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Conversations with the Great Moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age at the American Film Institute (2007).
By George Stevens Jr.
Published by Vintage.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1400033144
ISBN-13: 978-1400033140
Description:
“Impressive and
entertaining … A sweeping and valuable compendium of picture-making and picture
lore.” – Peter Bogdanovich, The Wall Street Journal.
The first book to bring
together interviews of master moviemakers from the American Film Institute’s
renowned seminars, Conversations with the Great Moviemakers, offers an
unmatched history of American cinema in the words of its greatest
practitioners.
Here are the
incomparable directors Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, King Vidor, David Lean, Fritz
Lang (“I learned only from bad films”), William Wyler, and George Stevens;
renowned producers and cinematographers; celebrated screenwriters Ray Bradbury
and Ernest Lehman; as well as the immortal Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini
(“Making a movie is a mathematical operation. It’s absolutely impossible to
improvise”). Taken together, these conversations offer uniquely intimate access
to the thinking, the wisdom, and the genius of cinema’s most talented pioneers.
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Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers: The Next Generation (2014).
By George Stevens Jr.
Published by Knopf
Doubleday Publishing Group.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0307474984
ISBN-13: 978-0307474988
Description:
“Magnificent … A
collection that is compendious, illuminating, and utterly indispensable.” –
Director’s Guild of America Quarterly.
A rich companion volume
to George Stevens, Jr.’s much admired book of American Film Institute seminars
with the pioneering moviemakers of Hollywood’s Golden Age, this time with a
focus on filmmakers of the 1950s to present day.
The Next Generation brings together conversations with moviemakers at work
from the 1950s – during the studios’ decline – to today’s Hollywood. Directors,
producers, writers, actors, cinematographers, composers, film editors, and
independent filmmakers appear within these pages, including Steven Spielberg,
Nora Ephron, George Lucas, Sidney Poitier, Meryl Streep, David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky,
and more. We see how the filmmakers of today and those of Hollywood’s Golden
Age face the same challenges of both art and craft – to tell compelling stories
on the screen. And we see the ways in which actors and directors work together,
how each director has his or her own approach, and how they share techniques
and theories.
“An entertaining
in-depth look into the art, economics, and politics of filmmaking for those of
us for whom film still has the impact of being struck by lightning … Essential
reading … A sine qua non of film books, one that belongs on the shelf of every
film student or serious fan.” – New York Journal of Books.
“Cuts across the
spectrum of genres and artistic attitudes … A rare treat [and] an eclectic one
… A treasure-trove to flip through and savor.” – Los Angeles Times.
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My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington (2022).
By George Stevens Jr.
Published by University
Press of Kentucky.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 0813195241
ISBN-13: 978-0813195247
Description:
The son of a celebrated
Hollywood director emerges from his father’s shadow to claim his own place as a
visionary force in American culture. George Stevens, Jr. tells an intimate and
moving tale of his relationship with his Oscar-winning father and his own
distinguished career in Hollywood and Washington. Fascinating people, priceless
stories and a behind-the-scenes view of some of America’s major cultural and
political events grace this riveting memoir.
George Stevens, Jr. grew
up in Hollywood and worked on film classics with his father and writes vividly
of his experience on the sets of A Place in the Sun (1951), Shane
(1953), Giant (1956) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). He
explores how the magnitude of his father’s talent and achievements left him
questioning his own creative path. The younger Stevens began to forge his
unique career when legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow recruited him to
elevate the Motion Picture Service at the United States Information Agency in
John F. Kennedy’s Washington. Stevens’ trailblazing efforts initiated what has
been called the “golden era” of USIA filmmaking and a call to respect motion
pictures as art. His appointment as founding director of the American Film
Institute in 1967 placed him at the forefront of culture and politics,
safeguarding thousands of endangered films and training a new generation of
filmmakers. Stevens’ commitment to America’s cultural heritage led to
envisioning the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors and propelled a
creative life of award-winning films and television programs that heightened
attention to social justice, artistic achievement, and the American experience.
Stevens provides a rare
look at a pioneering American family spanning five generations in
entertainment: from the San Francisco stage in the 19th century to silent
screen comedies, Academy Award-winning films, Emmy Award-winning television
programs and a Broadway play in the 21st century. He reveals the private side
of the dazzling array of American presidents, first ladies, media moguls, and
luminaries who cross his path, including Elizabeth Taylor, Sidney Poitier, the
Kennedys, Yo-Yo Ma, Cary Grant, James Dean, Bruce Springsteen, Barack and
Michelle Obama, and many more.
In My
Place in the Sun, George Stevens, Jr. shares his lifelong passion for
advancing the art of American film, enlightening audiences, and shining a
spotlight on notable figures who inspire us. He provides an insightful look at
Hollywood’s Golden Age and an insider’s account of Washington spanning six
decades, bringing to life a sparkling era of American history and culture.
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