Fifty Contemporary Film Directors

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Edited by Yvonne Tasker

Type

Studies

Subject

Director

Keywords

director, film selection

Publishing date

2010

Publisher

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Key Guides

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 494 pages
5 ½ x 8 ¾ inches (14 x 22 cm)

ISBN

978-0-415-55433-6

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Book Presentation:
Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today’s most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director’s contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. Revised throughout and with twelve new entries, this second edition is an up-to-date introduction to some of the most prominent film makers of the present day. The directors, from differing backgrounds and working across a range of genres, include:
Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg
Sofia Coppola, Julie Dash
Shane Meadow Michael Moore
Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro
Tim Burton, Jackie Chan
Ang Lee, Pedro Almodóvar.

With further reading and a filmography accompanying each entry, this comprehensive guide is indispensable to all those studying contemporary film and will appeal to anyone interested in the key individuals behind modern cinema’s greatest achievements.

About the Author:
Yvonne Tasker is Professor of Film Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her books include Action and Adventure Cinema (Routledge, 2004) and Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture (Duke UP, 2007).

Press Reviews:
'An impressive addition to the film history ‘library’' - Tanya Jones, The Media Education Association

See the publisher website: Routledge