Böcker i Conversations with Filmmakers Series-serien

Lois Weber was one of early Hollywood's most successful screenwriter-directors. Despite her many successes, Weber was pushed out of the business in the 1930s as a result of Hollywood's institutionalized sexism. This book restores her long-muted voice by reprinting more than sixty items in which she expressed her views on a range of filmic subjects.

The seventeen interviews in this volume, most of which have been translated into English for the first time, offer new insights into Claude Chabrol's remarkably wide-ranging filmography, providing a sense of his attitudes and ideas about a number of subjects.

Charles Burnett (b. 1944) is a groundbreaking African American filmmaker and one of America's finest directors, yet he remains largely unknown, and few filmgoers have seen his films or heard of Burnett. The interviews in this volume explore this paradox and collectively shed light on the work of a rare film master.

Taiwanese born, Ang Lee has produced diverse films in his award-winning body of work. Sometimes working in the West, sometimes in the East, he creates films that defy easy categorization. Ang Lee humbly reveals here a personal journey that brought him from Taiwan to his chosen home in the United States as he struggled and ultimately triumphed in his quest to become a superb filmmaker.

Taken from a variety of sources including academic journals, mainstream newspapers, and independent bloggers, Danny Boyle: Interviews is one of the first books available on this director. As an interviewee, Boyle displays an engaging honesty and openness. His success proves that classical storytelling artists still resonate with audiences.

Although Alexander Payne's body of work is quantitatively small, it is qualitatively impressive. His movies have garnered numerous accolades and awards. In this first compilation of his interviews, Payne reveals himself as a captivating conversationalist. The discussions collected here range from 1996 to 2013.

Over the course of his career, legendary director Werner Herzog (b. 1942) has made almost sixty films and given more than eight hundred interviews. This collection features the best of these, focusing on all his major films. Together, these interviews offer an unprecedented look at Herzog's work, his career, and his public persona as it has developed and changed over time.

David Fincher (b. 1962) did not go to film school and hates being defined as an auteur. He prefers to see himself as a craftsman, dutifully going about the art and business of making film. This collection of interviews highlights Fincher's unwavering commitment to his craft as he evolved from an entrepreneurial music video director into an enterprising feature filmmaker.

A pioneer of the New Queer Cinema, Todd Haynes (b. 1961) is a leading American independent filmmaker. He has garnered numerous awards and nominations and an expanding fan base for his provocative and engaging work. Gathering interviews from 1989 through 2012, this collection presents a range of themes, films, and moments in the burgeoning career of Todd Haynes.

Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999), screenwriter and filmmaker of the mid-twentieth-century Left, recognized his writerly mission to reveal the aspirations of his characters in a material society structured to undermine their hopes. In the process, he ennobled their struggle. This volume examines his life and career.

Rogue filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (b. 1968) rocketed to fame with his ultra-low-budget film El Mariachi (1992). In this, the first book devoted to Rodriguez, interviews and articles from 1993 to 2010 reveal a filmmaker passionate about making films on his own terms.

A collection of interviews made with director James Ivory (b 1928), producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005), and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (b 1927). It traces their career, while offering insights into their creative filmmaking process.

When George A Romero released his first film, "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), he created a genre - the zombie move - with which his name will always be associated. This collection of interviews with the creator of the zombie genre discusses his inspirations, his development as a director, and the evolution of filmmaking.