Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films

by William Darby

Overview

Masters of Lens and Light offers filmographies for more than seven hundred American and world cinematographers from 1915 through 1990. These figures range from the renowned (Gregg Toland) to the productive if obscure (Ernest Miller). There are approximately thirty photos, as will as an extensive list of notable American and foreign films by cinematographers whose outputs were not large or significant enough to warrant separate entries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810824546
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/01/1991
Pages:	1071
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

William Darby has taught English and film at various colleges and universities in southeastern Michigan since 1974, when his doctoral dissertation on Sir Walter Scott was completed at Wayne State University. He has published Necessary American Fictions; Popular Literature of the 1950s (Popular Press, 1987) and American Film Music (McFarland, 1990), co-authored with Jack Du Bois.

Editorial Reviews

...only Masters of Lens and Light offers comprehensive coverage...unique contribution.

Wilson Library Bulletin

...quite useful...will undoubtedly be a well received reference work...

Classic Images

...an invaluable source of reliable information.

American Cinematographer

...this is a labor of love—and a must for a serious reference library.

Communication Booknotes Quarterly

Superb!..this is a major breakthrough...a wonderful masterlist...meticulous...warrants an Academy award of its own. Highly recommended.

Choice Reviews

Darby's checklist is the most extensive work available...an essential addition to any extensive collection that supports research in the history and art of cinema.

American Reference Books Annual

Superb!..this is a major breakthrough...a wonderful masterlist...meticulous...warrants an Academy award of its own. Highly recommended.

Choice

Superb!..this is a major breakthrough...a wonderful masterlist...meticulous...warrants an Academy award of its own. Highly recommended.

CHOICE

...this is a labor of love—and a must for a serious reference library.

Communication Booknotes

Darby's checklist is the most extensive work available...an essential addition to any extensive collection that supports research in the history and art of cinema.

American Reference Books Annual (ARBA)

Offers filmographies for 708 American and world cinematographers from 1915 through 1990. These figures range from the renowned (Gregg Toland) to the productive if obscure (Ernest Miller). There are 30 photos, as well as an extensive list of notable American and foreign films by cinematographers whose outputs were not large or significant enough to warrant separate entries. Includes a lists of Academy Award nominees and winners and an introductory bibliography to the entire field of cinematography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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