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501 Movie Directors: An A-Z Guide to the Greatest Movie Directors

501 Movie Directors: An A-Z Guide to the Greatest Movie Directors

by StevenJaySchneider (Editor)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Every notable name ever to have graced the director's chair is here, from Woody Allen and George Lucas to Fred Zinnemann and James Cameron, silent movie giants such as Fritz Lang, early innovators like Orson Welles and giants of world cinema such as Jean-Luc Godard and Satyajit Ray. Established greats such as Scorcese and Kubrick rub shoulders with emerging talents like Darren Aronofsky. The A-Z approach of 501 Movie Directors allows you to locate any filmmaker with maximum ease, making it an ideal movie lover's reference. Each director has at least one full page, with the most influential directors receiving extended treatment devoted to their work, with a filmography and intriguing fact boxes on innovations, awards, cameos, and their actor-muses.Everything you need to know about filmmakers is here in one beautifully illustrated volume. With 501 Movie Directors to hand, you'll have a one-stop resource.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 640
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Cassell
Published: 15 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 1844035735
ISBN 13: 9781844035731
Book Overview: The most comprehensive single-volume guide to film directors on the market. Easy-to-access A-Z format Illustrated with film stills, as well as portraits of directors and movie stars. Appeals to film students, cineastes, movie-goers, and lovers of popular culture. Produced by the successful team behind 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, which has sold 500,000 copies worldwide to date.

Author Bio
Steven Jay Schneider is a film critic, scholar, and producer, with MA degrees in Philosophy and Cinema Studies from Harvard University and New York University, respectively. He is the general editor of the best-selling 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Steven Jay Schneider is also the author and editor of such books as Fear Without Frontiers: Horror Cinema Across the Globe (Fab Press), New Hollywood Violence(Manchester UP), 100 European Horror Films (British Film Institute), Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud's Worst Nightmares (Cambridge UP), Traditions in World Cinema (Edinburgh UP), and The Horror Film (Taschen).