Individual Film Directors, Film-makers

When Joss Whedon's television show Firefly (2002-2003) was cancelled, devoted fans cried foul and demanded more--which led to the 2005 feature f...

Sustaining a long career in any part of the film industry anywhere in the world is hard, but sustaining one in the ever-shifting realm of creative,...

Written by two Australian academics with a long-standing interest in the work of Mangiamele, ''Celluloid Immigrant'' is the first in-depth study of...

Film historian James Chapman has mined Hitchcock's own papers to investigate fully for the first time the spy thrillers of the world's most famous ...

The history of Italian cinema includes, in addition to the renowned auteurs, a number of peculiar and lesser-known filmmakers. While their art...

In late autumn 1968, Dorian Bond was tasked with travelling to Yugoslavia to deliver cigars and film stock to the legendary Hollywood director Orso...

A comprehensive study of Raymond Bellour, one of the most important foundational theorists of Film StudiesOne of the most influential figures in Fr...

A layered portrait of a troubled genius for whom art was not merely a thing of beauty but a vital part of living itself.The original Marathi book w...

In this revelatory career-length biography, produced through many hours of interviews with Danny Boyle, he talks frankly about the secrets behind t...

The first book-length study of Reichardt's career and worksOver her six-film career, including works like 'Old Joy, Meek's Cutoff' and 'Certain Wom...

This important new contribution to studies on authorship and film explores the ways in which shared and disputed opinions on aesthetic quality, ori...

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

Based on rare archival documents and films, this anthology is the first to focus primarily on the use of official and colonial documentary films in...

Film noir, one of the most intriguing yet difficult to define terms in cinema history, is usually associated with a series of darkly seductive Holl...

One of the most important yet overlooked of Hollywood auteurs, Budd Boetticher was responsible for a number of classic films, including his famous ...

This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Featuring the work of leading s...