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Conversations with Woody Allen
His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking
Written by Eric Lax
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking
Written by Eric Lax
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
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Conversations with Woody Allen
Written by Eric Lax
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
Written by Eric Lax
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $24.95
In discussions that begin in 1971 and end in 2009, Allen talks about every facet of moviemaking through the prism of his own work as well as the larger world of film, and in so doing reveals an artist’s development over the course of his career. He speaks about his influences... Read more >
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Kazan on Directing
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Kazan on Directing
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
Written by Elia Kazan
Preface by Martin Scorsese
Foreword by John Lahr
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $30.00
Elia Kazan was the mid-twentieth century’s most celebrated director of both stage and screen, and this book shows us the master at work.
Kazan directed virtually back to back the greatest American dramas of the era—by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams—and revolutionized theatre and film with dynamic action, poetic staging, and rigorous... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Victor Fleming
An American Movie Master
Written by Michael Sragow
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $40.00
The full-length, definitive biography of the legendary director of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood’s golden age, renowned for his ability to make films across an astounding range of genres–westerns, earthy sexual dramas, family entertainment, screwball comedies, buddy pictures, romances... Read more >
An American Movie Master
Written by Michael Sragow
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2008
Price: $40.00
The full-length, definitive biography of the legendary director of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
Victor Fleming was the most sought-after director in Hollywood’s golden age, renowned for his ability to make films across an astounding range of genres–westerns, earthy sexual dramas, family entertainment, screwball comedies, buddy pictures, romances... Read more >
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What I Really Want to Do on Set in Hollywood
A Guide to Real Jobs in the Film Industry
Written by Brian Dzyak
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $19.95
Go Hollywood—with a complete, insightful look at the biggest jobs on the movie set. What I Really Want to Do on Set in Hollywood is one-stop shopping for anyone who wants to work in film. It's the only behind-the-scenes title that offers a detailed look at the industry explores more than... Read more >
A Guide to Real Jobs in the Film Industry
Written by Brian Dzyak
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: May 27, 2008
Price: $19.95
Go Hollywood—with a complete, insightful look at the biggest jobs on the movie set. What I Really Want to Do on Set in Hollywood is one-stop shopping for anyone who wants to work in film. It's the only behind-the-scenes title that offers a detailed look at the industry explores more than... Read more >
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My First Movie: Take Two
Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film
Written by Stephen Lowenstein
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $26.00
NOBODY FORGETS THEIR FIRST TIME--AND FILM DIRECTORS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
In these strikingly candid interviews, ten internationally acclaimed directors--Richard Linklater, Richard Kelly, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Shekhar Kapur, Émir Kusturica, Agnès Jaoui, Lukas Moodysson, Terry Gilliam, and Sam Mendes--talk about the struggles and rewards of making their first film.
Each chapter is... Read more >
Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film
Written by Stephen Lowenstein
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $26.00
NOBODY FORGETS THEIR FIRST TIME--AND FILM DIRECTORS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
In these strikingly candid interviews, ten internationally acclaimed directors--Richard Linklater, Richard Kelly, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Shekhar Kapur, Émir Kusturica, Agnès Jaoui, Lukas Moodysson, Terry Gilliam, and Sam Mendes--talk about the struggles and rewards of making their first film.
Each chapter is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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My First Movie: Take Two
Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film
Written by Stephen Lowenstein
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $15.95
NOBODY FORGETS THEIR FIRST TIME--AND FILM DIRECTORS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
In these strikingly candid interviews, ten internationally acclaimed directors--Richard Linklater, Richard Kelly, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Shekhar Kapur, Émir Kusturica, Agnès Jaoui, Lukas Moodysson, Terry Gilliam, and Sam Mendes--talk about the struggles and rewards of making their first film.
Each chapter is... Read more >
Ten Celebrated Directors Talk About Their First Film
Written by Stephen Lowenstein
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 15, 2008
Price: $15.95
NOBODY FORGETS THEIR FIRST TIME--AND FILM DIRECTORS ARE NO EXCEPTION.
In these strikingly candid interviews, ten internationally acclaimed directors--Richard Linklater, Richard Kelly, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Takeshi Kitano, Shekhar Kapur, Émir Kusturica, Agnès Jaoui, Lukas Moodysson, Terry Gilliam, and Sam Mendes--talk about the struggles and rewards of making their first film.
Each chapter is... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Conversations with John Schlesinger
Written by Ian Buruma
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
“I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what’s behind it.”
–John Schlesinger
The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema’s most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in Conversations with John Schlesinger, acclaimed writer Ian Buruma, Schlesinger’s nephew, reveals the director’s private world in a series of in-depth interviews... Read more >
Written by Ian Buruma
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
“I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what’s behind it.”
–John Schlesinger
The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema’s most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in Conversations with John Schlesinger, acclaimed writer Ian Buruma, Schlesinger’s nephew, reveals the director’s private world in a series of in-depth interviews... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Mailroom
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Conversations with Woody Allen
His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking
Written by Eric Lax
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $30.00
From the author of the best-selling biography Woody Allen—the most informative, revealing, and entertaining conversations from his thirty-six years of interviewing the great comedian and filmmaker.
For more than three decades, Woody Allen has been talking regularly and candidly with Eric Lax, and has given him singular and unfettered access to his... Read more >
His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking
Written by Eric Lax
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $30.00
From the author of the best-selling biography Woody Allen—the most informative, revealing, and entertaining conversations from his thirty-six years of interviewing the great comedian and filmmaker.
For more than three decades, Woody Allen has been talking regularly and candidly with Eric Lax, and has given him singular and unfettered access to his... Read more >
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Leni
The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
Written by Steven Bach
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $30.00
The definitive biography of Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best known as “Hitler’s filmmaker,” one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century. It is the story of huge talent and huger ambition, one that probes the sometimes blurred borders dividing art and beauty from truth and humanity.
Two... Read more >
The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
Written by Steven Bach
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $30.00
The definitive biography of Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best known as “Hitler’s filmmaker,” one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century. It is the story of huge talent and huger ambition, one that probes the sometimes blurred borders dividing art and beauty from truth and humanity.
Two... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Film Director Prepares
A Complete Guide to Directing for Film and Tv
Written by Myrl A. Schreibman
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2006
Price: $21.95
• Insider author gives no-nonsense advice
• Required reading for film students, educators, anyone interested in film
From script analysis to post production, here is the all-inclusive guide to directing for film and television. Written by noted director-producer Myrl Schreibman, The Film Director Prepares offers practical insights on filmmaking, using real-life examples directors... Read more >
A Complete Guide to Directing for Film and Tv
Written by Myrl A. Schreibman
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2006
Price: $21.95
• Insider author gives no-nonsense advice
• Required reading for film students, educators, anyone interested in film
From script analysis to post production, here is the all-inclusive guide to directing for film and television. Written by noted director-producer Myrl Schreibman, The Film Director Prepares offers practical insights on filmmaking, using real-life examples directors... Read more >
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Making Short Films
Written by Jim Piper
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2006
Price: $24.95
• Accompanying DVD of thirty short films offers an instructive mini film festival
• Shows beginners how to make meaningful films without fancy equipment
• Great for film students and independent filmmakers
Want to make an art film, a documentary, a video biography? Here’s how to create real movies using consumer digital video format—without... Read more >
Written by Jim Piper
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2006
Price: $24.95
• Accompanying DVD of thirty short films offers an instructive mini film festival
• Shows beginners how to make meaningful films without fancy equipment
• Great for film students and independent filmmakers
Want to make an art film, a documentary, a video biography? Here’s how to create real movies using consumer digital video format—without... Read more >
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Splatter Flicks
How to Make Low-Budget Horror Films
Written by Sara Caldwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
• Features dozens of detailed interviews with directors, producers, F/X pros, and more
• Horror movies get better distribution deals—so they’re great for independent filmmakers
• Entertaining and informative, packed with insightful and sometimes hilarious anecdotes
Everyone who’s ever longed to make their very own horror movie needs a copy of Splatter Flicks... Read more >
How to Make Low-Budget Horror Films
Written by Sara Caldwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
• Features dozens of detailed interviews with directors, producers, F/X pros, and more
• Horror movies get better distribution deals—so they’re great for independent filmmakers
• Entertaining and informative, packed with insightful and sometimes hilarious anecdotes
Everyone who’s ever longed to make their very own horror movie needs a copy of Splatter Flicks... Read more >
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Conversations with John Schlesinger
Written by Ian Buruma
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $14.95
“I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what’s behind it.”
–John Schlesinger
The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema’s most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in Conversations with John Schlesinger, acclaimed writer Ian Buruma, Schlesinger’s nephew, reveals the director’s private world in a series of in-depth interviews... Read more >
Written by Ian Buruma
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $14.95
“I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what’s behind it.”
–John Schlesinger
The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema’s most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in Conversations with John Schlesinger, acclaimed writer Ian Buruma, Schlesinger’s nephew, reveals the director’s private world in a series of in-depth interviews... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Making Real-Life Videos
Written by Matthew Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Getting a good home video is hit-or-miss. Plenty of times, they're dark and fuzzy and Aunt Myrna is washed out and Junior . . . do his eyes always look like that? This unique, accessible guide for living room and classroom provides step-by-step instructions with ten "assignments," plus ideas and information... Read more >
Written by Matthew Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Getting a good home video is hit-or-miss. Plenty of times, they're dark and fuzzy and Aunt Myrna is washed out and Junior . . . do his eyes always look like that? This unique, accessible guide for living room and classroom provides step-by-step instructions with ten "assignments," plus ideas and information... Read more >
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So You Want to Be a Producer
Written by Lawrence Turman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2005
Price: $14.95
Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than... Read more >
Written by Lawrence Turman
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2005
Price: $14.95
Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than... Read more >
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Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith -- The Illustrated Screenplay
Written by George Lucas
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 2, 2005
Price: $7.99
EPISODE III–THE ONE AND ONLY OFFICIAL SCREENPLAY, available exclusively in e-book format, including scenes that won’t appear in the movie itself!
Even before the release of the most eagerly awaited Star Wars® movie of all time on the theater screen…here’s your chance to experience the action on your own computer screen!
Straight... Read more >
Written by George Lucas
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 2, 2005
Price: $7.99
EPISODE III–THE ONE AND ONLY OFFICIAL SCREENPLAY, available exclusively in e-book format, including scenes that won’t appear in the movie itself!
Even before the release of the most eagerly awaited Star Wars® movie of all time on the theater screen…here’s your chance to experience the action on your own computer screen!
Straight... Read more >
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Girl Director
A How-to Guide for the First-Time, Flat-Broke Film and Video Maker
Written by Andrea Richards
Illustrated by Elizabeth Mccallie
Foreword by Allison Anders
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $17.95
Chock-full of fascinating photographs and colorful directives, GIRL DIRECTOR is an instruction manual, history lesson, scrapbook, and celebration of women and film rolled into one. Director and cinephile Andrea Richards all but hands the reader a camera as she raucously paves the way for young women to make their own films... Read more >
A How-to Guide for the First-Time, Flat-Broke Film and Video Maker
Written by Andrea Richards
Illustrated by Elizabeth Mccallie
Foreword by Allison Anders
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2005
Price: $17.95
Chock-full of fascinating photographs and colorful directives, GIRL DIRECTOR is an instruction manual, history lesson, scrapbook, and celebration of women and film rolled into one. Director and cinephile Andrea Richards all but hands the reader a camera as she raucously paves the way for young women to make their own films... Read more >
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Jumpstart Your Awesome Film Production Company
Written by Sara Caldwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Firsthand knowledge and advice on every aspect of forming a film production company can be found in this one source. Film production company owners, entertainment attorneys, accountants, and distributors answer the most commonly asked questions on forming and running a successful film production company. They provide proven tips for setting up... Read more >
Written by Sara Caldwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Firsthand knowledge and advice on every aspect of forming a film production company can be found in this one source. Film production company owners, entertainment attorneys, accountants, and distributors answer the most commonly asked questions on forming and running a successful film production company. They provide proven tips for setting up... Read more >
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Producing for Hollywood
A Guide for Independent Producers
Written by Paul Mason and Don Gold
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
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A Guide for Independent Producers
Written by Paul Mason and Don Gold
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $19.95
Read more >
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The Mailroom
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $17.00
It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >
Hollywood History from the Bottom Up
Written by David Rensin
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2004
Price: $17.00
It’s like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment—including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz— started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Directors
Take Four
Written by Robert J. Emery
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2003
Price: $22.95
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Take Four
Written by Robert J. Emery
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2003
Price: $22.95
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The Directors
Take Three
Written by Robert J. Emery
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2003
Price: $22.95
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Take Three
Written by Robert J. Emery
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2003
Price: $22.95
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