Russ Meyer
Interviews
Thirty years of interviews with the provocative and often controversial creator of films including Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls;and Vixen!
Lloyd Kaufman
Interviews
An extensive deep-dive omnibus from one of cinema’s most indefatigably ardent auteurs
Gaspar Noé
Interviews
A first-of-its-kind collection of interviews that documents Noé’s engagement with the feverish reception of his work and received ideas about his life and politics
Alan J. Pakula
Interviews
A concise yet comprehensive overview of the director’s illustrious career, from his early days in Hollywood to his rise as a major filmmaker
Ken Russell
Interviews
Collected interviews with the unconventional British filmmaker discussing his colorful life and career in movies and television
Albert Brooks
Interviews
Fourteen profiles of and conversations with the well-known American actor, director, and screenwriter
Dorothy Arzner
Interviews
Insights into the career of one of Golden Age Hollywood’s first and most prolific female directors who was best known for The Bride Wore Red
M. Night Shyamalan
Interviews
Two decades of interviews with the visionary filmmaker of such successful films as The Sixth Sense, Signs, and Unbreakable
Christian Petzold
Interviews
A rich resource for readers interested in the renowned German filmmaker’s work or contemporary German cinema but also those looking for theoretically challenging and sophisticated commentary offered by one of global art cinema’s leading figures
Abbas Kiarostami
Interviews
A well-rounded picture of the late Iranian filmmaker through his conversations with journalists, film scholars, critics, students, and audience members
Sofia Coppola
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the American filmmaker and actress known for The Virgin Suicides,Lost in Translation, and On the Rocks
Asghar Farhadi
Interviews
Collected interviews with the celebrated international filmmaker of A Hero, A Separation, and Dancing in the Dust, who became Iran’s most prominent director and one of the great dramatist filmmakers of his generation
Louis Malle
Interviews
Collected interviews with the internationally acclaimed director, screenwriter, and producer known for the emotional realism and stylistic simplicity of such films as Le Monde du silence and Goodbye, Children
Su Friedrich
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker whose innovations of narrative, documentary, and experimental style explore the roles of gender, family, and sexuality in contemporary America
Stuart Gordon
Interviews
The first collection of interviews with the horror film icon known for directing Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dolls
Otto Preminger
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the prolific Austro-Hungarian-born director known for challenging the status quo in Hollywood throughout his trailblazing career directing films like The Moon is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger
Interviews
A collection of interviews with the prolific Austro-Hungarian-born director known for challenging the status quo in Hollywood throughout his trailblazing career directing films like The Moon is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and Anatomy of a Murder
Alain Resnais
Interviews
A collection of twenty-one interviews with the French filmmaker of award-winning documentaries like Van Gogh and Night and Fog and groundbreaking dramas like Hiroshima mon amour, Last Year at Marienbad, and Muriel
David Cronenberg
Interviews
A collection of fifteen interviews with a director whose work is thematically consistent and marked by a rigorous intelligence, a keen sense of humor, and a fearless engagement with the nature of human existence
Kasi Lemmons
Interviews
Fifteen interviews that illuminate Lemmons’s distinctive ability to challenge social expectations through film and actualize stories that broaden expectations of cinematic Black femaleness and maleness
Nichols and May
Interviews
Twenty-seven interviews and profiles ranging over more than five decades that tell Mike Nichols’s and Elaine May’s stories in their own words
Jonas Mekas
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of avant-garde films such as Walden (Diaries, Notes, and Sketches); Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania; and As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Michael Haneke
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of The Seventh Continent, Funny Games,Amour,and his most recent feature, Happy End
William Friedkin
Interviews
Collected interviews with the Academy Award–winning director of the critically and commercially successful films The French Connection and The Exorcist
Claude Chabrol
Interviews
Collected interviews with the French director of influential New Wave films such as Le Beau Serge, Les Cousins, and Les Bonnes Femmes
Blake Edwards
Interviews
A long-overdue collection of interviews with the multitalented and versatile writer, director, and producer of such films as Days of Wine and Roses, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Victor/Victoria, and the Pink Panther franchise
Wes Craven
Interviews
Collected interviews with the pioneer of the modern horror cinema and director of The Last House on the Left, The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street,and Scream
Ang Lee
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of such films as Brokeback Mountain; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Life of Pi
Tyler Perry
Interviews
A career-spanning collection of interviews with the multimedia phenomenon who has directed groundbreaking films like Diary of a Mad Black Woman that feature mostly African American actors and tell stories about adversity, faith, family, and redemption
Charles Burnett
Interviews
Interviews with the groundbreaking African American filmmaker Charles Burnett, whose films contain rich characterizations and complex narratives
Steven Spielberg
Interviews, Revised and Updated
A new collection of interviews, including eleven original ones from the first edition and nine new ones, with the most popular director in American cinema history
Stan Brakhage
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of such iconic films as Anticipation of the Night, Dog Star Man, Scenes from Under Childhood, Mothlight, and Text of Light
Jafar Panahi
Interviews
Collected interviews and writings of the Iranian filmmaker known for his remarkable films and courageous defiance of state censorship
Lois Weber
Interviews
Collected interviews and articles with one of early Hollywood’s most successful screenwriter-directors and the first woman to direct a feature film
Barbara Kopple
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director of such films as Harlan County, U.S.A. and Gun Fight
Steven Soderbergh
Interviews, Revised and Updated
Collected interviews with the film director of Erin Brockovich, Traffic, and Ocean’s Eleven
J. J. Abrams
Interviews
A career-spanning collection of interviews with the director behind Lost; Mission: Impossible III; Star Trek; and Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Wong Kar-wai
Interviews
Collected interviews with the Hong Kong auteur covering every feature film he’s directed, from his debut, As Tears Go By, to his 2013 The Grandmaster
David O. Russell
Interviews
Collected interviews with the American filmmaker whose work spans multiple genres and features radically differing aesthetic styles
John Cassavetes
Interviews
Collected interviews with the American filmmaker whose contributions as an actor, a writer, a director, a producer, and a cinematographer, at a time of radical changes in cinema history, continue to inspire independent filmmakers to challenge creative restrictions and celebrate actors’ artistic contributions
Paul Verhoeven
Interviews
This collection of interviews covers every phase of the director’s career, beginning with six newly translated Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with a set of previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.
Margarethe von Trotta
Interviews
Three decades of interviews revealing von Trotta’s life in the film industry and the evolving roles of and opportunities provided to women over that time period
Baz Luhrmann
Interviews
Interviews with the director of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, Australia, and The Great Gatsby
Fred Schepisi
Interviews
A master class on film direction in which Schepisi provides a goldmine of insights into his films, his filmmaking style, and what makes him tick as an artist
Martin Scorsese
Interviews, Revised and Updated
This collection traces Scorsese’s evolution from the earliest days of the New American Cinema, his work with Roger Corman, and his days at New York University’s film program to his efforts to preserve the legacy of cinema, his documentary work, and his recent string of successes.
Peter Bogdanovich
Interviews
Interviews with the director of The Last Picture Show, What’s Up Doc?, and Daisy Miller
Alexander Payne
Interviews
Interviews with the director of Citizen Ruth, Nebraska, and The Descendants
Bertrand Tavernier
Interviews
Collected interviews with the director who is widely considered to be the leading light in a generation of French filmmakers who launched their careers in the 1970s, in the wake of the New Wave
Woody Allen
Interviews, Revised and Updated
Interviews and profiles covering the entire forty-five year span of Woody Allen’s career as a filmmaker, including detailed discussions of his most popular as well as his most critically acclaimed works
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Interviews
Interviews with the Polish filmmaker who garnered international acclaim (including an Oscar nomination) for his Three Colors trilogy of films and was proclaimed one of Europe’s most important filmmakers by many critics