Direction & Production

In these vivid and revealing interviews, directors such as the Coen brothers, Ang Lee, Anthony Minghella and Neil Jordan recall the making of their 'first f...

Traces The History And Development Of Video Games, Providing Information On The First Games, Influential Developers, How The Games Have Changed Over The Yea...

Digital Filmmaking For Kids Makes It Easy To Get Up And Running With Digital Filmmaking! This Fun And Friendly Guide Walks You Through A Ton Of Cool Project...

"Just when you think there aren't anymore books to write about filmmaking, here comes D.B. Gilles' The Portable Film School: a wonderful on-paper process ...

The Essential Guide to the Cameraman's Craft Since its initial publication in 1973, Cinematography has become the guidebook for filmmakers. Based on their...

A Guide To 52 Prime Examples Of Must-see Cinema, The Essentials Vol. 2 -- Based On The Turner Classic Movies Series -- Is Packed With Behind-the-scenes Stor...

This illustrated critical survey of the Academy Award-winning writer and director's career, covering everything from her groundbreaking music videos throug...

For More Than Twenty Years John Ford And John Wayne Were A Blockbuster Hollywood Team, Turning Out Many Of The Finest Western Films Ever Made. Ford, Known F...

A 688-page volume jam-packed with practical information, advice, tips, and quirky wisdom, both basic enough for the novice and complete enough to help thos...

Twelve essays written between 1928 and 1945 that demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein’s film theory and in particular his analysis of ...

In This Riveting Popular History, The Creator Of You Must Remember This Probes The Inner Workings Of Hollywood’s Glamorous Golden Age Through The Stories ...

The Wes Anderson Collection: Isle of Dogs is the only book to take readers behind the scenes of the beloved auteur's newest stop-motion animated film. Throu...

Foreword by John BoyegaJust in time for the next blockbuster, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, this unique and beautifully designed compendium with removable feat...

Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Ho...

Rediscover Todd Phillips’ Joker with this deluxe edition of the screenplay.\Experience a cinematic origin story of the infamous DC villain as never before...

Ideal choice for fans of the LEGO movie who want to try stop-motion animation in their own movies Provides practical tips on how to film using stop-motion...

A stunning full-color, illustrated, behind-the-scenes guide to the Good Omens television series, adapted for the screen by Neil Gaiman himself and starring...

Complete with Academy Award results, this full-length book includes excerpts from James Cameron's journals on how the landmark film was made, plus notes by...

Film and television director Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir traces his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into fil...

Pierre–Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) stands out among the great artists for his willingness to paint pictures that are straightforwardly pretty and charmi...

This edition covers iMovie 10.0 for Mac and iMovie 2.0 for iOS.iMovie's sophisticated tools make it easier than ever to turn raw footage into sleek, enterta...

Written by senior compositor, technical director, and master trainer Steve Wright, this book condenses years of production experience into an easy-to-read a...

Nothing about Otto Preminger was small or trivial--from his privileged upbringing in Vienna as the son of an improbably successful Jewish lawyer to his wo...

Ed Hooks' indispensable acting guidebook for animators has been fully updated and improved! Hooks uses basic acting theory to explain everything from cha...

From Ed Catmull, co-founder (with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter) of Pixar Animation Studios, comes an incisive book about creativity in business—sure to app...

Norman Jewison Directed Some Of The Most Iconic And Beloved Films Of An Era, From In The Heat Of The Night And The Thomas Crown Affair To Jesus Christ Super...

Now there is no reason to prevent anybody from making a film. The technology exists, the equipment is much cheaper than it was, the post-production facili...

Michael Ondaatje's conversations over the period of a year with the film and sound editor Walter Murch. Their exchange reveals behind-the-scenes glimpses of...

Empire of Dreams is the first definitive look at all of the science fiction (SF), fantasy, and horror films directed by Steven Spielberg, one of the most po...

Lee Lanier. A Focal Press book--Cover. Includes index.Categories: Arts & Photography Photography & VideoFilm & Video Art