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Directors
Multiple Portraits
 My 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 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.
 Projections: The Director's Cut - The Best of 14 Years
John Boorman & Walter Donahue
This 14th edition of Projections celebrates 14 years of writing by filmmakers on filmmaking. Includes essays by and about: Martin Scorsese, Wong Kar-Wai, Paul Thomas Anderson, Viggo Mortensen, and Walter Murch. Softcover, 370 pp. $24.95.
 British 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 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 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 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 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.
 The Directors
Katherine Stalter
How does a person become a film director? When that "directed by" credit
pops up on a movie screen, film fans and aspiring directors are often
curious: Who is that person? How did he or she get to make a movie,
let alone get it shown in theatres? In this book, you'll hear from
fourteen directors - in their own words - how they did it. Softcover,
427 pp. $22.95.
 Conversations 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.
 A 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.
 The Star Makers: On Set with Hollywood's Greatest Directors
Bob Willoughby
Bob Willoughby is one of the foremost photojournalists of the movie industry,
and was the first "outside" photographer to work on Hollywood's closed
sets. Since the early 1950s he has documented the making of hundreds of Hollywood
films, taking intimate portraits of stars and directors that reflect the drama
and emotions of movie-making both on and off screen. With more than 500 illustrations,
accompanied by Willoughby's own fascinating observations of how each film was
made, The Star Makers is a stunning and engaging tribute to
the most popular art form and to some of the greatest and most creative personalities
of our era. Hardcover, 351 pp. $79.95.
 Rebels 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 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 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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