This series of handbooks covering the performing arts aims to provide approachable, practical and informed introductions to specific areas within the arts to help the reader build up a personal network of knowledge by tracing connections across the field. A concise and readable text, this is for all people who find enjoyment in the cinematic world. The 220 entries cover every significant film maker in world cinema in the 20th century and discuss films in the context of the director's other works. It includes many contemporary film makers not listed in any other work and there is a comprehensive index, to enable the reader to instantly look up a particular movie.