'DVXuser's Directors Bible'
Jean-Paul Bankes-Mercer
- Directors Guilds (INPO)
Directors Guild of America
http://www.dga.org/index2.php3
Directors Guild of Great Britain
http://www.dggb.org/
The Directors Guild of Canada, B.C. District Council
http://www.dgcbc.com/ie4/news/current.cfm
The Directors Guild of Canada
http://www.dgc.ca/
The Directors Guild of Canada - Ontario
http://dgcodc.ca/
Dutch Directors Guild
http://www.directorsguild.nl/
Director Guild of Japan
http://www.dgj.or.jp/en/index.html
(Please PM me links for your country)
- Acting/ Theater Practitioners (INPO)
Aristotle
Aristotelian Society
The Aristotelian Society can be
reached by writing to:
Executive Secretary
Department of Philosophy
Birkbeck College
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HX
Articles
http://www.agamemnon.com/aristotle.html
http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/poetics.html
Poetics
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/poetics.mb.txt
Stanislavsky
Bios
http://method.vtheatre.net/stanislavsky.html
Theaters
http://www.sts-online.org/
Books
http://books.google.com/books?q=stan...print&ct=title
Brecht
Bios
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/brecht.htm
The International Brecht Society
http://german.lss.wisc.edu/brecht/
Books
http://books.google.com/books?ct=tit...books&as_brr=0
David Mamet
Bios
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc31.html
David Mamet Society
http://mamet.eserver.org/
Articles
http://film.guardian.co.uk/mamet/sto...177703,00.html
Essays
http://www.all-story.com/issues.cgi?...ry&story_id=36
Books
http://books.google.com/books?q=davi...&sa=X&oi=print &ct=title
True and False
http://www.shadowhousepits.com.au/mametandacting.htm
Uta Hagen
Bios
http://www.wic.org/bio/hagen.htm
Books
http://www.amazon.com/Respect-Acting.../dp/0025473905
Practical Exercises
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~thea301/.../Uta_Hagen.htm
Phil Gyford's essay on R.F.A.
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2...ct_for_act.php
Lee Strasberg
Bios
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Strasberg
Articles
http://www.methodfest.com/04pages/industry/gilbert.htm
Books
http://www.amazon.com/Strasberg-Acto.../dp/1559360224
Strasberg Institute
http://www.strasberg.com/
- Useful Directing Books
Directing (Film techniques and aesthetics) - Michael Rabiger
http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Film...346399-7128127
Creative Filmmaking From The Inside Out
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Filmm.../dp/0743223195
Sculpting in Time - Andrei Tarkovsky
http://www.amazon.com/Sculpting-Time.../dp/0292776241
Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen
http://www.amazon.com/Film-Directing.../dp/0941188108
Guerilla-Film-Makers-Handbook
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guerilla-Fil.../dp/0826447139
Directing Actors - Judith Weston
http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Acto.../dp/0941188248
Grammar of the Film Language - Daniel Arijon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/187...lance&n=283155
From Reel to Deal: Everything You Need to Create a Successful Independent Film - Doy S-S Simens
http://www.amazon.com/Reel-Deal-Ever.../dp/0446674621
Breaking In: How 20 Film Directors Got Their Start
http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Film-.../dp/0767906748
Making Movies - Sidney Lumet
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Movies-...e=UTF8&s=books
On Directing Film - David Mamet
http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Film...3957281&sr=8-2
Film Form: Essays in Film Theory - Sergei Eisenstein
http://www.amazon.com/Film-Form-Essa.../dp/0156309203
The Film Sense - Sergei Eisenstein
http://www.amazon.com/Film-Sense-Ser.../dp/0156309351
- Composition
Picture Composition for Film and Television - Peter Ward
http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Compos.../dp/0240516818
The Five C's of Cinematography - Joseph V. Mascelli
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Cs-Cinema.../dp/187950541X
Painting With Light - John Alton
http://www.amazon.com/Painting-Light.../dp/0520089499
Cinematic Storytelling - Jennifer Van Sijll
http://www.amazon.com/Cinematic-Stor.../dp/193290705X
- Directing/ production job sites
DVXuser
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/forumdisplay.php?f=15
Mandy
http://www.mandy.com
2-Pop
http://www.2-popforums.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=180
Talent Circle (UK)
http://www.talentcircle.co.uk/
Shooting People (UK-USA)
http://www.shootingpeople.org/account/auth.php
Craiglist
http://www.craigslist.org
- Worldwide Festivals
Updated festival listings
Britfilms
http://www.britfilms.com/festivals/
Festivals submission services
Withoutabox
withoutabox.com
- Miscellaneous
IndieBudgetBuddy 2.0 - Free Film Budget Estimator
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=34947
Reels on Demand - Online reel service
http://www.reelsondemand.com/
Trigger Street - Short film community
http://www.triggerstreet.com
- Interesting DVXuser articles
Coverage, Blocking, Cut's - Psycho - John Hudson
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=31201
Coverage, Blocking, Cut's - Jaws - John Hudson
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=24235
Coffee's top tips for festival submissions.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=53128
Casting/ auditions a guide - Jean-Paul Bankes-Mercer
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=49522
The purpose of art film? - Jade8472
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=59219
Where to find Actors - Questionman17
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=26453
What do Directors expect from their DPs? - Imageonepictures
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=63664
The hardest thing about making your first film? - Guest
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=21667
Alternative to film school? - Jazzx
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=38158&page=6
The right time to begin a feature? - capitalP
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=47937
How to motivate actors to be better?
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=159240
Is producing a good pathway for directing?
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=151148
The look of Independent Film
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=152828
On a $500k to $700k budget - film or HD?
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=154907
Duties of an AD
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=148931
Interviewing your DP
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=146524
If actors are bad - is it the Director's fault?
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=159738
Finding A or B actors? Hunt them down on IMBD best method? Call agencies?
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=143425
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