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Readers who finished Orson Welles by Simon Callow and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Individual Director, Direction & Production, Film, and Entertainment & Performing Arts.

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Abraham Polonsky Interviews — Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky Interviews

Abraham Polonsky

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Independent Ed What I Learned from My Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life — Edward Burns

Independent Ed What I Learned from My Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Kevin Smith His Films and Fans — David Gati

Kevin Smith His Films and Fans

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Steven Spielberg The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work — Ian Nathan

Steven Spielberg The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

F. W. Murnau For the Record — Les Hammer

F. W. Murnau For the Record

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Sofia Coppola Interviews — Amy N. Monaghan

Sofia Coppola Interviews

Amy N. Monaghan

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker — Barry Sonnenfeld

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker

Barry Sonnenfeld

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Billy Wilder Dancing on the Edge — Joseph McBride

Billy Wilder Dancing on the Edge

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Wayne and Ford The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero — Nancy Schoenberger

Wayne and Ford The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero

Nancy Schoenberger

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

John Hughes and Eighties Cinema Teenage Hopes and American Dreams — Thomas A. Christie

John Hughes and Eighties Cinema Teenage Hopes and American Dreams

Thomas A. Christie

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

William Cameron Menzies The Shape of Films to Come — James Curtis

William Cameron Menzies The Shape of Films to Come

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Guy Maddin Interviews — Guy Maddin

Guy Maddin Interviews

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Raising the Dead The Work of George A. Romero — Adam Charles Hart

Raising the Dead The Work of George A. Romero

Adam Charles Hart

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Roman Polanski — James Morrison

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Conversations with Mani Ratnam — Rangan Baradwaj

Conversations with Mani Ratnam

Rangan Baradwaj

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Ayoade on Ayoade A Cinematic Odyssey — Richard Ayoade

Ayoade on Ayoade A Cinematic Odyssey

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Wes Anderson The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work — Ian Nathan

Wes Anderson The Iconic Filmmaker and his Work

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

King of Cannes Madness, Mayhem, and the Movies — Stephen Walker

King of Cannes Madness, Mayhem, and the Movies

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Carlos Saura Interviews — Carlos Saura

Carlos Saura Interviews

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

The Name Above The Title An Autobiography — Frank Capra

The Name Above The Title An Autobiography

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Steven Spielberg A Retrospective — Richard Schickel

Steven Spielberg A Retrospective

Richard Schickel

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

John Woo Interviews — John Woo

John Woo Interviews

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Wong Kar-Wai Interviews — Silver Wai-ming Lee

Wong Kar-Wai Interviews

Silver Wai-ming Lee

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

Lynchian — John Higgs

Themes: Individual Director • Direction & Production • Film

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Individual Director, Direction & Production, Film — the same threads that run through Orson Welles by Simon Callow. Among the authors featured: Abraham Polonsky, Edward Burns, David Gati, Ian Nathan, and others.

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