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MGM
Tino Balio (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Cinema industry
Paperback
The winner of the 2019 Peter C. Rollins Book Award This is the first comprehensive history of MGM from its origins in... [more]
World Cinema: A Critical Introduction
Shekhar Deshpande (Arcadia University, USA), Meta Mazaj (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
Includes bibliographical references and index. [more]
Nobody's Girl Friday: The Women Who Ran Hollywood
J. E. Smyth (Professor of History, University of Warwick)
Film, TV & Radio; Film movie production: technical skills; Gender studies: women; Cinema industry
Hardback
The first comprehensive history of Hollywood's high-flying career women during the studio era, Nobody's Girl Friday covers... [more]
MGM
Tino Balio (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
Cinema industry
Hardback
The winner of the 2019 Peter C. Rollins Book Award This is the first comprehensive history of MGM from its origins in... [more]
The History of Cinema: A Very Short Introduction
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith (Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London)
Films, movies & cinema; Social & cultural history; Cinema industry
Paperback
In this Very Short Introduction Geoffrey Nowell-Smith defines the field of cinema, and explores its fascinating history within... [more]
The Producer's Business Handbook: The Roadmap for the Balanced Film Producer...
Anne Marie Gillen, Anne Marie Gillen
Film movie production: technical skills; International business; Cinema industry
Paperback
Provides a model for making a business of independent filmmaking. This book gives you an understanding of the business of... [more]
World Cinema: A Critical Introduction
Shekhar Deshpande (Arcadia University, USA), Meta Mazaj (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Hardback
Includes bibliographical references and index. [more]
Film Policy in a Globalised Cultural Economy
John Hill (Royal Holloway University, London, UK), Nobuko Kawashima (Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan)
Films, movies & cinema; Cultural studies; Media studies; Cinema industry
Hardback
The past two decades have witnessed major changes in film industries worldwide in response to both economic globalisation... [more]
Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment
Michael D. Smith (Carnegie Mellon University), Rahul Telang (Carnegie Mellon University)
Media studies; Cinema industry; Radio & television industry
Paperback
How big data is transforming the creative industries, and how those industries can use lessons from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple... [more]
A Star is Born: The Moment an Actress becomes an Icon
George Tiffin
Film, TV & Radio; Individual actors & performers; Gender studies: women; Cinema industry
Hardback
A celebration of the world's greatest movie actresses - from the stars of the golden age to the icons of cinema's second century... [more]
The Producer's Business Handbook: The Roadmap for the Balanced Film Producer...
Anne Marie Gillen, Anne Marie Gillen
Film movie production: technical skills; International business; Cinema industry
Hardback
Provides a model for making a business of independent filmmaking. This book gives you an understanding of the business of... [more]
Hollywood's Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles
Laura B. Rosenzweig
History; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Fascism & Nazism; Cinema industry
Hardback
Tells the remarkable story of the Jewish moguls in Hollywood who established the first anti-Nazi Jewish resistance organization... [more]
Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood
Dr. Michael Curtin, PhD, Kevin Sanson
Films, movies & cinema; Media studies; Cinema industry; Industrial relations
Paperback
Motion pictures are made, not mass produced, requiring a remarkable collection of skills, self-discipline, and sociality-all... [more]
Exception Taken: How France Has Defied Hollywood's New World Order
Jonathan Buchsbaum
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
Jonathan Buchsbaum examines the movements that have emerged in opposition to the homogenizing force of Hollywood in global... [more]
Ike Ude Nollywood Portraits: A Radical Beauty
Ike Ude, Sarah Nuttall, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Photographs: portraits; Individual actors & performers; Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Hardback
The history and development of the Nigerian motion picture industry is sometimes generally classified in four main eras: the... [more]
Jaws In Space: Powerful Pitching for Film & TV Screenwriters
Charles B. Harris
Screenwriting techniques; Cinema industry
Paperback
Two screenwriters once walked into a Hollywood producer's office and said three words: Jaws in space. Those three words won... [more]
Disney A To Z (fifth Edition): The Official Encyclopedia
Dave Smith
Films, movies & cinema; Reference works; Cinema industry
Hardback
Updated with 10 more years of history! [more]
The Movie Business Book
Jason E. Squire
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Paperback
Offers a comprehensive overview of the film industry. This work covers the nuts-and-bolts of financing, revenue streams, marketing,... [more]
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a...
Chris Taylor
Film & movie: styles & genres; Popular culture; Cinema industry
Paperback
Forty years and $37 billion later, on the eve of EPISODE VII, the first complete history of STAR WARS - from Lucas's early... [more]
Sell Your Story in A Single Sentence: Advice from the Front Lines of Hollywood...
Lane Shefter Bishop
Film movie scripts & screenplays; Cinema industry; Advice on careers & achieving success
Paperback
Every writing project has one thing in common-they all start with a single sentence. Writers constantly struggle to answer... [more]
The Movie Business Book
Jason E. Squire
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry
Hardback
Offers a comprehensive overview of the film industry. This work covers the nuts-and-bolts of financing, revenue streams, marketing,... [more]
Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor
Dr. Michael Curtin, PhD, Kevin Sanson
Media studies; Sociology: work & labour; Labour economics; Cinema industry
Paperback
Examines the seismic changes confronting media workers in an age of globalization and corporate conglomeration. This anthology... [more]
Trumbo: A Biography of the Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Who Broke the Hollywood...
Bruce Cook
Films, movies & cinema; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment; Cinema industry
Paperback
Dalton Trumbo was the central figure of the infamous 'Hollywood Ten,' the screenwriters who, during the McCarthy era, were... [more]
Producing and Directing the Short Film and Video
Peter Rea (Associate Professor of the Undergraduate Film and Television Department at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts), David K. Irving (Associate Professor in the Film and Television Department at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts)
Films, movies & cinema; Cinema industry; Radio & television industry
Paperback
This work illustrates, in detail, the steps involved in pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution of a... [more]
Orienting Hollywood: A Century of Film Culture between Los Angeles and Bombay...
Nitin Govil
Cinema industry
Paperback
A new understanding of the culturally rich and historic relationship between... [more]
