The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia

By Andrew Sarris

This book covers the spectrum of significant filmmakers from Altman to Armstrong, Kazan to Kurosawa, Truffaut to Tarantino. With entries written by distinguished critics such as Dudley Andrew, Jeanine Basinger, David Bordwell, Raymond Durgnat, Roger Manvell, Gerald Mast, and Robin Wood, it will be a standard reference tool for many years to come. In line with Sarris's auteur theory of directing, the contributors consider the ways in which directors put their personal stamp on their work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578590280
• ISBN13: 9781578590285
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Visible Ink Press
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding value

..., this 692 page hardcover book is an outstanding value. Edited by one of America's foremost critics, Andrew Sarris, with contributions by renowned scholars such as Dudley Andrew, David Bordwell, and Douglas Gomery, the content is excellent. Less opinionated and more informative than similar works, it's the best reference work on directors I've seen. With over 200 entries, all major directors are included. I highly recommend it.