Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide

Item Number

PN1998.2

Author/Artist/Editor

Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson

Type

Book, Encyclopedia, Hard Copy

Date

2002

Press/Publisher

Wallflower Press

Language

English

Description

Encompassing the careers of up to 600 directors - over 60 new to this edition - working in the US and Canada today, this volume is an invaluable reference for students, researchers and enthusiasts of film and popular culture. Each entry provides biographical information as well as insightful textual and thematic analysis of the director's work. In comprehensively covering a wide range of film-makers - from more established mainstream luminaries such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott and Kathryn Bigelow, through independent mavericks like Hal Hartley, Atom Egoyan, Jim Jarmusch and the Coen brothers, to innovative emerging talents including Marc Forster (Monster's Ball), Todd Field (In the Bedroom) and David Gordon Green (George Washington) - the shifting landscape of contemporary film-making is brought into sharp focus.

Keywords

Film

ISSN/ISBN

1-903364-52-3

Availability

Available

OCLC

51480273