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Contemporary Film Directors


Acquiring Editor: Daniel Nasset
Series Editors: Justus Nieland and Jennifer Fay

Contemporary Film Directors presents short, engagingly written, useful commentaries on living directors from around the world, including those who deserve greater attention in the English language. Each volume also includes an interview with the director, an annotated filmography, illustrations, and a bibliography.

Contemporary Film Directors Series Guidelines for Book Proposals


link to catalog page , D.A. Pennebaker Author: Keith Beattie
Pub Date: October 2011

"Performing the real" through the lens of a renowned innovator of documentary filmmaking   learn more...

link to catalog page , Hal Hartley Author: Mark L. Berrettini
Pub Date: February 2011

Examining a director whose work shrewdly eschews cinematic realism   learn more...

link to catalog page , Mike Leigh Author: Sean O’Sullivan
Pub Date: September 2011

A new look at a well-loved director's critical engagement with cinema   learn more...

link to catalog page , François Ozon Author: Thibaut Schilt
Pub Date: March 2011

A thematic examination of a prolific rising star in contemporary French filmmaking   learn more...

link to catalog page , Michael Haneke Author: Peter Brunette
Pub Date: March 2010

The first complete study of Michael Haneke's searing cinema   learn more...

link to catalog page , Alejandro González Iñárritu Author: Celestino Deleyto and María del Mar Azcona
Pub Date: October 2010

A searing study of one of Mexico's most dynamic directors   learn more...

link to catalog page , Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Author: Joseph Mai
Pub Date: May 2010

Fleshing out contemporary ethics in the Dardenne brothers' films   learn more...

link to catalog page , Jerry Lewis Author: Chris Fujiwara
Pub Date: December 2009

The premier study of an incomparable American director   learn more...

link to catalog page , Albert Maysles Author: Joe McElhaney
Pub Date: April 2009

A penetrating study of one of America's most talented and controversial documentarians   learn more...

link to catalog page , Atom Egoyan Author: Emma Wilson
Pub Date: February 2009

An integrated analysis of Egoyan's contemplative cinema   learn more...

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