Individual film directors, film-makers

A Companion to Robert Altman presents myriad aspects of Altman s life, career, influence and historical context.

A Companion to Pedro Almod var Marvin D Lugo and Kathleen M.

A Companion to Pedro Almod var Marvin D Lugo and Kathleen M.

A Companion to Jean Renoir An extraordinary collection of essays that more than fulfills the aims of its editors, Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau.

A Companion to Jean Renoir An extraordinary collection of essays that more than fulfills the aims of its editors, Alastair Phillips and Ginette Vincendeau.

A Companion to Luis Bu uel presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Bu uel s life, works, and cinematic themes.

A Companion to Luis Bu uel presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Bu uel s life, works, and cinematic themes.

A Companion to Fran ois Truffaut An unprecedented critical tribute to the director who, in France, wound up becoming the most controversial figure of the New Wave he helped found.

A Companion to Fran ois Truffaut An unprecedented critical tribute to the director who, in France, wound up becoming the most controversial figure of the New Wave he helped found.

The life and film genius of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream director Wes CravenWes Craven is one of the most successful and iconic horror movie directors in Hollywood.

The life and film genius of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream director Wes CravenWes Craven is one of the most successful and iconic horror movie directors in Hollywood.

The New York Times BestsellerONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, NPR, The RootA moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back.

THE HEART-WARMING AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY BARBARA WINDSOR CHRONICLING HER EARLY CHILDHOOD IN LONDON'S EAST END TO RECEIVING A DBE IN 2000'A whopping, no-holds-barred rollercoaster of a book' Mail on Sunday`Barbara Windsor emerges from these pages as a personality both strong and sunny' Sunday TelegraphBorn in the East End of London just before the war, Barbara Windsor made her first stage appearance at the age of 13.

Joel and Ethan Coen make up one of the most original and unconventional movie-making partnerships to come out of America at the end of the 20th century.

Three-time Oscar winner Oliver Stone is one of the most controversial and well-known contemporary American directors.

This indispensable guide provides a thorough chronological examination of Ridley Scott's directorial career.

After working with David on his previous work for the series, The Complete Kubrick, we knew we were on to a winner for this book.

Some Like it Hot is one of the most famous films of all time and is also the most profitable comedy in the history of film, not to mention one of the most beloved.

Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s.

Now a major motion picture, The Disaster Artist, starring James Franco, Alison Brie, Zoey Deutch, Lizzy Caplan, Zac Efron, Bryan Cranston, Dave Franco, Kristen Bell, Seth Rogen, Sharon Stone, and Judd Apatow.

With a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema.

Spike Lee has directed, written, produced, and acted in dozens of films that present an expansive, nuanced, proudly opinionated, and richly multifaceted portrait of American society.

For over four decades, Martin Scorsese has been the chronicler of an obsessive society, where material possessions and physical comfort are valued, where the pursuit of individual improvement is rewarded and where male prerogative is respected and preserved.

Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America s most successful export.

'Tracing Keaton's beginnings in vaudeville and how he eventually applied that form's traits to cinema, McPherson creates an excellent portrait of a formidable talent, also addressing the private demons that accelerated his eventual slide.

Terrence Malick's debut film, Badlands, announced the arrival of a unique talent.

Tim Burton is one of the great modern-day visionaries of cinema, a director who has fabricated his own deliciously nightmarish universe in movies as extraordinary as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!

In Altman on Altman, one of American cinema's most incorrigible mavericks reflects on a brilliant career.

This book provides a fascinating survey of the career of one of Hollywood's great mavericks.

Over the last two decades, writer-director Guillermo del Toro has mapped out a territory in the popular imagination that is uniquely his own, astonishing audiences with Cronos, Hellboy, Pans Labyrinth, and a host of other films and creative endeavors.

A NEW, REVISED EDITION OF THE ULTIMATE NORA EPHRON COLLECTION, PACKED WITH WIT, WISDOM AND COMFORT, WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS'The perfect introduction to the iconic writer' STYLISTINCLUDING:* Nora's much-loved essays on everything from friendship to feminism to journalism* Extracts from her bestselling novel Heartburn* Scenes from her hilarious screenplay for When Harry Met Sally* Unparalleled advice about friends, lovers, divorces, desserts and black turtleneck sweaters'It's got a little bit of everything, from witty essays on feminism, beauty, and ageing to profiles of empowering female figures' ELLE*PRAISE FOR NORA EPHRON*'So bold and so vulnerable at the same time.

George Lucas by Brian Jay Jones is the first comprehensive telling of the story of the iconic filmmaker and the building of his film empire, as well as of his enormous impact on cinema.

"e;No mere page-turner, this is a page-devourer, generating the kind of suspense that is usually the province of the playwright or novelist.

A woman for all seasons, tender and tough in just the right proportions The New York TimesTwo classic collections of uproarious essays from the late Nora Ephron, bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck and I Remember Nothing.

Nora Ephron can write about anything better than anybody else can write about anything New York TimesA bitingly funny, provocative and revealing look at our foibles, passions and pastimes from the much-missed, bestselling author of I Feel Bad About My Neck and I Remember Nothing.

An unusually brilliant generation of film-makers emerged from British television drama in the 1960-70s - none more formidable than Alan Clarke.

Originally published in 1997 and now available as an ebook.

The first major biography (since 1983) of the great movie mogul George Lucas, whose marketing techniques have transformed the film business.

The life of Hollywood's number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas.

A combination of wit and heartbreak in a memoir of a life intertwined with an obsession with film.

The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal.

The first biography of the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.

The ultimate biography of this ever-popular star and icon, from a young Cambridge don who has already made his name with a much praised biography of Marilyn Monroe.

A brilliant, highly spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon's early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy a narrative as any of his bestselling novels.

Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s - why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making forever.

The Winner Stands Alone is an enthralling novel by the incomparable Paulo Coelho.

Gene Wilder defined film comedy in the 1970s and '80s.

A full and frank portrait of the complex man behind the icon of cool.