About the Author

Wheeler Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Endowed Professor of Film Studies, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the coeditor-in-chief of the Quarterly Review of Film and Video. He is the author of numerous books including American Cinema of the 1940s and Visions of Paradise (both Rutgers University Press).

Reviews

This delightful selection of interviews with important directors who have made significant contributions to film ranges from the 'old-timers' to the up-and-coming. In addition to gossipy bits of information, Dixon reveals the myriad ways people make their way into the movie business and the ways that geniuses conceptualize their primary goal as director. - Rebecca Bell-Metereau, author of Hollywood Androgyny