Books in the Wiley Blackwell Companions to Film Directors series

The most comprehensive volume on one of the most controversial directors in American film history  A Companion to D.W. Griffith offers an exhaustive look at the first acknowledged auteur of the cinema and provides an authoritative account of the directorΓÇÖs life, work, and lasting filmic legacy. The text explores how GriffithΓÇÖs style and status advanced along with cinemaΓÇÖs own development during the years when narrative became the dominant mode, when the short gave way to the feature, and when film became the preΓÇôeminent form of mass entertainment. Griffith was at the centre of each of these changes: though a contested figure, he remains vital to any understanding of how cinema moved from nickelodeon fixture to a national pastime, playing a significant role in the cultural ethos of America. With the renewed interest in GriffithΓÇÖs contributions to the film industry, A Companion to D.W. Griffith offers a scholarly look at a career that spanned more than 25 years. The editor, a leading scholar on D.W. Griffith, and the expert contributors collectively offer a unique account of one of the monumental figures in film studies. Presents the most authoritative, complete account of the directorΓÇÖs life, work, and lasting legacy Builds on the recent resurgence in the directorΓÇÖs scholarly and popular reputation Edited by a leading authority on D.W. Griffith, who has published extensively on this controversial director  Offers the most upΓÇôtoΓÇôdate, singularly comprehensive volume on one of the monumental figures in film studies

A Companion to Steven Spielberg provides an authoritative collection of essays exploring the achievements and legacy of one of the most influential film directors of the modern era.

With 25 essays that embrace a wide spectrum of topics and perspectives including intertextuality, transnationality, gender representation, repetition, the use of music, color, and sound, depiction of time and space in human affairs, and Wong's highly original portrayal of violence, A Companion to Wong Kar-Wai is a singular examination of the prestigious filmmaker known around the world for the innovation, beauty, and passion he brings to filmmaking.* Brings together the most cutting edge, in-depth, and interesting scholarship on arguably the greatest living Asian filmmaker, from a multinational group of established and rising film scholars and critics* Covers a huge breadth of topics such as the tradition of the jianghu in Wong's films; queering Wong's films not in terms of gender but through the artist's liminality; the phenomenological Wong; Wong's intertextuality; America through Wong's eyes; the optics of intensities, thresholds, and transfers of energy in Wong's cinema; and the diasporic presence of some ladies from Shanghai in Wong's Hong Kong* Examines the political, historical, and sociological influence of Wong and his work, and discusses his work from a variety of perspectives including modern, post-modern, postcolonial, and queer theory* Includes two appendices which examine Wong's work in Hong Kong television and commercials

A Companion to Robert Altman presents myriad aspects of Altman s life, career, influence and historical context. This book features 23 essays from a range of experts in the field, providing extensive coverage of these aspects and dimensions of Altman s work.

A Companion to Michael Haneke is a definitive collection of newly-commissioned work that covers Haneke's body of work in its entirety, catering to students and scholars of Haneke at a time when interest in the director and his work is soaring.

A Companion to Fritz Lang offers the first full-scale collection of scholarship available in English on one of the most important filmmakers of all time. Over two dozen essays add up to an unrivalled and up-to-the-minute assessment of Fritz Lang s prolific and resilient life and vision.

Francois Truffaut called him, simply, the best . Jean Renoir is a towering figure in world cinema and fully justifies this monumental survey that includes contributions from leading international film scholars and comprehensively analyzes Renoir s life and career from numerous critical perspectives.

Alfred Hitchcock remains the quintessential cinematic auteur - the director as hero. Debate over his status as an obsessive and dictatorial artist has raised pressing questions about the relation between individual authorship and contexts, influences, and collaborators.

A Companion to Luis Bunuel presents a collection of critical readings by many of the foremost film scholars that examines and reassesses myriad facets of world-renowned filmmaker Luis Bunuel s life, works, and cinematic themes.

Although the New Wave, one of the most influential aesthetic revolutions in the history of cinema, might not have existed without him, Francois Truffaut has largely been ignored by American film scholars since his death 25 years ago.

Edited by leading authorities on the subject, and bringing together a stellar cast of contributors, this detailed appraisal of Pedro Almodovar s unique cinematic art examines the themes, style, and aesthetics of his oeuvre and locates it in the context of the profound cultural transformations in Spain since the 1970s.

A Companion to Rainer Werner Fassbinder is the first of its kind to engage with this important figure. Twenty-eight essays by an international group of scholars consider this controversial director's contribution to German cinema, German history, gender studies, and auteurship.

A Companion to Werner Herzog represents more than two dozen original scholarly essays examining five decades of cinematic contributions by one of the world s most acclaimed and innovative filmmakers.

A Companion to Michael Haneke is a definitive collection ofnewly-commissioned work that covers Haneke's body of work in itsentirety, catering to students and scholars of Haneke at a timewhen interest in the director and his work is soaring.

A Companion to Jean-Luc Godard presents a compendium of original essays by top film scholars that focus on a wide range of issues relating to Godard s films. The majority of essays cover Godard s major works, while others offer reflections on his personal philosophy, politics, and connections to other critics and filmmakers.