[PDF] Encyclopedia Of French Film Directors eBook

Author : Philippe Rège
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 1486 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 2009-12-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 081086939X

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Cinema has been long associated with France, dating back to 1895, when Louis and Auguste Lumi_re screened their works, the first public viewing of films anywhere. Early silent pioneers Georges MZli_s, Alice Guy BlachZ and others followed in the footsteps of the Lumi_re brothers and the tradition of important filmmaking continued throughout the 20th century and beyond. In Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Philippe Rège identifies every French director who has made at least one feature film since 1895. From undisputed masters to obscure one-timers, nearly 3,000 directors are cited here, including at least 200 filmmakers not mentioned in similar books published in France. Each director's entry contains a brief biographical summary, including dates and places of birth and death; information on the individual's education and professional training; and other pertinent details, such as real names (when the filmmaker uses a pseudonym). The entries also provide complete filmographies, including credits for feature films, shorts, documentaries, and television work. Some of the most important names in the history of film can be found in this encyclopedia, from masters of the Golden Age_Jean Renoir and RenZ Clair_to French New Wave artists such as Fran_ois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.

Author : Ephraim Katz
Publisher : New York : Crowell
Page : 1284 pages
File Size : 39,55 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Cinéma
ISBN : 9780690012040

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An encyclopedia of world cinema listing American, British, and international subjects and artistic, technical, and commercial aspects of the motion picture.

Author : Sabine Haenni
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 25,51 MB
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317682602

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Films comprises 200 essays by leading film scholars analysing the most important, influential, innovative and interesting films of all time. Arranged alphabetically, each entry explores why each film is significant for those who study film and explores the social, historical and political contexts in which the film was produced. Ranging from Hollywood classics to international bestsellers to lesser-known representations of national cinema, this collection is deliberately broad in scope crossing decades, boundaries and genres. The encyclopedia thus provides an introduction to the historical range and scope of cinema produced throughout the world.

Author : Ephraim Katz
Publisher : New York : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 1508 pages
File Size : 13,96 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780062730893

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Gay and Lesbian Cinema: p. 513-514.

Author : Rebecca Hillauer
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789774249433

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Arab women filmmakers: Who are they? What drives them? What are their experiences in a male-dominated profession? How do they function within the contexts - and constraints - of patriarchal societies? The answers are complex and sometimes surprising, as complex and surprising as the vastly different films these women direct. In this unprecedented book, Rebecca Hillauer assembles a comprehensive and penetrating look into the history of Arab women's filmmaking, as well as the political and social background of the countries - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, among others - from which these artists emerged. In addition to the biographies, filmographies, and discussions of their most important works, lively, in-depth interviews allow us to hear from the filmmakers themselves. Collectively, these women, who hail from a wide range of professional, religious, and social backgrounds, provide a varied and vivid picture of what it means to work in creative and journalistic fields in the modern Arab world. For Hillauer, the subject of a film, its genesis, and the personal story of the artist who created it reveal far more than a particular approach to cinematography. Arab women filmmakers and their main characters (who are often semi-autobiographical) not only afford us a look at seldom-seen facets of Arab societies, they personify an alternative women's 'model,' one that is far removed from western clichés. Broad in scope, and rich in insight, Arab Women Filmmakers is a must read for cineastes as well as students of film, feminism, and the Middle East.

Author : Barry Keith Grant
Publisher : Schirmer Books
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :

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This reference source covers all aspects of the cinema, including film history, production, national cinemas, genre theory and criticism, and cultural contexts.

Author : Ephraim Katz
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 4150 pages
File Size : 14,74 MB
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0062277111

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“Wow! What a book!” — Katharine Hepburn “Recommended for any reference collection in need of a world view of film.” — Booklist “The best movie reference book, hands down.” — Newsweek

Author : Dayna Oscherwitz
Publisher : Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :

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It can be argued that cinema was created in France by Louis Lumière in 1895 with the invention of the cinématographe, the first true motion-picture camera and projector. While there were other cameras and devices invented earlier that were capable of projecting intermittent motion of images, the cinématographe was the first device capable of recording and externally projecting images in such a way as to convey motion. Early films such as Lumière's La Sortie de l'usine, a minute-long film of workers leaving the Lumière factory, captured the imagination of the nation and quickly inspired the likes of Georges Méliès, Alice Guy, and Charles Pathé. Through the years, French cinema has been responsible for producing some of the world's best directors--Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Louis Malle--and actors--Charles Boyer, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, and Audrey Tautou. The Historical Dictionary of French Cinema covers the history of French film from the silent era to the present in a concise and up to date volume detailing the development of French cinema and major theoretical and cultural issues related to it. This is done through a chronology, an introduction, photographs, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on many of the major actors, directors, films, movements, producers, and studios associated with French cinema. Going beyond mere biographical information, entries also discuss the impact and significance of each individual, film, movement, or studio included. This detailed, scholarly analysis of the development of film in France is useful to both the novice and the expert alike.

Author : Douglas Morrey
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 2019-01-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1526141558

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This volume offers a new interpretation of the whole of Godard's career in cinema. Drawing examples from all periods of Godard's filmmaking, it examines the parallels between the director's innovative approach to film form and wider developments in French culture and thought since 1950.