Donald G. Godfrey is a broadcast educator, professional broadcaster, and historian. Godfrey is also a past president of the national Broadcast Education Association (BEA), a former editor of the Journal of […]
Category: film
Happy birthday, Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson “Spike” Lee was born March 20, 1957. With a long varies career that has spanned independent films such as his debut She’s Gotta Have It (1986), to mainstream, big-budget films including […]
Happy birthday to filmmaker Jacques Rivette
French film director Jacques Rivette was born on March 1, 1928. A member of the French New Wave, alongside François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, Rivette is best known for his films Celine and Julie Go […]
Contemporary Film Directors $2.99 eBook sale
For the month of March we have lowered the e-book list price of 20+ titles in our Contemporary Film Directors series to $2.99. Click here to view the full list. […]
Happy birthday, David Lynch
Filmmaker David Lynch was born in Missoula, Montana on January 20, 1946. The director of films including Mulholland Drive (2001) and Dune (1984) and the tv series Twin Peaks (1990) is […]
Happy birthday, Steven Soderbergh
January 14, 2014 is film director Steven Soderberg’s 51st birthday. The profile filmmaker is the subject of Contemporary Film Directors series title Steven Soderbergh by Aaron Baker. Soderbergh’s film career is […]
Carole Boyce Davies finds a ‘missed opportunity’ in 12 Years a Slave
Carole Boyce Davies, author of Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones has written about some of differences between the film 12 Years a Slave and the 1854 memoir penned by […]
‘Dario Argento’ author talks with Dario Argento
Italian film director Dario Argento is best known for his work in the style of giallo, the crime/thriller mixture that influenced the slasher genre. Argento has gained acclaim from horror […]
Annette Insdorf asks Philip Kaufman about ‘The Right Stuff’
On October 9th, 2013 the Motion Picture Association of America celebrated the 30th Anniversary of Philip Kaufman’s film The Right Stuff in Washington, D.C. The MPAA hosted an event that […]
Philp Kaufman author Annette Insdorf talks The Right Stuff and more
Annette Insdorf, author of the Contemporary Film Directors series book Philip Kaufman will conduct a Q&A with the filmmaker at the 30th Anniversary celebration and screening of The Right Stuff hosted […]
Happy birthday to film director John Sayles
Film director, screenwriter and novelist John Sayles was born on September 28, 1950. An icon of independent filmmaking, Sales began his career working for B-movie legend Roger Corman. David Shumway, author […]
Happy birthday to film director Christian Petzold
German film director Christian Petzold was born on September 14, 1960. The director of films Barbara and Jerichow is also the subject of the forthcoming Contemporary Film Directors series release […]