The Encyclopedia of Great Filmmakers

The Encyclopedia of Great Filmmakers pays homage to the personalities behind such films as The General (Buster Keaton), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Luis Bu$uel) and The Player (Robert Altman). Cataloguing filmmakers alphabetically, University of Kansas theater and film professor John C. Tibbetts and Literature/Film Quarterly editor James M. Welsh have provided biographical portraits of more than 150 popular and influential filmmakers. Each entry gives an explanation of the filmmaker's beginnings and entry into the industry and then discusses his or her key films and their major themes. Appendices list great documentary filmmakers and great animation filmmakers.