series presents interviews with 15 of the world's most influential contemporary directors, from Bernardo Bertolucci to Pedro Almodovar. Illustrated with hundreds of stills. Large-format softcover, $59.95.

Other books in this series:

Cinematography Screencraft by Peter Ettedgui. $65.95

Editing & Post Production Screencraft by Declan McGrath. $60.95

Film Music by M. Russell & J. Young. $74.5 (Includes CD with samplings from movie soundtracks)

Production Design & Art Direction by Peter Ettedgui. $65.95


Women Filmmakers: RefocusingWomen Filmmakers: Refocusing
Jacqueline Levitin, Judith Plessis & Valerie Raoul
Women Filmmakers: Refocusing casts a critical eye on the often over-looked work of women filmmakers. It provides a rich sampling of the wealth of thought and experience of women in the film industry and brings together in a unique way the the views of creators and critics from around the world. Hardcover, 496 pp. $90.00.



My First MovieMy First Movie
Edited by Stepphen Lowenstein
More on the theme of first times....In these vivid and revealing interviews, a collection of film-makers as diverse as the Coen brothers and Ken Loach, Ang Lee and Kevin Smith, Anthony Minghella and Gary Oldman, Neil Jordan and Mira Nair, talk in extraordinary detail and with amazing candor about making their first films.
Each chapter focuses on a celebrated debut -- be it Angel or Blood Simple, Clerks or Diner, Muriel's Wedding or Truly Madly Deeply -- and tells the story from the inside. Along the way, every aspect of the movie industry is explored; from dealing with agents and moguls for the first time to pitching your movie as a debutant director; from languishing in development hell to confronting test audiences from hell. $29.99.

The St. James Women Filmmakers EncyclopediaThe St. James Women Filmmakers Encyclopedia
Edited by Amy L. Unterburger
For more than 100 years, women have been a vital force in shaping the movies we see today. This handy reference book chronicles the stories of more than 200 women filmmakers from around the world -- from Alice Guy, the first women producer-director, to Oprah Winfrey. An indispensable guide. Large-format Softcover, $39.95.


Contemporary North American Film Directors A Wallflower Critical GuideContemporary North American Film Directors
A Wallflower Critical Guide

600 directors are profiled in this exhaustive critical catalogue of North American film directors. Each expertly written entry offers a biographical sketch, critical comments, and a complete filmography of the director's work. Fully revised and expanded from the previous edition, this comprehensive volume is a must for film lovers. Softcover, 619 pp. $48.95.

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