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Women directors and their films / Mary G. Hurd.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.2 .H86 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hurd, Mary G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women motion picture producers and directors--Biography.
- Women motion picture producers and directors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 178 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
- Summary:
- Provides biographical information and critical analysis of the lives and works of the most important female directors of American and international film.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Pioneers 1
- Dorothy Arzner 2
- Ida Lupino 7
- Chapter 2 The Mainstream 14
- Nora Ephron 15
- Nancy Meyers 20
- Amy Heckerling 22
- Martha Coolidge 28
- Kathryn Bigelow 40
- Mimi Leder 47
- Chapter 3 Independents, Experiments, Documentaries 52
- Maya Deren 53
- Lizzie Borden 59
- Mary Harron 63
- Julie Dash 66
- Nancy Savoca 71
- Allison Anders 74
- Penelope Spheeris 78
- Barbara Kopple 83
- Chapter 4 International 93
- Gillian Armstrong 93
- Jane Campion 101
- Leni Riefenstahl 112
- Agnes Varda 119
- Lina Wertmuller 126
- Chapter 5 Newcomers 130
- Sofia Coppola 130
- Kimberly Peirce 133
- Patty Jenkins 135
- Kasi Lemmons 136
- Chapter 6 Actresses Turned Directors 139
- Anjelica Huston 139
- Penny Marshall 141
- Barbra Streisand 146
- Elaine May 148.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-165) and index.
- Includes filmography: pages [155]-159.
- ISBN:
- 0275985784
- 9780275985783
- OCLC:
- 71329831
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