
Ted Sarandos
Netflix's Ted Sarandos talks about how the online rental company has changed the video business...and what's next.
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro loves to assemble the pieces of a film to see how they fit. For Pan's Labyrinth, he created a child's magical world side-by-side with the horrors of war.
Legends of the Guild
We continue our 70th anniversary celebration with the president who led the DGA into the 21st century.
Morning News Shows Directors
Directing a network morning news show is not for the faint of heart. For one thing, you have to get up in the middle of the night.
Kenny Ortega
When he directed High School Musical, Kenny Ortega had no idea it was going to turn into a preteen phenomenon. Working on the sequel, he tried to capture the same energy.
The Sopranos
As David Chase's 80-hour tale of crime and punishment comes to its grand finale, we look at the contribution of its unsung heroes-the directors.
Jay Roach
The director of Meet the Fockers and Austin Powers looks for his "Inner Eastwood."
David Mamet
In an excerpt from his latest book, the director-writer dishes test screenings.
Film Preservation in the Digital Age
Film preservation used to be for old films. Not anymore. In the digital age, directors need to take responsibility for saving their own work.
Francis Ford Coppola
After a 10-year absence from directing, Francis Ford Coppola is back with Youth Without Youth, a return to the personal filmmaking of his younger days.
The Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival, celebrating its 60th anniversary, has long been friendly turf for American directors.
Dreamgirls
Bill Condon explains how he kept the plot moving and the music jumping in one of the big production numbers from Dreamgirls.
Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
After American Splendor, Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman take a different kind of risk with The Nanny Diaries.
Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears takes a close look at Hitchcock's use of close-ups in Notorious. Repression never looked so good.
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Digital Filmmaking
Mike Figgis
A trained jazz musician and veteran of live theater, Figgis aptly communicates in this short volume the excitement provided by digital technology in allowing more immediate expression.

Denise "Didy" Van Cleave
Hospital Associate
Joining General Hospital as an intern straight out of college, Van Cleave worked her way through the ranks to production associate, managing the frantic pace of daytime serials.

Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York
James Sanders
Filled with shots from famous New York movies and including an interview with Martin Scorsese (as well as comments and anecdotes from New Yorkers like Nora Ephron and Woody Allen), Scenes showcases the city's many faces and the filmmakers who capture it.

Talkin' to Me?
Taxi Driver
De Niro and Scorsese rehearse one of the great lines in movies.

A History of the French New Wave
Richard Neupert
Starting in the early '50s, Neupert situates the Cahiers graduates in a wider, richer portrait of French cultural history. The second edition includes a new chapter devoted to Left Bank filmmakers and a new afterword.

Art House Confidential
Janus Films
A collection of 50 classic pictures from Janus Films brings the art house to your house.

Dick Sittig
Out of the Box
Having originally come to LA to study finance at USC, the former executive director of Chiat/Day created the Jack in the Box campaign and created a new career in directing commercials for himself.

Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood
Karen Ward Mahar
Thoroughly researched and powerfully written, Women Filmmakers offers stirring revelations that illuminate a forgotten pioneering spirit among early women filmmakers.

Out of Africa
Films Shot in Africa
With a slew of recent films, it might seem Hollywood has just discovered Africa as a location. But directors have been using the sweeping landscapes and dramatic terrain since the '30s.

Jean Renoir
Christopher Faulkner
A compact yet comprehensive survey of one of the great careers in cinema history, Jean Renoir shows the director's life in one clear, wide-angle shot, with frequent close-ups when necessary.

Janet Knutsen
Art of the UPM
After winning "Best Business Student" at her high school, Knutsen sought out a job that would allow her to remain creative while also fulfilling her interest in business.

The Care and Feeding of Critics
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The critic for Entertainment Weekly offers some helpful hints on how the species thinks.