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Granted total and unprecedented access to the Academy Award-winning director's archives, the author, drawing on hundreds of interviews with the artist and those who have worked closely with him, chronicles his attempt to reimagine the entire pursuit of moviemaking though his production company American Zoetrope.
3) Everywhere an oink oink: an embittered, dyspeptic, and accurate report of forty years in Hollywood
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies. David Mamet went to Hollywood on top--a super successful playwright summoned west in 1980 to write a vehicle for Jack Nicholson. He arrived just in time to meet the luminaries of old Hollywood and revel in the friendship of giants like Paul Newman,...
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"Miss May Does Not Exist, by Carrie Courogen is the riveting biography of comedian, director, actor and writer Elaine May, one of America's greatest comic geniuses. May began her career as one-half of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, the duo that revolutionized the comedy sketch. After performing their Broadway smash An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Elaine set out on her own. She toiled unsuccessfully on Broadway for...
5) Ava DuVernay
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Ava DuVernay is a groundbreaking moviemaker. In her films, she examines the Black experience and fights for justice. She was also the first African American woman to win Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival. This book explores her life and her fascinating films. A table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, filmography, and sidebars are included in this title"--
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Palazzo Editions Ltd
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Stunningly illustrated, this biography of filmmaker David Lynch is published to coincide with the 45th anniversary of Eraserhead. From his experimental shorts of the 1960s to feature films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive -- not forgetting the award-winning TV series Twin Peaks -- David Lynch, pop culture icon, cult figure, film industry outsider and master filmmaker, has pushed the boundaries of cinematic storytelling....
7) Jordan Peele
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Jordan Peele is a groundbreaking moviemaker. His unique horror films explore important issues while drawing huge crowds. He was also the first Black screenwriter to win an Oscar. This book explores his life and his fascinating films. A table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, filmography, and sidebars are included in this title"--
9) Spike Lee
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Spike Lee is a groundbreaking moviemaker. While tackling important issues, he helped change the way Black stories are told on film. He has also inspired the next generation of filmmakers. This book explores his life and his fascinating films. A table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, filmography, and sidebars are included in this title"--
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Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"'I’ll be dropping a few names,' Ed Zwick confesses in the introduction to his book. 'Over the years I have worked with self-proclaimed masters-of-the-universe, unheralded geniuses, hacks, sociopaths, savants, and saints.' He has encountered these Hollywood types during four decades of directing, producing, and writing projects that have collectively received eighteen Academy Award nominations (seven wins) and sixty-seven Emmy nominations (twenty-two...
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University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"David O. Selznick (1902-1965) was one of the most prominent film producers of the Hollywood studio era, responsible for such artistic and commercial triumphs as King Kong, David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, A Star Is Born, Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, Spellbound, and The Third Man. However, film production was not his only domain. Starting in the late 1930s, he built an impressive stable of stars within his own independent company, including Ingrid...