Individual film directors, film-makers

Wussten Sie, dass der erfolgreichste Schweizer Film aller Zeiten im sankt-gallischen Wil und im Tessiner Dorf Carona gedreht wurde, die kostspieligste Fernsehserie in Haut-Intyamon im Kanton Fribourg und im Glarner Dorf Diesbach?

Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951) is revered as the visionary who first codified the Russian system of classical ballet training.

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Ten Arab Filmmakers provides an up-to-date overview of the best of Arab cinema, offering studies of leading directors and in-depth analyses of their most important films.

Warsaw- and London-based filmmakers Franciszka and Stefan Themerson are often recognized internationally as pioneers of the 1930s Polish avant-garde.

For five decades, no American filmmaker has been as prolificor as paradoxicalas Woody Allen.

Ten Arab Filmmakers provides an up-to-date overview of the best of Arab cinema, offering studies of leading directors and in-depth analyses of their most important films.

Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex Ingram (18931950) is ranked alongside D.

Diese erste deutsche Einführung in das Werk des berühmten französischen Regisseurs konzentriert sich auf seine sechzehn Filme mit erotischen Themen und schildert sowohl die Natur des Rohmerschen Realismus als auch seine Philosophie des Eros.

Hanekes Filme sind preisgekrönt und umstritten.

Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman's ouevre is profoundly philosophical, exploring everything from home and homelessness, work and social reproduction, self and identity, to desire in its many forms.

Master the ideas that have shaped the world of film today.

Martin Scorsese ist einer der bedeutendsten Regisseure der Gegenwart.

Warsaw- and London-based filmmakers Franciszka and Stefan Themerson are often recognized internationally as pioneers of the 1930s Polish avant-garde.

Robert de Niro and Al Pacino have acted opposite each other only once, in Heat, Michael Mann's operatic 1995 heist thriller.

First published in 1983, Shiguehiko Hasumis Directed by Yasujir Ozu has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese.

First published in 1983, Shiguehiko Hasumis Directed by Yasujir Ozu has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese.

Both politically and aesthetically, the contemporary German and Austrian film landscape is a far cry from the early days of the medium, when critics like Siegfried Kracauer produced foundational works of film theory amid the tumult of the early twentieth century.

'Supple, horrifying and mordantly droll' New York Times'Nothing short of brilliant' Wall Street Journal'A subtle, often darkly funny novel about the relationship between art and power' Sunday Times'A dazzling performance and a real page turner' Salman RushdieFrom 'one of the brightest, most pleasure-giving writers at work today' (Jeffrey Eugenides), a visionary tale inspired by the life of the 20th century film director G.

Winner of the 2006 Bram Stoker Award, Gospel of the Living Dead connects American social and religious views with the classic American movie genre of the zombie horror film.

This collection investigates how Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and other Studio Ghibli storytellers have approached the process of reimagining literary sources for animation.

Explore an A-Z of everything you need to know about the masterful movies of Quentin Tarantino, from AK-47 to "e;Zed's dead, baby"e; and everything in between.

A complex and at times controversial film-maker whose career spanned the second half of the twentieth century, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) remains central to the Italian cultural imagery and the object of ongoing debates and critical scrutiny at home and abroad.

'Kate Webb is your next must-read' LUCY FOLEY 'A wonderful addition to contemporary crime' ANN CLEEVESA breathtaking cold case mystery, starring DI Lockyer and DC Gemma Broad.

A classic of feminist avant-garde cinema, Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) follows the life of Louise (Dinah Stabb), a white middle-class woman living in London in the 1970s, as she confronts the complex politics of motherhood, domestic labour and work.

A classic of feminist avant-garde cinema, Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) follows the life of Louise (Dinah Stabb), a white middle-class woman living in London in the 1970s, as she confronts the complex politics of motherhood, domestic labour and work.

Explore an A-Z of everything you need to know about the iconic films of Wes Anderson, from Asteroid City to Steve Zissou and everything in between.

Busby Berkeley's big-production numbers are emblematic of the Hollywood dream factory.