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 | "Great Directors" documentary [Anisma/Paladin July 2010] 
Co-written & directed by Angela Ismailos; features in-depth interviews with Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Todd Haynes, Richard Linklater, Ken Loach, David Lynch, John Sayles & Agnes Varda DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb official movie site |
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"Cinematography For Directors: A Guide For Creative Collaboration" [2009] by Jacqueline B. Frost Michael Wiese Prodns 10x7 pb [8/2009] for $19.77 |
 | "Conversations With Directors: An Anthology of Interviews From Literature/Film Quarterly" [2008] Edited by Elsie M. Walker & David T. Johnson
interviewees include: Robert Altman, Frank Capra, Renι Clair, Martha Coolidge, Wes Craven, Terence Davies & Olivia Stewart, Edward Dmytryk, Federico Fellini, William Friedkin, Richard Leacock, Richard Linklater, Baz Luhrmann, Louis Malle, Jonas Mekas, Marcel Ophόls, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Eric Rohmer, Patricia Rozema, John Schlesinger, Jean-Charles Tacchella, Marcela Fernαndez Violante, Andrej Wajda, Wayne Wang, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise & Franco Zefferelli Scarecrow Press 9x6 pb [3/2008] for $55.00 |
 | "Horizons West: Directing The Western From John Ford To Clint Eastwood" [2008] by Jim Kitses examining Western directors Budd Boetticher, Clint Eastwood, John Ford [1894-1973], Sergio Leone, Anthony Mann & Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] British Film Institute 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $27.85 British Film Institute 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $85.95 |
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"501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide To The Greatest Filmmakers" [2007] by Steven Jay Schneider Cassell Illustrated 8¼x6¼ pb [1/2008] out of print/used Barron's Educational 8¼x6½ hardcover [10/2007] for $19.79 |
 | "The Playboy Interviews: The Directors" [2007] Edited 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 each featured twice M Press/Dark Horse 9x6 hardcover [10/2007] for $18.36 |
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"The Film Director Prepares: A Practical Guide To Directing For Film and TV" [2006] by Myrl A. Schreibman Kindle Edition from Lone Eagle [2006 edition] for $9.99 Lone Eagle 9x6 pb [11/2006] for $14.93 |
 | "Conversations With The Great Moviemakers of Hollywood's Golden Age: At The American Film Institute" [2006] by George Stevens, Jr.
interviews with 32 major writers, directors & cinematographers, including Ingmar Bergman, writer Ray Bradbury, Richard Brooks, Frank Capra, William Clothier, Stanley Cortez, George Cukor, Federico Fellini, George Folsey, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, James Wong Howe, John Huston, Elia Kazan, Gene Kelly, Stanley Kramer, Fritz Lang, David Lean, Ernest Lehman, Mervyn LeRoy, Harold Lloyd, Rouben Mamoulian, Satyajit Ray, Jean Renoir, George Stevens, King Vidor, Hal Wallis, Raoul Walsh, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise, William Wyler & Fred Zinnemann Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $23.10 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
 | "The Working Director: How To Arrive, Survive & Thrive In The Director's Chair" [2005] by Charles Wilkinson Michael Wiese Prodns 8¾x5¾ pb [2/2005] for $17.21 teaches at Capilano Film Centre in Vancouver, Canada author's official website |
 | "Art By Film Directors" [2004] by Karl French includes chapters on Charlie Chaplin, Jean Cocteau, Sergei Eisenstein, Federico Fellini, Terry Gilliam, Peter Greenaway, Alfred Hitchcock, Dennis Hopper, John Huston, Takeshi Kitano, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Fritz Lang, Alan Parker, Gordon Parks, Satyajit Ray, Martin Scorsese, Josef von Sternberg, Wim Wenders, and others Mitchell Beazley 11½x9½ hardcover [11/2004] for $30.40 |
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"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 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 |
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"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 interviewees include James Cameron {"Titanic"}, Peter Jackson {"LOTR"}, Elia Kazan (essay), Sam Mendes, Alexander Payne, Martin Scorsese & Steven Soderbergh |
 | "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 |
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"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 |
 | "A Cut Above: 50 Film Directors Talk About Their Craft [1998] by Michael Singer, Foreword by Leonard Maltin chapters/subjects include Michael Apted, James Cameron, Martha Coolidge, Taylor Hackford, Randa Haines, Walter Hill, Norman Jewison, Phil Joanou, Roland Joffι, Stanley Kramer, Mira Nair, Gregory Nava, Philip Noyce, Robert Rodriguez, Joel Schumacher, Ridley Scott, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles, Wayne Wang, Robert Wise, John Woo, Robert M. Young, Edward Zwick, and many others Lone Eagle 9x6 pb [9/98] for $19.95 |
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"Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors" [1997] by Judith M. Redding & Victoria A. Brownworth Seal Press 9x7 pb [12/97] for $16.95 |
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"The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors" [1996] by Anthony Slide Scarecrow Press 8½x5½ pb [6/96] for $41.25 45-minute companion video [1994] Directed by Jeffrey Goodman & Anthony Slide; narrated by Jane Wyatt Direct Cinema Ltd. DVD [7/2009] for $29.95 full credits at IMDb |
 | "Hollywood Mavericks" [American Film Institute Sept 1990] 17 top feature directors Republic color VHS [2/98] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
"Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940" [1976] by Richard Koszarski
Oxford Univ Press hardcover [3/78] out of print/used
Oxford Univ Press pb [12/77] out of print/used
Oxford Univ Press hardcover [1/77] out of print/used
Oxford Univ Press pb [6/76] out of print/used
Oxford Univ Press hardcover [6/76] out of print/used
 | "The Men Who Made The Movies: Interviews with Frank Capra, George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Vincente Minnelli, King Vidor, Raoul Walsh & William A. Wellman" [1975] by Richard Schickel Ivan R. Dee, Publr 9x6 pb [4/2001] for $19.95 Atheneum 10¼x7¼ hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Frank Capra" [1973 TV] /tt0070070/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: George Cukor" [1973 TV] /tt0070103/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Howard Hawks" [1973 TV] /tt0070199/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Alfred Hitchcock" [1973 TV] /tt0069686/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Vincente Minnelli" [1973 TV] /tt0070882/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: King Vidor" [1973 TV] /tt0070272/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: Raoul Walsh" [1973 TV] /tt0070591/
"The Men Who Made The Movies: William A. Wellman" [1973 TV] /tt0070922/
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"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 |
"The Screen Director" documentary [1951]
Directors & Auteurs - A to Z
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Directors & Filmmakers of Today Page
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Robert Altman [1925-2006] Page |
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Hal Ashby [1929-88]
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Richard L. Bare [b. 1909]
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"Confessions of A Hollywood Director" [2001] autobiography by Richard L. Bare Scarecrow Press 8¾x6 hardcover [9/2001] for $42.00 |
choreographer-director Busby Berkeley [1895-1976]
browse Busby Berkeley on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia
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"The Busby Berkeley Collection, Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2006]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [3/2006] for $29.49 includes "Dames" [1934] starring Dick Powell & Ruby Keeler; "Footlight Parade" [1933] starring James Cagney & Ruby Keeler; "42nd Street" [1933] directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels & Ruby Keeler; "Gold Diggers of 1933" [1933] directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Ruby Keeler & Dick Powell; and "Gold Diggers of 1935" [1935] directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell, Gloria Stuart & Adolphe Menjou – plus the 163-minute "Busby Berkely Disc" (a 1992 laserdisc program that collects just the musical numbers from nine films - without the plot filler), and vintage cartoons, featurettes, shorts & many more extras |
 | "The Busby Berkeley Collection Volume 2" DVD Box Set [2008]
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [9/2008] 4 disks for $25.99 includes "Gold Diggers In Paris" [1938] starring Rudy Vallee; "Gold Diggers of 1937" [1936] directed by Lloyd Bacon; "Hollywood Hotel" [1937] directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell; and "Varsity Show" [1937] starring Dick Powell – plus many extras including Busby Berkeley: Going Through The Roof" [1998 short] |
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Budd Boetticher [1916-2001]
browse Budd Boetticher on DVD IMDb listing
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director & critic Peter Bogdanovich
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IMDb listing
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"Who The Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors" [1997] by Peter Bogdanovich Ballantine Books 9¼x6 pb [2/98] out of print/used Knopf 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/97] out of print/used chapters/subjects include Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, animator Chuck Jones, Fritz Lang, Joseph H. Lewis, Sidney Lumet, Leo McCarey, Otto Preminger, Don Siegel, Josef von Sternberg, Frank Tashline, Edgar G. Ulmer & Raoul Walsh |
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"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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"Who The Hell's In It: Conversations With Hollywood's Legendary Actors" [2005] by Peter Bogdanovich Ballantine Books 9¼x5¾ pb [10/2005] for $13.22 chapters/subjects include Stella Adler, Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, James Cagney, John Cassavetes, Charlie Chaplin, Montgomery Clift, Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda, Ben Gazzara, Lillian Gish, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Boris Karloff, Jack Lemmon, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Sal Mineo, Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Perkins, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, and John Wayne |
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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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 | Richard Brooks [1912-92] browse Richard Brooks on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia |
"The Blackboard Jungle" [March 1955]
featuring the Bill Haley & the Comets recording of "Rock Around
The Clock" ![2 min 10 sec [.wav file]](images/tinymusic.gif){kind=small}
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| | Frank Capra [1897-1991] Page |
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John Cassavetes [1929-89]
browse John Cassavetes on DVD browse books
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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horror director William Castle [1914-77]
browse William Castle on DVD IMDb listing [1937-75]
Wikipedia
"Spine Tingler" [2007] biopic official website
http://www.amazon.com/Scare-Tactic-Films-William-Castle/dp/0595095445/
http://www.amazon.com/Step-Right-Up-Gonna-America/dp/0886876575/
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| | Sir Charles Chaplin [1889-1977] Page |
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actor-director [blacklistee] John Cromwell [1887-1979]
browse John Cromwell on DVD Broadway credits [1914-71]
movie credits [1929-78]
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George Cukor [1899-1983] Page received 5 Oscar nominations [1934-1965]; won in 1965 |
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| | Michael Curtiz [1886-1962] Page |
 | "The Casablanca Man: The Cinema of Michael Curtiz" [1993] by James C. Robertson Routledge 9¼x6 pb [11/94] for $41.95 Routledge 9x6¼ hardcover [6/93] for $130.00 |
[blacklistee] writer-director Jules Dassin
browse Jules Dassin on DVD IMDb listing
Wikipedia
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[blacklistee] Edward Dmytryk [1908-99] Page
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Allan Dwan [1885-1981]
browse Allan Dwan on DVD browse books
IMDb listing [1911-58]
Wikipedia
"The Last Pioneer" by Allan Dwan (pb 1971)
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Richard Fleischer [1916-2006]
browse Richard Fleischer on DVD IMDb listing [1943-89] Wikipedia |
Richard Fleischer profile at Disney Legends
Oscar-winning documentary featurette "Design For Death" [1947]
"The Narrow Margin" [1952]
"20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" [1954]
"The Girl In The Red Velvet Swing" [1955]
"The Vikings" [1958]
"Fantastic Voyage" [1966]
"Soylent Green" [1973]
"The New Centurions" [1972]
"Mr. Majestyk" [1974]
"Conan The Destroyer" [1984]
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"Just Tell Me When To Cry: A Memoir" [1993] by Richard Fleischer Carroll & Graf 9½x6½ pb [7/93] out of print/used Richard Fleischer was the son of the head of Fleischer Animation Studios [1921-42], and his directing career [1943-89] included working with Charles Bronson, Walt Disney, Kirk Douglas, Rex Harrison, Charlton Heston, Howard Hughes, Robert Mitchum, Laurence Olivier, Edward G. Robinson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Wayne, Orson Welles, Darryl Zanuck, and many others |
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| | Victor Fleming [1893-1962]
browse Victor Fleming on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia |
directed "The Wizard of Oz" [1939]
won Best Director Oscar for "Gone With The Wind" [1939]
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"Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master" [2008] by Michael Sragow Pantheon 9½x6 hardcover [12/2008] for $26.40 |
| | John Ford [1894-1973] Page |
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John Frankenheimer [1930-2002]
browse John Frankenheimer on DVD IMDb listing
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Samuel Fuller [1912-97] Page
Henry Hathaway [1898-1985]
browse Henry Hathaway on DVD Westerns/VHS Westerns/DVD
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Howard Hawks [1896-1977] Page |
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Sir Alfred Hitchcock [1899-1980] Page
received 5 Oscar nominations [1941-1961]; no wins
 | "The Ultimate Hitchcock Collection" DVD Box Set [2007]
St. Clair Vision b&w/color DVD set [11/2007] 6 disks for $22.49 contains 2 TV episodes & 18 movies: "The Ring" [1927 silent]; "The Lodger" [1927 silent]; "Champagne" [1928 silent]; "The Farmer's Wife" [1928 silent]; "Easy Virtue" [1928 silent]; "The Manxman" [1929 silent]; "Blackmail" [1929 sound]; "Juno and the Paycock" [1930]; "The Skin Game" [1931]; "Rich and Strange" [1931]; "Number 17" [1932]; "The 39 Steps" [1935]; "Sabotage" [1936]; "Secret Agent" [1936]; "Young and Innocent" [1937]; "The Lady Vanishes" [1938]; "Jamaica Inn" [1939]; and "The Man Who Knew Too Much" [1956]; extras include posters, trailers, two radio shows & documentary "About Hitchcock" |
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"The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection" DVD Box Set [2004]
Warner Home Video DVD set [9/2004] 9 disks for $46.49 includes "Dial M For Murder" [1954; originally filmed in 3-D]; "Foreign Correspondent" [1940]; "I Confess" [1953]; "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" [1941]; "North By Northwest" [1959] starring Cary Grant; "Stage Fright" [1950]; "Strangers On A Train" [1951] 2-disc edition; "Suspicion" [1941]; and "The Wrong Man" [1956]; with eight 'Making of..." docufilms, newsreels, trailers, featurettes, and commentary |
aviator-producer-director
Howard Hughes [1905-76] Page
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| | John Huston [1906-87] Page |
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| | writer-director Elia Kazan browse Elia Kazan on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia |
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Burt Kennedy [1922-2001]
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Wikipedia
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Stanley Kubrick [1928-99]
"One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential for one man to make a film." ~~ Stanley Kubrick
posters
browse Stanley Kubrick on DVD IMDb listing
Wikipedia
'Stanley Kubrick: The Master Filmmaker' fansite
Rod's "The Kubrick Site"
PJL's "Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide" [est. 1994]
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" Movie Page
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"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] Warner Bros. Authorized Stanley Kubrick Collection Site |
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[blacklistee] writer-director Fritz Lang [1890-1976] Page
Magic Lantern's "Metropolis" 1927 Movie Page
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| | Sir David Lean [1908-91] browse David Lean on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia |
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comedian Jerry Lewis
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"The Total Film-Maker" [1971] by Jerry Lewis Warner mass pb [3/73] out of print/rare Random House hardcover [8/71] out of print/used |
http://www.amazon.com/Enfant-Terrible-Jerry-Lewis-American/dp/0814767060/
http://www.amazon.com/King-Comedy-Life-Jerry-Lewis/dp/1574531263/
http://www.amazon.com/Laffed-Till-Cried-Thirty-Six-Marriage/dp/1567960359/
http://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Lewis-Person/dp/0689112904/
http://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Lewis-Films-Analytical-Filmography/dp/0899509614/
http://www.amazon.com/Dean-Me-Story-Jerry-Lewis/dp/0767920872/
http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Jerry-Lewis-KRUTNIK-FRANK/dp/1560983698/
http://www.amazon.com/Dean-Martin-Jerry-Lewis-Collection/dp/B000HEWEJE/
http://www.amazon.com/Dean-Martin-Jerry-Lewis-Collection/dp/B000NOK0MQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Jerry-Lewis-VHS/dp/6304509294/
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[blacklistee] writer-director Joseph Losey [1909-84]
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| | Ernst Lubitsch [1892-1947] Page |
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Anthony Mann [1906-67]
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"The Tall Target" [1951] re Abe Lincoln /tt0044105/
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"The Men Who Made The Movies: Vincente Minnelli" [1973 TV] /tt0070882/
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F.W. Murnau [1888-1931] of Germany
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Wikipedia
 | "Murnau Silents" DVD box set [2009]
Kino Video b&w DVD set [3/2009] 6 disks for $89.99 contains "The Haunted Castle" [1921], "Nosferatu" [1922], "The Last Laugh" [1924], "The Finances of The Grand Duke" [1924], "Tartuffe" [1925], and "Faust" [1926]; extras include 3 documentaries, photo gallery |
G.W. Pabst [1885-1967] of Austria
no browse/Amazon entry IMDb listing [1922-56]
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Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] Page
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| | Sydney Pollack [1934-2008] browse Sydney Pollack on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia |
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Nicholas Ray [1911-79]
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"I'm A Stranger Here Myself" [1975] /tt0071644/
veteran actor Howard DaSilva narrates
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pseudonym Alan Smithee [1968-2000]
browse Alan Smithee on DVD IMDb listing [1955-2008] Wikipedia
 | "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn" [Hollywood Pictures Feb 1998]
About a movie director who wants his name taken off the credits that was so bad (after studio editing) that the real-life director demanded that his name be taken off the credits; definite candidate for worst film of all time. Co-produced, written & edited by Joe Eszterhas; directed by Arthur Hiller; starring Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D., Richard Jeni, Sandra Bernhard & Cherie Lunghi; cameos by Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Chan, Robert Evans, Robert Shapiro, Shane Black, Gary Franklin, Joe & Naomi Eszterhas, Larry King, Peter Bart, Dominick Dunne, Billy Bob Thornton, Harvey Weinstein, Billy Barty & Stanley Ralph Ross; won astounding Razzie Awards 'grand slam' including Worst Picture, plus Razzie Worst Film of The Decade Disney Video color DVD [4/2004] for $17.99 Disney Video color VHS [2/99] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
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"Who Is Alan Smithee?" TV documentary [A.M.C. Feb 2002]
The history of the pseudonym Alan Smithee used by the D.G.A. and W.G.A. after 1968. Co-produced & directed by Lesli Klainberg; narrated by Dan Bucatinsky Wellspring Media widescreen color DVD [4/2002] out of prodn/used Wellspring Media letterbox color VHS [4/2002] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
George Stevens [1904-75]
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his son, producer George Stevens, Jr.
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John Sturges [1910-92]
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http://www.amazon.com/Escape-Artist-Sturges-Wisconsin-Studies/dp/0299228347/
"Bad Day At Black Rock" [1955] starring Spencer Tracy
"Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" [1957] about Wyatt Earp
"The Old Man and The Sea" [1958] based on Hemingway's 1952 novel
"Last Train From Gun Hill" [1959]
"The Magnificent Seven" [1960]
"The Great Escape" [1963] starring Steve McQueen
"Hour of The Gun" [1967] about Wyatt Earp
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| | Preston Sturges [1898-1959] Page |
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"Preston Sturges: The Filmmaker Collection" box set [2006]
Universal DVD box set [11/2006] 7 disks for $46.19 includes 7 feature films: "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 |
Edgar G. Ulmer [1904-72]
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W.S. Van Dyke [1889-1943]
DVDs of W.S. Van Dyke at Amazon IMDb listing Wikipedia
assistant director on D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" [1916]
"Tarzan The Ape Man" [1932]
"Eskimo" [1933]
"Laughing Boy" [1934] starring Ramon Novarro
directed 4 of the 6 'Thin Man' Movies
"San Francisco" [1936]
"Marie Antoinette" [1938]
directed Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy in six of their greatest hits
"Journey For Margaret" [1942] debut of child star Margaret O'Brien
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Raoul Walsh [1887-1980] Page
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William A. Wellman []
"The Men Who Made The Movies: William A. Wellman" [1973 TV] /tt0070922/
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James Whale [1889-1957]
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"Gods and Monsters" biopic [1998] by Bill Condon
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The White Brothers
writer-producer-director Jack White [1897-1984]:
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producer-director Jules White [1900-85]:
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producer-director Sam White [1906-2006]:
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Magic Lantern's 'The Three Stooges' Page
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"Behind The Three Stooges: The White Brothers" [1990] by David N. Bruskin In-depth interviews with producer-directors Jules White, Jack White, and Sam White, whose careers spanned the entire life of the two-reel comedy short in America Directors Guild of America pb [5/93] out of print/scarce Scarecrow Press 9x6½ hardcover [5/90] for $69.50 |
| | writer-director Billy Wilder [1906-2002] Page received 21 Oscar nominations [1942-1967]; won in 1945 (2), 1950, 1960 (3) & 1988 |
"The Billy Wilder DVD Collection" Box Set [2003]
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contains 9 feature films: "The Apartment" [1960] starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray & Ray Walston {won 5 Oscars); "Avanti!" [1972] starring Jack Lemmon & Juliet Mills; "The Fortune Cookie" [1966] starring Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau (won Oscar); "Irma la Douce" [1963] starring Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine; "Kiss Me, Stupid" [1964] starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak & Ray Walston; "One, Two, Three" [1961] starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz & Pamela Tiffin; "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" [[1970] starring Robert Stephens & Colin Blakely; "Some Like It Hot" [1959] starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft & Joe E. Brown; Agatha Christie's "Witness For The Prosecution" [1957] starring Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton & Elsa Lanchester; extras include theatrical trailers, outtakes, featurettes & photo gallery |
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| | Robert Wise [1914-2005] browse Robert Wise on DVD IMDb listing Wikipedia |
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Ed Wood [1924-78]
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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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