FilmCraft

  • FilmCraft: Cinematography
    By Mike Goodridge, Tim Grierson

    Greengrass first approached me after seeing Dominic Savage's Out of Control, a film about young offenders. Savage researches his films as if they were a documentary. He then populates them with actors and non-actors, to fashion a series ...

  • FilmCraft: Producing
    By Geoffrey Macnab, Sharon Swart

    During that time Brian made a deal with [producer] Ray Stark for two big studio films, Sisters and Phantom of the Paradise, but he and Ray had a falling out. While we were making Dealing with Paul Williams, Brian called and asked, ...

  • FilmCraft: Costume Design
    By Deborah Nadoolman Landis

    At 18, Blake was hired as costume designer Cynthia Tingey's assistant at Bermans. Unfazed by the medieval period, she became the youngest member of the union when she designed the massive Richard the Lionheart (1962) for British ...

  • FilmCraft: Producing
    By Geoffrey Macnab, Sharon Swart

    (02) Shuler Donner and Patrick Stewart on set during filming. (04) Shuler Donner and Hugh Jackman bond on the set of the third XMen film, XMen: The Last Stand (2006). In 2012 they shot The Wolverine together.

  • FilmCraft: Editing
    By Justin Chang

    The Filmcraft series is a ground-breaking study of the art of filmmaking-the most collaborative and multidisciplinary of all the arts.

  • Filmcraft: Production Design
    By Fionnuala Hannigan

    This book introduces that art in the words of the people best-equip to explain it, as well as looking at the legacies of the great innovators of the past.

  • FilmCraft: Producing
    By Geoffrey Macnab, Sharon Swart

    “It's funny how, as soon as the lm is nanced, all sorts of mechanisms start working against the producer. Of course, there are many, many bad producers in the world, but there are also many, many bad nanciers.” 01 Over Your Cities Grass ...

  • FilmCraft: Screenwriting
    By Tim Grierson

    Featuring in-depth interviews with modern masters of film including Stephen Gaghan, Guillermo Arriaga, Caroline Thompson, Hossein Amini, and Jean-Claude Carrière, this book reveals the mysteries behind how the best scripts are written and ...

  • FilmCraft: Directing
    By Mike Goodridge

    Unlike the other volumes in the FilmCraft series, Directing covers all the disciplines of film art that pass through the director's hands, from development and writing, to working with actors, designers and cinematographers, to post ...

  • FilmCraft: Production Design
    By Fionnuala Halligan

    Fascinating for both film fans and practitioners, this book is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to learn about the craft of some of the greatest film artists of our time.

  • FilmCraft: Screenwriting
    By Tim Grierson

    Featuring in-depth interviews with modern masters of film including Stephen Gaghan, Guillermo Arriaga, Caroline Thompson, Hossein Amini, David Hare, David Webb Peoples and Jean-Claude Carrière, this book reveals the mysteries behind how ...

  • FilmCraft: Screenwriting
    By Tim Grierson

    Featuring in-depth interviews with modern masters of film including Stephen Gaghan, Guillermo Arriaga, Caroline Thompson, Hossein Amini, and Jean-Claude Carrière, this book reveals the mysteries behind how the best scripts are written and ...