Individual Film Directors, Film-makers

Glorious catastrophe presents a detailed critical analysis of the work of Jack Smith from the early 1960s until his AIDS-related death in 1989. Dom...

In a career that spans more than four decades, FrederickWiseman has made thirty-eight films that together form a monumental chronicle of latetwenti...

Roger Corman is an ambiguous artistic figure. On the one hand, he is notorious for shooting and producing his films quickly, cheaply and with blata...

Andrey Tarkovsky was the most important Russian filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the worlds most renowned cinematic geniuses. He directed ...

This landmark publication presents, for the first time ever, 500 of the very best and previously unpublished graphic works by cinemas master of fil...

Alexander Sokurov's 'Russian Ark' is generally acclaimed as a milestone in cinematography. In this film Sokurov reversed the idea of montage, creat...

Luminous presence: Derek Jarman's life-writing is the first book to analyse the prolific writing of queer icon Derek Jarman. Although he is well kn...

More than thirty-five years after his death, Sanjeev Kumar remains a role model for all aspiring actors. He could light up the screen in underpants...

Offers the first book length contribution to Doris Wishman Covers Wishman's vast filmography inclusive of her less discussed later films, hardcore...

Offers the first study about Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019), a Lebanese pioneer of Arab cinema Offers a cohesive study of her oeuvre, both filmic, acti...

This is the first full-length study in any language of the most significant film director of Italian Neorealism. Peter Brunette combines close anal...

This is the first full-length study in any language of the most significant film director of Italian Neorealism. Peter Brunette combines close anal...

Jane Campion is one of the few women film-makers working today who has managed to create a unique body of work. A true independent film-maker, yet ...

Quentin Tarantino is a man who came to Hollywood and didn't break the rules so much as make plain that he didn't even notice them. Making the films...

Comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Alien was made, featuring new interviews with Ridley Scott and other producti...

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, chosen by Tom StoppardA revelation.Marc Weingarten, Washington PostAcclaimed film director Billy Wild...

James Cameron is the most successful filmmaker of all time by some margin. Which is something we tend to take for granted. The question at the hear...