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The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinFilm Directing Shot by Shot by Steven D. KatzWithout Empathy by Mk RaghavendraActor for Life by Connie de Veer
Acting and Cinema
75 books — 67 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

She Went All the Way by Meg CabotIf the Boot Fits by Rebekah WeatherspoonTrue Grandeur by Cal R. BarnesAn Accidental Affair by Eric Jerome DickeyHis Brother's Secret by Debra Salonen
Screenwriters in Love
24 books — 6 voters
Screenplay by Syd FieldThe Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellSave the Cat! by Blake SnyderAdventures in the Screen Trade by William GoldmanThe Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri
Screenwriting
75 books — 6 voters

How To Write A Vertical Series in 10 Days by Isabel DréanIt's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Hallmark! Writing a Made-fo... by Heather HughesEl salón de los artistas exiliados en California by Núria AñóCelluloid Ceiling by Gabrielle KellyThe Salon of Exiled Artists in California by Núria Añó
OUR LIST FOR THE TOP FILM, TV, STORYTELLING, SCREENWRITING and TRANSMEDIA (NEW MEDIA) BOOKS
32 books — 4 voters
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald MaassScreenplay Competitions by Ann Marie WilliamsStory Like a Journalist by Amber RoyerThe Fire in Fiction by Donald MaassWriting the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass
WHY Writers Group Books on Writing
44 books — 3 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

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