Individual film directors, film-makers books

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Luchino Visconti (1906-1976) was one of Europe’s most prestigious filmmakers, who rose to prominence as part of...  Read More >>

"The definitive look at one of the most important Black art films and original filmmakers of the 1970s. Bill Gunn's...  Read More >>

In this the first English-language book to reflect on his work and its implications for creativity in the diasporic...  Read More >>

"The definitive look at one of the most important Black art films and original filmmakers of the 1970s. Bill Gunn's...  Read More >>

Fatih Akīn is one of the most important directors of contemporary German cinema. His films have won international...  Read More >>

The work of the Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Rosa Barba is distinguished by her conceptual exploration of film....  Read More >>

Esfir Shub was the only prominent female director of nonfiction film present at the dawning of the Soviet film industry....  Read More >>

"This untold origins story of the filmmaker excavates the first true Hitchcock film and explores its transatlantic...  Read More >>

Biography of the great film producer, J. Arthur Rank.  Read More >>

Looking for Muriel examines both the film and its setting of Boulogne-sur-Mer.  Read More >>

The first-ever monograph on Henry Brandt (1921–1998) a legendary figure in Swiss postwar film-making, a photographer...  Read More >>

Set in Calcutta in the aftermath of Partition, Ritwik Ghatak’s Nagarik (released in 1977 after Ghatak’s death in...  Read More >>

"This untold origins story of the filmmaker excavates the first true Hitchcock film and explores its transatlantic...  Read More >>

The concluding thoughts of one of Britain's greatest film-makers (Point Blank, Deliverance, Excalibur, Hope and...  Read More >>

"Beloved Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir left a vibrant legacy that influenced the life and films of...  Read More >>

African cinema offers a distinctive contribution to world cinema with its unique expertise of neoliberal genealogy...  Read More >>

Examines George A. Romero's regional production company Laurel Entertainment and its contribution to American cinema....  Read More >>

Michael Powell (1905 - 1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902 - 1988), under the umbrella of their production company...  Read More >>

In Totally Truffaut, author Anne Gillain answers two complex riddles: How is experience imprinted into films? What...  Read More >>

Looking for Muriel examines both the film and its setting of Boulogne-sur-Mer.  Read More >>

Bartolomeo Bosco, 1793-1863, born in Turin, became one of the greatest conjurers of the 19th century. This new biography...  Read More >>

Nach einem schweren Flugzeugabsturz treiben die einzigen beiden Überlebenden der Ostschweizer Hans-Ueli sowie der...  Read More >>

Known for creating classic films including His Girl Friday and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Howard Hawks is one of...  Read More >>

"At twenty-five, Orson Welles (1915-1985) directed, co-wrote, and starred in """"Citizen Kane"""", widely considered...  Read More >>