501 movie directors / [general editor, Steven Jay Schneider].
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TextPublication details: Hauppauage, NY : Barrons Educational Series, 2007Description: 640 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. 22 cmISBN: - 9780764160226;0764160222
- PN 1998.2 .A83 2007
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A Quintessence book--T.p. verso.
Includes indexes.
Is a chronological compendium that profiles 501 most important film directors of all time. Entries-augmented with a photo of each director plus movie stills from his or her films-describe such major figures as Sergei Eisentein, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Lein Riefenstahl, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, etc.. Facilitates information on- Why D.W. Griffin is called the father of filmmaking, The details surrounding Martin Scorsese fascination with New YOr,the truth about Alfred Hitchcock's stunning blonde's.Discussion of filmmakers work and influences, their complete filmographyand listing of awards received are featured. Seventy-five directors of special importance are profiled in larger entries- two-page spreads- while 15 internationally acknowledge master directorsare discussed and examined in two double- page spreads.
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