Direction & Production
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Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time: True Stories from a Career in Hollywood
$30.00 Add to cartOne-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell, from his blockbuster career with iconic actors, studio execs, and producers. His humor and insight provide an inside glimpse in… [more below]
- Author: Sonnenfeld, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0306832275
- Language: English
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Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa
$24.95 Read moreThe first comprehensive biography of the director behind Godzilla and other Japanese sci-fi classics
Ishiro Honda was arguably the most internationally successful Japanese director of his generation, w
- Author: Ryfle, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0819500410
- Language: English
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The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
$85.00 Read moreJust as Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi completed the most successful cinematic trilogy of its generation, perhaps of all time, this splendid thirtieth-anniversary tribute completes New York … [more below]
- Series: Star Wars
- Author: Rinzler, J. W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0345511468
- Language: English
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Directing Great Television: Inside Tv’s New Golden Age
$29.95 Add to cartSharing his own process honed over a decades-long career, Emmy-nominated director Dan Attias brings you into the actual experience of directing series television. Whether it’s the high-stakes pressure… [more below]
- Author: Attias, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1615933298
- Language: English
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Back from the Future: A Celebration of the Greatest Time Travel Story Ever Told
$19.95 Add to cartA Fan’s Look at the Back to the Future Franchise
“Brad Gilmore’s book not only offers new perspectives and a deeper understanding of Back to the Future, it reminds us why we fell in love with it in the
- Author: Gilmore, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1642502057
- Language: English
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Let’s Put on a Show!: A Beginner’s Theatre Handbook for Young Actors
$19.95 Add to cartTheatre is a tremendous way to enhance anyone’s naturally creative spirit. This fully illustrated textbook is a must for young would-be thespians to discover the basics of theatre. The book covers a b
- Author: Gibbs, Adrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 1999
- ISBN10: 1566080525
- Language: English
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Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice and Sound Effects in Cinema
$26.95 Add to cartOffers user-friendly knowledge and stimulating exercises to help compose story, develop characters and create emotion through skillful creation of the sound track.
- Author: Sonnenschein, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 15 2002
- ISBN10: 0941188264
- Language: English
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Making Documentary Films and Videos: A Practical Guide to Planning, Filming, and Editing Documentaries
$25.99 Add to cartThe classic guide to making documentaries, now revised and expanded for today’s filmmaker
The second edition of Making Documentary Films and Videos fully updates the popular guidebook that has given r- Author: Hampe, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 10 2007
- ISBN10: 080508181X
- Language: English
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Pedro Almodóvar: Installation/Instalación
$75.00 Add to cartA visually immersive exploration of the provocative and humanistic themes at the heart of Almod?var’s cinema
Pedro Almod?var is one of the most daring and influential writer-directors of our time. He d
- Author: Almodóvar, Pedro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1636810195
- Language: English
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The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
$18.95 Read moreIn The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon–what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues t
- Author: White, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 1324022124
- Language: English
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The Taming of the Shrew
$9.95 Add to cart“Wonderfully informative and fun. You can’t do better.”–Charles P. Lord, headmaster, St. Timothy’s School, Baltimore, Maryland
- Series: 30-Minute Shakespeare
- Author: Newlin, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1935550330
- Language: English
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How to Become a Porn Director: Making Amateur Adult Films
$9.95 Add to cartFinally a simple how-to-guide on filming your own porn video. This easy, step-by-step guide, walks you through the basics of making and directing an amateur porn video without having a Hollywood budge… [more below]
- Author: Ryder, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: December 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0976386232
- Language: English
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Cinematography
$27.00 Add to cartThe Essential Guide to the Cameraman’s Craft
Since its initial publication in 1973, Cinematography has become the guidebook for filmmakers. Based on their combined fifty years in the film and televis… [more below]- Author: Malkiewicz, Kris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: July 05 2005
- ISBN10: 074326438X
- Language: English
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Mike Leigh on Mike Leigh
$29.95 Read moreThis new edition updates Mike Leigh’s career to his most recent films, Mister Turner and the epic masterpiece Peterloo.
Five-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA winner, the only British director to have won- Author: Leigh, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0571353827
- Language: English
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Abbas Kiarostami: Interviews
$50.00 Add to cartThe cinephile community knows Abbas Kiarostami (1940-2016) as one of the most important filmmakers of the previous decades. This volume illustrates why the Iranian filmmaker achieved critical acclaim … [more below]
- Series: Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover)
- Author: Raesch, Monika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: April 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1496844874
- Language: English
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How to Pull a Movie Out of Your Ass
$19.95 Add to cartGeneral information and realistic expectations for the the first time filmmaker with no budget to speak of. First-hand experience from the author who made his first feature film at 50, after having ha
- Author: Dorchak, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: August 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1088273238
- Language: English
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The Hippodrome Theatre First Fifty Years
$50.00 Add to cartHow the spirit of great theatre saved a dying downtown business district, became a city’s cultural icon, and centerpiece of its artistic community.
Fifty years ago a daring band of players began what w
- Author: Gartee, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 458
- Publish Date: May 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1736395734
- Language: English
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Elia Kazan: A Life
$32.95 Add to cartElia Kazan’s varied life and career is related here in his autobiography. He reveals his working relationships with his many collaborators, including Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, Clifford Odets, Art… [more below]
- Author: Kazan, Elia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 860
- Publish Date: August 22 1997
- ISBN10: 0306808048
- Language: English
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Steven Spielberg: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work
$36.00 Add to cartThis comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of the most famous director who has ever lived, Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg is the medium’s defining artist–the embodiment of the- Series: Iconic Filmmakers
- Author: Nathan, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0711295239
- Language: English
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The Documentarian: The Way to a Successful and Creative Professional Life in the Documentary Business
$43.43 Add to cartIn this complete guide to making documentaries, readers will find a primer that Library Journal notes “abundantly supplies suggestions for those in the business” and says “casual readers will savor st
- Author: Nygard, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1493086227
- Language: English
