American Jewish filmmakers
By: David Desser and Lester D. Friedman.
Contributors: Friedman, Lester D.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Jewish motion picture producers and directors -- United States; Jews in the motion picture industry; Jews in motion pictures
Description: "Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Sidney Lumet, and Paul Mazursky, all sons of East European Jews, remain among the most prominent contemporary American film directors. In this revised, updated second edition of American Jewish Filmmakers, David Desser and Lester D. Friedman demonstrate how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in the films of these and other significant Jewish directors." "This edition concludes with a newly written discussion of the careers of other prominent Jewish filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Brian Singer, and Darren Aronofsky."--Jacket.
Notes: Filmography: p. [321]-324.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-331) and index.