Fifty Contemporary Film Directors

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Yvonne Tasker
Routledge, Oct 4, 2010 - Performing Arts - 496 pages

Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today’s most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director’s contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. Revised throughout and with twelve new entries, this second edition is an up-to-date introduction to some of the most prominent film makers of the present day. The directors, from differing backgrounds and working across a range of genres, include:

  • Martin Scorsese
  • Steven Spielberg
  • Sofia Coppola
  • Julie Dash
  • Shane Meadow
  • Michael Moore
  • Peter Jackson
  • Guillermo Del Toro
  • Tim Burton
  • Jackie Chan
  • Ang Lee
  • Pedro Almodóvar.

With further reading and a filmography accompanying each entry, this comprehensive guide is indispensable to all those studying contemporary film and will appeal to anyone interested in the key individuals behind modern cinema’s greatest achievements.

 

Contents

Pedro Almodóvar
JoséArroyo 6
Devin Orgeron 18
Gregg Araki GlynDavis 38
LucBesson
Charles Burnett
Tim Burton
James Cameron
AlexandraKeller 77
Introduction1 Fifty Contemporary Film Directors 6
ShelleyCobb 90
Rayna Denison 98
The Coen brothers
Sofia Coppola Pam Cook 126
Index 454
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About the author (2010)

Yvonne Tasker is Professor of Film Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her books include Action and Adventure Cinema (Routledge, 2004) and Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture (Duke UP, 2007).

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