Director Biographies
101. 
Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
by:
Richard Brody
4.08 avg rating — 539 ratings 
106. 
John Hughes: A Life in Film: The Genius Behind Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Home Alone, and more
by:
Kirk Honeycutt
3.62 avg rating — 239 ratings 
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The Adventures of Roberto Rossellini: His Life and Film
by:
Tag Gallagher
4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings 
121. 
Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director
by:
Marilyn Ann Moss
3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings 
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Max Ophüls: Eine Biographie mit zahlreichen Dokumenten, Texten und Bildern (Arte Edition)
by:
Helmut G. Asper
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 129. 
Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
by:
Oliver Stone
4.10 avg rating — 2,024 ratings 
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Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors 4.34 avg rating — 511 ratings
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The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929-1968
by:
Andrew Sarris
4.03 avg rating — 538 ratings 
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Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci, Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome
by:
Shawn Levy
3.97 avg rating — 287 ratings 
143. 
Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
by:
Ed Zwick
4.01 avg rating — 2,569 ratings 
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Crooked, but Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges
by:
Stuart Klawans
4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings 145. 
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The Lost World of DeMille (Hollywood Legends Series)
by:
John Kobal
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings 150. 
Orson Welles, Volume 2: Hello Americans (Orson Welles, #2)
by:
Simon Callow
4.24 avg rating — 298 ratings 
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The Alchemist of Light: A Biography of Georges Méliès
by:
Osie Turner
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 153. 
Spike Lee's Gotta Have It - Inside Guerrilla Filmmaking really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
by:
Robert Rodríguez
4.18 avg rating — 5,313 ratings 159. 
Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success
by:
Joseph McBride
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 96 ratings 161. 
A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking (Applause Books)
by:
Samuel Fuller
4.42 avg rating — 313 ratings 
163. 
Love Is Colder Than Death: The Life And Times Of Rainer Werner Fassbinder
by:
Robert Katz
3.82 avg rating — 114 ratings 165. 
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Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero 3.85 avg rating — 177 ratings
169. 
The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together
by:
Adam Nayman
4.02 avg rating — 654 ratings 170. 
Dark Knights and Holy Fools: The Art and Films of Terry Gilliam: From Before Python to Beyond Fear and Loathing
by:
Bob McCabe
3.93 avg rating — 109 ratings 171. 
The Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War
by:
Dick Lehr
3.78 avg rating — 96 ratings 172. 
Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story, and Other Musicals (Borzoi Books)
by:
Arthur Laurents
4.08 avg rating — 184 ratings 
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Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film
by:
Julie Dash
4.37 avg rating — 213 ratings 176. 
Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
by:
Susan Seidelman
3.99 avg rating — 319 ratings 
