Women Filmmakers & Their Films Edition 1. (Women Filmakers and Their Films)

In the award-winning tradition of International Directory of Film and Filmmakers, St. James Press presents Women Filmmakers and Their Films. This new single-volume resource offers the most comprehensive coverage of women directors and their films and fills a significant gap in women's studies by featuring essays on directors, producers, writers and production artists.

Women Filmmakers presents a total of 250 entries selected to represent a wide variety of styles and nationalities and covering films and filmmakers from the late 19th century to the present. Approximately 30 percent of the entries represent updated essays on the most important artists and films last published in the 3rd edition of the International Directory (1996). The remaining 175 entries are all new, and emphasize women and films just gaining widespread critical attention.

Here are a just a few examples:

People:

• Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)--Brazilian director
• Mary Ellen Bute (1908-1983)--American animator
• Abigail Child (1948-)--American director
• Jill Craigie (1914-)--British director/writer
• Lillian Gish (1896-1993)--American director/actor
• Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914)--Danish director
• Brianne Murphy--British cinematographer
• Yoko Ono (1933-)--Japanese director
• Mary Pickford (1893-1979)--Canadian actor/director/producer
• Irene Sharaff (1910-1993)--American costume designer
• Liv Ullmann (1939-) Norwegian director/actor

Films:

• "Big" (1988)--Penny Marshall, director
• "Dance, Girl, Dance" (1940) Dorothy Arzner, director
• "E'piccarella" (1922), Elvira Notari, director/co-producer/writer
• "My Brilliant Career" (1979)--Gillian Armstrong, director
• "The Piano" (1993), Jane Campion, director
• "Salaam Bombay!" (1988), Mira Nair, director

Each entry begins with general information on the filmmaker or film. This is followed, where applicable, by more detailed biography, filmography, comprehensive credits, production information, awards and bibliography. The core of the entry consists of a signed, 800- to 1,000-word critical essay written by a film critic or scholar. Over 100 portraits and movie stills illustrate the work and access is enhanced by title, nationality, occupation and award indexes.