501 Movie Directors: A Comprehensive Guide to the Greatest Filmmakers

Presents brief biographies of notable film directors from Georges Mâeliáes to the present, describes their principal contributions, and lists their most important films.

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Includes: Woody Allen  Pedro Almodovar  Robert Altman  Wes Anderson  Michael Apted  Dario Argento  Darren Aronofsky  Mario Bava  Warren Beatty  Ingmar Bergman  Busby Berkeley  Bernardo Bertolucci  Luc Bresson  Danny Boyle  Nick Broomfield  Luis Bu±uel  Tim Burton  James Cameron  Frank Capra  John Carpenter  Youssef Chahine  Joel Coen and Ethan Coen  Sofia Coppola  Wes Craven  George Cukor  Cecil B. DeMille  Walt Disney  Marguerite Duras  Clint Eastwood  Federico Fellini  John Ford  Stephen Frears  Peter Greenaway  Hal Hartley  Amy Heckerling  Alfred Hitchcock  Peter Jackson  Derek Jarman  Jim Jarmusch  Spike Jonze  Abbas Kiarostami  Elia Kazan  Krzysztof Kieslowski  Takeshi Kitano  Stanley Kubrick  Akira Kurosawa  Beeban Kidron  Spike Lee  Ida Lupino  Terrence Malick  Fernando Meirelles  Georges Melies  Russ Meyer  Takashi Miike  Michael Moore  Gaspar No©  Roman Polanski  Otto Preminger  Sam Raimi  Satyajit Ray  Jean Renoir  Roberto Rossellini  Martin Scorsese  Ridley Scott  Mack Sennett  Don Siegel  Aleksandr Sokurov  Steven Spielberg  Quentin Tarantino  Bela Tarr  Lars von Trier  Wong Kar-wai  John Woo  William Wyler  Zhang Yimou

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Lights, cameras, action! The world of movies is full of glamour and romance but it is the men and women behind the camera who call the shots, crafting cinema experiences that have enthralled generations of moviegoers.

The successor to the best-selling 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, 501 Movie Directors is a comprehensive guide to the masters of the big screen, from Woody Allen (Annie Hall) to Fred Zinnemann (High Noon), and from Takashi Miike (Audition) to Ingmar Bergman (Persona). Every auteur and action hit maker, comic genius and horror maestro is here, in one beautifully illustrated and fact-filled volume.

From the pioneering Buster Keaton to French New Wave director Lean-Luc Godard and enfant terrible Gaspar No©, all the giants and emerging geniuses of world cinema are included, making this the most comprehensive guide to movie directors ever produced. Each filmmaker receives at least a full-page entry, complete with a critically selected filmography and fascinating facts about his or her influences, trademarks, and creative partnerships. Did you know that Alfred Hitchcock made cameo appearances in thirty-seven of his movies? Discover Martin Scorsese s New York, and how 1960s Italian gothic cinema shaped modern directing styles.

Written by an international team of film critics, film historians, and journalists, this is a complete biography of the creative forces behind more than a century of film. Whether you read it from cover to cover or dip into it from time to time, 501 Movie Directors will broaden your love and appreciation of cinema . . . and continue to do so for many years to come. .
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Steven Jay Schneider is a film critic, scholar, and producer, with M.A. 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, and 501 Movie Stars, both also available from Barron s.