Director's Film (The Art of Film Direction): Book spine or cover has flaws

Author: (American) Eric Sherman, translated by Ding Xin et al
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: "An artist does not create because he wants to or desires to, but because he must. Perhaps it is this driving force and the allure of reshaping the ordinary that makes a director an artist in film production." — Eric Sherman
Directing the Film: The Art of the Film Director is a classic film textbook and reference collection, widely used in film programs at top universities in the United States. It has been reprinted over twenty times in the U.S. The material in this book was collected from the Advanced Film Research Center of the American Film Institute, gathering comments from seventy-five directors who have ever worked at the American Film Institute. The author, Eric Sherman, organizes these materials organically into different topics using Aristotle's method of "the same problem, different answers," arranges them according to the process of film production, and adds annotations and summaries between topics to as comprehensively as possible explore all aspects of film work, depicting the full meaning of "what a director's job is." This book serves as a valuable reference for film scholars, students, and enthusiasts.
Author Bio: Eric Sherman was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Hollywood's studio system. He is currently a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts. He has held executive positions in several major Hollywood film companies and has collaborated with top-tier Hollywood screenwriters, producers, and directors, successfully bringing many films to completion within budget and on schedule. Since 1976, in addition to working with various studios, Eric has owned and operated a film company, FilmTransform, covering all aspects of film and video production. His works include four widely used textbooks: Directing the Film, The Director's Event, Frame by Frame, and Selling Your Film.
Ding Xin graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He began self-studying film during his university years and has worked in the film and screenwriting industry. He is currently a graduate student in the Film and Video Arts program at the California Institute of the Arts.