motion picture producers and directors

Presents interviews with sixteen directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, and Sidney Lumet discussing their films, studio experiences, and directing.

Brings the world of filmmaking to girls, presenting the history of women behind the camera, describing the technical side of directing, defining jargon, and profiling several women directors.

Max, a young boy with dreams of becoming a young millionaire, tries becoming a film director and finds that his would-be movie is useful for a much different reason than making him rich.

Examines the women who have helped shape the history of movies.

Depicts the life of Howard Hughes - billionaire, industrialist, movie producer, inventor, aviator - and the love affairs, Hollywood stardom, corporate battles and brilliant aeronautical invention that defined him from the mid-1920s through the 1940s.

Contains Hitchcock's working techniques and reminiscenes about his life, his films and the people he knew.

Chronicles the life of African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, discussing his childhood in Illinois as the son of freed slaves, his years as a homesteader in South Dakota, his writing career, the personal challenges he faced, and his contributions to American cinema.