Movie Directors

The first collection of critical essays on Luis Bun uel's 1972 Oscar-winning masterpiece, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, this anthology brings fresh perspectives to the most sophisticated film of this director whose narrative experimentation was always ahead of its time. Combining some of th... More

The first biography of the legendary film maker includes interviews with Harrison Ford, Lauren Bacall, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Kevin Kline, Candice Bergen, Donald Sutherland, and over 30 other film celebrities.The first biography of the legendary film maker includes interviews with... More

The first biography of the film director whose major films include "Midnight Cowboy, The Falcon and the Snowman Sunday Bloody Sunday, Marathon Man, and "Pacific Heights.... More

Spanning three continents and four countries, Shooting Water is a remarkable story of love and redemptionIn February 2000, Devyani Saltzman, daughter of international award-winning film-maker Deepa Mehta, travelled to Benares to work with her mother on Water, the final film of the Elements Trilogy a... More

Le ma?tre du cin?ma A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again. ?Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (1894-1979) was, like his father Auguste, a virtuoso in his field. From early films such as La Fille de l?Eau and La Chienne through later masterpieces like Rul... More

Compilation of notable films from the 60sCompilation of notable films from the 60s... More

This deluxe gift book is a must-have tribute to the master of suspense and film noir, Alfred Hitchcock. It includes a three-dimensional treatment of key icons/scenes from stills of each of the following Hitchcock classics: "Saboteur, Psycho, Marnie, The Birds, Frenzy, Torn Curtain," and "Vertigo."Kn... More

Roman Polanski's ability to wring laughter from the most degrading heartbreaks will carry the same wealth of healthy shocks in a hundred years. He creates a macabre beauty to be wooed by and wondered at. But behind the laughter and the beauty is the ghostly truth that Polanski was orphaned by the Na... More

The only definitive biography of the legendary Warren Beatty is penned by thecritically acclaimed author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Natasha.""Whatever you have read or heard about me through articles or gossip, forget it. I am nothing like that Warren Beatty. I am nothing like what you have... More

When Quentin Tarantino was eight years old, and all the regular kids were lining up to see the latest from Disney, Tarantino's mother took him to see Carnal Knowledge. Sound about right? A high-school dropout who never attended film school, Tarantino got all the education he needed while working the... More

Jean-Luc Godard's early films revolutionized the language of cinema. Hugely prolific in his first decade--"Breathless, Contempt, Pierrot le Fou, Alphaville," and" Made in USA "are just a handful of the seminal works he directed--Godard introduced filmgoers to the generation of stars associated with ... More

Here is the astonishing true story of Bollywood, a sweeping portrait about a country finding its identity, a movie industry that changed the face of India, and one man's struggle to become a star. Shah Rukh Khan's larger than life tale takes us through the colorful and idiosyncratic Bollywood movie ... More

The ultimate guide to Hindi cinema, celebrating what is now a far-reaching and world renowned cultural phenomenon.... More

From "Citizen Kane "to "Macbeth", Simon Callow's brilliant biography of Orson Welles explores the breakdown of his Hollywood career. When "Citizen Kane", his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious filmmaker alive. But instead of marking the beginning of a ... More

Updated with information on the "Star Wars" trilogy and prequels, this full-length biography of George Lucas reveals how the director continues to alter the landscape of the film industry. 28 photos.Filled with revelations about the origins and making of "American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Empire Str... More

"I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what's behind it."-John Schlesinger The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema's most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in Conversations with John Schlesinger, acclaimed writer Ian Buruma, Schlesinger's nephew, reveals the ... More

Alone after his mother ' s death, homeless in a Minnesota winter, young Gordon struggled to stay in school, working at menial jobs and riding streetcars all night to escape the cold. Refusing to succumb to despair, he instead transformed his anger at poverty and racism into a creative force and wen... More