Direction category: 829 books
Pulp Fiction
The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
When Pulp Fiction was released in theaters in 1994, it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. The New York Times called it a “triumphant, cleverly disorienting journey,” and thirty-one-year-old Quentin Tarantino, with just three feature films to his name, became a sensation: the next great American...
The Comic Book Film Adaptation
Exploring Modern Hollywood’s Leading Genre
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
"There is no better, smarter examination of the relationship between comics and film."
--Mark Waid, Eisner Award-winning writer of Kingdom Come and Daredevil
In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production...
Quentin Tarantino
Interviews, Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Here, in his own colorful, slangy words, is the true American Dream saga of a self-proclaimed "film geek," with five intense years working in a video store, who became one of the most popular, recognizable, and imitated of all filmmakers. His dazzling, movie-informed work makes Quentin Tarantino's...
Documentary Storytelling
Creative Nonfiction on Screen
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Documentary Storytelling has reached filmmakers and filmgoers worldwide with its unique focus on the key ingredient for success in the growing global documentary marketplace: storytelling. This practical guide reveals how today’s top filmmakers bring the tools of narrative cinema to the world of...
In Her Voice
Women Directors Talk Directing
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In Her Voice is the first book that takes the words and experiences of a diverse group of celebrated women film directors and puts their voices front and center. This unique volume of interviews presents more than 40 feature and documentary directors from around the world, including Debra Granik (Winter’s...
by Matt Zoller Seitz, Wes Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
This companion to the New York Times bestselling book *The Wes Anderson Collection *takes readers behind the scenes of the Oscar®-winning film *The Grand Budapest Hotel *with a series of interviews between writer/director Wes Anderson and movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz.
Learn...
Projected Art History
Biopics, Celebrity Culture, and the Popularizing of American Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Biopics on artists influence the popular perception of artists' lives and work. Projected Art History highlights the narrative structure and images created in the film genre of biopics, in which an artist's life is being dramatized and embodied by an actor. Concentrating on the two case studies, Basquiat...
by Chris Astoyan
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
In this educational book, I’m going to talk about what you should do and what you should avoid, when you consider making a movie on a very low budget. I will thoroughly explain to you how I made my feature film with just a few hundred dollars, and how I avoided the huge headache of production costs....
by Gary Williams
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Star of the West End's 'Rat Pack' and cabaret stalwart, Gary Williams, shares the secrets of his success in Cabaret Secrets – a practical guide with everything you need to create your own show, travel the world and get paid to do what you love.
Written for singers who want to create their...
Why We Make Movies
Black Filmmakers Talk About the Magic of Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A sparkling collection of interviews with African American directors and producers.
Bringing together more than thirty candid conversations with filmmakers and producers such as Spike Lee, Gordon Parks, Julie Dash, Charles Burnett, and Robert Townsend, Why We Make Movies delivers a cultural...
Dennis Hopper
Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
The legendary Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) had many identities. He first broke into Hollywood as a fresh-faced young actor in the 1950s, redefined himself as a rebel director with Easy Rider in the late 1960s, and became a bad boy outcast for much of the 1970s. He returned in the 1980s with standout...
Harmony Korine
Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Harmony Korine: Interviews tracks filmmaker Korine's stunning rise, fall, and rise again through his own evolving voice. Bringing together interviews collected from over two decades, this unique chronicle includes rare interviews unavailable in print for years and an extensive, new conversation recorded...
The Everything Filmmaking Book
From Script to Premiere -a Complete Guide to Putting Your Vision on the Screen
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2007
Filmmaking is a notoriously difficult field to break into—a script’s chance of making it to production is a staggering 1 in every 140,000. But the millions of aspiring filmmakers can up their odds with The Everything Filmmaking Book. This engaging, easy-to-follow guide takes readers step-by-step...
Shoot Like Spielberg
The Visual Secrets of Action, Wonder and Emotional Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Spielberg makes his audience feel something, whether he’s shooting a kids’ adventure, a dramatic chase, or the darkest war scene. The auteur always employs a core set of techniques that make each shot crystal clear and evoke the most intense emotions from the audience. This book shows you how....