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Availability:In StockContributor:Yvonne Tasker (Editor)Series:Routledge Key GuidesPublish date:2010-08-27Pages:494
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415554336ISBN-10:415554330UPC:9780415554336Book Category:Performing Arts, Social Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Film, Media StudiesBook Topic:ReferenceSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCXVH864R2

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 Almod?var.

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415554336ISBN-10:415554330UPC:9780415554336Book Category:Performing Arts, Social Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Film, Media StudiesBook Topic:ReferenceSize:8.40 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCXVH864R2

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).


Publisher: Routledge

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2nd Edition

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Yvonne Tasker (Editor)

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