Laurent Bouzereau is a French-American documentary filmmaker, producer, and author.

Life and career

Laurent Bouzereau directed and produced the

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feature length documentary Mama's Boy: A stories From Our Americas, based on the best-selling memoir by

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. The film was produced by

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and Nedland Media. Bouzereau is also the director / co-producer of Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, for

and

. The film was selected at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and presented in the Documentary Premiere selection. He directed and co-produced the acclaimed

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series ''

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'', executive produced by

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and

, based on the best-selling book by Mark Harris, with an Emmy-winning narration by

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. The documentary features

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Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

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, and

. Bouzereau was born and raised in a suburb of Paris, France. He began his career in New York as a freelance journalist and author with ''The De Palma Cut'' while working in publicity and promotion for the independent distribution company Spectrafilm. Upon moving to Hollywood, he was story editor and graduated to director of development for

Bette Midler Bette Midler (;''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received List of awards and nominations received by Be ...

's production company, All Girl Productions. He got his start in home entertainment when he recorded

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for the

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on the

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for ''

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'' in 1991. In 1995, he produced his first of many documentaries for

when he was asked to work on the

restoration of the film

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. That year he also produced ''The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws','' a feature-length documentary that was included on the

release of

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in 1995, and later on the DVD and

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releases of the film. Following the success of this documentary, Bouzereau continued to produce retrospective documentaries for Laserdisc, including the making of '' Scarface'' and '' E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial'' in 1996, the making of '' Psycho'' in 1997 and the making of ''

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'' in 1998. In 2002, for the production of ''

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'', he began documenting the filmmaking process on-set. Bouzereau has produced documentaries on the

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some of the biggest films in the history of cinema, by some of the most acclaimed directors of all-time. He has produced most of the documentaries on the making of

's films. In total, he has documented over 150 films, including the ''

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'' and ''

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'' film franchises. Among the many titles include

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, ''

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'' and ''

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'' by

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, the

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and Warners Bros.

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collections, ''

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'' and ''

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'' by

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, ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' by

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, '' Scarface'', ''

'', and '' Dressed to Kill'' by

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, '' Cruising'' and ''

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'' by

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, ''

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'' by

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, ''

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'' by

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, ''

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'' and ''

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'' by

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, and ''

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'' by

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. As an author, Bouzereau's credits include ''Steven Spielberg: The First Ten Years (2023)'', ''West Side Story: The Making of the Steven Spielberg Film'', ''Hitchcock: Piece by Piece, The Art of Bond,'' ''The New York Times'' Best-Seller ''The Making of Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace', Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, The Cutting Room Floor: Movie Scenes Which Never Made It To The Screen,'' ''Ultra Violent Movies: From Sam Peckinpah to Quentin Tarantino'' and ''The De Palma Cut: The Films of America's Most Controversial Director''. Bouzereau wrote, directed and produced the documentary on legendary film producer

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entitled ''Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking'', executive produced by

. Zanuck watched the film three days before he died. He also wrote, directed and produced the TCM/

series ''A Night at the Movies''. Episodes include ''George Lucas and the World of Fantasy Cinema'', ''The Horrors of Stephen King'', ''Hollywood Goes to Washington'', ''The Gigantic World of Epics'', ''The Suspenseful World of Thrillers'', ''Merry Christmas!'', and ''Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers''. Laurent Bouzereau is the co-founder of Nedland Media, with his partner Markus Keith. Together, they are developing narrative films, TV series and documentaries.

Filmography

Documentaries

* ''Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck'' (2013) * ''Steven Spielberg & John Williams: The Adventure Continues'' (2017) * ''

'' (2017) *'' Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind'' (2019) *Mama's Boy: A Story From Our Americas (2022)

Television

* ''A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics'' (2009) * ''A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers'' (2009) * ''A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King'' (2011) * ''A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!'' (2011) * ''A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes To Washington'' (2012) * ''A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers'' (2013) * ''A'' ''Night at the Movies: George Lucas and the World of Fantasy Cinema'' (2014)

Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries (selected titles)

Steven Spielberg * '' West Side Story (2021)'' * '' The Fabelmans (2022)'' * ''

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'' * ''

Raiders of the Lost Ark ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronal ...

'' * ''

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise, and a prequel to the 1981 film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', fea ...

'' * ''

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action film, action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones, ''Indiana ...

'' * ''

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. Released and taking place 19 years after the previous ...

'' * '' E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial'' * ''

The Color Purple ''The Color Purple'' is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.

'' * ''

'' * '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' * ''

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set during the Battle of Normandy in World War II, the film is known for its graphic portrayal of war, especially its depictio ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''

Catch Me If You Can ''Catch Me If You Can'' is a 2002 American biographical crime comedy-drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams and James ...

'' * ''

The Terminal ''The Terminal'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy ...

'' * ''

War of the Worlds ''The War of the Worlds'' is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by ''Pearson's Magazine'' in the UK and by ''Cosmopolitan (magazine), Cosmopolitan'' magazine in the US. The novel's first appear ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Bridge of Spies'' * ''

The BFG ''The BFG'' (short for ''The Big Friendly Giant'') is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book '' Danny, the Champion of the World ...

'' * '' The Post'' * ''

Ready Player One ''Ready Player One'' is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, set in a dystopia in 2045, follows protagonist Wade Watts on his search for an Easter egg in a worldwide virtual reality ga ...

'' Alfred Hitchcock * ''Blackmail'' * ''Foreign Correspondent'' * ''Suspicion'' * ''

Shadow of a Doubt ''Shadow of a Doubt'' is a 1943 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Reville, the film was nominated for an Academy ...

'' * ''Rope'' * ''Stage Fright'' * ''Strangers on a Train'' * ''I Confess'' * ''

Dial M for Murder ''Dial M for Murder'' is a 1954 American crime thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, and John Williams. Both the screenplay and the successful stage play on which it was ...

'' * ''

Rear Window ''Rear Window'' is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film st ...

'' * ''

To Catch a Thief '' To Catch a Thief'' is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 To Catch a Thief (novel), novel of the same name by David Dodge (novelist), David Dodge. The ...

'' * ''

The Trouble with Harry ''The Trouble with Harry'' is a 1955 American Technicolor black comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes was based on the 1950 novel by Jack Trevor Story. It starred Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred N ...

'' * ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' * ''

The Wrong Man ''The Wrong Man'' is a 1956 American docudrama film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The film was drawn from the true story of an innocent man charged with a crime, as described in the book ''The True Sto ...

'' * ''Psycho'' * ''The Birds'' * ''Marnie'' * ''

Torn Curtain ''Torn Curtain'' is a 1966 American Political thriller, political thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Written by Brian Moore (novelist), Brian Moore, the film is set in the Cold War. It is about ...

'' * ''Topaz'' * ''

Frenzy ''Frenzy'' is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer was based on the 1966 novel ''Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Squar ...

'' * ''

Family Plot ''Family Plot'' is a 1976 American black comedy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directing role. It was based on Victor Canning's 1972 novel ''The Rainbird Pattern'', which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film ...

'' * ''

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'' David Lean *

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Ryan's Daughter ''Ryan's Daughter'' is a 1970 British Epic film, epic Romance film, romantic drama film directed by David Lean and starring Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles. The film, set between August 1917 and January 1918, tells the story of a married Irish ...

Brian de Palma *

* Obsession * Dressed to Kill * Scarface *

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Casualties of War ''Casualties of War'' is a 1989 American war drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by David Rabe, based primarily on an article written by Daniel Lang for ''The New Yorker'' in 1969, which was later published as a book. The film star ...

Carlito's Way ''Carlito's Way'' is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels ''Carlito's Way'' (1975) and '' After Hours'' (1979) by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp. It stars Al Pacin ...

Femme Fatale A ''femme fatale'' ( or ; ), sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps. She is an archetype of ...

The Black Dahlia Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – January 14–15, 1947), known posthumously as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized ow ...

William Friedkin *

* Cruising * The Boys in the Band * Bug Martin Scorsese *

* Cape Fear *

Robert Zemeckis *

Back to the Future (franchise) ''Back to the Future'' is an American science fiction comedy franchise created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly, and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, as ...

Sidney Lumet *

Serpico ''Serpico'' is a 1973 American neo-noir biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book of the same name written by Peter ...

Dog Day Afternoon ''Dog Day Afternoon'' is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning. The screenplay is wri ...

Murder on the Orient Express ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the U ...

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Prince of the City ''Prince of the City'' is a 1981 American neo-noir crime drama film directed and co-written by Sidney Lumet. The film follows Daniel Ciello, an officer of the New York Police Department who chooses, for idealistic reasons, to expose corruption in ...

Peter Bogdanovich *

Targets ''Targets'' is a 1968 American crime thriller film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, produced by Roger Corman, and written by Polly Platt and Bogdanovich, with cinematography by László Kovács.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster' ...

* Paper Moon *

Daisy Miller ''Daisy Miller'' is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in ''The Cornhill Magazine'' in June–July 1878, and in book form the following year. It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a so ...

François Truffaut *

Fahrenheit 451 ''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, ''Fahrenheit 451'' presents an American society where books have been personified and outlawed and "firemen" burn any that ar ...

Day for Night Day for night is a set of cinematic techniques used to simulate a night scene while filming in daylight. It is often employed when it is too difficult or expensive to actually shoot during nighttime. Because both film stocks and digital image s ...

Francis Ford Coppola * The Godfather Collection Roman Polanski *

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...

The Ghost Writer ''The Ghost Writer'' is a 1979 novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the first of Roth's novels narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of the author's putative fictional alter egos, and constitutes the first book in his ''Zuckerman Bound'' ...

Walter Hill * The Warriors Warren Beatty *

Arthur Penn *

Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut (Champion) Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were an American criminal couple who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. The co ...

Cecil B. DeMille *

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ� ...

William Wyler *

Ben-Hur Ben-Hur or Ben Hur may refer to: Fiction *'' Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ'', an 1880 novel by American general and author Lew Wallace ** ''Ben-Hur'' (play), a play that debuted on Broadway in 1899 ** ''Ben Hur'' (1907 film), a one-reel silent ...

John Boorman *

Deliverance ''Deliverance'' is a 1972 American survival thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The screenplay was adapted ...

Lawrence Kasdan *

The Big Chill Big Chill can refer to: *The Big Chill (music festival), an annual music and comedy festival held in England * ''The Big Chill'' (film), a 1983 American film directed by Lawrence Kasdan *The Big Chill at the Big House, a 2010 U.S. college ice hock ...

* Silverado *

Body Heat Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperature ...

Dreamcatcher In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher ( oj, asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the word for 'spider') is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also be decorated with sacred items such as ...

George Lucas *

Elia Kazan *

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of person ...

John Carpenter *

Christine Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' (1987 fil ...

David Cronenberg * The Dead Zone Orson Welles *

The Lady from Shanghai ''The Lady from Shanghai'' is a 1947 American film noir directed by Orson Welles (uncredited) and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel ''If I Die Before I Wake'' by Sherwood King. Altho ...

Touch of Evil ''Touch of Evil'' is a 1958 American film noir written and directed by Orson Welles, who also stars in the film. The screenplay was loosely based on the contemporary Whit Masterson novel ''Badge of Evil'' (1956). The cast included Charlton Hes ...

John Millus *

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer'') ...

Mel Brooks * The Producers Robert Wise *

The Andromeda Strain ''The Andromeda Strain'' is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton, his first novel under his own name and his sixth novel overall. It is written as a report documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of ...

Jeannot Szwarc * Somewhere in Time James Bridges *

The China Syndrome ''The China Syndrome'' is a 1979 American disaster thriller film directed by James Bridges and written by Bridges, Mike Gray, and T. S. Cook. The film stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas (who also produced), Scott Brady, James Ham ...

Joe Dante *

Gremlins ''Gremlins'' is a 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of ...

Mel Gibson *

Braveheart ''Braveheart'' is a 1995 American historical drama film directed and produced by, and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a late-13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence ag ...

Gary Ross *

Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse ...

Terrence Malick *

The Tree of Life ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

Sean Penn * Into the Wild Steve McQueen *

12 Years a Slave ''Twelve Years a Slave'' is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., ...

Lasse Hallström *

The Hundred-Foot Journey ''The Hundred-Foot Journey'' is a novel written by Richard C. Morais and published in 2008. It was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 2014. Plot It is a story about how the hundred-foot distance between a new Indian restaurant a ...

Sam Taylor Johnson *

Fifty Shades of Grey ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It became the first instalment in the ''Fifty Shades'' novel series that follows the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, ...

Colin Trevorrow *

Jurassic World ''Jurassic World'' is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly from a story by Jaffa and Silver. It is the first installment in the ...

J.J. Abrams * Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rupert Sanders *

Ghost in the Shell (2017) ''Ghost in the Shell'' is a 2017 Action film#Science fiction action, science fiction action film directed by Rupert Sanders and written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler and Ehren Kruger, based on the Japanese people#Arts, Japanese manga Ghost in t ...

Matt Reeves *

War for the Planet of the Apes ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' is a 2017 American science fiction film directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay by Reeves and Mark Bomback, and produced by Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the sequel to ''Daw ...

Kenneth Branagh * Murder on the Orient Express (2017) J.A. Bayona * Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom James Gray * Ad Astra Felix Van Groeningen * Beautiful Boy Mike Flanagan * Doctor Sleep (2019) Miguel Sapochnik *

Finch The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...

Bibliography

* ''The De Palma Cut: The Film of America's Most Controversial Director'' (1988) * ''The Alfred Hitchcock Quote Book'' (1993) * ''The Cutting Room Floor: Movie Scenes Which Never Made It To The Screen'' (1994) * ''Ultraviolent Movies: From Sam Peckinpah to Quentin Tarantino'' (1996) * ''Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays'' (1997) * ''The Making of Star Wars, Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1999) (Co-author with Jody Duncan) * ''E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial: From Concept to Classic'' (2002) (Contributor) * ''Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind The Man'' (2003) (Co-author with Pat Hitchcock O'Connell) * ''The Art of Bond: From Storyboard to Screen'' (2006) * ''The Complete Making of Indiana Jones: The Definitive Story Behind All Four Films'' (2008) (Co-author with

J.W. Rinzler Jonathan W. Rinzler (August 17, 1962July 28, 2021) was a film historian and writer, known for publishing books about the behind the scenes of blockbuster movies such as ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones''. Rinzler also wrote the novel ''Indiana Jo ...

) * ''Hitchcock, Piece By Piece'' (2010) * ''Steven Spielberg's War Horse'' (2011) (Contributor) * ''Lincoln, A Steven Spielberg Film: A Cinematic and Historical Companion'' (2012) (Contributor) * ''West Side Story: The Making of the Steven Spielberg Film'' (2021) * ''Steven Spielberg: The First Ten Years'' (2022)

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