Director Biography

Jordan describes his work with Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Bob Hoskins, Tom Cruise and many others, but this is not a conventional story of life in the movies. The book is an eerie meditation on loss, love and creativity, on inspiration and influence, by one of the most unusual artists Ireland has produced.

Blending a behind-the-scenes history of New York City’s Public Theater with an affecting remembrance of her husband, Public Theater founder Joe Papp, Public/Private is Gail Merrifield Papp’s enthralling and heartfelt memoir of a legendary theatrical institution.

April of 1958 - the Iron Curtain was at its heaviest, and the outcome of the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition seemed preordained. Nonetheless, as star musicians from across the globe descended on Moscow, an unlikely favorite emerged: Van Cliburn, a polite, lanky Texan whose passionate virtuosity captured the Russian spirit. This is the story of what unfolded that spring - for Cliburn and the other competitors, jurors, party officials, and citizens of the world who were touched by the outcome.

Managing Chaos? Film producing is a life embracing Absolute Chaos! Film fans the world over know everything about what an Actor or Actress does; a Director does; and have absolutely no clue what a Producer does to produce the film except at best, thinking that the Producer finances the film with his or her own money. HA! HA! and HA! as Laurel and Hardy would say. Based on the Author’s 25 years in the business, you will learn in a humorous way the seriousness of what exactly we do in our chaotic lifestyle: the good, the frustrating, the beautiful, the bad, and the ugly. My faults, failures...

He was a pioneering film director who had 518 films to his credit. His work spanned the silent and sound eras. Most of his films were completed in a span of 15 years. But today he is known only for one of his films, one considered by historians to be a landmark in cinema as well as the most controversial ever made. He could not escape the controversy of this one film before he died in relative obscurity, his contributions to the motion picture industry forever marred.

The Blues Brothers hit theatres on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage; but Aykroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honour the then-seemingly forgotten tradition of rhythm and blues, some of whose greatest artists.

Hailed by the New Yorker as "a crucial forebear of generations," award–winning director Joyce Chopra came of age in the 1950s, prior to the dawn of feminism, and long before the #MeToo movement. As a young woman, it seemed impossible that she might one day realize her dream of becoming a film director. In this engaging, candid memoir, award–winning director Joyce Chopra describes how she learned to navigate the deeply embedded sexism of the film industry, helping to pave the way for a generation of women filmmakers who would come after her.

The movie director Paul Williams is a real-life Forrest Gump. Williams' experiences form a unique and wild constellation of encounters with star power, political power, and spiritual power, crafting a life cycle that led to fame, fortune, integrity, and anonymity.

In this dazzling Hollywood memoir, Jeff Margolis takes us on the ultimate behind-the-scenes tour of television’s most memorable variety series and specials spanning the past fifty years—from the most iconic variety shows of the 1970s to the Oscars. Today, as one of the most prolific directors/producers of event television, Margolis is not only a technical ringmaster but also a confidante and sage to the stars who headline the shows. Students of television will savor the “how-to” of event television while fans will love the intimate stories of beloved stars.

François Truffaut: il giovane cinefilo che, all’inizio degli anni Cinquanta, inventa un nuovo modo di fare critica, scoprendo Hitchcock e il cinema americano; il regista che inaugura la Nouvelle Vague con I quattrocento colpi; e soprattutto l’artista che sa trasformare il personale in universale, e rivolgersi a tutti gli spettatori, ma parlando a uno a uno, confidenzialmente. I suoi film, al contrario di quelli di molti suoi compagni d’avventura, restano, inattaccabili dal tempo che passa, e il vuoto che ha lasciato alla sua morte, nel 1984, è uno dei più lancinanti nel cinema contemporaneo.

In the summer of 1967, as the old Hollywood studio system was dying, an intense, uncompromising young film school graduate named George Lucas walked onto the Warner Bros backlot for his first day working as an assistant to another up-and-coming, largely-unknown filmmaker, a boisterous father of two called Francis Ford Coppola. At the exact same time, across town on the Universal Studios lot, a film-obsessed twenty-year-old from a peripatetic Jewish family, Steven Spielberg, longed to break free from his apprenticeship for the struggling studio and become a film director in his own right.

In 2006, J Deeh was hired as a video editor for Pornobec, a mysterious adult film company based in Montreal, Quebec. By 2008, J Deeh and his partner Miguel had become two of the leading porn directors in the nation, creating an endless stream of explicit films while struggling to maintain control over a lifestyle increasingly riddled with sexual temptation, sadistic bosses, wild parties, dangerous psychopaths, clashing egos, doomed relationships, and criminal organizations.

Christine Lagarde is a prominent French Economist and Politician, born on January 1, 1956, in Paris. Renowned for her trailblazing career, she has held key leadership positions, including serving as the first woman Chair of Baker & McKenzie, Minister of the Economy, Finance, and Industry in France, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and currently as the President of the European Central Bank (ECB). Lagarde is celebrated for her resilience, innovative approaches to economic governance, and advocacy for gender equality and sustainable finance on the global stage. Get ...

Ron Howard is long overdue to have his filmography viewed through the lens of the auteur theory. Since his debut in the late-1970s, he has remained one of the most prolific and recognizable working filmmakers, and yet... his "directed by" titles have garnished a low amount of commentary by film academics. Even younger mainstream directors have earned more than one volume of academic attention ? and yet Howard, who has continually developed himself, seems to only get treated with pop-culture-trivia "fun fact" regarding his acting career.

मराठी चित्रपटांवर अधिराज्य गाजवणारे दादा कोंडके यांची हे चरित्र आहे. प्रख्यात विनोदी अभिनेते एवढीच त्यांची ओळख नाही. गीतं, संवाद, लेखनं यशस्वी चित्रपट निर्माता, दिग्दर्शक, आणि एक उत्तम माणूस अशी त्यांची ओळख आहे. त्यांचं व्यक्तिमत्व प्रगल्भ, बहुआयामी होतं, पडद्यावरचं त्यांचं आयुष्य अनेकांनी अनेक वेळा पाहिलं असेल, पण दादा पडद्यामागे कसे होते. याची ओळख लेखिका अनिता पाध्ये यांनी करून दिली आहे.

Tal vez más que cualquier otro director, Alfred Hitchcock ha dejado una huella profunda en la manera de mirar y hacer cine. Algunas de sus escenas (como la de la ducha en "Psicosis") son recordadas incluso por quienes nunca vieron una de sus películas. Películas atrapantes como pocas, gracias a los guiones elaborados pero ágiles y a sus innovaciones fílmicas, por ejemplo al colocar la cámara decididamente en la perspectiva de un personaje.

The War Criminal's Son brings to life hidden aspects of the Civil War through the sweeping saga of the firstborn son in the infamous Confederate Winder family who shattered family ties to stand with the Union. General John H. Winder was the commandant of most prison camps in the Confederacy, including Andersonville. When Winder gave his son William Andrew Winder the order to come south and fight, desert, or commit suicide, William went to the White House and swore his allegiance to President Lincoln and the Union.

Few figures in Hollywood's history have been as acclaimed and controversial as director Roman Polanski, whose legendary films would stand out if not for the fact that they're often eclipsed by the turbulent life he's led.

When Italian journalist Father Antonio Spadaro and Martin Scorsese first sat down together in Scorsese’s home, neither could have predicted the depth of the conversation, intellectual exchange, or friendship that would result. While discussing the acclaimed director’s film Silence, about the persecution of Jesuits in Japan, they began a dialogue about faith that continues to this day.

Do you feel stuck in life? Your current challenges may be the result of trauma left over from a past incarnation. This book is far more than the story of the author's past lives: It is an instruction manual to conducting your own past life explorations and finally get unstuck from the karma carried over from prior incarnations. Even if you are just curious about reincarnation, grab your copy today and let the exploration of yourself (selves) begin!