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Independent director and screenwriter John Andrew Gallagher, interviews 21 filmmakers on the craft of motion picture directing. Francois Truffaut, the late great French director, as well as Michael Cimino, Ulu Grosbard, Dennis Hopper, Alan Parker, Susan Seidelman, Joan Micklin Silver and many others reveal behind-the-scenes anecdotes about well known films and stars.

The big gamblers who spend millions per film as well as the colorful low-budget kings provide an intriguing look at the mechanics of filmmaking. Choosing and preparing the screenplay, working with actors and crew, dealing with the distributor, and advice to young filmmakers--all are covered in this book's illuminating interviews. Serious students of cinema, filmmakers, movie buffs, and people fascinated by film will find Film Directors on in this book's illuminating interviews.

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• Preface and Acknowledgments(p. ix)
• John G. Avildsen(p. 1)
• Tony Bill(p. 21)
• Michael Cimino(p. 37)
• Abel Ferrara(p. 49)
• James Glickenhaus(p. 57)
• Menahem Golan(p. 75)
• Stuart Gordon(p. 89)
• Ulu Grosbard(p. 101)
• Anthony Harvey(p. 115)
• Dennis Hopper(p. 127)
• Ted Kotcheff(p. 141)
• Adrian Lyne(p. 159)
• John Milius(p. 169)
• Alan Parker(p. 183)
• Franc Roddam(p. 195)
• Mark Rydell(p. 209)
• Susan Seidelman(p. 221)
• Joan Micklin Silver(p. 231)
• James Toback(p. 241)
• FrançOis Truffaut(p. 259)
• Wim Wenders(p. 269)
• Bibliography(p. 279)
• Index(p. 283)
• About the Author(p. 301)

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Library Journal Review

Gallagher, himself a director and screenwriter, has interviewed an eclectic admixture of 21 directors ranging from thewell-known (Francois Truffaut, Wim Wenders, John Avildsen) through the lesser-known (Abel Ferrara, James Glickenhaus, and semi-schlockmeisters like Menahem Golan). His selection criteria are unstated. He sometimes interviewed his subjects more than once and at widely divergent times; others, e.g., Michael Cimino, were interviewed after only one or two films, when the shape of their careers had not yet become clear. There is more anecdotal material here than insights into the art of film directing, but some information, e.g., complete filmographies, would be hard to find elsewhere.-- Roy Liebman, California State Univ. Lib., Los Angeles (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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JOHN ANDREW GALLAGHER is an independent director and screenwriter in New York City. He has had articles published in Rolling Stone , Milimeter , Films in Review , Starlog , American Classic Screen , Fangoria , Cinemacabre , and The Velvet Light Trap .