Directing


Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
On Directing Film
Notes on Directing
Making Movies
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing
A Director Prepares
The Empty Space
The Director's Craft: A Handbook for the Theatre
On Directing
Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing
Kazan on Directing
On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director
The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
Waiting for 2000 by Zack LoveSaving Juliet by Suzanne SelforsUntouchable Things by Tara GuhaThe Patron Murders by Edwin  WilsonPride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field by Melissa Nathan
Theater-Themed Novels
35 books — 35 voters
3D Movie Making by Bernard MendiburuThink in 3D by Clyde DeSouzaTell to Win by Peter GuberStereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838-1952 by Ray Zone3-D Filmmakers by Ray Zone
Stereoscopic 3D filmmaking
8 books — 1 voter

Scared Scriptless by Alison SweeneyGoing Off Script by Jen  WildeMiss Bubbles Steals the Show by Melanie   MurrayStardust by Robert B. ParkerIt's a Wrap by Stella Chaplin
Director's Chair
10 books — 4 voters
Directing Actors by Judith WestonIn the Blink of an Eye by Walter MurchOn Directing Film by David MametProducing and Directing the Short Film and Video by Peter W. ReaMaking Movies by Sidney Lumet
To Be A Filmmaker
24 books — 12 voters

Fences by August WilsonBent by Martin ShermanThe Shadow Box by Michael CristoferA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberrySweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim
Plays I Want to Direct
31 books — 3 voters
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraA History of Narrative Film by David A. CookAs You Wish by Cary ElwesChasing The Light by Oliver Stone
film movie and cinema studies books
209 books — 30 voters

If you think that you can hide what your interests are, what your prurient interests are, what your noble interests are, what your fascinations are, if you think you can hide that in your work as a film director, you're nuts. ...more
David Fincher

Vincent H. O'Neil
I’ve never liked the term ‘actor’.” Barron spoke slowly, joining hands with the cast members to his left and right. The rest of them formed a circle, also holding hands, and he continued. “Seriously now, is anyone here ‘acting’? Is anyone here pretending? “Me, I’m a theater director. One hundred percent, all the time. I’m not pretending, or acting, or trying to fool anyone. This is what I do, and I give it my all—just like you. I look around me, and I don’t see a single phony. I see people who ...more
Vincent H. O'Neil, Death Troupe

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