Individual film directors, film-makers books

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Sam Peckinpah: If They Move...Kill 'em!

Sam Peckinpah: If They Move...Kill 'em!

Author: David Weddle
ISBN: 9780571178841
Format: Paperback
$38.79

"A biography of the director of films such as ""The Wild Bunch"", ""Pat Garrett and Billie the Kid"" and ""Ride...  Read More >>

Siegel Film: an Autobiography

Siegel Film: an Autobiography

Author: Don Siegel
ISBN: 9780571178315
Format: Paperback
$33.61

"A cinema autobiography by the director of ""The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers"" and ""Dirty Harry"". The book incorporates...  Read More >>

Lights and Shadows: The Autobiography of Leontine Sagan

Lights and Shadows: The Autobiography of Leontine Sagan...

Author: Leontine Sagan ,  Loren Kruger
ISBN: 9781868142880
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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

W.S.Van Dyke's Journal: White Shadows in the South Seas  (1927-28) and Other Van Dyke on Van Dyke

W.S.Van Dyke's Journal: White Shadows in the South Seas...

Author: W.S.Van Dyke ,  Rudy Behlmer
ISBN: 9780810830288
Format: Hardback
$112.20

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

A Great Lady: A Life of the Screenwriter Sonya Levien

A Great Lady: A Life of the Screenwriter Sonya Levien...

Author: Larry Ceplair
ISBN: 9780810830929
Format: Hardback
$100.95

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

Directing: Learn from the Masters

Directing: Learn from the Masters

Author: Tay Garnett ,  Anthony Slide
ISBN: 9780810830462
Format: Hardback
$108.95

An essential text on filmmaking. In this book, some of the motion picture industry's most important directors including...  Read More >>

The Political Films of Andrzej Wajda: Dialogism in Man of Marble, Man of Iron, and Danton

The Political Films of Andrzej Wajda: Dialogism in Man...

Author: Janina Falkowska
ISBN: 9781571810052
Format: Hardback
$75.00

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

The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché

The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blaché

Author: Roberta and Simone Blaché ,  Simone Blache
ISBN: 9780810831049
Format: Paperback
$81.18

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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Author: Joseph McBride
ISBN: 9780306806742
Format: Paperback
$42.24

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

Fellini On Fellini

Fellini On Fellini

Author: Federico Fellini
ISBN: 9780306806735
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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

Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Film as Private and Public Art

Understanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Film as Private...

Author: Wallace Steadman Watson
ISBN: 9781570030796
Format: Hardback
$105.47

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

Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu

Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu

Author: Simon Callow
ISBN: 9780099462514
Format: Paperback
$39.99

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Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject

Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject

Author: Thomas Elsaesser
ISBN: 9789053560594
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs

Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs

Author: Egil T rnqvist
ISBN: 9789053561379
Format: Paperback
$39.60

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

Tony Richardson: A Bio-Bibliography

Tony Richardson: A Bio-Bibliography

Author: Don Radovich
ISBN: 9780313289811
Format: Hardback
$120.00

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

Bernado Bertolucci

Bernado Bertolucci

Author: Claretta Tonetti
ISBN: 9780805793130
Format: Hardback
$121.44

In this study of the work of Bernado Bertolucci, the author recognizes that Bertolucci's search for knowledge is...  Read More >>

Robert Wise on His Films: From Editing Room to Director's Chair

Robert Wise on His Films: From Editing Room to Director's...

Author: Sergio Leemann
ISBN: 9781879505247
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Robert Wise's life in the film industry has spanned 6 decades and, before embarking on his directorial career, included...  Read More >>

I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies

I Was Interrupted: Nicholas Ray on Making Movies

Author: Nicholas Ray ,  Susan Ray
ISBN: 9780520201699
Format: Paperback
$55.95

One of the most original, rebellious, and idiosyncratic directors in the American cinema, Nicholas Ray lived and...  Read More >>

Stanley Donen

Stanley Donen

Author: Joseph Andrew Casper
ISBN: 9780810816152
Format: Hardback
$100.95

A clear and insightful analysis of the life and work of American director and coreographer, Stanley Donen.  Read More >>

A Possible Cinema: The Films of Alain Tanner

A Possible Cinema: The Films of Alain Tanner

Author: Jim Leach
ISBN: 9780810817142
Format: Hardback
$110.35

Examines the work of Alain Tanner, the most important filmmaker to emerge from the new Swiss cinema in the late...  Read More >>

Populism and the Capra Legacy

Populism and the Capra Legacy

Author: Wes D. Gehring ,  Steve Bell
ISBN: 9780313261831
Format: Hardback
$110.00

Traditionally identified with screwball comedies, Frank Capra has seldom been considered a conduit for populist...  Read More >>

The Cinema of Max Ophuls: Magisterial Vision and the Figure of Woman

The Cinema of Max Ophuls: Magisterial Vision and the...

Author: Susan White
ISBN: 9780231101134
Format: Paperback
$62.95

Using film theory and current criticism, this title traces the figure of women in the work of Max Ophuls.  Read More >>

Ed Wood

Ed Wood

Author: Scott Alexander ,  Larry Karaszewski
ISBN: 9780571175680
Format: Paperback
$20.67

The screenplay of a Tim Burton film featuring the eccentric Ed Wood, who directs trashy films while dressed in women's...  Read More >>

The Films of Luis Buñuel: Subjectivity and Desire

The Films of Luis Buñuel: Subjectivity and Desire

Author: Peter William Evans (Professor of Spanish, Professor of Spanish, University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9780198159063
Format: Paperback
$124.95

A study of the films of Luis Bunuel. The book discusses Bunuel in the context of the most recent debates in film...  Read More >>

Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs

Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs

Author: Egil Tornqvist
ISBN: 9789053561713
Format: Hardback
$105.47

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

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