producers and directors

When William Desmond Taylor is found dead of a gunshot wound, the motion picture community cannot believe that Taylor could draw the ire of anyone, let alone a murderer. The ensuing investigation reveals that the well-respected director was not the person he seemed and neither were his friends.

Traces the life of the film maker who directed such movies as "American Graffitti" and "Star Wars.".

The author describes growing up with an American mother and Arabic father. Details her childhood split between Seattle and Qatar, her time with her Bedouin family as a teen, and her search for her own identity as a young woman that takes her from from the Arabian Gulf and Cairo, to Mount Sinai.

Chronicles the life of director Peter Jackson, discussing his childhood obsession with movies, his low-budget cult movies, his ambitious retelling of Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and other related topics.

Maxine McCoy, producer of a popular television show, has good reason to be pleased with her life, but a history of disappointments keeps her from fully enjoying her successes; and it is not until she is called back to her childhood neighborhood in Philadelphia to care for her grandmother that she learns to come to grips with her past.

Chronicles the life of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, focusing on the personal insights to Hitchcock's life that are revealed in his films.

Chronicles the life of Leni Riefenstahl, focusing on her films glorifying the actions of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich and her claims that she knew nothing of the atrocities of the Holocaust, despite her close involvement with Nazi leaders.

Details the life of Leni Riefenstahl, discussing her childhood and youth; careers as an actress, director, and photographer; work for Adolf Hitler; later life; and more. Includes photographs.

Chronicles the life of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, focusing on the personal insights to Hitchcock's life that are revealed in his films.

An examination of the films of Oliver Stone, looking at the director's life and works.