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.
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.
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.
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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 critic for Entertainment Weekly offers some helpful hints on how the species thinks.

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