501 Movie Directors by Steven Jay Schneider
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.
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).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844035731 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844035735 |
| Title | 501 Movie Directors |
| Author | Steven Jay Schneider |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2008-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 640 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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