Through words, visuals or something more mysterious, directors Robert Zemeckis, John Landis, Paul Mazursky, Brett Ratner and Spike Lee rely on a common language with their costume designer collaborators to get it right.

Sidney Lumet and Network

Sidney Lumet's Network (1976), arguably the most penetrating examination of the communications industry produced, inaugurated the DGA's "Under the Influence" series in New York.

Chris Rock Crosses the Transom to Directing

A look at Chris Rock's first time in the director's chair.

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The Air Circus

On the set of The Air Circus in 1928, filmed at Clover Field in Santa Monica.

Unlike most "making of" film books, Pure Imagination, is straight from the maker's mouth, offering the intimacy of a director's own viewpoint.

Stating at the outset that he is uncomfortable with the new title of "the" rather than "a" biographical dictionary, Thomson encourages his readers to compose their own responses.

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