Direction & Production
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The Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age: Fifth Edition
$45.00 Add to cartThe authoritative guide to producing, directing, shooting, editing, and distributing your video or film. Whether you aspire to be a great filmmaker yourself or are looking for movie gifts, this compre… [more below]
- Author: Ascher, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: November 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0452297281
- Language: English
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I’ll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1 (the Annotated Scripts)
$32.00 Add to cartFrom Jacob Tierney, the creator of Heated Rivalry, in partnership with Brendan Brady and Accent Aigu, comes I’ll Believe in Anything, an official and complete collection of annotated scripts for the b… [more below]
- Author: Tierney, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0316613940
- Language: English
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Breaking Into Song: Why You Shouldn’t Hate Musicals
$17.95 Read more“This book is a fascinating cri de coeur and made me question
everything I think about musicals” Alan CummingA book for those who can’t stand musicals, those who love them, and every theatregoer, aca
- Author: Lenson, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1914228022
- Language: English
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A Hard Day’s Night
$17.95 Read moreHow did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic?
With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles’ first film changed both the band themselves a- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Ahmed, Samira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 11 2026
- ISBN10: 1839029390
- Language: English
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Confessions of a Casting Director: Help Actors Land Any Role with Secrets from Inside the Audition Room
$22.99 Add to cartConfessions of a Casting Director is a must-have for any aspiring actor or stage parent–the definitive guide to breaking into film, television, theater, and even YouTube from longtime casting directo
- Author: Rudin, Jen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0062292099
- Language: English
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Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only: The Life of America’s First Black Filmmaker
$18.99 Add to cartOscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith–a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story has been nearly forgotten today. The son of freed slaves, he
- Author: McGilligan, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 17 2008
- ISBN10: 0060731400
- Language: English
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William Friedkin: The Life and Films of a Cinematic Risk-Taker
$29.95 Read moreThe first biography of acclaimed American film director known as “Hurricane Billy.”
William Friedkin–“Hurricane Billy”–was a fearless, trailblazing filmmaker of the 1970s American New Wave. Born a st
- Author: Heard, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 1998365859
- Language: English
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Alien Covenant: David’s Drawings
$49.95 Add to cart- Author: Hallett, Dane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1785659243
- Language: English
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The Dreamer’s Path: Twin Peaks and David Lynch the Actor
$29.99 Add to cartDevour the first book ever that covers director David Lynch as an actor in Twin Peaks, Lucky, The Fabelmans, and more.Much has been written about David Lynch and his films, but The Dreamer’s Path appr… [more below]
- Author: Simon, Brent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1959748351
- Language: English
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A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy
$29.95 Read more- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Moral, Tony Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 1985904446
- Language: English
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Centennial Revisited: An Oral History of the Epic TV Miniseries
$37.00 Add to cartCentennial first aired on NBC in1978-’79.The 12 episodes spanned 26 hours. More than 28 million households watched the first episode on October 1,1978. But due to scheduling and poor promotion, the mi
- Author: Hibner, Perry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: March 11 2026
- ISBN10: 9798899782893
- Language: English
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Labyrinth: Vhs: The Making of Jim Henson’s Iconic Film
$24.99 Add to cartWander back in time to 1986, where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems, with this specially designed boxed set that explores the making of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth.
Journey into the d- Series: Labyrinth
- Author: M. Block, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798337401553
- Language: English
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Cinematic Immunity: An Oral History of New York Filmmaking as Told by the Crews That Got the Shot
$39.95 Add to cartThe unbelievable insider stories of how they ‘got the shot’!
Cinematic Immunity tells the story of New York City’s movie industry from the crew members who created the sets, lit the scenes, and shot th
- Author: Nirenberg, Michael Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1627311718
- Language: English
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Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
$18.99 Add to cartAn intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Oliver Stone
Before moving to Los Angeles and the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been woun- Author: Stone, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 0358522501
- Language: English
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Jurassic Park: Vhs: The Making of Steven Spielberg’s Iconic Film
$24.99 Add to cartRewind back to 1994 with this specially designed boxed set that digs into the behind-the-scenes details of Steven Spielberg’s awe-inspiring film Jurassic Park.
In 1993, director Steven Spielberg’s Jur- Series: Vhs: Visual Handbook
- Author: Mottram, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798337401546
- Language: English
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Finding Happy: A User’s Guide to Your Life, with Lessons from Mine
$19.99 Add to cartA master class for anyone seeking to Find Happy in a dizzying world
Almost everyone looks back on their life and thinks, “I wish I knew then what I know now….” This is a book for those starting out- Author: Samuelson, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 9798888458716
- Language: English
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Catching the Light
$30.00 Add to cartLegendary director Harold Becker reflects on his remarkable career, from his formative years in New York and his acclaimed work as a commercial photographer to becoming a Hollywood hitmaker.
“A captiv- Author: Becker, Harold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 9798895652640
- Language: English
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The Insider’s Guide to Independent Film Distribution
$48.99 Add to cartAn industry insider sheds light on film distribution, the filmmaker’s greatest challenge!
- Author: Parks, Stacey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0240817559
- Language: English
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The Greengrass Papers
$45.00 Add to cartRabble-rouser. Trouble-maker. Speaker of truth to power. Released to coincide with his 13th feature, The Greengrass Papers reveals how Paul Greengrass came to be venerated as a game-changing director.… [more below]
- Author: Shone, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0571373224
- Language: English
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Martin Scorsese All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short
$60.00 Add to cartDiscover the cinematic genius behind every Martin Scorsese film. From gritty urban tales to sweeping epics, this definitive book celebrates every feature film, documentary, and short by one of cinema’… [more below]
- Series: All the Films
- Author: Bousquet, Olivier
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798894140698
- Language: English
