Filmmaking


In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing
Making Movies
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
On Directing Film
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen (Michael Wiese Productions)
Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
Sculpting in Time
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Filmmaker's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age
Master Shots Vol 1, 1st edition: 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie
Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers, Directors, and Videographers
Notes on the Cinematographer
The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleStory by Robert McKeeWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraAs You Wish by Cary ElwesFrom Word to Image by Marcie Begleiter
Best film related books
71 books — 58 voters
Naked Lens by Jack SargeantMovie Journal by Jonas MekasI Had Nowhere to Go by Jonas MekasJonas Mekas by Jonas MekasThe Andy Warhol Diaries by Andy Warhol
New American Cinema (1956 - 1982)
14 books — 1 voter

The Art and Craft of Screenwriting by Shelly FromeTY, Thel by Bernie DowlingDaisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
ATY 2020 - A Book Related To The Arts
318 books — 170 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
32 books — 13 voters

The Art of Spirited Away by Hayao MiyazakiThe Legend of Korra by Michael Dante DiMartinoThe Art of Pirates of the Caribbean by Wendy LefkonThe Making of Jurassic Park by Don ShayThe Art of Rise of the Guardians by Ramin Zahed
Movies, TV Shows & Games: The Art Of...
218 books — 25 voters
The Invisible Art by Mark Cotta VazEncyclopedia of Movie Special Effects by Patricia D. NetzleyThe Art and Science of Digital Compositing by Ron BrinkmannCigars for Sawyer by Justin SwappThe Art and Science of Digital Compositing by Ron Brinkmann
Visual Effects
45 books — 5 voters

Robert Bresson
My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected onto a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
Robert Bresson, Notes on the Cinematographer

On perception: Angles in film are as invented as the relationship between objects and space in paintings. In the end, everything is open to debate — and can be reshaped, reframed, reimagined…
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