Ingmar Bergman: An Enduring Legacy

A study of directing built from the working methods of the filmmakers who defined it, with chapters on preparation, picture sense, atmosphere and the handling of actors. Used as a supplementary text at the New York Institute of Photography.

Peter Milne

An extended conversation in which one of the most influential contemporary directors walks through his films, his working method and the decisions behind them. A rare look at how a director thinks between script and screen.

Michael Berry

A brief insider account of how pictures were put together and who made the calls, written as an introduction to the people directing the industry in its first decades. Short, readable and full of period detail.

Lee Royal