Books in the Conversations with Filmmakers Series series

These interviews range over the more than four decades of Clint Eastwood's directorial career, with an emphasis on practical filmmaking issues and his philosophy as a filmmaker. Nearly a third are from European sources -several appearing here in English for the first time.

Bertrand Tavernier was widely considered to be the leading light in a generation of French filmmakers who launched their careers in the 1970s. In this collection of interviews he discusses the arc of his career following in the lineage of the Lumiere brothers, in that his goal, like theirs, is to ""show the world to the world."

Bertrand Tavernier (b. 1941) is widely considered to be the leading light in a generation of French filmmakers who launched their careers in the 1970s, in the wake of the New Wave. In this collection, containing numerous interviews translated from French and available in English for the first time, he discusses the arc of his career.

This wide-ranging and insightful collection of interviews with D.A. Pennebaker (b. 1925) spans the prolific career of this pioneer of observational cinema. From the 1950s to the present day, D.A. Pennebaker has made documentary films that have revealed the world of politics, celebrity culture, and the music industry.

Highlights how Blake Edwards created the hugely successful Pink Panther franchise; his long partnership with award-winning composer Henry Mancini; his principles of comedy as influenced by the comic greats of film history, especially silent comedies; his marriage and film collaborations with Julie Andrews; and his unique philosophy of life.

After a robust career in the Netherlands as the country's most successful director, Paul Verhoeven built an impressive career in the US with controversial blockbusters. Paul Verhoeven: Interviews covers every phase of the director's career, beginning with six newly translated Dutch newspaper interviews and ending with a set of previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.

Presents some of Michael Haneke's most profound interviews to English speakers. The volume features seventeen articles, fourteen of which have been translated into English for the first time, and all of which provide a detailed, eloquent commentary on his films and worldview.

Collects fifteen interviews that illuminate Kasi Lemmons's ability to challenge social expectations through film and actualize stories that broaden expectations of cinematic black femaleness and maleness. The interviews reveal Lemmons's passion to create art through film, intimately linked to her mission to push the boundaries imposed by Hollywood.

In the late 1950s, Mike Nichols and Elaine May soared to superstar status as a sketch comedy duo in live shows and TV. After their 1962 breakup, both went on to long and distinguished careers in other areas of show business. This collection of twenty-seven interviews ranging over more than five decades tells their stories in their own words.

A refugee from post-World War II Europe who emigrated to the US in 1949, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) became one of America's foremost champions of independent cinema and one of its most innovative filmmakers. This collection of eighteen interviews covers almost sixty years of the filmmaker's career.

A refugee from post-World War II Europe who emigrated to the US in 1949, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) became one of America's foremost champions of independent cinema and one of its most innovative filmmakers. This collection of eighteen interviews covers almost sixty years of the filmmaker's career.

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is as famous for his remarkable films as for his courageous defiance of Iran's state censorship. In sparkling, lively interviews, Panahi reveals his influences, politics, and filmmaking practices, and explains the challenges he faces while working within (and often around) Iran's heavily restricted film industry.

Beginning in 1957 with the release of his directorial debut The Left Handed Gun, Arthur Penn quickly became an iconoclastic and influential American film director. Arthur Penn: Interviews is the first collection to explore every stage of the director's career. These conversations span forty-five years, and reveal Penn's ever-changing ideas on the nature of film and filmmaking.

Working entirely outside the studio system, the Coen brothers scored an unlikely first success in 1984 with their postmodern noir film Blood Simple. Two decades and nearly a dozen movies later, the Coens are now among the best-known writer/directors in Hollywood. This collection of their most important interviews spans twenty years and is the most comprehensive published on the brothers.

James Cameron is lauded as one of the most successful and innovative filmmakers of the last thirty years. His films often break records, both in their massive budgets and in their box-office earnings. James Cameron: Interviews chronicles the writer-director's rise through the Hollywood system, highlighted by his "can-do" attitude and his insatiable drive to make the best film possible.

These interviews trace Wes Craven's life and career, from his upbringing in a strict religious family and his life as an academic to his years toiling in exploitation cinema. The volume also chronicles Craven's ascendancy as an independent director, his work within the studio system, and his eventual triumph in mainstream cinema.

Thoughtful and passionate, Ang Lee humbly reveals here a personal journey that brought him from Taiwan to his chosen home in the United States as he struggled and ultimately triumphed in his quest to become a superb filmmaker. Ang Lee: Interviews collects the best interviews of this reticent yet bold figure.

Spanning twenty-five years, these conversations reveal Steven Soderbergh to be as self-effacing and lighthearted in his later more established years as he was when just beginning to make movies. He comes across as a man undaunted by the glitz and power of Hollywood, remaining, above all, a truly independent filmmaker.

David O. Russell (b. 1958) boasts a diverse body of work as a writer and director, spanning multiple genres and featuring radically differing aesthetic styles. This career-spanning volume features conversations with scholars and journalists as well as filmmakers, revealing Russell's evolving writing and directing process, and opening his life to reveal how a remarkable body of work has come to be.

After a robust career in the Netherlands as the country's most successful director, Paul Verhoeven built an impressive career in America with controversial blockbusters. Paul Verhoeven: Interviews covers every phase of the director's career, beginning with Dutch newspaper interviews dating back to 1968 and ending with previously unpublished interviews dedicated to his most recent work.

This revised and updated edition gathers interviews and profiles covering the entire forty-five year span of Woody Allen's career as a filmmaker, including detailed discussions of his most popular as well as his most critically acclaimed works. The present collection is a complete update of the volume that first appeared in 2006. In the years since, Allen has continued making movies, including Midnight in Paris and the Oscar-winning Blue Jasmine.While many interviews from the original edition have been retained in the present volume, ten new entries extend the coverage of Allen's directorial career through 2015. In addition, there are two new, in-depth interviews from the period covered in the first edition. Most of the interviews included in the original volume first appeared in such widely known publications and venues as the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Playboy. A number of smaller and lesser-known venues are also represented, especially in the new volume. Several interviews from non-American sources add an international perspective on Allen's work.Materials for the new volume include pieces focusing primarily on Allen's films as well as broader profiles and interviews that also concentrate on his literary talent. Perhaps Stephen Mamber best describes Allen's distinctiveness, especially early in his career: "Woody Allen is not the best new American comedy director or the best comedy writer or the best comedy actor, he's simply the finest combination of all three."Robert E. Kapsis, Great Neck, New York, is professor of sociology and film studies at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is author of Hitchcock: The Making of a Reputation and editor of several volumes in the Conversations with Filmmakers Series. Currently, Kapsis is collaborating with the Museum of the Moving Image and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in developing a major career retrospective on Steve Martin.

Roman Polanski arrived on the international scene in 1962 with his first feature film, "Knife in the Water", and his face was on the cover of "Time magazine" by the end of that year. His vibrant, disturbing, and often violent films have both entertained and infuriated audiences. His films have elevated him to the pinnacle of his oeuvre.

Presents fifteen articles, interviews, and seminars spanning William Friedkin's career. He discusses early influences, early successes, awards, and current projects. The volume provides coverage of his directorial process, beliefs, and anecdotes from his time serving as the creative force of some of the biggest films of the 1970s and beyond.

These interviews trace Wes Craven's life and career, from his upbringing in a strict religious family and his life as an academic to his years toiling in exploitation cinema. The volume also chronicles Craven's ascendancy as an independent director, his work within the studio system, and his eventual triumph in mainstream cinema.

Collects eight of Stan Brakhage's most important interviews in which the filmmaker describes his conceptual frameworks; his theories of vision and sound; the importance of poetry, music, and the visual arts in relation to his work; his concept of the muse; and the key influences on his art-making.

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is as famous for his remarkable films as for his courageous defiance of Iran's state censorship. In sparkling, lively interviews, Panahi reveals his influences, politics, and filmmaking practices, and explains the challenges he faces while working within (and often around) Iran's heavily restricted film industry.