08/03/17
This is a list of the greatest books on Filmmaking. If you dream about becoming a Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Sound Mixer, Editor, or any other job related with movies, you better read this books that will give you the best knowledge about the seventh art.
- Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television by Judith Weston
- The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers edited by Mark T. Conard
- Cinematography: Theory and Practice: Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors by Blain Brown
- Making Movies by Sidney Lumet
- The Big Picture: Filmmaking Lessons from a Life on the Set by Tom Reilly
- On Directing Film (1992) by David Mamet
- Moviemakers’ Master Class: Private Lessons from the World’s Foremost Directors by Laurent Tirard
- The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory, and Practice by Ken Dancyger
- Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics by Michael Rabiger
- How to Shoot a Feature Film for Under $10,000 (And Not Go to Jail) by Bret Stern
- The Oxford History of World Cinema by Edward O’Neil
- MasterShots 100 Advanced Camera Techniques to Get an Expensive Look on Your Low-Budget Movie by Christopher Kenworthy
- On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director by Alexander Mackendrick
- Who the Devil Made It: Conversations with Legendary Film Directors by Peter Bogdanovich
- The Movie Business: The Definitive Guide to the Legal and Financial Secrets of Getting Your Movie Made by Kelly Crabb
The best of the best:
Shot Films & Future Films, INCORTO.com
