Tom Richey
Slide Share: Television Performance Techniques Module 6
A slideshow based on Herbert Zettl's "Television Production Handbook" that explains techniques that one needs to be aware of when performing in front of a television camera. Discusses questions to ask the director regarding how the...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme
Students view minutes 0:40 to 0:52 from Romeo and Juliet (Zeffirelli) and explore the director's choices to develop themes within the film.
IMDb
Internet Movie Database: Otto Preminger
The Internet Movie Database provides a complete filmography with biographical data, trivia, and links to individual films, casting information, and plot summaries.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Ossie Davis
Biographical resource for information on Ossie Davis, actor, director, activist.
Other
Alain Robbe Grillet Bibliography
Personal site dedicated to Alain Robbe-Grillet. Features a bibliography, filmography, photos, and updated news.
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: Alfred Hitchcock
This timeline and biography of Hitchcock's career focuses on much of his stormy relationship with David O. Selznick.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Theme
Students view minutes 0:35 to 0:45 from Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann) and explore the director's choices to develop themes within the film.
Emory University
Emory University: Ousmane Sembene
A brief biography of Sembene, along with two essays which focus on his writing and a list of works.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: John Singleton
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features John Singleton, an American film director and screenwriter whose films often examine urban and racial tensions. He is best known for his directorial debut, Boyz n the Hood.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Gordon Parks
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Gordon Parks, an American author, photographer, and film director, who documented African American life.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Charlie Chaplin
Useful biographical information and interesting facts about Charlie Chaplin, a great comedian, scriptwriter, composer, and director.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Making Movies, 1920
Firsthand account of the filmimg of director D.W. Griffith's movie Way Down East staring actress Lillian Gish.
Curated OER
Beckett on Film Dvd Set
This is the complete site for the "Beckett on Film," project. There is a synopsis of each of Beckett's plays, a series of essays that seek to explain Beckett's work, as well as interviews with actors and directors. There is also a...
IMDb
Im Db: Billy Wilder
This resource has a complete filmography with a link to a mini-biography, trivia, and quotes of Billy Wilder.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Cindy Sherman
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Cindy Sherman.
Curated OER
Reel Classics: John Ford
A profile of film director John Ford who earned academy awards for How Green Was My Valley and The Quiet Man--includes movie posters.
Curated OER
Reel Classics: John Ford
A profile of film director John Ford who earned academy awards for How Green Was My Valley and The Quiet Man--includes movie posters.
BBC
Bbc: Shakespeare Unlocked: A Midsummer Night's Dream [Pdf]
A Midsummer Night's Dream Teacher Pack (lesson unit). Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare's most popular plays to life for young people by showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare's text....
Curated OER
The Birth of a Nation
An interesting article that presents the different viewpoints regarding the classic silent film, "Birth of a Nation." Discusses the director, D.W. Griffith.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 9: Mas Tiempo Libre
In this ninth and final unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn to listen, speak, and write about movies and other activities that Spanish-speaking peoples pursue in their free time. Includes modeling of oral Spanish...
New York Times
New York Times: From Sketch to Screen: "A Very Long Engagement"
Launch an audio slideshow, narrated by the director of the film, about storyboarding sequences in "A Very Long Engagement." An interesting site for considering the work of the storyboard artist, whose sketching technique is wonderfully...
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: Norman Mailer
A profile of author Norman Mailer, a timeline of his life, and an interview with the directors of a PBS film about his life.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Showbiz Safari
Lights! Camera! Action! Our movie director needs your help! Help Walrus pick actors based on the traits that best fit the movie role. Which furry mammal will get the most wanted role in the blockbuster film "Paws"? Which water loving...
PBS
P.o.v. On Pbs: In the Realms of the Unreal (Outsider Art of Henry Darger)
The companion site for independent filmmaker Jessica Yu's exploration of the life and work of Henry Darger, which originally aired on PBS's "P.O.V." series in 2005. Along with a synopsis of the film and Yu's insights about her subject,...
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