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Playboy Interviews / Directors  "The Playboy Interviews: The Directors" [2007]
Edited by by Stephen Randall

17 interviews including Robert Altman, Ingmar Bergman, the Coen brothers, Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee (1991), David Mamet, Roman Polanski (1971), Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino (2003), Orson Welles, Billy Wilder (1963), with Clint Eastwood and Oliver Stone featured twice
M Press/Dark Horse 9x6 hardcover [DUE Oct 2007] for $15.61
Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age   "Conversations With The Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age: At The American Film Institute" [2006]
by George Stevens, Jr.

interviews with 32 major filmmakers, including Capra, Cukor, Fellini, Hawks, Hitchcock, Huston, Lang, Vidor, Wilder & Wyler
Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $23.10
On Film-Making by Mackendrick   "On Film-Making: An Introduction To The Craft of The Director"
[2005] by director & teacher Alexander Mackendrick [1912-93], edited by Paul Cronin

Faber & Faber pb [8/2005] for $10.88
Faber & Faber 9¾x6¼ hardcover [8/2005] for $26.60
Rebels on the Backlot   "Rebels On The Backlot: Six Maverick Directors & How They Conquered The Hollywood Studio System" [2005]
by Sharon Waxman

"Waxman has chosen six directors who are likely to be around for a long time. All of them have a tendency to emphasize style over character."
— David Freeman, Los Angeles Times Book Review

...examining Quentin Tarantino, David O. Russell, Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher & Spike Jonze
Harper Perennial pb [1/2006] for $11.66
Harper 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/2005] for $17.13
Black Directors in Hollywood  
"Black Directors In Hollywood" [2003]
by Melvin Donalson

Univ TX Press 8¾x6¾ pb [12/2003] for $29.95
Univ TX Press 9x7 hardcover [12/2003] out of print/used
Why We Make Movies / Black Filmmakers   "Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk About The Magic of Cinema" [2003] by George Alexander
interviewees include Camille Billops, Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, Ernest Dickerson, Antoine Fuqua, Haile Gerima, William Greaves, Reginald & Warrington Hudlin, Malcolm Lee, Spike Lee, Doug McHenry, Stanley Nelson, Euzhan Palcy, Gordon Parks, John Singleton, George Tillman Jr., Robert Townsend, Melvin Van Peebles, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Forrest Whitaker, Fred Williamson & others
Harlem Moon 9¼x7½ pb [2/2003] for $15.95
Directors Close Up interviews  
"Directors Close Up: Interviews With Directors Nominated For Best Film By The Directors Guild of America" [2000]
Moderated & edited by Jeremy Kagan

Scarecrow Press 9¾x6¾ pb [12/2005] for $19.77
Girl Director / How-To Guide   "Girl Director: A How-To Guide For The First-Time Flat-Broke Film & Video Maker" [2000]
by Andrea Richards

Ten Speed Press 9¼x9¼ pb [4/2005] for $14.00
Directors A-Z: A Concise Guide   "The Directors Vision: A Concise Guide To The Art of 250 Great Film-Makers" [1999]
by Geoff Andrew

Carlton 2nd edition hardcover [1/2005] out of print/used
Chicago Review Press pb [12/99] out of print/used
Prion pb [1/99] out of print/used
Film Fatales  
"Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors" [1997]
by Judith M. Redding & Victoria A. Brownworth

Seal Press 9x7 pb [12/97] for $16.95
Silent Feminists   "The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors" [1996]
by Anthony Slide

Scarecrow Press 8½x5½ pb [6/96] for $37.50
there is a companion video [1994] not available at Amazon

"Early Women Directors" [1977] by Anthony Slide
Da Capo Press hardcover [1/84] out of print/used
A.S. Barnes hardcover [1/77] out of print/used

AFI Hollywood Mavericks  
"Hollywood Mavericks" [American Film Institute Sept 1990]
17 top feature directors

Republic color VHS [2/98] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
Women Directors / Emergence   "Women Directors: The Emergence of A New Cinema" [1988]
by Barbara Koenig Quart

Praeger 9x6¼ pb [12/89] for $28.95
Praeger 9¾x6¾ hardcover [8/88] for $60.95
Romantic Comedy from Lubitsch to Sturges   "Romantic Comedy In Hollywood: From Lubitsch To Sturges" [1987]
by James Harvey

covers masters of the genre Ernst Lubitsch [1892-1947], Frank Capra [1897-1991], George Stevens [1904-75], Howard Hawks [1896-1977] & Preston Sturges [1898-1959], and many actors
Da Capo Press 9x6½ pb [1/2001] for $26.00
Knopf hardcover [12/87] out of print/used
World Film Directors reference   "World Film Directors" [1987-88]
Edited by John Wakeman

Vol 1: 1890-1945:
H.W. Wilson 10½x7½ hardcover [12/87] for $175.00
Vol 2: 1945-1985:
H.W. Wilson 10½x7½ hardcover [10/88] for $175.00
Cinema Directors & Directions   "The American Cinema: Directors & Directions, 1929-1968"
[1968] by Andrew Sarris

Da Capo Press 8x5½ pb [9/96] for $12.74
Univ Chicago Press pb [3/86] out of print/used
author entry at Wikipedia



Directors & Auteurs - A to Z
A thru F • G thru M • N thru S • T thru Z

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Robert  Altman  [1925-2006] Page

received 5 Oscar nominations [1971-2002]; won Honorary Oscar in 2006

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choreographer-director  Busby  Berkeley   [1895-1976]
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Busby Berkeley Collection box set   "The Busby Berkeley Collection" [2006]
Warner DVD [3/2006] 6 disks for $47.99
includes "42nd Street" [1933] starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels & Ruby Keeler; "Footlight Parade" [1933] starring James Cagney & Ruby Keeler; "Gold Diggers of 1933" [1933] starring Ruby Keeler & Dick Powell; "Dames" [1934] starring Dick Powell & Ruby Keeler; "Gold Diggers of 1935" [1935] starring Dick Powell, Gloria Stuart & Adolphe Menjou; plus cartoons, shorts & many more extras

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Budd  Boetticher   [1916-2001]
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Peter  Bogdanovich
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Bogdanovich bio Picture Shows  
"Picture Shows: The Life & Films of Peter Bogdanovich" [2004]
by Andrew Yule

Limelight Editions 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2004] for $22.95
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'The Worst Director In The World' Uwe Boll
"He has earned his reputation as both an inept filmmaker and an egotistical jerk." — film critic Devin D. O'Leary
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Frank  Borzage   [1893-1962]
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      Frank  Capra  [1897-1991] Page

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John  Cassavetes  [1929-89]
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    Sir Charles Chaplin  [1889-1977] Page

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   George Cukor  [1899-1983]
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received 5 Oscar nominations [1934-1965]; won in 1965

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won Oscar for "Casablanca" [1942]  

Michael  Curtiz  [1886-1962]
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[blacklistee] writer-director  Jules  Dassin
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[blacklistee]  Edward  Dmytryk  [1908-99]
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         John  Ford  [1894-1973] Page
received 7 Oscar nominations [1936-53]; won in 1936, 1941, 1942 & 1953

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John  Frankenheimer   [1930-2002]
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Samuel  Fuller [1911-97] Page


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Henry  Hathaway   [1898-1985]
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Howard  Hawks  [1896-1977] Page

nominated for a Best Director Oscar for "Sergeant York" [1941]; won an Honorary Oscar in 1975

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Sir  Alfred  Hitchcock  [1899-1980]
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received 6 Oscar nominations [1941-1961]; no wins

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aviator-producer-director
Howard  Hughes  [1905-76] Page

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   John  Huston   [1906-87]
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received 10 Oscar nominations [1941-1986]; won in 1949

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Philip  Kaufman
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       writer-director Elia  Kazan
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received 5 Oscar nominations [1948-1964]; won in 1948, 1955 & 1999

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Burt  Kennedy  [1922-2001]
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Stanley  Kubrick  [1928-99]
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Stanley Kubrick Warner box set DVD   "Stanley Kubrick - Warner Home Video Directors Series" box set [2007]  
Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [10/2007] 10 disks for $69.99
includes 2-disk Special Editions of "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968] starring Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood; "A Clockwork Orange" [1971] starring Malcolm McDowell; "The Shining" [1980] starring Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duvall; "Full Metal Jacket" [1987] starring R. Lee Ermey, Matthew Modine & Vincent D'Onofrio; "Eyes Wide Shut" [1999] starring Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman; plus many extras, including the documentary "Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures" [2001]

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[blacklistee] writer-director  Fritz  Lang  [1890-1976]

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     Sir David  Lean   [1908-91]
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received 10 Oscar nominations [1947-1985]; won in 1958 & 1963

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comedian  Jerry  Lewis
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producer  Val  Lewton  [1904-51]
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Val Lewton documentary  
Martin Scorsese Presents "Val Lewton: The Man In The Shadows"
[Turner Movie Channel documentary airdate Jan 2008]

Producer Val Lewton made films for R.K.O. Pictures that transcended the B-movie genres of the day. Co-produced & narrated by Martin Scorsese; written & directed by Kent Jones
Warner Home Video color DVD [2/2008] for $17.99
Val Lewton Horror Collection DVD box set  "The Val Lewton Horror Collection" DVD box set [2008]
Warner Home Video DVD [1/2008] for $42.99
includes the Kent Jones documentary {above} and "Cat People" [1942] directed by Jacques Tourneur; "The Curse of The Cat People" [1944]; "I Walked With A Zombie" [1943] directed by Jacques Tourneur; "The Seventh Victim" [1943] directed by Mark Robson; and the documentary "Shadows In The Dark" [2005 video release] co-written & directed by Constantine Nasr

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[blacklistee] writer-director  Joseph Losey  [1909-84]
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Ernst  Lubitsch  [1892-1947]
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Lubitsch Musicals box set   "Lubitsch Musicals" [2008]  
includes "The Love Parade" [1929] starring Maurice Chevalier & Jeanette MacDonald; "Monte Carlo" [1930] starring Jack Buchanan & Jeanette MacDonald; "The Smiling Lieutenant" [1931] starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert & Miriam Hopkins; and "One Hour With You" [1932] starring Maurice Chevalier & Jeanette MacDonald
Criterion/Eclipse b&w DVD set [2/2008] 4 disks for $59.95
Lubitsch in Berlin DVD box set   "Lubitsch In Berlin" [2007]
includes "I Don't Want To Be A Man" [1918 silent]; "The Doll" [1918 silent]; "The Oyster Princess" [1919 silent]; "Anna Boleyn" [1920 silent] starring Emil Jannings; "Sumurun" [1920 silent] starring Ernst Lubitsch & Pola Negri; "The Wildcat" [1921 silent] starring Pola Negri; and the documentary "Ernst Lubitsch In Berlin" [2006]
Kino Video b&w DVD set [12/2007] 5 disks for $71.99
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Anthony  Mann  [1906-67]
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   Vincente  Minelli  [1903-86]
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F.W.  Murnau  [1888-1931]
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Mira  Nair
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G.W.  Pabst  [1885-1967] of Austria
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Sam  Peckinpah  [1925-84] Page

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Nicholas  Ray   [1911-79]
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pseudonym  Alan  Smithee   [1968-99]
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won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "The Great McGinty" [1940]  Preston  Sturges   [1898-1959] Page

Preston Sturges DVD Collection   "Preston Sturges: The Filmmaker Collection" box set [2006]
Universal DVD box set [11/2006] 7 disks for $46.19
includes "The Great McGinty" [Aug 1940] starring Brian Donlevy & Muriel Angelus; "Christmas In July" [Oct 1940] starring Dick Powell & Ellen Drew; "The Lady Eve" [Feb 1941] starring Barbara Stanwyck & Henry Fonda; "Sullivan's Travels" [Dec 1941] starring Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake; "The Palm Beach Story" [Nov 1942] starring Claudette Colbert & Joel McCrea; "Hail The Conquering Hero" [Aug 1944] starring Eddie Bracken & Ella Raines; "The Great Moment" [Sept 1944] starring Joel McCrea & Betty Field


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Robert  Townsend
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Edgar  G.  Ulmer  [1904-72]
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Raoul Walsh  [1887-1980] Page

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director-actor-writer
Orson  Welles  [1915-85] Page

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     Robert Wise   [1914-2005]
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received 5 Oscar nominations [1942-1967]; won in 1962 & 1966

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Ed Wood   [1924-78]
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PRF's Ed Wood fansite

Ed Wood bio-pic   "Ed Wood" bio-pic [Touchstone Sept 1994]
The life & legend & work of the strange man widely considered the 'worst director of all time'. Co-produced & directed by Tim Burton; based on the bio by Rudolph Grey {below}; starring Johnny Depp, Martin Landau {as Bela Lugosi}, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones, G.D. Spradlin, Vincent D'Onofrio {as Orson Welles}, Bill Murray, Lisa Marie {as Vampira} & George Steele {as Tor Johnson}; won Oscar & SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor [ML] & Oscar for Best Makeup
Touchstone widescreen special edition b&w DVD [10/2004] for $20.99
Touchstone b&w VHS [8/2002] out of prodn/many used
Hollywood Rcds soundtrack CD by Howard Shore [10/94] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99
Life & Art of Edward D. Wood Jr.  
"Ed Wood: Nightmare of Ecstasy - The Life & Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr." [1991]
by Rudolph Grey

Feral House 9½x6¼ pb [11/94] out of print/used
Ed Wood DVD collection   "The Ed Wood Box" DVD collection [2004]
Image Ent. b&w DVD box set [10/2004] 6 disks for $35.99

includes "Glen Or Glenda" [1953] starring Ed Wood & Bela Lugosi; "Jail Bait" [1954]; "Bride of The Monster" [1956] starring Bela Lugosi & Tor Johnson; "Night of The Ghouls" [1959] with Tor Johnson; "Plan 9 From Outer Space" [1959] with Vampira, Tor Johnson & Bela Lugosi; and "The Haunted World of Ed Wood" [1996 docufilm] directed by Brett Thompson




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