 The
first few books below are highly recommended by
us as we have read them ourselves. The rest are
also recommended by reputation and a variety of
reputable sources. You'll find related magazines
at the end of the list. Order your books directly
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- Projections: Film-Makers
on Film-Making
John Boorman (Editor), Walter Donohue (Editor)
/ Paperback /
An annual series of books written by directors
for directors.
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- Filmmaking At Used-Car Prices
By Rick Schmidt / Paperback / Penguin Books
/ Published 1995.
A veritable step-by-step "how to make a low
budget film" bible.
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- On Directing Film
by David Mamet
One of this century's finest playwrights shares
his experiences of directing film.
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- Who the Devil Made It : Conversations
With Robert Aldrich, George Cukor, Allan Dwan,
Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Chuck Jones,
Fritz Lang...
Robert Aldrich (Editor), Peter Bogdanovich (Editor)
/ Hardcover / Published 1997
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- Film Directing Shot by Shot
: Visualizing from Concept to Screen
by Steven D. Katz / Paperback / Published 1991
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- Making Movies
by Sidney Lumet / Paperback / Published 1996
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- Directing Actors : Creating
Memorable Performances for Film
by Judith Weston / Paperback / Published 1996
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- Film Directing Cinematic
Motion : A Workshop for Staging Scenes
by Steven D. Katz / Paperback / Published 1992
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- Images
by David Lynch / Hardcover / Published 1994
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- Directing : Film Techniques
and Aesthetics
by Michael P. Rabiger / Paperback / Published
1996
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- Burton on Burton
by Tim Burton, Mark Salisbury (Editor) / Hardcover
/ Published 1995
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- Spike, Mike, Slackers
& Dykes : A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American
Independent Cinema
by John Pierson, Kevin Smith / Hardcover / Published
1996
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- Micro-Budget Hollywood: Budgeting
(And Making Feature Films For $50,000 to $500,000)
by Philip Gaines, David J. Rhodes / Paperback
/ Published 1995
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Future of the Movies : Interviews... |
- The Future of the Movies
: Interviews With Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg,
and George Lucas
by Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel / Paperback / Published
1991
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- The Beginning Film Maker's
Guide to Directing
by Renee Harmon / Paperback / Published 1992
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- The Director's Journey :
The Creative Collaboration Between Directors,
Writers and Actors
by Mark W. Travis / Paperback / Published 1997
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- Producing, Financing, and
Distributing Film/a Comprehensive Legal and
Business Guide
by Paul A. Baumgarten, et al / Paperback / Published
1992
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- The St. James Film Directors
Encyclopedia
by Andrew Sarris (Editor) / Hardcover / Published
1997
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- Projections 4 1/2 :
In Association With Positif : Film-Makers on
Film-Making (Projections, 4 1/2, 1995)
John Boorman (Editor), Walter Donohue (Editor)
/ Paperback / Published 1995
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- Director's Cut by John
Waters (Photographer) / Hardcover / Published
1997
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- Something Like an Autobiography
by Akira Kurosawa / Paperback / Published 1983
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- The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick
by Norman Kagan / Paperback / Published 1989
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- Producer to Producer : Insider
Tips for Entertainment Media
by Michael Wiese / Paperback / Published 1997
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- What an Art Director Does
: An Introduction to Motion Picture Production
Design
by Ward Preston / Paperback / Published 1994
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- Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds
: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento
by Maitland McDonagh / Paperback / Published
1994
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- Rebel Without a Crew : Or
How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became
a Hollywood Player
by Robert Rodriguez / Hardcover / Published
1995
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