The Art of the Filmmaker: The Practical Aesthetics of the Screen explores the filmmaker’s intention and method, their cr......more
This book bridges the gap between film theory and filmmakers’ thoughts and poetics, and proposes a new way to address an......more
An effective filmmaker needs to have a good understanding of how film language works, and more importantly, how to activ......more
The contents of A History of Pre-Cinema Volume 1 (and its companion volumes 2 and 3) cover the optical devices used for ......more
If you’ve been trying to sell a spec script, attach a star, raise financing, or even just get someone to return your ema......more
Known as the father of the "midnight cult movie" and co-founder of the avant-garde Panic movement in France, Alejandro J......more
The book examines how Danish and German film interacted with one another from 1910 through World War I till the advent o......more
ReFocus: The Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan brings together a cohort of expert scholars to analyse the films of Turkey’s mos......more
Nonlinear, or digital, editing permits editors to move film bites around and place them anywhere in the sequence of the ......more
Headline: Examines the use of cinematography and mise en scène in contemporary Indonesian cinema Blurb: Film Style in In......more
"El Arte de la Creación de Contenido: Consejos y Trucos para YouTube" es una guía completa para creadores aspirantes y e......more
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Clint Eastwood is Hollywood’s elder statesman and its conscience. He is the standard by which other films and filmmakers......more
The films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Br......more
The films of John Akomfrah represent one of the most significant bodies of artistic production in the post-war era in Br......more
Auteurism expanded With acclaimed films like Sink or Swim and The Odds of Recovery, Su Friedrich’s body of work stands a......more
Auteurism expanded With acclaimed films like Sink or Swim and The Odds of Recovery, Su Friedrich’s body of work stands a......more
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As a visionary and distinctive filmmaker, M. Night Shyamalan (b. 1970) has consistently garnered mixed reception of his ......more
As a visionary and distinctive filmmaker, M. Night Shyamalan (b. 1970) has consistently garnered mixed reception of his ......more
This innovative study finds that, through his unique representation of violence, Argentine director Pablo Trapero has es......more
In this book, Justin Russell Greene argues that Quentin Tarantino’s versions of masculinity represented throughout his f......more
The official behind-the-scenes companion to The French Dispatch and the latest volume in the bestselling Wes Anderson Co......more
This book explores Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr’s approach to creating geographies of indifference through slow cinema ......more
This volume brings together a range of voices from across the global environmental media community to build a comparativ......more
Dwight Little’s Hollywood career includes directing and producing major motion pictures for multiple studios, acclaimed ......more
This work is a detailed portrait of one of the most important, bustling and absurd industries that cinema has ever known......more
This book examines the significance of the thirty-two Krimi films produced by Rialto Film from 1959 to 1972, canonizing ......more
This fully revised fourth edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the roles, procedures, and logistics of the fil......more
This fully revised fourth edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the roles, procedures, and logistics of the fil......more
Through a new look at how political, historical, and art documentaries engage with photographic images, objects, and arc......more
Through a new look at how political, historical, and art documentaries engage with photographic images, objects, and arc......more
A scintillating memoir of William C. DeMille’s years as a Hollywood director and producer during the golden age of cinem......more
Margaret Cussler shares her experiences as a documentary filmmaker in this engaging and entertaining memoir. From her ea......more
Margaret Cussler shares her experiences as a documentary filmmaker in this engaging and entertaining memoir. From her ea......more
A scintillating memoir of William C. DeMille’s years as a Hollywood director and producer during the golden age of cinem......more
Since the pioneering work of Vivian Sobchack, Laura U. Marks and Jennifer M. Barker, film studies has increasingly embra......more
Images of Apartheid: Filmmaking on the Fringe in the Old South Africa is an exploration of the low budget, black-action ......more
Hong Kong Cinema and Sinophone Transnationalisms explores the intricate complexity of selected films and film-making pra......more
Illuminating the industrial, cultural, and aesthetic significance of the later years of one of American cinema’s most in......more
Mary Harron’s diverse career includes cult films like I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page,......more
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This edited collection provides an insightful look at the career and output of American horror director Wes Craven, whos......more
This edited volume offers a wide-ranging picture of Argentine women filmmakers’ contribution to the film industry from t......more
"Films like Shoplifters and After the Storm have made Kore-eda Hirokazu one of the most acclaimed auteurs working today.......more
"Films like Shoplifters and After the Storm have made Kore-eda Hirokazu one of the most acclaimed auteurs working today.......more
Shot by Shot is the world’s go-to directing book, now newly updated for a special 25th Anniversary edition! The first ed......more
The Graphic User Interface, or GUI, is the adhesive centre of today’s screen entertainment web. From films and televisio......more
Exploring anti-mimesis and image destruction in Western European films, Iconoclasm in European Cinema: The Ethics and Ae......more
This volume provides the first English (or indeed any modern) translation of two early ninth-century hagiographical text......more
Outre les rapprochements novateurs entre les films de Minnelli et Demy, ce livre démontre admirablement qu’il est non se......more
Veteran NBC News correspondent Bob Dotson and New York Times visual investigations producer Drew Jordan present a hands-......more
This book explores 2010s Hong Kong film industry, focusing on its (presumably) independent sector. Although frequently m......more
Christian Petzold (b. 1960) is the best-known filmmaker associated with the "Berlin School" of postunification German ci......more
This updated third edition of Studio Television Production and Directing introduces readers to the basic fundamentals of......more
This updated third edition of Studio Television Production and Directing introduces readers to the basic fundamentals of......more
Veteran NBC News correspondent Bob Dotson and New York Times visual investigations producer Drew Jordan present a hands-......more
A visually immersive exploration of the provocative and humanistic themes at the heart of Almodóvar’s cinema Pedro Almod......more
This book offers clear and detailed strategies for tackling every stage of the documentary editing process, from organiz......more
This book offers clear and detailed strategies for tackling every stage of the documentary editing process, from organiz......more
In a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, James Naremore provides an illuminating critical account of the fi......more
In a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, James Naremore provides an illuminating critical account of the fi......more
The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leader......more
AUDIO DESIGN is for writers, directors, editors, producers, camera, and sound persons, set designers, production manager......more
The Bolex camera, 16mm reversal film stocks, commercial film laboratories, and low-budget optical printers were the smal......more
Filmmaker McLaughlin addresses the need to create platforms for survivors of political violence to tell their stories in......more
Christian Petzold (b. 1960) is the best-known filmmaker associated with the "Berlin School" of postunification German ci......more
A cornerstone of the resurgence in Spanish horror cinema, [REC] (2007) is a propulsive single-location ’found-footage’ f......more
Kubrick and Control is an examination of authority, order, and independence in the films directed by Stanley Kubrick, as......more
Australian Genre Film interrogates key genres at the core of Australia’s so-called new golden age of genre cinema, estab......more
This book offers a bold and dynamic examination of Lars von Trier’s cinema by interweaving philosophy and theology with ......more
A guide to the craft of script supervising, the updated second edition features practical instruction through real-world......more
A guide to the craft of script supervising, the updated second edition features practical instruction through real-world......more
This is the first sustained critical collection on Albert Brooks, one of the key but under-examined figures in American ......more
This brand new edition walks students through the full video production process, from inception of idea to final distrib......more
This brand new edition walks students through the full video production process, from inception of idea to final distrib......more
The rise of Iranian cinema to world prominence over the last few decades is one of the most fascinating cultural stories......more
William Friedkin is the director of genre-defining works such as The French Connection (1971) and The Exorcist (1973), c......more
A queer auteur who plays with generic conventions, François Ozon is one of France’s most prolific and best known interna......more
Jane Campion’s work shines a spotlight on gender relations, often through complex female characters and an innovative ap......more
This book is a collection of writing by diverse global documentary and non-fiction filmmakers who explore theory through......more
Frederick Wiseman is America’s foremost chronicler of public institutions. His films have focused on city, state, and lo......more
Frederick Wiseman is America’s foremost chronicler of public institutions. His films have focused on city, state, and lo......more
The Moving Form of Film: Historicizing the Medium through Other Media charts the ways in which crossing borders between ......more
It’s an epic tale that spans more than 30 years. As the Cold War took hold at that dawn of the 1950s the U.S. government......more
What do you do when actors won’t do what you tell them to? Remembering his own awkwardness and terror as a beginning dir......more
This book is a result of a ten-year follow-up to Telling Stories from Political Violence: A Filmmaker’s Journey (2012). ......more
Satyajit Ray belonged to a category of filmmakers and artists from newly independent countries whose work was used to de......more
This is a comprehensive bible to low-budget film producing for emerging and professional producers. Structured to guide ......more
In Race, Nation and Cultural Power in Film Adaptation, Roberts undertakes the first full-length study of postcolonial, s......more
The cinephile community knows Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) as one of the most important filmmakers of the previous decad......more
The cinephile community knows Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) as one of the most important filmmakers of the previous decad......more
Hollywood Independent dissects the Mirisch Company, one of the most successful employers of the package-unit system of f......more