Director Biographies
1. 
Ida Lupino, Director: Her Art and Resilience in Times of Transition
by:
Therese Grisham
3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings 
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The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
by:
Edward White
3.89 avg rating — 913 ratings 
9. 
If They Move . . . Kill 'Em!: The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah
by:
David Weddle
4.36 avg rating — 306 ratings 10. 
Orson Welles, Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu (Orson Welles, #1)
by:
Simon Callow
4.15 avg rating — 641 ratings 
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Orson Welles, Vol. 3: One-Man Band (Orson Welles, #3)
by:
Simon Callow
4.42 avg rating — 180 ratings 13. 
Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film
by:
Jimmy McDonough
3.99 avg rating — 359 ratings 
15. 
Seesaw, a Dual Biography of Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks
by:
William Holtzman
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings 
21. 
Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry
by:
David Alexander
3.87 avg rating — 193 ratings 25. 
The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger
by:
Nathalie Morris
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings 
28. 
Arrows of Desire: Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
by:
Ian Christie
3.95 avg rating — 43 ratings 28. 
The Korda Collection: Alexander Korda's Film Classics
by:
Martin Stockham
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 28. 
Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood
by:
Rudolph Grey
4.03 avg rating — 671 ratings 
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Orson Welles, Vol. 2: Hello Americans (Orson Welles, #2)
by:
Simon Callow
4.24 avg rating — 298 ratings 33. 
Michael Powell: International Perspectives on an English Film-maker
by:
Ian Christie
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 
36. 
Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane 4.12 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director
by:
Marilyn Ann Moss
3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings 49. 
Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder
by:
Gene D. Phillips
3.90 avg rating — 77 ratings 
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The Invention of Robert Bresson: The Auteur and His Market
by:
Colin Burnett
4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings 
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The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
by:
Donald Spoto
3.87 avg rating — 1,559 ratings 
64. 
George Cukor, Master of Elegance: Hollywood's Legendary Director and His Stars
by:
Emanuel Levy
3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings 
73. 
Chuck Jones: A Flurry of Drawings (Portraits of American Genius #3)
by:
Hugh Kenner
3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings 73. 
Fritz Lang. His Life and Work. Photographs and Documents.
by:
Rolf Aurich
4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings 
77. 
The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks
by:
Tracey Goessel
4.10 avg rating — 147 ratings 77. 
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Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
by:
Carrie Courogen
3.86 avg rating — 646 ratings 
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Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge (Film and Culture Series)
by:
Joseph McBride
4.32 avg rating — 44 ratings 
95. 
A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
by:
Carrie Rickey
4.02 avg rating — 179 ratings 
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
by:
Timothy Egan
4.11 avg rating — 9,933 ratings