Research Catalog

Title

A cut above : 50 film directors talk about their craft / Michael Singer ; foreword by Leonard Maltin.

Author

Singer, Michael.

Publication

Los Angeles, CA : Lone Eagle : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, [1998], ©1998.

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Description

xii, 341 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• Michael Singer takes the reader on an inside look at the craft, the art, the passion and vision of directing as seen through the eyes of 50 great film directors. Candid, unrestrained conversations weave a personal, never-before-seen intimacy through each interview. Hailed by scholars and filmmakers alike, A Cut Above provides new insights into many classic films and reveals to the film buff and film student the sheer magnitude of these maverick filmmaker's impact on the motion picture industry.
• Each director profile includes a complete filmography.

Subjects

• Motion pictures > Production and direction
• Motion picture producers and directors > Interviews

Bibliography (note)

• Includes filmographies.

Contents

50 Film Directors Talk About Their Craft. Michael Apted. John Badham. Paul Bartel. Martin Brest. James Cameron. Henning Carlsen. Gilbert Cates. Martha Coolidge. Joe Dante. Richard Donner. Taylor Hackford. Randa Haines. Amy Heckerling. Stephen Herek. Walter Hill. Arthur Hiller. Noel Howard. Harry Hurwitz. Norman Jewison. Phil Joanou. Roland Joffe. Gene Kelly. Irvin Kershner. Stanley Kramer. Mary Lambert. Barry Levinson. Garry Marshall. Mira Nair. Gregory Nava. Ronald Neame. Phillip Noyce. Robert Rodriguez. Michael Schultz. Joel Schumacher. Ridley Scott. George Sidney. Steven Soderbergh. Oliver Stone. Caroline Thompson. Mario Van Peebles. Melvin Van Peebles. Peter Wang. Wayne Wang. Keenen Ivory Wayans. Simon Wincer. Robert Wise. Che-Kirk Wong. John Woo. Robert M. Young. Edward Zwick.

ISBN

1580650007

LCCN

98034631

OCLC

ocm39532887

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries