Directing for Film and Television: Revised Edition

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Legendary stories portray directors as eccentric, moody savants who possess a genius for the film medium that mere mortals could never grasp. Throughout cinematic history, gushing accounts have cast the likes of DeMille, Hitchcock, Fellini, and Spielberg as sorcerers, rather than tradesmen. Now confounding these lofty perceptions, acclaimed veteran director Christopher Lukas examines the craft and art of directing as a teachable, learnable profession.
Legendary stories portray directors as eccentric, moody savants who possess a genius for the film medium that mere mortals could never grasp. Throughout cinematic history, gushing accounts have cast the likes of DeMille, Hitchcock, Fellini, and Spielberg as sorcerers, rather than tradesmen. Now c...

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Christopher Lukas is an acclaimed director of television movies, series, documentaries, commercials, and videos. His work as director, producer, and screenwriter has been broadcast on PBS, BBC, WNET, KQED, and earned him a number of Emmy Awards. He is the former Director of Programming at WNET and a former professor and chairman of the Department of Film and Video at City College of New York. He has served as consultant or advisor to New York State Council for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and National Endowment for the Arts. His work as an author includes Silent Grief: Living in the Wake of Suicide. He lives in Sparkhill, New York.
Christopher Lukas is an acclaimed director of television movies, series, documentaries, commercials, and videos. His work as director, producer, and screenwriter has been broadcast on PBS, BBC, WNET, KQED, and earned him a number of Emmy Awards. He is the former Director of Programming at WNET an...

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