From the magical Beauty and the Beast to the surreal Orpheus films, Jean Cocteau is renowned as a leading figure in European cinema as well as a creative force collaborating..
In this title, the filmmaker shares his inspirations, anxieties, and frustrations in a self-portrait that goes behind the scenes of his films, glimpses his Brooklyn childhoo..
Two-time Academy Award winner Sir David Lean (1908–1991) was a prominent director in the world of twentieth-century cinema, responsible for such classics as The Bridge on ..
Here, from the incomparable John Waters, is a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich—and happily horrify readers everywhere...
Updated with information on the "Star Wars" trilogy and prequels, this full-length biography of George Lucas reveals how the director continues to alter the landscape of the..
Few figures in film and theater history tower like Elia Kazan. Born in 1909 to Greek parents in Istanbul, Turkey, he arrived in America with incomparable vision and drive..