Individual film directors, film-makers books

MIT Philosophy Professor Irving Singer examines the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, and Jean Renoir as it...  Read More >>

The man whose designs have enriched some of the great films of our time  Read More >>

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A comprehensive, behind-the-scenes examination of Truffaut's entire career.  Read More >>

This is the fifth title in the highly successful Ultrascreen series from Plexus. Martin Scorsese: A Journey Through...  Read More >>

Over the course of his long directing career, Woody Allen has portrayed contemporary American life with an unmistakable...  Read More >>

This volume offers a new interpretation of the whole of Godard's career in cinema. Drawing examples from all periods...  Read More >>

Published as a lavish album, its hundreds of illustrations include drawings by Ray, ravishing film stills and haunting...  Read More >>

Subjects and Sequences gathers together new essays on Orcadian film-poet Margaret Tait's work, interviews, reprints...  Read More >>

Looks at the haunting, melancholy horror films Val Lewton made between 1942 and 1946 and finds them to be powerful...  Read More >>

Looks at the haunting, melancholy horror films Val Lewton made between 1942 and 1946 and finds them to be powerful...  Read More >>

Nicholas Haeffner provides a comprehensive introduction to Alfred Hitchcock's major British and Hollywood films...  Read More >>

A collection of essays, photographs, personal statements and reminiscences about the celebrated filmmaker.  Read More >>

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In 1992 Tarantino burst onto the scene with Reservoir Dogs and created a brand of hip-taking hypnotically shot,...  Read More >>

This is a well-illustrated, in-depth study of Taiwanese film and its most celebrated film directors.  Read More >>

This is a well-illustrated, in-depth study of Taiwanese film and its most celebrated film directors.  Read More >>

Most Tim Burton films are huge box-office successes, and several are already classics. The director's mysterious...  Read More >>

Comprises interviews, essays and reviews of Tarantino's career - from geekish video-store clerk to a cult figure....  Read More >>

Most Tim Burton films are huge box-office successes, and several are already classics. The director's mysterious...  Read More >>

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Filmmakers David and Albert Maysles utilized an approach to documentary film that involved spontaneous observation...  Read More >>

A major reconsideration of one of British cinema's finest film directors, offering fresh insight into Carol Reed's...  Read More >>

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Described as the Shakespeare of film, Mizoguchi's style confirms him as one of the great avant-garde directors....  Read More >>