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Film and Television Studies Print Reference Guides: Pt. 2 Film Directors - Film Genres

Pt. 2 Film Directors - Film Genres

All materials are located in Bender Library in Stacks (2nd and 3rd floors), the Lower Level Arts collection (lower level) or Media Services Reference (lower level). Most of these titles are circulating though some are cataloged for reference and must be used in the library.

Film directors
Sarris, Andrew. The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968. 1st Da Capo Press ed. New York: Da Capo Press, 1996.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 S3 1996

Coursodon, Jean Pierre, and Pierre Sauvage. American Directors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.  Stacks Call Number: PN1998.A2 C657

Lambray, Maureen. The American Film Directors. New York: Collier Books, 1977-.  Stacks Call Number: PN1998.A2 L328

Friedland, Ronald. American Film Directors: The World As They See It. New York: New Viewpoints, 1976.  Stacks Call Number: PN1998.A2 F76

Hochman, Stanley. American Film Directors With Filmographies and Index of Critics and Films. A Library of Film Criticism. New York: Ungar, 1974.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 H57

Allon, Yoram, Del Cullen, and Hannah Patterson. Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide. 2nd ed. ed. London, New York: Wallflower, 2002. Stacks Call Number: PN 1998.2 .C68 2002

Walker, Elsie M, and David T Johnson. Conversations With Directors: An Anthology of Interviews From Literature/Film Quarterly. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2008.  Stacks Call Number: PN1998.2 .C685 2008

Singer, Michael. A Cut Above 50 Film Directors Talk About Their Craft. Los Angeles, CA: Lone Eagle, 1998.  Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 S56 1998

Sherman, Eric, and American Film Institute. Directing the Film: Film Directors on Their Art. 1st ed. American Film Institute. The American Film Institute Series. Boston: Little, Brown, 1976. Stacks Call Number: PN1998.A2 S49

Tibbetts, John C, James Michael Welsh, and Gene D Phillips. The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers. Great Filmmakers: Great Filmmakers Series. New York: Facts on File, 2002.  Stacks Call Number: PN1998.2 .T53 2002

Parish, James Robert, and Michael R Pitts.  Film Directors: A Guide to Their American Films. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1974.
Stacks Call Number: PN1998 .P24

Sullivan, Kaye.  Films for, by, and About Women. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1985. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.W6 S95 1985

Braudy, Leo, and Morris Dickstein. Great Film Directors: A Critical Anthology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978.
Stacks Call Number: PN1998.A2 F38

Langman, Larry. A Guide to American Film Directors: The Sound Era, 1929-1979. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981.
Stacks Call Number: PN1998.A2 L34

Waldman, Harry, and Anthony Slide. Hollywood and the Foreign Touch: A Dictionary of Foreign Filmmakers and Their Films From America, 1910-1995. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1996. Stacks Call Number: PN1998.2 .W38 1996

Hollywood.com. The Hollywood.Com Guide to Film Directors Baseline Hollywood Film Director Directory. 1st Carroll & Graf ed. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004. Stacks Call Number: PN 1998.2 .H65 2004

Barson, Michael. The Illustrated Who's Who of Hollywood Directors. 1st ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995-.
Stacks Call Number: PN1998.2 .B368 1995

Elert, Nicolet V, Aruna Vasudevan, and Leanda Shrimpton. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers . 3rd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997.
Stacks Call Number: PN1997.8 .I58 1997

Sarris, Andrew. Interviews With Film Directors. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1967. Stacks Call Number: PN 1995.9 .P7 S2 1967

Lyon, Christopher, and Susan Doll. The Macmillan Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. London: Macmillan, 1984-. Stacks Call Number: PN 1997.8 .I58

Phillips, Gene D. Major Film Directors of the American and British Cinema. Bethlehem, London: Lehigh University Press. Associated University Presses, 1990. Stacks Call Number: PN1998.2 .P55

Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey, Katrien Jacobs, and Amy L Unterburger. Women Filmmakers & Their Films. Detroit: St. James Press, 1998.
Stacks Call Number: PN1998.2 .W66 1998

Filmmaking and film industry
Cones, John W. 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film: A Comprehensive Analysis of Film Finance. 3rd ed. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2008. Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.A1 C64 2008

Levitan, Eli L. An Alphabetical Guide to Motion Picture, Television, and Videotape Production. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970.
Stacks Call Number: TR847 .L47

Slide, Anthony, et al. The American Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 S539

Harmon, Renee. The Beginning Filmmaker's Business Guide Financial, Legal, Marketing, and Distribution Basics of Making Movies. New York: Walker and Co, 1994.  Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.M29 H37 1994

Brown, Kimberley. Chamberlain Bros. International Student Film Festival. New York: Chamberlain Bros./Penguin Group, 2005. Stacks Call Number: PN 1993.4 .B76

Nowlan, Robert A, and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan. An Encyclopedia of Film Festivals. Foundations in Library and Information Science: Foundations in Library and Information Science v. 23. Greenwich, Conn: JAI Press, 1988.  Stacks Call Number: PN1993.4 .N69 1988

Jarecki, Nicholas. Breaking in: How 20 Film Directors Got Their Start. 1st ed. New York: Broadway Books, 2001.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 B646 2001

Argentini, Paul. Elements of Style for Screenwriters. 1st ed. ed. Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Pub, 1998.
Stacks Call Number: PN1996 .A73 1998

Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward. The Film Director's Team. 1st Silman-James ed. Los Angeles, Hollywood, CA: Silman-James Press. Distributed by Samuel French Trade, 1992.  Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 W36 1992

Langer, Adam. The Film Festival Guide for Filmmakers, Film Buffs, and Industry Professionals. 1st ed ed. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1998.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.4 .L36 1998

Simon, Deke, and Michael Wiese. Film & Video Budgets. 4th updated ed. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2006.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 W4915 2006

Film Writers Directory. Westwood, CA: Lone Eagle, 2000-. Stacks Call Number: PN 1996 .F447 2001-2 edition.

Footage: The Worldwide Moving Image Sourcebook. New York, N.Y: Second Line Search Inc, 1997. Stacks Call Number: PN 1993.4 .F66 1997

Alberstat, Philip. The Insider's Guide to Film Finance. Oxford, Boston: Elsevier Focal Press, 2004.  Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.A1 A44 2004

Stolberg, Shael. International Film Festival Guide. 3rd ed. Toronto: Festival Products, 2000. Stacks Call Number: PN 1993.4 .I5745 2000

Slide, Anthony. The International Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.45 .S57 1989

Slide, Anthony, and Anthony Slide. The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 S539 1998

Bension, Shmuel, ed. The Producer's Masterguide.  New York, N.Y: S. Bension, 1982-.  Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U77 B46a

Zaza, Tony. Script Planning: Positioning and Developing Scripts for TV and Film. Boston: Focal Press, 1993.
Stacks Call Number: PN1996.Z38

Van Nostran, William, and William Van Nostran. The Scriptwriter's Handbook. Boston: Focal Press, 1996.
Stacks Call Number: PN1992.7 .V36 1996

Corliss, Richard. Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema, 1927-1973. Woodstock, N.Y: Overlook Press, 1974.
Stacks Call Number: PN1998.A2 C644

Gore, Chris. The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide. Los Angeles, CA: Lone Eagle Publishing, 1999.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.4 .G67 1999

Adelman, Kim. The Ultimate Filmmaker's Guide to Short Films: Making It Big in Shorts. Studio City, CA: M. Wiese Productions, 2004.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.P7 A35 2004

Gaydos, Steven. The Variety Guide to Film Festivals: The Ultimate Insider's Guide to Film Festivals Around the World. 1st ed. New York: Berkley Pub, 1998.  Stacks Call Number: PN1993.4 .V33 1998
 

Genres
General 
Kaminsky, Stuart M. American Film Genres. 2nd ed. Chicago,IL: Nelson-Hall, 1985.  Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 K34 1985

Solomon, Stanley J. Beyond Formula: American Film Genres. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 S57

Armstrong, Richard B, Mary Willems Armstrong, and Richard B Armstrong. Encyclopedia of Film Themes, Settings and Series. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co, 2001.  Stacks Call Number:  PN 1997.8 .A76 2001

López, Daniel. Films by Genre 775 Categories, Styles, Trends, and Movements Defined, With a Filmography for Each. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co, 1993. Stacks C all Number: PN1998 .L63

Gehring, Wes D. Handbook of American Film Genres. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 H335

Browne, Nick. Refiguring American Film Genres History and Theory. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Stacks Call Number: PN1993.5.U6 R443 1998

 

African American
Berry, Torriano, and Venise T Berry. Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts no. 12. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2007.  Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.N4 B433 2007

Leonard, David J. Screens Fade to Black: Contemporary African American Cinema. Westport, Conn: Praeger Publishers, 2006.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.N4 L46 2006

Comedy
Siegel, Scott, and Barbara Siegel. American Film Comedy. 1st ed. New York: Prentice Hall General Reference, 1994.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.C55 S48

Film Noir and Gangster Films
Stephens, Michael L. Film Noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms and Persons. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1995.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.F54 S74 1995

Smith, Jim. Gangster Films. Virgin Film. London: Virgin Books, 2004.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.G3 S65 2004

Stephens, Michael L. Gangster Films a Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to People, Films, and Terms. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1996.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.G3 S84 1996

Gay and Lesbian
Lisa Daniel & Claire Jackson. The bent lens : A world guide to gay & lesbian film. Los Angeles : Alyson Books, 2003. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H55 B45 2003

Keith Howes. Broadcasting it : An encyclopaedia of homosexuality on film, radio and TV in the UK, 1923-1993. London ; New York : Cassell, 1993. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H55 H7 1993

Russo, Vito. The celluloid closet : Homosexuality in the movies. New York : Harper & Row, c1987. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H55 R8 1987

Facets Multimedia (Chicago, Ill. Facets Gay & Lesbian Video Guide. Rev. & Exp. ed. Chicago: Facets Multimedia, Inc./Academy Chicago Publishers, 1997.  Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H55 F33 1997

James Robert Parish. Gays and lesbians in mainstream cinema : Plots, critiques, casts and credits for 272 theatrical and made-for-television Hollywood releases. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1993. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H55 P37 1993 

Horror
Maxford, Howard. The A-Z of Horror Films. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 M3245 1997

Senn, Bryan. Golden Horrors an Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931-1939. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1996.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 S44 1996

Willis, Donald C. Horror and Science Fiction Films a Checklist. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1972.
StacksCall Number: PN1995.9.H6 W5

---. Horror and Science Fiction Films II. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1982.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 W53

---. Horror and Science Fiction Films III. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1984.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 W54

Kinnard, Roy. Horror in Silent Films a Filmography, 1896-1929. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1995.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 K46 1995

Paul, Louis. Italian Horror Film Directors. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 2005.  Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 P34 2005

Weisser, Thomas, and Yuko Mihara Weisser. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Horror, Fantasy, and Scifi Films. Reprint ed. Miami, Fla: Vital Books. Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 1998. Stacks Call Number: PN 1995.9 .H6 W42 1998

Soister, John T. Of Gods and Monsters a Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction, Horror, and Mystery Films, 1929-1939. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1999.
Stacks Call Number: PN1999.U57 S65 1999

Mayo, Mike. VideoHound's Horror Show: 999 Hair-Raising, Hellish, and Humorous Movies. Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 1998.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.H6 M3247 1998

 

Literary Adaptation 
Geraghty, Christine. Now a Major Motion Picture: Film Adaptations of Literature and Drama. Genre and Beyond. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008. Stacks Call Number: PN1997.85 .G47 2008

Hatchuel, Sarah. Shakespeare From Stage to Screen. Cambridge, U.K, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Stacks Call Number: PR3093 .H37 2004

 

Musicals 
Burton, Jack. The blue book of Hollywood musicals; songs from the sound tracks and the stars who sang them since the birth of the talkies a quarter-century ago. Watkins Glen, N.Y., Century House [1953]. Stacks Call Number: ML128.M7 B8

Hirschhorn, Clive. The Hollywood musical. New York : Crown, 1981. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 H5 1983

Taylor, John Russell and Jackson, Arthur. The Hollywood musical. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co. [1971].  Stacks Call Number: ML207.4 .T4

Sennett, Ted. Hollywood musicals. New York : H. N. Abrams, 1981. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 S4

Everett, William A. The musical : a research and information guide. New York : Routledge, c2004. Stacks Call Number: ML128.M78 E84 2004

Sandahl, Linda J. Rock films : A viewer's guide to three decades of musicals, concerts, documentaries and soundtracks 1955-1986. New York, N.Y. : Facts on File Publications, c1987. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 S26

Science Fiction and fantasy 
Newman, Kim. Apocalypse Movies: End of the World Cinema. 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 N49 2000

Shapiro, Jerome Franklin. Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.W3 S53 2002

Sobchack, Vivian Carol. The Limits of Infinity: The American Science Fiction Film, 1950-75. South Brunswick, N.J: A. S. Barnes, 1980.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 S57

Holston, Kim R, and Tom Winchester. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes an Illustrated Filmography, With Plot Synopses and Critical Commentary. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co, 1997.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 H59 1997

Wingrove, David. The Science Fiction Film Source Book. Harlow, Essex, England: Longman, 1985.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 S18

Atkins, Thomas R. Science Fiction Films. Monarch Film Studies. New York: Monarch Press, 1976.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 S3

Anderson, Craig W. Science Fiction Films of the Seventies. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1985.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 A82

Saleh, Dennis. Science Fiction Gold Film Classics of the 50s. 1st ed. Comma Books: McGraw-Hill Paperbacks. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 S2

Lentz, Harris M. Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits Over 10,000 Actors, Actresses, Directors. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1983. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 L46

Schwartz, Carol A. Videohound's Sci-Fi Experience: Your Quantum Guide to the Video Universe. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1997.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 S263 1997

Benson, Michael. Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1985.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.S26 B4

Westerns 
Buscombe, Edward, and British Film Institute. The BFI Companion to the Western. New York: Atheneum, 1988.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.W4 B45 1988

Hughes, Howard. Once Upon a Time in the Italian West the Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns. London, New York, New York: I.B. Tauris. In the United States distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.W4 H84 2004

Weisser, Thomas. Spaghetti Westerns the Good, the Bad, and the Violent : a Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961-1977. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland, 1992. Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.W4 W32 1992

Pilkington, William T, and Don Graham. Western Movies. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1979.
Stacks Call Number: PN1995.9.W4 W38

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