Moviemakers' Master Class Ii More Private Lessons From The World's Foremost Directors

"What a pleasure to read so much straight talk about filmmaking from these masters of the craft. Each interview is brimming with insightand honesty." Leonard Maltin In this follow-up to Moviemakers' Master Class, Laurent Tirard talks to twenty-one of today's most influential directors regarding what most matters to them about their work: why they became filmmakers, what draws them to different kinds of material, whether they prefer to write their own scripts, how they approach the technical problems of filming, and much more. Among the directors included are two younger filmmakers whose work has met with both critical and commercial successSteven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantinoas well as three who have directed some of the biggest blockbusters of all timeGeorge Lucas, James Cameron, and Peter Jacksonand three favorites from the world of independent filmJim Jarmusch, Atom Egoyan, and Spike Lee. There are interviews with some of today's major European directorsincluding Claire Denis and Mathieu Kassovitzand with great filmmakers whose work has stood the test of time, among them Arthur Penn and Sidney Lumet.Tirard, Laurent is the author of 'Moviemakers' Master Class Ii More Private Lessons From The World's Foremost Directors', published 2006 under ISBN 9780571211340 and ISBN 0571211348.