Actors must take meetings to advance their careers. Seeking representation, management, auditions, or work in specific projects, they meet with age...

Hollywood is currently seeing a great influx of young African-American filmmakers who collectively are altering the face of American filmmaking. Af...

Stephen Book is a top Hollywood acting coach and teacher and a theatre director. His students have won Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, Obies, and Grammys. Th...

Every year, over 60,000 commercial roles for all ages, physical types, and ethnic backgrounds are cast by ad agencies, producers, directors, and ca...

Character Animation Crash Course! is a veritable Genie’s lamp stuffed with everything the aspiring animator could wish for! Renowned animator Eric ...

Saxophonist and composer Charles Lloyd has been a strong and important voice in the jazz world since the late 1950s. This freewheeling, fascinating...

Clearance and Copyright is the industry-standard guide to almost every conceivable rights issue that filmmakers, videomakers, television producers,...

This is an essential practical guide to how colour works in light. Written from the perspective of a theatrical lighting designer, it discusses how...

If you want to build a stand-up comedy career, this book is a must read. If you want to write comedy, this book is a must-read. If you simply enjoy...

A straightforward, often humorous workbook approach to comedy writing as creative problem-solving. In it, veteran Hollywood comedy writer John Vorh...

This is an invaluable collection of sample entertainment contracts accompanied by legalese-free discussions of their key concepts and terms. The 3r...

Charlie Haden (1937–2014) was the rare sort of musician who transcended easy categorisation -- other than to say that his uniquely elegant and eloq...

As entertaining as it is enlightening, Created by… presents a stellar cast of 21 show creators who candidly talk about writing and selling hit tele...

There is a gap between the writers we are and the writers we want to be. This book helps to close that gap with a lively examination of the creativ...

Dealmaking -- the popular, award-winning self-defence book for everyone working in the film and television industry -- is now expanded (with more t...

In the ever-expanding world of reality TV, editors wield incredible creative power. They often are responsible for creating a scene’s or even an ep...

From Alain Silver and James Ursini, authors of The Noir Style and Film Noir Graphics and editors of the seven-volume Film Noir Reader series, comes...

This is one of the most respected books on film making ever published. With the aid of hundreds of photographs and diagrams, it clearly and concise...

Visual narrative formulas for anyone involved in the film and tape industry.

GREENLIGHTING YOURSELF is full of practical advice about choosing, preparing for, getting your foot in the door of, and succeeding at writing, prod...

In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what...

Designed to speak clearly and intelligently to non-musicians and musicians alike, "Inside Film Music" is a must for every film music fan. Through i...

Making a good script great is more than just a matter of putting a good idea on paper. It requires the working and reworking of that idea. This boo...

These authors’ knowledge of the nuances of movie and television accounting shines through the pages of this book, which is sure to become a standar...

With today’s proliferation of nine-figure film budgets, filmmaking may seem more out of reach than ever for the average person. In fact, producing ...

Film music fans have eagerly awaited this fully updated and greatly expanded edition of Tony Thomas's popular history of Hollywood film music (from...

This is a complete playwriting course -- from developing a theme through plotting and structuring a play, developing characters, creating dialog, f...

Highly entertaining, eye-opening interviews with today's hottest screenwriters.

This is a unique collection of pieces about the many filmmakers and writers from around the globe -- Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East --...

This is a well-written, A-to-Z guide to producing movies, whether they are large-budget studio-backed productions or low-budget and mid-budget inde...

Getting a new show up and running? Planning a revival? Taking over a long-running show? Going on the road? On Broadway, off Broadway, in regional r...

This book offers an entertaining and comprehensive assessment of Chandler's turbulent association with Hollywood, both as a screenwriter whose cred...

Robert Wise's life in the film industry has spanned 6 decades and, before embarking on his directorial career, included editing such films as Citiz...