
- 304 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Film Directors on Directing
About this book
Independent director and screenwriter John Andrew Gallagher, interviews 21 filmmakers on the craft of motion picture directing. Francois Truffaut, the late great French director, as well as Michael Cimino, Ulu Grosbard, Dennis Hopper, Alan Parker, Susan Seidelman, Joan Micklin Silver and many others reveal behind-the-scenes anecdotes about well known films and stars. The big gamblers who spend millions per film as well as the colorful low-budget kings provide an intriguing look at the mechanics of filmmaking. Choosing and preparing the screenplay, working with actors and crew, dealing with the distributor, and advice to young filmmakers--all are covered in this book's illuminating interviews. Serious students of cinema, filmmakers, movie buffs, and people fascinated by film will find Film Directors on in this book's illuminating interviews.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- John G. Avildsen
- Tony Bill
- Michael Cimino
- Abel Ferrara
- James Glickenhaus
- Menahem Golan
- Stuart Gordon
- Ulu Grosbard
- Anthony Harvey
- Dennis Hopper
- Ted Kotcheff
- Adrian Lyne
- John Milius
- Alan Parker
- Franc Roddam
- Mark Rydell
- Susan Seidelman
- Joan Micklin Silver
- James Toback
- François Truffaut
- Wim Wenders
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author