Books

For the first time in book form, Robert McKee's Story reveals the award-winning methods of the man universally regarded as the world's premier screenwriting teacher. For more than...

Save the cat! by Blake Snyder. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Zhe jiang da xue chu ban she (2005). Full details, reviews and current...

One of the seminal and much respected texts in the field of screenwriting by one of the greats. *Screenplay* has been revised and updated many times and it remains a number one...

The screenwriter's bible by David Trottier. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Screenwriting Center (1994). Full details, reviews and current...

Includes an idea-to-film production case study of his short story, Da Vinci.

Which lie did I tell? by William Goldman. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Pantheon Books (2000). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

"John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood's most successful films...

Writing screenplays that sell by Michael Hauge. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by McGraw-Hill Book Co. (1980). Full details, reviews and...

Making a good script great by Linda Seger. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Samuel French Trade (1987). Full details, reviews and current...

The writer's journey by Christopher Vogler. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (1992). Full details, reviews and...

The Idea by Erik Bork. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Overfall Press (2018). Full details, reviews and current pricing are available on...

Your Screenplay Sucks! by William M Akers. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2014). Full details, reviews and...

"We need good screenwriters who understand character." Everywhere Andrew Horton traveled in researching this book-from Hollywood to Hungary-he heard the same refrain. Yet most of...

Screenwriting is the art of telling stories dramatically - and it can be learned. Although there is no standard formula for writing a screenplay, there are central principles that...

Alternative scriptwriting by Ken Dancyger, Jeff Rush. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Taylor & Francis Group (1991). Full details, reviews...

Crafty screenwriting by Alex Epstein. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Henry Holt (2002). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

How not to write a screenplay by Denny Martin Flinn. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Lone Eagle Pub. (1999). Full details, reviews and...

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit by Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Touchstone (2011). Full details...

On Writing is both a textbook for writers and a memoir of Stephen's life and will, thus, appeal even to those who are not aspiring writers. If you've always wondered what led...

The Screenwriter's Workbook by Syd Field. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Dell Pub. Co. (1984). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

One of the first books written on what is now called aesthetics. Although parts are lost (e.g., comedy), it has been very influential in western thought, such as the part on...

From the author of *Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting* comes a new work on how to write dialogue for fiction writers. McKee brings his vast...

Character by Robert Mckee. A screenwriting title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Grand Central Publishing (2021). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies, *House of Games* and *Things Change*, David Mamet illuminates...

"Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics is a comprehensive manual that teaches the essentials of filmmaking from the perspective of the director. Ideal for film production and...

Making movies by Sidney Lumet. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Bloomsbury Publishing (1995). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Sculpting in Time by Andrey Tarkovsky. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by University of Texas Press (1989). Full details, reviews and current...

Notes on the Cinematographer (Sun and Moon Classics) by Robert Bresson. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Green Integer (1997). Full details...

Directing Actors is a method for establishing creative, collaborative relationships with actors, getting the most out of rehearsals, troubleshooting poor performances, and giving...

The film director's intuition by Judith Weston. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2003). Full details, reviews and...

Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Plume (1995). Full details, reviews and current pricing are available...

"A complete catalogue of visual techniques and their stylistic implications for both the filmmaker and videomaker -- 'a text book' -- which enables working filmmakers (as well as...

Film Directing, Cinematic Motion by Steven D. Katz. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (1998). Full details, reviews and...

For the first time since its publication in 1984, The Filmmaker's Handbook--the classic volume highlighting the techniques and technologies needed for the creation and production...

The classic study of the great director and his films, comprising a series of dialogues between Hitchcock and Truffaut, is fully updated with material on Hitchcock's last years...

The distinguished filmmaker chronicles his life from his birth in 1910 to the worldwide success in 1951 of his film "Rashomon," and provides a provocative account of the Japanese...

"Herzog on Herzog is a career-spanning set of interviews with the legendary German filmmaker once hailed by Francois Truffaut as the most important director alive. Famous for his...

Lynch on Lynch by Chris Rodley. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Faber & Faber (2005). Full details, reviews and current pricing are available...

Scorsese on Scorsese by Martin Scorsese, David Thompson. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Faber (1990). Full details, reviews and current...

Sidney Lumet by Joanna E. Rapf. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by University Press of Mississippi (2005). Full details, reviews and current...

Directing the documentary by Michael Rabiger. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Routledge (2014). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Setting up your shots by Jeremy Vineyard. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Wiese Productions, Michael (2008). Full details, reviews and current...

The Visual Story by Bruce Block. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (2001). Full details, reviews and current pricing are available on...

"Tell effective visual stories by utilizing the "grammar of film and video with this elegant, modular reference. See what you absolutely need to know to put together your own film...

Master shots, volume 2 by Christopher Kenworthy. A directing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2011). Full details, reviews and...

Few cinematographers have had as decisive an impact on the cinematic medium as John Alton, best known for his highly stylized film noir classics.

Cinematography : Theory and Practice by Blain Brown. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Taylor & Francis Group (2016). Full details, reviews...

Masters of light by Dennis Schaefer, Larry Salvato. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by University of California Press (1984). Full details...

With the aid of hundreds of photographs and diagrams, The Five C's clearly and concisely presents the essential concepts and techniques of motion picture camerawork and the allied...

Motion Picture and Video Lighting, Second Edition, is the indispensable guide to film and video lighting. Written by the author of the industry bible Cinematography, this book...

Set lighting technician's handbook by Harry C. Box. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (2010). Full details, reviews and current...

The filmmaker's eye by Gustavo Mercado. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Elsevier Science & Technology (2011). Full details, reviews and...

Every frame a Rembrandt by Andrew Laszlo. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (2000). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

Cinematography by J. Kris Malkiewicz, Kris Malkiewicz. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Simon & Schuster (1989). Full details, reviews and...

Film lighting by Kris Malkiewicz. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Fireside (1986). Full details, reviews and current pricing are available...

Photographic lighting is a topic that will never go out of style, no matter how sophisticated cameras and other technology get. Even with the most high-tech gear, photographers...

David Elkins has the technical know-how to provide students with easy to follow advice about how to act on set, what a camera assistant is expected to do, and all the tips and...

Matters of Light & Depth by Ross Lowell. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Lower Light Management (1992). Full details, reviews and current...

Vittorio Storaro: Writing with Light: Volume 1 by Vittorio Storaro. A cinematography title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Aperture (2002). Full details, reviews...

This book provides direct access to the skills, insights and techniques of some of the postproduction industry's most prominent digital video colorists, delivering practical...

After reading the techniques, readers will learn to apply the methods that all of the color correction applications use, how to problem-solve and trouble-shoot, how to maximize...

In the blink of an eye by Walter Murch. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Silman-James Press (1992). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

The Conversations by Michael Ondaatje. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Random House (2002). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Renowned director Edward Dmytryk, who began his Hollywood career as a film editor, contends that many technicians and professionals on the film crew--from the cameraman and his...

The Technique of Film & Video Editing is the best training for aspiring directors, providing a detailed, precise look at the artistic and aesthetic principles and practices of...

First Cut by Gabriella Oldham. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by University of California Press (1992). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

Cut to the chase by Sam O'Steen. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2001). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Make the cut by Lori Jane Coleman. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press/Elsevier (2010). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

The healthy edit by John Rosenberg. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press/Elsevier (2011). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

The Eye is Quicker: Film Editing by Richard D. Pepperman. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2004). Full details, reviews...

Behind the seen by Charles Koppelman. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Pearson Education, Limited (2004). Full details, reviews and current...

The film editing room handbook by Norman Hollyn. A editing title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Lone Eagle (1984). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

A practical and very thorough guide to every aspect of film production.

Down and Dirty Pictures chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines--Sundance and Miramax-that have powered them As he did in his acclaimed Easy Riders...

The Hollywood standard by Riley, Christopher. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2005). Full details...

Film production management 101 by Deborah S. Patz. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2010). Full details...

Producer to producer by Maureen A. Ryan. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2010). Full details, reviews and...

"In this comprehensive guidebook, three experienced entertainment lawyers tell you everything you need to know to produce and market an independent film-from the development...

Complete with behind-the-scenes diary entries from the set of Vachon's best-known fillms, Shooting to Kill offers all the satisfaction of an intimate memoir from the frontlines of...

"Today's film industry is a legal and financial obstacle course that independent filmmakers must learn to master. The most comprehensive guide to negotiating that obstacle course...

Now updated--the step-by-step secrets to capturing great moments on film With all the recent advancements in filmmaking technology, more people than ever are trying their hand at...

What they don't teach you at film school by Camille Landau. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Hyperion (2000). Full details, reviews...

Film finance handbook by Adam P. Davies, Nic Wistreich. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Netribution (2007). Full details, reviews...

Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul by The Film Collaborative, Jon Reiss. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Film Collaborative...

Think Outside The Box Office The Ultimate Guide To Film Distribution In The Digital Era by Jon Reiss. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published...

Hollywood Economics by Arthur S. De Vany. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Routledge (2003). Full details, reviews and current...

The big picture by Edward Jay Epstein. A producing & business title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Random House (2005). Full details, reviews and current...

"An oral history by the best-selling co-author of Those Guys Have All the Fun chronicles the revolutionary role of the forefront Hollywood talent agency through the stories of its...

"The clash of light sabers in the electrifying duels of Star Wars. The chilling bass line signifying the lurking menace of the shark in Jaws. The otherworldly yet familiar pleas...

The Sound Effects Bible is a complete guide to recording and editing sound effects. The book covers topics such as microphone selection, field recorders, the ABCs of digital...

Sound for film and television by Tomlinson Holman. A sound & music title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (1997). Full details, reviews and current...

Practical art of motion picture sound by David Lewis Yewdall. A sound & music title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (2012). Full details, reviews and...

The location sound bible by Ric Viers. A sound & music title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2012). Full details, reviews and current...

On the Track offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors, both noted film composers, cover everything from the...

A comprehensive guide to the business, process, and procedures for writing music for film or television. Includes interviews with 19 film scoring professionals.

"Music is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is just as vital as the visual narrative components. In recent years, racial and gender diversity in film has...

The foley grail by Vanessa Theme Ament. A sound & music title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press/Elsevier (2009). Full details, reviews and current...

"In Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures, Second Edition veteran film sound editor John Purcell arms you with classic as well as cutting-edge practices to effectively edit...

The filmmaker's guide to production design by Vincent LoBrutto. A production design & costume title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Allworth Press (2002). Full...

What an Art Director Does is a comprehensive introduction to film and television art direction and production design. Starting with a brief history of the field, Mr. Preston's...

Costume design 101 by Richard La Motte. A production design & costume title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Michael Wiese Productions (2001). Full details...

Film style and technology by Barry Salt. A production design & costume title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Starword (1983). Full details, reviews and current...

By design by Vincent LoBrutto. A production design & costume title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Praeger (1992). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

The art direction handbook for film by Michael Rizzo. A production design & costume title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (2005). Full details...

Production design & art direction by Peter Ettedgui. A production design & costume title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (1999). Full details...

Art Nouveau thrived from the late 1890s through the First World War. The international design movement reveled in curvilinear forms and both playful and macabre visions and had a...

Richard Williams, notable for his work on "The Thief and the Cobbler", intimately outpours all his animation knowledge to You. The book covers all 12 principals of animation as...

'The Illusion of Life' is a book written by veteran Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. It's a detailed first-hand account recollecting the history of Disney...

Timing for animation by Harold Whitaker, John Halas. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by CRC Press LLC (1981). Full details, reviews and...

Character animation crash course! by Goldberg, Eric.. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Silman-James Press (2008). Full details, reviews...

The art of 3-D computer animation and effects by Isaac Victor Kerlow. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by John Wiley (2004). Full details...

The VES handbook of visual effects by Jeffrey A. Okun, Susan Zwerman. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Taylor & Francis Group (2010). Full...

Digital Compositing for Film and Video by Wright, Steve. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Taylor & Francis Group (2006). Full details...

Creating motion graphics with After Effects by Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Taylor & Francis Group (2002)...

Filmmaker's Guide to Visual Effects by Eran Dinur. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Taylor & Francis Group (2017). Full details, reviews...

Stop Motion by Susannah Shaw. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (2003). Full details, reviews and current pricing are available...

Cartoon modern by Amid Amidi. A animation & vfx title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Chronicle Books (2006). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Creativity, Inc. is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into...

What Is Cinema? (Vol 1) (What is Cinema?) by Andre Bazin. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by University of California Press (1968)...

Director and filmmaker of Silent Movies who later worked in America, Sergei Eisenstein discusses the idea of montage in Russian Film and its compositional differences with films...

The film sense by Sergei Eisenstein, Jay Leyda. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Harcourt, Brace and World (1942). Full details...

Kracauer's profound theoretical investigation revealed film as the form that best captured the new modes of experience that characterize modernity.

How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision...

A collection of essays for anyone interested in feminism, film, and avant-garde practice.

Film Theory by Thomas Elsaesser. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Taylor & Francis Group (2009). Full details, reviews and current...

Movies and meaning by Prince, Stephen, Stephen R. Prince. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Allyn and Bacon (1997). Full details...

"How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, Multimedia explores the medium as both art and craft, sensibility and science, tradition and technology. After examining film's close relation...

Signs and meaning in the cinema by Peter Wollen. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Secker and Warburg in association with British...

Cinema 1 The Movement Image by Gilles Deleuze. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Athlone Press (1986). Full details, reviews and...

Cinema 2 The Time Image by Gilles Deleuze. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Continuum (1989). Full details, reviews and current...

Narration in the fiction film by David Bordwell. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by University of Wisconsin Press (1985). Full...

Includes information on Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Asian films, Brian de Plama, European cinema, Alfred Hitchcock, Hong Kong films, Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, Otto Preminger...

Transcendental style in film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer by Paul Schrader. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by University of California...

"Revised and updated to incorporate suggestions from film instructors and critics nationwide, the fourth edition of this classic text is a thorough introduction to the evolving...

The Cinema Book by Pam Cook. A film theory & criticism title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (2007). Full details, reviews and current...

The story of film by Mark Cousins. A film history title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Pavilion (2004). Full details, reviews and current pricing are available...

"Provides a concise and accurate overview of the history of world cinema"--P. [4] of cover.

"Easy Riders, Raging Bulls vividly chronicles the exuberance and excess of the times: the startling success of Easy Rider and the equally alarming circumstances under which it was...

The genius of the system by Thomas Schatz. A film history title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Pantheon Books (1990). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger. A film history title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Arrow Books Ltd (1959). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Passing in review here is the silent film era and Mr. Brownlow has done a splendid job of vitalizing the past through interviews and personal research. Most of this material has...

The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor...

Traces the World War II experiences of five legendary directors including John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra and George Stevens to assess the transformative impact...

Close to being the last word of the golden age of the flicks. All the stars are here and more, but it is the author's perspective that makes this so interesting and captivating...

"From noted film critic Neal Gabler comes a provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who founded and came to dominate the American...

Fly on the wall reporting of one year at 20th Century Fox. Great discussion of the making and marketing of big movies in 1960s Hollywood. Dunne is a breezy writer, making sabre...

Movie wars by Jonathan Rosenbaum. A film history title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Chicago Review Press (2000). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

Black Film, British Cinema (ICA Documents) by Kobena Mercer. A film history title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by ICA (1987). Full details, reviews and current...

Although it may not be the goal of filmmaker, most of us learn something when we watch movies. They make us think. They make us feel. Occasionally they have the power to transform...

This is the second volume of Thomas Cripps's definitive history of African-Americans in Hollywood. It covers the period from World War II through the civil rights movement of the...

Japanese cinema by Donald Richie. A film history title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Secker & Warburg (1971). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie. A film history title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Kodansha International (2002). Full details, reviews and...

Me. Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by New York Alfred A. Knopf 1991. (1991). Full details...

The author shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his...

Tina Fey’s new book *Bossypants* is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days...

Part memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle', Yes Please is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the life and mind of...

An autobiographical account of the life and times of Robert Evans, Hollywood producer who worked on Love Story, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Marathon Man, Chinatown The...

Spike Lee by Kaleem Aftab. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by W.W. Norton (2005). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

My Last Sigh Vintage by Luis Buñuel. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Vintage Books (2013). Full details, reviews and current...

Describes the career and achievements of the famous motion picture director.

My autobiography by Charlie Chaplin. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by "Zevs" (1964). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

The film critic best known for his "Chicago Sun-Times" reviews and his thirty years as co-host of "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" describes his life and career, including his...

In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his...

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Random House Audio (2020). Full details, reviews and current...

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Penguin Publishing Group (2024). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed small-town Oregon girl Holly Sue Cullen into Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner's #1 girlfriend. But like Alice's journey into...

Room to Dream by David Lynch, Kristine McKenna. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Canongate Books (2018). Full details, reviews and...

Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale. A biographies & memoirs title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Broadway (1989). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

In this memoir, the author shares her observations about her daughter as well as her own thoughts and fears about having children and growing old, in a personal account that...

Michael Rabiger's Directing the Documentary is the established guidebook to the process of making a documentary work for the screen. This includes the real problems of researching...

"Drawing on the narrative tools of the creative writer, the unique strengths of a visual and aural media, and the power of real-world content truthfully presented, Documentary...

Introduction to documentary by Bill Nichols. A documentary title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Indiana University Press (2001). Full details, reviews and...

Representing reality by Bill Nichols. A documentary title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Indiana University Press (1991). Full details, reviews and current...

This text features interviews with industry professionals on subjects as diverse as interview technique, the NBC News Archive, music rights, setting up your own company, pitching...

Cinema verite in America: studies in uncontrolled documentary by Stephen Mamber. A documentary title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by MIT Press (1974). Full...

Outlines each step in creating documentaries, from conception to final film, and offers advice on capturing human behavior and recreating past events, with advice on how to get...

Producing with passion by Dorothy Fadiman. A documentary title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Wiese Productions, Michael (2008). Full details, reviews and...

Archival storytelling by Sheila Curran Bernard. A documentary title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Focal Press (2008). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

An Actor Prepares is the diary of a fictional student named Kostya during his first year of training in Stanislavski's system. Kostya and his fellow students have little to no...

An account of her own struggle with the techniques of acting -- based on her teachings.

This book discusses the actor's goals, techniques, relationship to the physical and psychological senses, animation of the body and mind, listening and talking, and expectation...

This book, written in collaboration with Dennis Longwell, follows an acting class of eight men and eight women for fifteen months, beginning with the most rudimentary exercises...

Audition by Michael Shurtleff. A acting & performance title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Bantam (1978). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director, and teacher gives us a blunt, irreverent, unsparingly honest guide to acting that overturns conventional truths and tells aspiring...

The power of the actor by Ivana Chubbuck. A acting & performance title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Gotham (2004). Full details, reviews and current pricing...

Acting for the camera by Tony Barr. A acting & performance title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Perennial Library (1982). Full details, reviews and current...

Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was...

"Jenna Fischer moved to Hollywood at age 22 with a theater degree in hand, ready to work hard. But it would be eight long years of struggle, rejection, and doubt before she landed...

Year of the King by Antony Sher. A acting & performance title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Limelight Editions (1985). Full details, reviews and current...

A personal account of the actor's own training. Also analyzes the greatest roles of his career and gives his insights into the art of acting.

Pulp fiction by Quentin Tarantino. A screenplays & scripts title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Hollywood Scripts (1993). Full details, reviews and current...

Parasite by Bong Joon Ho. A screenplays & scripts title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Bong Joon Ho (2020). Full details, reviews and current pricing are...

The Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa (Tony...

"In this script book, Charlie Kaufman, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, shares the logistical challenges of writing Eternal...

"Here is the official screenplay book tie-in to the American family road comedy. Little Miss Sunshine introduces audiences to one of the most endearingly fractured families in...

Presents a script of the film, along with photographs, complete cast and crew credits, and a foreword by the director.

Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan. A screenplays & scripts title from the Occupy Cinema reading list, published by Harry N. Abrams (2021). Full details, reviews and...