Fifty Contemporary Film Directors

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Yvonne Tasker
Routledge, Oct 4, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 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.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Authorship in contemporary film culture and criticism
1
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
6
WES ANDERSON
18
AOYAMA SHINJI
27
GREGG ARAKI
38
LUC BESSON
46
KATHRYN BIGELOW
54
CHARLES BURNETT
60
ANG LEE
240
SPIKE LEE
249
DAVID LYNCH
258
MICHAEL MANN
267
SHANE MEADOWS
280
HAYAO MIYAZAKI
288
MICHAEL MOORE
296
MIRA NAIR
303

TIM BURTON
69
JAMES CAMERON
77
JANE CAMPION
90
GURINDER CHADHA
98
JACKIE CHAN
107
THE COEN BROTHERS
116
SOFIA COPPOLA
126
DAVID CRONENBERG
134
JULIE DASH
142
GUILLERMO DEL TORO
153
ATOM EGOYAN
159
DAVID FINCHER
170
HAL HARTLEY
178
TODD HAYNES
186
PETER JACKSON
195
JIM JARMUSCH
205
NEIL JORDAN
216
AKI KAURISMÄKI
224
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
233
FRANÇOIS OZON
311
PARK CHANWOOK
320
SALLY POTTER
329
JOHN SAYLES
338
MARTIN SCORSESE
347
STEVEN SODERBERGH
355
TODD SOLONDZ
364
STEVEN SPIELBERG
372
OLIVER STONE
380
QUENTIN TARANTINO
392
LARS VON TRIER
400
GUS VAN SANT
409
WONG KARWAI
417
JOHN WOO
425
ZHANG YIMOU
434
ZHANG YUAN
442
INDEX
454
Copyright

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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).

Bibliographic information

TitleFifty Contemporary Film Directors
Routledge Key Guides
EditorYvonne Tasker
Editionrevised
PublisherRoutledge, 2010
ISBN1136919465, 9781136919466
Length496 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Biography & Autobiography / General
Performing Arts / Film / Reference
Performing Arts / Individual Director
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
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