Hollywood's Artists: The Directors Guild of America and the Construction of Authorship

by Virginia Wright Wexman

Book Overview

Today, the director is considered the leading artistic force behind a film. The production of a Hollywood movie requires the labor of many people, from screenwriters and editors to cinematographers and boom operators, but the director as author of the film overshadows them all. How did this concept of the director become so deeply ingrained in our understanding of cinema?

In Hollywood's Artists, Virginia Wright Wexman offers a groundbreaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231195699
• ISBN13: 9780231195690
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"