Film Directors on Directing
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Film Directors on Directing

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

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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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
1989
Print ISBN
9780275932725
eBook ISBN
9780313390289

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface and Acknowledgments
  3. John G. Avildsen
  4. Tony Bill
  5. Michael Cimino
  6. Abel Ferrara
  7. James Glickenhaus
  8. Menahem Golan
  9. Stuart Gordon
  10. Ulu Grosbard
  11. Anthony Harvey
  12. Dennis Hopper
  13. Ted Kotcheff
  14. Adrian Lyne
  15. John Milius
  16. Alan Parker
  17. Franc Roddam
  18. Mark Rydell
  19. Susan Seidelman
  20. Joan Micklin Silver
  21. James Toback
  22. François Truffaut
  23. Wim Wenders
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index
  26. About the Author