Individual Film Directors, Film-makers

David Lynch is no stranger to scholars, critics and fans. From his first feature Eraserhead (1977), Lynch's films present us with a provocative wor...

The director's authorial role in filmmaking - the extent to which a film reflects his or her individual style and creative vision - has been much d...

Including never-before-seen photographs and ephemera, a behind-the-scenes look into The Beatles' acclaimed first film In March of 1964, director Ri...

In this candid memoir, actor and director Lou Antonio recounts his five decades in television, film and theater, from live television to Broadwa...

One of the most influential filmmakers of the late 20th century, Derek Jarman directed cult feature films such as Jubilee (1977) and Caravaggio (19...

The films of Orson Welles inhabit the spaces of cities-from America's industrializing midland to its noirish borderlands, from Europe's medieval fo...

This comprehensive study of prolific British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom explores the thematic, stylistic, and intellectual consistencies runnin...

The true story of John (Joseph) Merrick--a.k.a. the Elephant Man--has captured the imagination of generations of audiences, critics, actors and ...

The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their employment in the film...

The life and work of American director John G. Avildsen is thoroughly examined in this detailed filmography and critical study. Each of the most...

'Linn Ullmann has written something of beauty and solace and truth. I don't know how she managed to sail across such dangerous waters' RACHEL CUSKH...

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In Jacques Rancire and the Politics of Art Cinema, James Harvey contends that Rancire's writing allows us to broach art and politics on the very sa...

Journey to Poland addresses crucial issues of memory and history in relation to the Holocaust as it unfolded in the territories of the Second Polis...

This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and qu...

An Iranian immigrant struggling to integrate into 1970s German society, the filmmaker Sohrab Shahid Saless (1944-98) has become a neglected figure ...

ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze is the first collection of essays on this important and original contemporary filmmaker. It looks at his groundbr...

From documentary to art-house cinema and from an abundance of onscreen images to their complete absence films that experiment variously with narr...

Since 1979, China has been undergoing a period of immense social and economic change, transitioning from state-run economics to free market capital...

In recent years queer identities have become increasingly visible in Irish cinema, a shift that can be linked to political, economic and social cha...

Following the Second World War, low-budget B-movies that explored and exploited Gothic narratives and aesthetics became a significant cinematic exp...

Often described as 'the Master of Gimmicks', William Castle is best known for the outrageous publicity stunts that characterised his genre films in...

Twenty-first century film and television is overwhelmed with images of the undead. Vampires and zombies have often been seen as oppositional: one a...

John McTiernan is one of the most influential action filmmakers of his generation. Educated at the American Film Institute and influenced by Eur...

Christopher Nolan is one of the defining directors of the 21st century. Few of his contemporaries can compete in terms of critical and commercia...

The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational filmFor three decades, state-sponsored short filmmakin...

Direk, a collection of essays on Filipino filmmakers, presents an accessible and provocative introduction to Philippine cinema. Notable Filipino cr...

A lavish hardback containing Orson Welles'''' Portfolio, much of which has never been seen before. Orson Welles, famous as an accomplished actor, w...

Much of 20th century science fiction foretold technological and social developments beyond the year 2000. Since then, a key theme has been: what...

A unique document: Clint Eastwoods story, as told in his own words A reference work in which one of the great masters of contemporary cinema revis...

Phil Brown, who played Luke Skywalker's uncle in Star Wars, said, In my long life in films, there are ones I'm proud of and those I'm not proud ...

George A. Romero (b. 1940) has achieved a surprising longevity as director since his first film, Night of the Living Dead (1968). After recently re...

American filmmaker Ted V. Mikels holds a unique position as one of the most unconventional directors of exploitation cinema. Famous for his eccentr...

This book provides almost the only published material on the work of Marc Karlin. On his death in 1999, Karlin was commemorated as one of the visio...

One of the most versatile Hollywood filmmmakers, Robert Wise had a number of renowned films under his directorial belt, including The Day The Ea...

Until his death in 2012 at age 100, legendary filmmaker Kaneto Shindo was a living link to more than 70 years of Japanese cinema history. Screenwri...

This book features extended conversations with Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) and interviews with his family members, friends and col...