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Author
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This is the memoir of Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Ivory, who directed A Room with a View, Howards End, Maurice, and The remains of the day. He recounts events in his remarkable life and career, reviewing his life with unexpected frankness.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment history, a life of dazzling highs and vertiginous plunges--some of the worst largely unknown until now--by the acclaimed author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came Back. Mike Nichols burst onto the scene as a wunderkind without parallel: while still in his 20's, he was half of a lucrative hit improv duo with Elaine May that was the talk of the country....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As child actors in the 1960s and '70s, Ron and Clint Howard spent as much time on Holloywood soundstages as on playgrounds--Ron starring in 'The Andy Griffith Show' and 'Happy Days,' and Clint in 'Gentle Ben.' It wasn't always easy. Ron suffered from bullying at school. Clint rebelled and spiraled into substance abuse when jobs stopped coming. But the strength of the Howard family held fast, thanks to the brothers' Oklahoma-born parents, Rance...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the director details his many films and describes how his unique and evocative gift for storytelling evolved from experiences in his own life, including his parents' divorce and his return to Judaism after his son was born.
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
With the television hits The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and movies like The Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, and The Princess Diaries under his belt, Garry Marshall was among the most successful writers, directors, and producers in America for more than five decades. His work on the small and big screen delighted audiences for decades and has withstood the test of time. ...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
That Kevin Smith? The guy who did “Clerks” a million years ago? Didn’t they bounce his fat ass off a plane once? What could you possibly learn from the director of “Cop Out”? How about this: he changed filmmaking forever when he was twenty-three, and since then, he’s done whatever the hell he wants. He makes movies, writes comics, owns a store, and now he’s built a podcasting empire with his friends...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his privileged New York upbringing, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such landmark films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface"--
16) Spike Lee
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the life and works of the African American filmmaker.
18) Room to dream
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest colleagues, friends, and family. In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many heartaches and struggles he's faced to bring his unorthodox projects to fruition. Lynch's lyrical, intimate, and unfiltered...
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