Filmmaking Books
Filmmaking Books - how to make a film, film theory, location guides, and other filmmaking-inspired books!
THE NEW BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF FILM
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Sixth Edition Paperback – May 6, 2014by David Thomson (Author) With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright,...
$29.95
THE NUTSHELL TECHNIQUE
Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don't know how to tell a story. What the 99 percent do instead is present a situation. In order to explain the difference, Chamberlain...
$21.95
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FILM DIRECTING: SHOT BY SHOT
Film Directing: Shot by Shot - 25th Anniversary Edition: Visualizing from Concept to Screenby Steve D. Katz | Apr 29, 2019 Shot by Shot is the world’s go-to directing book, now newly updated for a special 25th Anniversary edition!...
$34.95
MOVIE MAKING BOOK: SKILLS AND PROJECTS TO LEARN AND SHARE
Do you want to take your smartphone videos up a notch? Learn how to make “artsy-looking” films on your cool new tablet? Or take a stab at more in-depth movie making with the family video recorder? If so, The Movie...
$18.99
MOVIEMAKING MAGIC OF STAR WARS: CREATURES & ALIENS
The Moviemaking Magic of Star Wars: Creatures & Aliens Hardcover – May 25, 2018by Mark Salisbury (Author)Go behind-the-scenes of the biggest movie franchise of all time in this immersive and interactive book to see how favorite characters—Chewbacca, Yoda, Jabba and...
$29.99
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THE METHOD: HOW THE TWENTIETH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act Hardcover – February 1, 2022by Isaac Butler (Author)From the coauthor of The World Only Spins Forward comes the first cultural history of Method acting--an ebullient account of creative discovery and the...
$30.00
FILM LISTOGRAPHY
Film Listography: Your Life in Movie Lists Diary – Illustrated, March 28, 2012by Lisa Nola (Author) FOR FILM LOVERS: Now fans of the smash-hit Listography journal series (over a million copies sold!) can list all their favorite movie picks. Featuring...
$16.95
101 THINGS I LEARNED IN FILM SCHOOL
An illustrated, accessible introduction to filmmaking from an award-winning Hollywood producer, screenwriter, film school professor, and script consultant to major movie studiosAnyone with a cellphone can shoot video, but creating a memorable feature-length film requires knowledge and mastery of a...
$18.99
THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MOVIE
THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE A MOVIE By Tim Grierson Learn movie-making techniques through the movies you know and love with This Is How You Make a Movie!Using key scenes from some of the best-loved movies of all time,...
$24.99
THE ART OF FILM PROJECTION: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
A gorgeous gift for every cinephile, The Art of Film Projection celebrates this enduring analog art The Art of Film Projection: A Beginner's Guide is a beautifully produced, comprehensive outline of the materials, equipment and knowledge needed to present the magic of cinema...
$29.95
MASTERS OF MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic Hardcover – September 20, 2022by Howard Berger (Author), Marshall Julius (Author), Seth MacFarlane (Afterword), Guillermo del Toro (Foreword) ABOUT THE BOOK: Dive into the fascinating world of movie make-up effects...
$39.95
WORLD FILM LOCATIONS: LOS ANGELES
World Film Locations: Los Angeles Paperback – Illustrated, December 1, 2011by Gabriel Solomons (Editor)The heart of Hollywood’s star-studded film industry for more than a century, Los Angeles and its abundant and ever-changing locales—from the Santa Monica Pier to the infamous...
$22.00
HAVE YOU READ THE BOOK?
But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films (Turner Classic Movies) – March 7, 2023by Kristen Lopez (Author)For film buffs and literature lovers alike, Turner Classic Movies presents an essential guide to 52 cinema...
$20.00
WALLPAPER* CITY GUIDE LOS ANGELES
Wallpaper* City Guide Los Angeles Paperback – December 11, 2019by Wallpaper* (Author) The fast-track guide for the smart traveller. Your passport to global style, Wallpaper* City Guides present an insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's...
$12.95
LOCATION FILMING IN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles has reigned for more than a century as the world capital of the film industry, a unique and ever-changing city that has been molded and recast thousands of times through the artistic visions and cinematic dreams of Hollywood's...
$21.99
CALIFORNIA WILDSAM FIELD GUIDES
Wildsam Field Guides: California Paperback – May 18, 2020by Taylor Bruce (Editor), Bijou Karman (Illustrator)Wildsam Field Guides: California reveals the essence of the Golden State through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things,...
$20.00
LOS ANGELES WILDSAM FIELD GUIDES
Wildsam Field Guides: Los Angeles reveals the City of Angels through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike.Take...
$20.00
PENCILS,PENS & BRUSHES: A GREAT GIRL'S GUIDE TO DISNEY ANIMATION
Based on Mindy Johnson's critically acclaimed Disney Editions title, Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation, this nonfiction picture book is a fun and inspiring look at many of the amazing women who have worked at Disney Animation over...
$18.99
THE FEMINIST FILM GUIDE
The Feminist Film Guide: 100 Great Films to See (That Also Pass the Bechdel Test) Hardcover – March 22, 2022by Mallory Andrews (Author) Become a film buff and enjoy your night in with this guide to feminist approved films. ...
$19.95
FILM: 100 IDEAS THAT CHANGED FILM
100 Ideas that Changed Film: (A concise resource covering movie concepts, technologies, techniques and movements) Paperback – August 6, 2019 by David Parkinson (Author) 100 Ideas that Changed Film chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped film since its...
$19.99
THE ANNOTATED GODFATHER 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
The Annotated Godfather (50th Anniversary Edition): The Complete Screenplay, Commentary on Every Scene, Interviews, and Little-Known Facts Hardcover – Special Edition, September 21, 2021by Jenny M. Jones (Author), Francis Ford Coppola (Foreword)Celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Godfather, this authorized,...
$30.00
HOLLYWOOD BLACK: THE STARS, THE FILMS, THE FILMMAKERS
Hollywood Black: The Stars, the Films, the Filmmakers (Turner Classic Movies) Hardcover – May 7, 2019by Donald Bogle (Author), Turner Classic Movies (Author), John Singleton (Foreword) Academy Member Recommended: "Since I was a little girl, I have been in...
$35.00
THE FEMALE GAZE: ESSENTIAL MOVIES MADE BY WOMEN
Support Women in Film with This Perfect Movie Guidebook!“A wonderful guide to some of the best films made by women, both celebrating women directors and fueling the red-hot discussion about why we don’t have more.” ―Maria Giese, filmmaker and activist#1...
$19.99
BACKWARDS & IN HEELS
Backwards and in Heels: The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film (Incredible Women Who Broke Barriers in Filmmaking) Paperback – August 15, 2017 by Alicia Malone (Author) Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema...
$19.95
WOMEN MAKE HORROR:FILMMAKING, FEMINISM,GENRE
Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre Paperback – September 17, 2020by Alison Peirse (Editor, Contributor), Alicia Kozma (Contributor), Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Contributor), Martha Shearer (Contributor), Katia Houde (Contributor), Tosha R. Taylor (Contributor), Dahlia Schweitzer (Contributor), Laura Mee (Contributor), Katarzyna Paszkiewicz (Contributor),...
$29.95
JOE ALVES DESIGNING JAWS
Joe Alves: Designing Jaws Hardcover – December 3, 2019 by Dennis L. Prince (Author)Joe Alves: Designing JAWS provides the production designer's view into the development of this world-renowned film. Included are Joe's stunning pre-production illustrations; handwritten location and production notes;...
$39.95
FRENCH NEW WAVE: A REVOLUTION IN DESIGN
FRENCH NEW WAVE: A REVOLUTION IN DESIGN - Reel Art Press (December 3, 2019)The definitive celebration of the visual imagery of the French New Wave with its explosive and groundbreaking poster art The French New Wave of the 1950s and 1960s...
$59.95
THE FILMMAKER SAYS
Inspiring everything from pop culture earthquakes to popular revolutions, filmmakers have demonstrated an uncanny ability to move the masses. But the drama they project on screen is only half the picture. Stretching back from its earliest days of two-reel silent...
$16.95
HOLLYWOOD IN SAN FRANCISCO
One of the country’s most picturesque cities and conveniently located just a few hours’ drive from Hollywood, San Francisco became the most frequently and extensively filmed American city beyond the production hubs of Los Angeles and New York in the...
$34.95
SPOILER ALERT!: THE BADASS BOOK OF MOVIE PLOTS
Feel like you've seen these movies before? Spoiler Alert celebrates Hollywood film-making in all its formulaic and predictable glory!Spoiler Alert! takes 38 mainstream movie genres, from 'Teen Sex Comedy' and 'Buddy Action Comedy' to 'Film Noir Detective Thriller' and 'Alien...
$24.99
THE CONVERSATIONS: WALTER MURCH AND THE ART OF EDITING FILM
The Conversations is a treasure, essential for any lover or student of film, and a rare, intimate glimpse into the worlds of two accomplished artists who share a great passion for film and storytelling, and whose knowledge and love of the...
$26.00
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WILLIAM GREAVES: FILMMAKING AS MISSION
William Greaves: Filmmaking as Mission Paperback – June 1, 2021by Scott MacDonald (Editor), Jacqueline Najuma Stewart (Editor)William Greaves is one of the most significant and compelling American filmmakers of the past century. Best known for his experimental film about its...
$35.00
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I THOUGHT WE WERE MAKING MOVIE, NOT HISTORY
I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History (Wisconsin Film Studies) Kindle Editionby Walter Mirisch (Author) This is a moving, star-filled account of one of Hollywood’s true golden ages as told by a man in the middle of it all....
$29.95
LOS ANGELES, PORTRAIT OF A CITY
Los Angeles. Portrait of a City Hardcover – Illustrated, October 23, 2009Multilingual Edition by Kevin Starr (Author), David L. Ulin (Author), Jim Heimann (Editor)From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas, this photographic...
$70.00
GREAT BRITONS OF STAGE AND SCREEN: IN CONVERSATION
Great Britons of Stage and Screen: In Conversation Hardcover – Illustrated, October 1, 2015by Barbara Roisman Cooper (Author), Kevin Brownlow (Afterword), Robert Osborne (Foreword)Although there are encyclopedias and biographical dictionaries of contemporary British film and theatre actors, most lack the...
$42.00
GREAT BRITONS OF STAGE AND SCREEN: VOLUME II: DIRECTORS IN CONVERSATION
Great Britons of Stage and Screen, Volume II: Directors in Conversation examines the artistic processes of a dozen creators of some of the most important films and stage productions over the last seventy-five years, many of which have received Oscars,...
$28.00
THE LITTLE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE: NEW HOLLYWOOD
In the late 1960s a new generation of filmmakers took Hollywood by storm. Visionaries like Scorsese, Coppola, Altman, Peckinpah, Romero, and Cimino led cinema in a new direction, capturing the spirit of counterculturalism and the frustration created by the Vietnam...
$14.99
12 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION
The 12 Basic Principles Of Animation by FlipbokuThis double flip book edition is a handy but powerful tool for fans, beginners, students, teachers and professionals of the animation world, to learn and master the illusion of motion and physics in...
$38.40
MOLECULARIS
Molecularis Coloring Flip Book by FlipbokuYou are into coloring but don't want to use the usual flat paper? Then Molecularis is a great fit. First, color each page of the flip book with your favorite coloring technique and then flip...
$18.00
DOTS & LINES
Dots & Lines Interactive FlipbookDots & Lines is an interactive Flipbook Edition based on the classic puzzle game ‘Connect the Dots’. The Edition includes two volumes, each containing 6 different animations of numbered dots.The first volume, Dots, contains 6 different...
$34.80
THE BLANKO FLIPBOOK
The Blanko FlipbookFlipbookThe Blanko Flipbook contains 320 blank pages on which you can animate whatever comes to your mind. If you’re new to animation, learn how to get started with 6 of the basic principles of animation we have included:...
$12.00
BLANK FLIPBOOKIT DIY CARDS
Make your own FlipBooKit Scene with a DIY Blank Card Kit!This is what you need to add your own art and video into a FlipBooKit. The Blank Card Kit includes blank flip cards and 5 sheets of printable labels with...
$13.95
SHOOTING BETTER MOVIES: THE STUDENT FILMMAKERS GUIDE
A one-stop film school, this book is packed with information, tips, techniques, and advice covering all aspects of filmmaking as gathered from the author’s years of experience working in short films, features, commercials, and music videos, as well as delivering...
$27.00
