Biographical data and filmographies derived from Baseline's online database services to the film and television industries. Covers about 3,000 international performers, directors, and other filmmakers past and present, with some emphasis n contemporary personalities. Most of the sketches are brief, although those for highly regarded or influential individuals often run to several columns. Filmographies note Academy Award nominations and wins. Has critical profiles of some 900 international actors, directors, etc., accompanied by good filmographies.
Biographical data is sparse.
1 covers directors whose careers were established by 1945, while vol. A database compiled by the British Film Institute since 1934. Both files include references to periodical reviews and articles, about 280,000 in all. An index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. Project Muse Access to the fulltext of scholarly journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in the area of humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.