BOOKS!

[Abdullah AbuMahfouz]

I am obsessed with books, I can read all day. I am looking to improve my directing in terms of: directing talent, shot composition, etiquette with major crew members, and script analyzation. I know most of these are picked up by doing, but are there any books that you recommend that cover any of these topics? I've already read : The Filmmaker's intuition, directing shot by shot, and The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

 

Thank you!

[David Mullen ASC]

I just tend to read everything in the field I am interested in, I'm not selective -- I mean, if the subject interests you, why not? Especially if you can get some of the books at a library.

 

I got a lot out of reading the Hitchcock-Truffaut interview book when I was a student.

[Brett Cliff Harrison]

"Make Your Own Damn Movie" by Lloyd Kaufman, the Troma visionary. That, and Herzog on Herzog.

[tom lombard]

"On Directing Film" by David Mamet

[Bruce Southerland]

The two most informative books I've read on this subject are "First Time Director" by Gil Bettman, and "Directing Actors" by Judith Weston.

[Jaap Ruurd Feitsma]

One (small) book that has helped me tremendously with directing is Peter D. Marshall's 'Making the Magic Happen - The art and craft of film directing'.

 

Though I totally dislike terms like 'demystifying the process', the book really helped me out on the many levels of directing a film project :)

[Phil Connolly]

Second "Directing Actors" by Judith Watson - its excellent.

"Adventures in Screen Trade" - William Goldman

"On Writing" - Stephen King

"The writers Journey" Christopher Vogler

Film Directing - Shot by Shot

"Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking" Dan Rahmel

[Stefano Stroppa]

‘On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director’ by Alexander Mackendrick.

Edited December 6, 2018 by Stefano Stroppa