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Film Directors
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Masters: Elia Kazan 
 This site about director Elia Kazan is a companion to a documentary about blacklisting in the movie industry. Includes an essay about Kazan, a timeline of his career, filmmaker interview clips, and video clips of footage not included in the original documentary. Also includes links to related sites. The documentary is part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Masters series. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/kazan_e.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Political Parties & Theories, United States History Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Biography for Alfred Hitchcock
Biography of British film director Alfred Hitchcock. "The acknowledged master of the thriller genre he virtually invented, Alfred Hitchcock was also a brilliant technician who deftly blended sex, suspense and humor." Also includes a filmography of his 59 movies, with synopses and cast lists. From Turner Classic Movies (TCM). http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=87065 Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People Last updated Nov 25, 2008 Buster Keaton on Comedy and Making Movies
"Actor and filmmaker Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was one of the greatest comic figures of the silent film era. ... In 1958, Columbia University's Oral History Research Office conducted several lengthy interviews with Keaton about his life and career. The interviews, which can be listened to or read here, provide a rare glimpse of a vanished era." Topics include Keatons's vaudeville childhood, "Fatty" Arbuckle, and the end of silent films. From Columbia University. http://www.fathom.com/course/10701030/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Notable People Last updated Sep 26, 2007 D.W. Griffith: A Bibliography of Materials at the UC Berkeley Library
This bibliography for film director David Wark (D.W.) Griffith include listings for books, journal articles, videos, and articles on Griffith's individual works such as "The Birth of a Nation," "Intolerance," and "Broken Blossoms." From the Media Resources Center, Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/GriffithBib.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People Last updated Jan 16, 2008 Fritz Lang: Master of Darkness
The British Film Institute site features critical essays, a filmography, audio interview clips, and links related to the Austrian director (who later in his career lived and worked in the United States), famous for the science fiction silent movie Metropolis . http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/lang/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Recreation Last updated Oct 2, 2004 The Gordon Parks Center for Culture and Diversity
Details about this center at Fort Scott Community College (Fort Scott, Kansas) and about its namesake and native son, black artist Gordon Parks. Includes a brief biography of Parks, which features a discussion of his photojournalism for Life magazine, his work as a fashion photographer, and his books and movies (such as "The Learning Tree," an autobiographic book and movie about Fort Scott, and "Shaft"). Also includes information about the Gordon Parks photo contest. http://www.gordonparkscenter.org Topics: Artists, Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Mar 14, 2006 Hitchcock Basic Film Techniques
A lighthearted review of "the most significant film techniques that were used by [director] Alfred Hitchcock." Topics include "camera is not a camera" (camera takes on the human quality of roaming around), point of view editing and types of cuts, and using humor to add tension. Includes a link to an article about Hitchcock's use of comedic elements in his films. From an independent filmmaker. http://www.borgus.com/think/hitch.htm Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People Last updated Jul 30, 2007 Hitchcock's Style
"Alfred Hitchcock is perhaps Britain's most famous and highly regarded film director, yet he is best known today -- even in Britain -- for the films he made after he left the country in 1939 for a career in Hollywood." This site describes how the style ("the themes, preoccupations, tricks and techniques") of this "Master of Suspense" was in place by the time he went to Hollywood. Clips only available to British educational users. http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tours/hitch/tour1.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People Last updated Aug 1, 2007 Ingmar Bergman Face to Face
Extensive material about Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), who is known for films such as "Fanny and Alexander," "The Seventh Seal," and "Wild Strawberries." Features biographical material, a timeline, details about Bergman's films (with illustrations, some with video clips), photographs, quotations, and much more. In English and Swedish. From the Ingmar Bergman Foundation. http://www.ingmarbergman.se/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People Last updated Jul 30, 2007 Ingmar Bergman: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library
Bibliography of books, documentary videos, and journal articles related to Swedish film director Ernst Ingmar Bergman, who died in July 2007. Includes sections for specific films, such as "Cries and Whispers," "Fanny and Alexander," and "Through a Glass Darkly." From the Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/bergman.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People Last updated Aug 2, 2007 International Buster Keaton Society
The goal of this group is "to foster and perpetuate appreciation and understanding of the life, career and films of comedian/filmmaker Buster Keaton." Its site features a biography, synopses of films, a list of Keaton movies currently on television, bibliography, and articles about Keaton on topics such as Keaton's "Italian Villa" in Hollywood, and about a trip to England in 1909. Also includes links to related sites. http://www.busterkeaton.com/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Notable People Last updated Sep 26, 2007 An Interview With Russ Meyer
A 1995 article about filmmaker Russ Meyer, best know for his exploitation film "Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!" Also includes links to a 1974 interview and to related articles. Includes a few somewhat risqué images. From the Bright Lights Film Journal. http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/16/meyer.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Recreation Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Kurosawa
This site provides an overview of the life and work of internationally acclaimed Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. Includes an essay on Kurosawa, filmography, video clips of admirers and former colleagues, and links to related sites. Companion site to an episode of the PBS series Great Performances . http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/kurosawa/kurosawa.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Recreation Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Legends Online: Gordon Parks: Memories Left Behind
Retrospective about Gordon Parks, best known as an American photojournalist and filmmaker but also celebrated for "[doing] it all -- including writing poetry, and composing and performing piano music." Includes a gallery of his photos, excerpts from an interview, a brief biography, and video clips of Parks talking about his 50-year retrospective book from 1997. Parks died in 2006. From Photo District News (PDN), a magazine for professional photographers. http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/ Topics: Artists, Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Mar 15, 2006 Satyajit Ray Film and Study Collection
Contains a biography, filmography, articles, quotes from critics, and a list of books by and about Satyajit Ray. Also features artwork by the Indian film director. From the University of California, Santa Cruz. http://satyajitray.ucsc.edu/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Recreation Last updated Oct 29, 2009 Stanley Kubrick: The Authorized Stanley Kubrick Web Site
This site includes a biography, photographs, filmography, bibliography, a FAQ, and more about this Academy Award winning film director. In English and French. http://kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Notable People, Recreation Last updated Oct 2, 2004 |
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