Film Bibliography

A Bibliography of Film Sources

Compiled by: Kristin A. Nielsen
November 2000

Finding Information About Film
This bibliography is a selective list of reference materials about film which are available in the University of Georgia Libraries. In trying to keep it relatively small, I have left out of the bibliography many of the more specialized sources in both the reference and circulating collections. If you do not find what you need in this list, look in the GIL Libraries' Catalog or ask a reference librarian for assistance.

Media Department Video Collection
The Media Department on the seventh floor of the Main Library has a collection of commercial videorecordings that includes educational documentaries, classic cinema, and international titles. These films are not available for checkout and must be viewed in the Media Department, where space is available for both individual and group screenings. Films in the collection are currently being added to the online catalog. Since not all films are listed yet on GIL, also check in the title list located in the Media Department. For more information, see the Media Department's homepage.

Guides to Film Literature

Film: A Reference Guide.
Robert A. Armour. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1980.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .A75
The eleven bibliographic essays in this guide to English-language publications cover film history, production, criticism, actors, directors, other personnel, major films, film and society, and international influences on American films.

Macmillan Film Bibliography: A Critical Guide to the Literature of the Motion Picture.
George Rehrauer. New York: Macmillan, 1982.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9R423 1982 v.1-2
Rehrauer's guide provides critical annotations about approximately 6,700 books about film that were published between 1912-1982.

On the Screen: A Film, Television, and Video Research Guide.
Kim N. Fisher. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1986.
Main Ref PN1994 .F4570 1986
Standard research works in film and television are annotated in this well-organized guide.

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Dictionaries

"All-Movie Guide Glossary."
Matrix Software.
http://allmovie.com/avg_Glossary.html
The definitions in this dictionary are searchable by keyword or by broad subject categories, and topics covered range from artistic to technical to legal.

The Complete Film Dictionary.
Ira Konigsberg. New York: Penguin, 1997.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .K66 1997
Terms defined in this comprehensive dictionary are primarily in the areas of technology, critical theory, and "filmic discourse"--all enabling the reader to "talk intelligently about what takes place on the screen" (pref.).

Dictionary of Film Terms: The Aesthetic Companion to Film Analysis.
Frank E. Beaver. New York: Twayne, 1994.
Main Ref TR847 .B43 1994
Besides being an excellent source for photographs, this dictionary defines genres, styles, techniques and technical terms.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Film and Broadcast Terms.
Edmund F. Penney, ed. New York: Facts on File, 1991.
Main Ref P87.5 .P43 1991
This dictionary provides definitions for the terminology of the visual mass media and related areas like advertising and film technology.

Film-Video Terms and Concepts.
Steven E. Browne. Boston: Focal, 1992.
Main Ref TR847 .B76 1992
Not only does this dictionary define technical and production terms, but it also compares product usage and technical differences between film and video.

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Encyclopedias and Annuals

The American Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary.
Anthony Slide. New York: Greenwood, 1986.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6S539 1986
By excluding individuals from this dictionary, Slide leaves room for more entries on film companies, studios, and technical innovations. Many of the entries, although brief, include bibliographies for further study.

Brewer's Cinema: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary.
Jonathan Law, ed. London: Cassell, 1995.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .B74 1995
This is not really a "phrase and fable" dictionary like the well-known original Brewer's dictionary. Instead, it is an encyclopedia of short critical essays on significant films, people, and genres, along with definitions of technical terms.

The Encyclopedia of Film.
James Monaco et al. New York: Putnam, 1991.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .M638 1991
Information for this biographical dictionary of filmmakers is provided by BASELINE, a large information service and database supplier for the film and television industries.

The Encyclopedia of Hollywood.
Scott Siegel and Barbara Siegel. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6S494 1990
This encyclopedia is written in a casual tone and surveys personalities, genres, and seminal films.

Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion.
Leslie Halliwell. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .H3 1990
A "bedtime book" for film buffs (ix), this gives brief data on actors, directors, films, and terms in a dictionary format.

International Film, Radio, and Television Journals.
Anthony Slide, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1985.
Main Ref PN1993 .I64290 1985
The essays in this encyclopedia provide historical and critical background on over 200 major periodicals; appendixes include bibliographical essays on the history of fan club journals, fan magazines, in-house journals, and national film journals.

International Motion Picture Almanac, 1933-present.
New York: Quigley. Annual
Main Ref PN1993.3 .M9 [year]
(Latest year only in Main Ref; previous years shelved on 3rd floor)
A film almanac containing a great deal of information: statistics, biographies, awards, listings of independent theaters, state and local film commissions, press outlets, motion picture companies, film distributors, and companies that serve the film industry. Although the almanac has a strong American bias, it does include information on Britain, France, and Canada, with brief entries for other countries.

The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film, 1896-1979.
Gene Brown, ed. New York: Times Books, 1984.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .N4 v.1-13
Beginning with a report on Edison's vitascope in 1896, these twelve volumes reprint articles from The New York Times on the "problems, personalities and events" of film (intro.). For articles published after 1979, use the Lexis/Nexis database. For reprints of film reviews from this newspaper, see The New York Times Film Reviews.

Oxford Companion to Film.
Liz-Anne Bawden, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .B30
This British companion focuses on actors, directors, films, characters, organizations, corporations, and key players in the film industry before 1974.

The Oxford History of World Cinema.
Geoffrey Nowell-Smith, ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .A1O96 1996
This excellent history is densely packed with essays on film, art, and industry since 1895. Each of the three sections (silent cinema, sound cinema, and modern cinema) discusses genres, trends, and national cinemas. This source is unique is its coverage of areas that many film encyclopedias ignore like documentaries, animation, serials, and film music.

Screen World, 1949-present.
New York: Crown. Annual.
Main Ref PN1993.2 .D2 [year]
(Latest year only in Main Ref; previous years shelved on 3rd floor)
While somewhat short on text, this recap of the past year's films provides an abundance of photographs and stills.

Shot on this Site: A Traveler's Guide to the Places and Locations Used to Film Famous Movies and TV Shows.
William A. Gordon. New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1995.
Main Ref PN1995.67 .U6G47 1995
Covering far more movies than TV shows, this travel guide identifies churches, schools, parks, and other places where scenes were shot.

Women in Film: An International Guide.
Annette Kuhn, ed. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1990.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .W6W657 1991
"The first feminist guide to women's contributions to film, with entries on directors, actresses, writers, producers, genres, film movements, studios, film festivals, and more" (cover).

The Women's Companion to International Film.
Annette Kuhn and Susannah Radstone, eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .W6 1994
A variety of filmmakers, scholars, and critics contributed entries to this work, with the intent of highlighting women's previously under-acknowledged contributions to the history of film.

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Film Catalogs

American Film Index, 1916-1920.
Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist. Stockholm: Film-Index, 1984.
Main Ref PN1998 .L262 1984
Subtitled: "A catalog of the 12,000 features and short films from the years of the American film industry's rise to international prominence with cast and credits."

The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. .
New York: Bowker, 1971, 1976; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988, 1993; Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1995.
Main Ref PN1998 .A57
The projected goal of this series is to provide the most complete listing possible of features, shorts, and newsreel films produced in the U.S. since 1893. Coverage is currently complete for the years 1893-1940 and 1961-1976. Title entries include production and cast information, plot synopses, and review citations. The amount of information about each film varies, particularly for films which have been lost. Indexes are by personal and corporate name, subject, genre, location of shoot, and literary/dramatic source.

Bowker's Complete Video Directory. Annual.
New Providence, NJ: Bowker.
Main Ref PN1992.95 .V37
Pulled from Variety's database, this catalog lists feature films, documentaries, sporting events, and how-to films that are available on video. Besides a subject index, the 87,000 videos are indexed by laserdisc availability, closed captioned, cast/director, and Spanish language.

The British Film Catalogue, 1895-1985: A Reference Guide.
Denis Gifford. New York: Facts on File, 1986.
Main Ref PN1998 .G543 1987
This catalog lists films produced in Great Britain "for public entertainment," with initial exhibition date, rating, lead cast, production credits, genre, and a single-sentence plot summary.

Film and Video Finder.
NICEM. Medford, NJ: Plexus, 1997.
Shelved on Index Table 3f [Main Ref LB1044 .F464 1997 v.1-3]
Covering around 123,000 titles, this catalog lists in-print educational films and videos suitable for ages preschool through graduate school. Volume 1 is a subject listing, while the other two volumes contain entries arranged by title with a synopsis, technical information, price, and distributor for each film.

Index to AV Producers and Distributors.
NICEM. Medford, NJ: Plexus, 1996.
Shelved on Index Table 3f [Main Ref LB1043 .Z9I54 1997]
More recent CD-ROM available at the Curriculum Materials Center, Aderhold.
Trying to locate a film? This source helps with a list of producers, distributors, companies, and institutions, arranged first by the broad subject categories of their films, then alphabetically by name. Some companies that are no longer in business are also included.

The International Film Index, 1895-1990.
Alan Goble, ed. London: Bowker-Saur, 1991.
Main Ref PN1998 .I68 1991 v.1-2
Goble attempts to create a comprehensive international listing of feature, documentary, short, and animated films. Since the number of entries is so large, only the most basic information is included: title, release year, director, country of origin, and type of film.

Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912.
Kemp R. Niver. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9N58
Since films could not be legally copyrighted until 1912, filmmakers had to submit paper duplicates of their original negatives to the Copyright Office. The only surviving copies of over 3,000 early films are these prints, now transferred onto modern film and housed in the Library of Congress. In this catalog, the films are listed by type, with each entry including a plot synopsis.

Sound Films, 1927-1939: A United States Filmography.
Alan G. Fetrow. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1992.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6F46 1992
Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography.
Alan G. Fetrow. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6F456 1994
Feature Films, 1950-1959: A United States Filmography.
Alan G. Fetrow. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6F457 1999
This "documentation of feature-length films produced in the United States" (Sound Films vii) during Hollywood's Golden Age provides title, studio, production year, written source, cast members, awards, sequels, and plot summary or genre for each film covered. Both volumes have credits indexes.

The Video Source Book, 1980-present.
Detroit: Gale. Annual.
Shelved on Index Table 3f [Main Ref PN1992.95 .V53]
(Latest year only in Main Ref; earlier years shelved on 3rd floor)
84,300 videos of all types and genres are covered here, with subject, credit, and format indexes. The subject headings used by this and by Bowker's Complete Video Directory differ, so it is wise to check both.

THE FOLLOWING WORKS are produced by the Library of Congress, which keeps copies of all films copyrighted in the United States. While the name of the set has changed several times during the past half century, this remains one of the most complete listings of American film production. Entries are brief, but they do include producer, major credits, running time, and content synopsis.

Author Catalog; A Cumulative List of Works Represented by Library of Congress Printed Cards, 1948-1952: Films.
Ann Arbor: J.W. Edwards, 1953.
Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .C358
Despite its name, this is actually a title catalog of educational, feature, and U.S. government films cataloged by the Library of Congress. Cross-references lead to the title from the film's producer, production/distribution company, and author/title of published source. For subject access to these films, use the Library of Congress Catalog - Books: Subjects, 1950-54 [Main Ref Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .A1U375].

The National Union Catalog; A Cumulative Author List, 1953-1957: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips.
Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1966.
Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .C359
For this and subsequent volumes, the subject listing has been removed from the book catalog and incorporated into the film catalog.

The National Union Catalog; A Cumulative Author List, 1958-1962: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips.
New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 1963.
Main Ref Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .C359

The National Union Catalog; A Cumulative Author List, 1963-1967: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips.
Ann Arbor: J.W. Edwards, 1969.
Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .U49A25

The National Union Catalog; A Cumulative Author List, 1968-1972: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips.
Ann Arbor: J.W. Edwards, 1973.
Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .U49A25

The National Union Catalog, 1973-1977: Films and Other Materials for Projection
Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1978.
Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .U49A25 1973-77

Library of Congress Catalogs, 1978: Films and Other Materials for Projection.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1979.
Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .U49A25 1979

Library of Congress Catalogs: Audiovisual Materials, 1980-present.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Annual.
Bib Area-U.S. Z881 .U49A25; 1983 to present is on microfiche

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Bibliographies

Bibliographie der Filmbibliographien: Bibliography of Film Bibliographies.
Hans Jurgen Wulff. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1987.
Main Ref Z1002 .W850 1987
Types of bibliographies covered include books, bibliographies within books, or catalogs of institutional collections. All aspects of film studies are represented, including themes, film criticism and history, and individuals.

Cinema Booklist.
George Rehrauer. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1972, 1974, 1977.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9R42 + suppl.
Rehrauer's bibliography is an early attempt to impose order on the burgeoning array of film books. Some of the titles listed here were later incorporated into the Macmillan Film Bibliography.

The Critical Index: A Bibliography of Articles on Film in English, 1946-1973, Arranged by Names and Topics.
John C. Gerlach and Lana Gerlach. New York: Teachers College Press, 1974.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9G47
No review citations are included in this guide to articles in film periodicals about people, films, and film topics. Two unique features of this index are the sections on critics and critical theories.

The Film Index: A Bibliography.
New York: Arno, 1966; White Plains, NY: Kraus, 1985.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9W75 1941a v.1-3
Vol. 1: The Film as Art
Vol. 2: Film as Industry
Vol. 3: Film in Society
This WPA/Museum of Modern Art bibliography annotates a wide spectrum of articles, books, and book chapters published between 1895-1935.

Film, Television, and Video Periodicals: A Comprehensive Annotated List.
Katharine Loughney. New York: Garland, 1991.
Main Ref PN1993 .L68 1991
Criteria for inclusion in this bibliography is accessibility plus a wide level of use in the United States. English-language periodicals make up the bulk of the listings, but foreign ones that are available in the U.S. are also included.

International Motion-Picture Bibliography.
Munich: Filmland Presse, 1981-1985.
PN1995 .M273 1981 v.1-4 [3rd floor]
Although it is not annotated, this bibliography provides a useful listing of European and American books written about film.

Union List of Film Periodicals: Holdings of Selected American Collections.
Anna Brady, Richard Wall, and Carolynn Newitt Weiner, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984.
Main Ref PN1993 .B720 1984
The scope of this finding list ranges from historical to current and important to ephemeral film periodicals owned by libraries and research centers known for their strong film collections.

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Current Indexes and Abstracts

Academic Search Elite, 1984-present.
GALILEO (under General Indexes) Password required for off-campus use.
This multidisciplinary database covers over 3,000 periodicals, with approximately 1,200 of them in full-text. Periodicals included are both scholarly and general interest.

Art Abstracts, 1929-present.
New York: H.W. Wilson.
1984-present: GALILEO (under Arts & Humanities) Password required for off-campus use.
1929-April 1997: Main Ref Z5937 .A784 (called Art Index)
Approximately 270 art journals are indexed in this source, including many major film journals.

Film Literature Index, 1973-present.
Albany, NY: SUNY. Quarterly.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9F4
International in scope, this index to several hundred film, television, and video periodicals covers all aspects of film except for predominantly technical articles, short press releases, and fanzines.

International Index to Film Periodicals, 1973-present.
London: International Federation of Film Archives. Annual.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9I49
This major index lists scholarly articles published in many languages. The three sections include one for economic and social subjects (e.g., "Advertising for Films," "Imperialism in Films"), one for individual films, and one for biographical articles. Author and director indexes are included.

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe, start dates vary.
GALILEO (under Newspapers) On-campus use only.
A major database that includes the full text of several hundred U.S. and international newspapers, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, and many others..

Media Review Digest, 1973-present.
Ann Arbor: Pierian. Annual.
Main Ref LB1043 .M8
(Last 10 years are shelved in Main Ref; previous years on 2nd floor)
While this digest is particularly useful for its coverage of reviews of non-feature films and videos, it does also include films slated for general release. Each citation is accompanied by a one-sentence quotation from the review.

MLA International Bibliography, 1921-present.
New York: Modern Language Association.
1963-present: GALILEO (under Arts & Humanities) Password required for off-campus use.
1921-present: Main Ref Z7006 .M68
Created by the Modern Language Association, this publication indexes film and literary journals, dissertations, books, and book chapters. MLA is especially useful for finding sources that analyze a group of films, or those that use films to make broader cultural comparisons.

Periodical Abstracts Research II, 1986-present.
GALILEO (under General Indexes) Password required for off-campus use.
This database indexes articles from an interdisciplinary selection of over 1,600 general-interest and scholarly periodicals. About half of the articles since 1991 are available in full text.

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900-present.
Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson.
1983-present: GALILEO (under General Indexes; called Reader's Guide Abstracts) Password required for off-campus use.
1900-1997: Main Ref AI3 .R286
To search this well-known index to mainstream periodicals, look under "Motion Picture Reviews" for reviews of single films, and under names of individuals for biographical articles. Prior to March 1977, film reviews were listed under "Moving Picture Plays."

Web of Science, 1945-present.
http://www.webofscience.com
These citation indexes provide a way to locate articles on film from a range of academic fields, not just film or art journals. Whenever a scholarly article or review refers to a film, the name of that film is indexed here. Covers social sciences, arts, and humanities journals as well as science.

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Retrospective Indexes

The Film Anthologies Index.
Stephen E. Bowles. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1994.
Main Ref PN1994 .B68 1994
Unlike most indexes which cover only periodical articles, this book indexes chapters within 716 edited books on film. Subjects covered include all aspects of the critical literature on film published through 1991.

Film Review Index, 1882-1985.
Patricia King Hanson and Stephen L. Hanson. Phoenix: Oryx, 1986.
Main Ref PN1995 .F54 1986 v.1-2
The select list of films in this bibliography were chosen because they are considered important by the authors. Periodicals indexed include major general interest magazines such as The New Yorker and Time as well as industry publications like The Hollywood Reporter and Film Daily.

A Guide to Critical Reviews: Part IV, The Screenplay.
James M. Salem. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1971, 1983.
Main Ref Z1035 .A1S3 v.4 pt.1-2 and suppl.
The reviews indexed in this guide are from mass market magazines and The New York Times; coverage is for films released between October 1927 and 1980.

Index to Critical Film Reviews in British and American Film Periodicals.
Stephen E. Bowles, ed. New York: Burt Franklin, 1974-1975.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9B64 v.1-2
The title only reveals half of this book's contents, since it indexes reviews of books about film as well as film reviews published between 1939-1974.

Motion Picture Directors: A Bibliography of Magazine and Periodical Articles, 1900-1972.
Mel Schuster. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1973.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9S34
Motion Picture Performers: A Bibliography of Magazine and Periodical Articles, 1900-1969.
Mel Schuster. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1971.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9S35
Based on the collection at the New York Public Library's Lincoln Center Branch, these research bibliographies list English-language articles that are biographical or analytical. Single-performance reviews are excluded.

Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals, 1930-1971.
New York: Bowker, 1975.
Main Ref Z5784 .M9B39
Call it a prequel to the International Index to Film Periodicals. This index covers the same scholarly film journals later picked up by the IIFP, as well as articles and reviews from The Village Voice.

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Reprinted Film Reviews

Film Review Annual, 1982-present.
Englewood, NJ: Film Review Publications. Annual.
Main Ref PN1995 .F461 [year]
These annual volumes reprint the complete text of film reviews from major U.S. magazines and newspapers such as Time, Newsweek, The Village Voice, Los Angeles Times, and others.

New York Times Film Reviews, 1913-present.
New York: Times Books, 1970-present.
Main Ref PN1995 .N45 [year]
This set reprints all of the film reviews published in The New York Times.

Selected Film Criticism, 1896-1960.
Anthony Slide. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1982-1985.
Main Ref PN1995 .S426 1982 v.1-7
The reviews in these volumes are extracted from various newspapers, general-interest magazines, and film publications. Volume 6 contains American reviews of foreign films.

Variety Film Reviews, 1907-1980, Index.
New York: Garland, 1985.
Variety's Film Reviews, 1981-present.
New York: Garland, 1986-88; New Providence, NJ: Bowker, 1991-present.
Main Ref PN1993 .V36 [vol#]
Since it is an industry newspaper, Variety reviews usually discuss potential box office draw and the individual careers involved with a film as well as critical appraisals. Variety is also unique in its extensive coverage of foreign films, films shown at festivals, and films which were never screened in New York City. Reviews from 1907-1980 are indexed in this set; the actual reviews are available in the microfilm edition of Variety located in the basement (Film PN2000 .V3). Reviews published after 1980 are reprinted in their entirety.

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Film Reviews and Ratings

Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide.
Ronald Bergan and Robin Karney. London: Bloomsbury, 1988.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .B370 1988
This guide covers over 2,000 seminal and/or popular films produced outside of the U.S. and the U.K. Each film is given a one-paragraph review, short cast lists, and technical and production information. The book's major drawback is a lack of indexes: information is only accessible by film title.

Halliwell's Film and Video Guide.
New York: HarperPerennial, 1997.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .H27 1997
Now in its twelfth edition, this film guide provides major credits, one-sentence plot summaries, awards received, and often quotes from published reviews. Over 17,000 films are covered, with each rated from one to four stars.

The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Films.
Nicolet V. Elert and Aruna Vasudevan, eds. Detroit: St. James, 1997
Main Ref PN1997.8 .I58 1997 v.1
Films described in this books were chosen for their ability to "reflect the current concerns of film scholarship and criticism" (vii). Each film is discussed in an essay which is accompanied by a bibliography and credits.

Landers Film and Video Reviews (previously Landers Film Reviews, 1970-1989), 1970-present.
Escondido, CA: Landers Associates. Quarterly.
PN1995 .L27 [year] [3rd floor]
This guide furnishes reviews and distribution information for educational films and videos.

Magill's Cinema Annual, 1982-present.
Frank N. Magill, ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1982-1994; Detroit: Gale, 1996-present. Annual.
Main Ref PN1993.3 .M34
This yearly volume updates Magill's Survey[s] of Cinema (below) by covering the previous year's films and off-screen events. Divided into four sections: general essays, entries on individual films, indexes, and obituaries and awards.

Magill's Survey of Cinema: English Language Films.
Frank N. Magill, ed. Series I and II. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem, 1980, 1981.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .M3 v.1-4 (1st Series) & Main Ref PN1993.45 .M32 v.1-6 (2nd Series)
The signed essays on the 1,266 films in this series interweave the storyline of each film with commentary about the work. Newer films are reviewed in Magill's Cinema Annual (see above).

Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films.
Frank N. Magill, ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem, 1985.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .M34 v.1-8
This set follows the same format as the other Magill's volumes, but it covers over 700 films produced in languages other than English. Years covered are 1929-1985, with annual updates provided in Magill's Cinema Annual.

Magill's Survey of Cinema: Silent Films.
Frank N. Magill, ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem, 1982.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .M320 v.1-3
The bulk of this work consists of articles about 375 silent films produced between 1902-1936; the remainder includes a glossary of silent film terms, histories of production companies, and general essays about the industry and its key figures.

The Motion Picture Guide, 1985-present.
Chicago: Cinebooks. Annual.
Main Ref PN1993 .M4334 [year]
Each film described in this set is reviewed with a list of credits; the annual supplements have extensive name indexing by credit (composer, editor, makeup, cinematographer, as well as director and actor). Volumes 1-9 cover films from 1927-1984, Volume 10 covers the silent film era (1910-1936), and the supplements update the set annually. Portions are also on the Internet:
"The Movie Database."
http://www.tvguide.com/movies/database

Video Movie Guide.
Mick Martin and Marsha Porter. New York: Ballantine. Annual.
Main Ref PN1992.93 .V53 [year]
If you feel overwhelmed at the video store, use a guide like this to decide what to rent. The capsule reviews cover commercially-available videos and include ratings from five stars (for the best) to a turkey silhouette (for those you would not want to come into contact with your VCR). This is one of several similar video rating guides available in the reference section.

VideoHound's Independent Film Guide.
Monica Sullivan. Detroit: Visible Ink, 1998.
Main Ref PN1998 .S84 1998
Covering films made outside the major studios, these short, opinionated, and entertaining reviews include ratings of one to four bones (or a WOOF! for the real dogs), with cast, director, and subject category indexes.

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Directories of Libraries and Archives

Film Researcher's Handbook: A Guide to Sources in North America, South America, Asia, Australasia, and Africa.
Jenny Morgan, comp. London: Routledge, 1996.
Main Ref PN1994 .F438 1996
Aimed at the working film researcher, this guide includes descriptive and practical information on companies, libraries, and archives that sell film and videotape material.

International Directory of Film and TV Documentation Centres.
Francis Thorpe, ed. Chicago: St. James, 1988.
Main Ref PN1993.4 .I570 1988
This FIAF directory describes the documentation holdings (books, periodicals, scripts, clipping files, stills, posters, programs, production files, publicity releases, sound recordings, and slides) of film libraries, archives, and museums. Descriptions of the centers' film and video collections are not included.

Researcher's Guide to British Film and Television Collections.
James Ballantyne, ed. London: British Universities Film and Video Council, 1993.
Main Ref PN1993.4 .R47 1993
Besides providing address, telephone number, and contact person, each entry in this directory gives a history of the collection and information about holdings, storage, cataloging, and accessibility.

World Directory of Moving Image and Sound Archives.
Wolfgang Klaue, ed. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1993.
Main Ref PN1993.4 .W68 1993
The information in this volume was provided by the archives and includes abbreviated descriptions of holdings, access information, and applicable fees for 577 archives worldwide.

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Industry Directories

AV Market Place (previously entitled AudioVideo Market Place: AVMP, 1984-1988), 1984-present.
New Providence, NJ: Bowker. Annual.
Latest edition shelved on Index Table 3f [Main Ref LB1043 .A817]
(Latest year only in Main Ref; earlier years shelved on 3rd floor)
Like the Market Place books in other fields, this is an extensive business directory of products and services for the audio/video industry in the U.S. and Canada.

"Cinema Sites: Guilds, Associations, and Organizations."
David Augsburger.
http://www.webcom.com/davidaug/Cinema_Sites_CONT.html#gen
This Internet site provides links to the websites of various film industry organizations.

The Hollywood Reporter Studio Blu-Book Directory, 1984-present.
Hollywood: Hollywood Reporter. Annual.
Main Ref PN1998 .A1H6
(Latest year only in Main Ref; earlier years shelved on 3rd floor)
This business directory of the entertainment industry can help locate thousands of companies that specialize in everything from animation design to videotape transfer. An executive roster appendix lists movie and TV executives.

The Producer's Masterguide, 1983, 1986-present.
Shmuel Bension. New York: Producer's Masterguide. Annual..
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U77B46a
(Latest year only in Main Ref; earlier years shelved on 3rd floor)
This film production industry directory contains everything from union labor rates and agreements to companies that supply props.

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Internet Sites
(other Internet sites are listed under relevant headings in this bibliography)

"The All-Movie Guide: An Online Film and Video Database."
http://allmovie.com/
This site contains longer biographies and plot summaries than the IMDB (below), but is similar in its ability to search by title, credit, genre, country, and time period. An additional feature is searching by "mood": pick a movie in tune with your mood.

"Internet Movie Database."
http://www.imdb.com
The IMDB is very popular with film fans because of its extensive movie and TV credits listings for actors, directors, producers, and other creative personnel. The database also includes links to film reviews, availability information, and trivia such as bloopers.

"Yahoo! Entertainment: Movies and Films."
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/
Yahoo! is an Internet search directory that provides one of the largest clearinghouses of links to film websites. Keyword searching for sites is also available.

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Film Schools and Career Guides

The Complete Guide to American Film Schools and Cinema and Television Courses.
Ernest Pintoff. New York: Penguin, 1994.
Main Ref PN1993.8 .U5P56 1994
Each film school entry lists degrees, majors, requirements, curricular emphasis, special activities, facilities, equipment, and famous alumni. Entries are interspersed with short personal narratives from those in the industry.

"The Filmmaker's Home Pages: Film Schools."
Last Minit Productions.
http://www.filmmaker.com/school/
Besides providing links to the webpages of an extensive list of film schools, this site offers reviews and comments on the programs written by current and former students.

Careers for Film Buffs and Other Hollywood Types.
Jaq Greenspon. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1993.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .P75G68 1993
This is a beginner's guide to careers in the industry, with informally-written descriptions of real-life jobs followed by resources for further information.

Film and Video Career Directory: A Practical, One-Stop Guide to Getting a Job in Film and Video.
Bradley J. Morgan and Joseph M. Palmisano, eds. Detroit: Gale, 1994.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .P75F54 1994
Part I of this book consists of essays written by professionals about their areas of expertise, while Part II walks you through the job search. Other sections list job and internship opportunities and good sources for job ads.

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Country Surveys and International Sources
(see also Film Catalogs)

International

Encyclopedia of European Cinema.
Ginette Vincendeau, ed. London: Cassell, 1995.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .E8V56 1995
The last century of European filmmaking is covered by this encyclopedia, with entries on people, nations, institutions, genres, movements, and films.

The International Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary.
Anthony Slide. New York: Greenwood, 1989.
Main Ref PN1993.45 .S57 1989
This dictionary has the same aim as Slide's American Film Industry (below), but it examines film industries outside of the U.S. Longer essays on the industries of individual countries are also included.

Variety International Film Guide (formerly International Film Guide), 1967-present.
London: Andre Deutsch. Annual.
Main Ref PN1993.3 .I544 1997
(Latest year only in Main Ref; earlier years on 3rd floor)
The essays in this yearbook candidly discuss each country's film production from both artistic and economic viewpoints, followed by a list of recent and forthcoming films and addresses for producers, distributors, institutions, and associations.

United States

The American Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary.
Anthony Slide. New York: Greenwood, 1986.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6S539 1986
According to the preface, this is a "What's What" of the U.S. industry. Thus it excludes biographies, concentrating instead on companies, studios, genres, terminology, and technological innovations. Many entries have bibliographies.

American Film Studios: An Historical Encyclopedia.
Gene Fernett. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1988.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6F45 1988
Financial problems, power struggles, folklore, and even film production are covered in these essays about U.S. studios from the turn of the century to the 1980s.

Canada

Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature.
Loren Lerner. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .C2L445 1997 v.1-2
This extensively annotated bibliography provides information on books, periodicals, catalogs, government reports, theses, newspapers, and other print materials from 1900-1989 that concern Canadian film and video. English-language sources are annotated in English, and French-language sources are annotated in French.

Australia

Australian Film 1900-1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production.
Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1981.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .A8P5 1981
This is a year-by-year, annotated, and illustrated list of theatrically-released Australian films.

Australian Film 1978-1994: A Survey of Theatrical Features.
Scott Murray, comp. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .A8A955 1995
This volume updates the above entry, with the addition of critical reference lists and more photographs.

India

Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema.
Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1994.
Main Ref Folio PN1993.5 .I4R33 1994
India's prolific film industry is covered in this encyclopedia, including entries on films, genres, studios, movements, political issues, and people. Entries on actors, directors, and composers include filmographies of their works.

One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography.
Shampa Banerjee and Anil Srivastava. New York: Garland, 1988.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .I8B27 1988
The editors have chosen 100 films that they consider representative of the Indian film industry since 1932, giving plot summary and analysis for each.

Japan

The Japanese Filmography: A Complete Reference to 209 Filmmakers and the Over 1250 Films Released in the United States, 1900-1994.
Stuart Galbraith. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1996.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .J3G35 1996
This book lists Japanese-made films that have at some time been available in the U.S., and includes short biographies/credit listings for the filmmakers.

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China

The Chinese Filmography: The 2444 Feature Films Produced by Studios in the People's Republic of China from 1949 through 1995.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .C4M37 1997
Each entry in this filmography contains the film title in English and in romanized Chinese, studio name, cast and technical credits, literary source, plot summary, and awards.

United Kingdom

BFI Film and Television Handbook, 1990-present.
London: British Film Institute. Annual.
Main Ref PN1993.3 .F418 [year]
Besides providing an industry directory, this handbook surveys the year in UK film production, theater box office take, video market statistics, and television viewing and advertising.

British Film Studios: An Illustrated History.
Patricia Warren. London: B.T. Batsford, 1995.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .G7W328 1995
These histories of British studios from major to very minor are arranged geographically by city.

British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959.
David Quinlan. Totowa, NJ: Barnes and Noble, 1984.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .G7Q56 1985
Arranged by decade, these film entries contain credits and cast lists, a short plot summary, and a number indicating the initial critical response to the film.

Germany

West German Cinema Since 1945: A Reference Handbook.
Richard C. Helt and Marie E. Helt. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1987.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .G3H435 1987
This annotated filmography is arranged by title, with indexes by director, actors, and English titles. Appendixes include short biographies of directors and a bibliography of English-language secondary sources.

Spain and Portugal

Directory of Spanish and Portuguese Film-Makers and Films.
Rafael de España, comp. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .S7E83 1994
By filmmakers the editor means directors; he discusses each individual's career and lists shorts and features directed by each.

Eastern Europe

Directory of Eastern European Film-Makers and Films, 1945-1991.
Grzegorz Balski, comp. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1992.
Main Ref PN1998.2 .D55 1992
The main section of the guide discusses the careers of major filmmakers; the appendix is arranged by film title.

Handbook of Soviet and East European Films and Filmmakers.
Thomas J. Slater, ed. New York: Greenwood, 1992.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .R9H28 1992
Each of the separately-authored sections in this book features a lengthy essay and bibliography on the history of one nation's cinema, with brief biographies and a filmography.

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Genres

Films by Genre: 775 Categories, Styles, Trends, and Movements Defined, with a Filmography for Each.
Daniel Lopez. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993.
Main Ref PN1998 .L63 1993
This is a particularly good source for information about obscure and/or minor genres, whether they be mummy films, film blanc, weepies, soccer films, or even mainstream genres like costume or crime films.

Handbook of American Film Genres.
Wes D. Gehring. New York: Greenwood, 1988.
Main Pref PN1993.5 .U6H335 1988
The lengthy signed essays in this handbook feature 18 major genres ranging from screwball comedy to the social problem film. Discussions cover influences, plots and themes, current scholarship, and a bibliography and filmography.

The BFI Companion to the Western.
Edward Buscombe, ed. New York: Atheneum, 1988.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .W4B45 1988
Europeans have always had a finer appreciation for the Western than Americans, so it is no surprise that this encyclopedia is produced by the British Film Institute. Besides sections on the films and filmmakers, the encyclopedia includes information on the genre's cultural and historical background, and on television Westerns.

Encyclopedia of American Film Comedy.
Larry Langman. New York: Garland, 1987.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .C55L34 1987
Although this encyclopedia focuses on screen comedians, it also has entries on comedy subgenres, film critiques, film series, and fictional characters. Many of the biographies include a quotation from one of the individual's films.

Encyclopaedia of the Musical Film.
Stanley Green. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .M86G7
The brief entries here cover people, films, and songs from Hollywood and British musicals; appendixes include Academy Award nominees and a list of title differences between British and American releases.

Film Noir: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference to Movies, Terms, and Persons.
Michael L. Stephens. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1995.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .F54S74 1995
Entries in this source are brief and arranged alphabetically, with filmographies for individuals and a few stills interspersed throughout the text.

Horror.
Phil Hardy, ed. London: Aurum, 1993.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .H6H667 1993
This excellent encyclopedia offers a year-by-year critical survey with stills of horror films from around the world. The author sets the genre's starting point at 1896, the year a French film featured the Devil in the guise of a vampire bat.

Science Fiction.
Phil Hardy, ed. London: Aurum, 1991.
Main Ref PN1995.9 .S26H3 1991
The arrangement of this encyclopedia is similar to the same author's Horror (above), with stills and critical entries on science fiction films since 1895.

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Statistics

Art Murphy's ... Boxoffice Register, 1988-1995.
Hollywood: Art Murphy's Boxoffice Register. Annual.
Main Ref PN1993 .A74
This very useful yearly report lists box office grosses for films screened in the U.S. and Canada, divided into three sections:
1) Alphabetical Listing (by film title): total box office gross receipts for year covered, film release date and screenweeks.
2) Numerical Listing: rank of films by annual gross.
3) Weekly Listing: weekly grosses for each film, number of screens playing the film, and cumulative box office gross through that week.

"WorldwideBoxOffice."
http://www.worldwideboxoffice.com
The charts at this website contain gross figures in U.S. dollars and can be manipulated to see rankings for worldwide, domestic, overseas, or comparative data. This site is particularly useful for its historical information: coverage begins in the 1940s, with a few films from the 1920s-1930s also included.

Box Office Champions, 1996-present.
Carmel, CA: Kagan Moviedata. Annual.
Main Ref PN1995.3 .U6P33 [year]
The first section ranks last year's top 100 box office performing actors, producers, directors, and screenwriters by their films' domestic gross, worldwide gross, and worldwide rentals; the second section lists a larger number of actors, producers, directors, and screenwriters by name with data going back to 1985.

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Biographies

Biographical Dictionary of Film.
David Thomson. New York: Morrow, 1981.
Main Ref PN1998 .A2T55 1981
In his introduction, the author dubs this book "a Personal, Opinionated and Obsessive Biographical Dictionary of the Cinema" (iv). While each entry contains the expected basic facts and films, Thomson's comments enliven the book considerably: Victor Mature's acting "surpasses badness," while Shirley Temple is a "Lilliputian moralist in ringlets." Coverage is the most complete for older actors and directors.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index. 1980-present.
Detroit: Gale. Annual.
Shelved on Index Table 2b [Main Ref Z5305 .U5B562]
This extensive index to biographical dictionaries makes a good starting place for finding information about people in any field. The dictionaries covered are from any time period, not just post-1980.

Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Screenwriters.
Detroit: Gale, 1984, 1986.
Main Ref PS129 .D47 v.26 & v.44
The signed essays in these volumes run for several pages and combine analyses of the writer's works with biographical material. A listing of films, television shows, books, and other published writings by the screenwriter precedes each essay; a bibliography of writings about the writer follows the essay.

Filmarama.
John Stewart, comp. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1975, 1977.
Main Ref PN1998 .A2S67 v.1-2
Vol. I: The Formidable Years, 1893-1919
Vol. II: The Flaming Years, 1920-1929
This set provides information which would otherwise be difficult to locate about very early film, radio, and stage performers.

Final Curtain: Deaths of Noted Movie and T.V. Personalities, 1915-1992.
Everett G. Jarvis. New York: Carol, 1992.
Main Ref PN1998.2 .J37 1992
Arranged both by performer's name and by year, this unsentimental book lists the person's age and cause of death. Appendixes give interment location and statistical summaries of type of death.

The Illustrated Who's Who of Hollywood Directors.
Michael Barson. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995.
Main Ref PN1998.2 .B368 1995 v.1
Volume 1 of this set is entitled "The Sound Era" and provides biographies and critical analyses of the films of over 150 Hollywood directors who began their careers before 1975. Photographs, film stills, and publicity materials are interspersed with the text. The next projected volume will cover those directors whose careers flourished after 1975.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Actors and Actresses.
Amy L. Unterburger, ed. Detroit: St. James, 1997.
Main Ref PN1997.8 .I58 1997 v.3
Well-known American and Western European actors from a range of time periods make up the bulk of this dictionary. Entries include biographies, credits, publications by and about, and expository essays on their careers. As with all volumes of the International Dictionary (see following entries), this is an excellent source for photographs.

The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Directors.
Laurie Collier Hillstrom, ed. Detroit: St. James, 1997.
Main Ref PN1997.8 .I58 1997 v.2
Each of these more than 500 directors is discussed in an essay on his or her career, a filmography, a selective bibliography, and often a photograph of the director at work.

The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: Writers and Production Artists.
Grace Jeromski, ed. Detroit: St. James, 1997.
Main Ref PN1997.8 .I58 1997 v.4
Production artists are defined here as art directors, cinematographers, costume designers, composers, editors, choreographers, stunt artists, special effects designers, sound specialists, and animators.

The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia.
Andrew Sarris, ed. Detroit: Visible Ink, 1998.
Main Ref PN1998.2 .S68 1998
Although the essays on these 200 directors include biographical, credits, and awards information, they are primarily critical surveys of themes and artistry in the directors' films.

Who Was Who on Screen.
Evelyn Mack Truitt. New York: Bowker, 1983.
Main Ref PN1998 .A2T73 1983
This biographical dictionary gives life and career information for over 13,000 famous and not-so-famous American, British, German, French, and even some animal performers.

To find book-length biographies of people in the film industry, look up the person as a subject in the GIL Libraries Catalog. For example, to find a book about Laurence Olivier, select Basic Search, then do a subject search for Olivier, Laurence. To find books written by Olivier, do an author search for his name.

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Screen Credits
(additional credit information can be found in the works listed in the Internet Sites and Biographies sections)

Multi-Craft

The American Movies Reference Book: The Sound Era.
Paul Michael. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969.
Main Ref PN1993.5 .U6M53
This work lists credits for 600 actors, 1,000 films, 50 directors, and 50 producers.

Annual Index to Motion Picture Credits, 1978-present.
Beverly Hills, CA: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Annual.
Main Ref PN1993.3 .A56 1988
The Academy gathers these screen credits from all of the films that are eligible for the Academy Awards. Sections are arranged by film title, individual names, releasing companies, and casting directors.

Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers and Film Editors Guide.
Ed Stockly, comp. Los Angeles: Lone Eagle, 1996.
Main Ref PN1998 .A1C58 1996
Currently-active individuals are listed by function along with a list of their films; film title and Academy Award indexes are at the back of the book.

Film Producers, Studios, Agents and Casting Directors Guide.
David M. Kipen, comp. Los Angeles: Lone Eagle, 1994.
Main Ref PN1998 .A1F484 1994
Producers are listed here along with their production credits; studios, agents, and casting directors are listed alphabetically without credits.

Forty Years of Screen Credits, 1929-1969.
John T. Weaver, comp. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1970.
Main Ref PN1998 .A2W37 v.1-2
Although some directors, choreographers, producers, and writers are included, this is primarily a credits list for actors. A major drawback is the lack of indexes, which makes the information inaccessible by film title or by the individual's craft.

Twenty Years of Silents, 1908-1928.
John T. Weaver, comp. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1971.
Main Ref PN1998 .A2W38
The organization is similar to Weaver's Forty Years... (above), but this volume has separate listings with credits for directors and producers, plus an appendix of names of silent film corporations and distributors.

Actors

An Actor Guide to the Talkies: A Comprehensive Listing of 8,000 Feature-Length Films from January, 1949 until December, 1964.
Richard Bertrand Dimmitt. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1967.
Main Ref PN1998 .D53 v.1-2
The first volume of this set is arranged by movie title, with a listing of actors and the roles which they played. Volume 2 is an actor name index, enabling the researcher to find the roles an actor has played. (For a guide to actors in films produced between 1965-1974, see the next entry.)

An Actor Guide to the Talkies, 1965-1974.
Andrew A. Aros. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1977.
Main Ref PN1998 .A6694
For a description of this work, and coverage of films from 1949-1964, see the previous entry.

A Cast of Thousands: A Compendium of Who Played What in Film.
Melinda Corey and George Ochoa. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
Main Ref PN 1998 .C65 1992 v.1-3
The authors have limited this set to 10,000 major films released between 1912-1991, and list approximately 15 roles per film. Volumes 1 and 2 consist of cast lists, volume 3 is an actor index, and the whole set is well organized and easy to use.

Motion Picture Players' Credits: Worldwide Performers of 1967 through 1980 with Filmographies of their Entire Careers, 1905-1983.
Jeffrey Oliviero. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991.
Main Ref PN1998 .O55 1991
This compact book lists screen credits of over 15,000 actors and actresses who were performing during the time period indicated.

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Writers

Film Writers Guide.
Susan Avallone. Los Angeles: Lone Eagle, 1991.
Main Ref PN1996 .F447 1991
Each screenwriter is listed by name, along with the writer's agent or other contact person, films made, and the names of as-yet-unproduced screenplays. The book includes an index by film title, as well as listings of agents/managers and academy awards and nominations. Deceased writers are included in the film title index but not in the main section.

Cinematographers/Set and Costume Designers

International Directory of Cinematographers, Set and Costume Designers in Film.
Alfred Krautz, ed. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1981-present.
Main Ref PN1998 .A1I55 1981 [vol. #]
The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) publishes this country-by-country list of production artists and the films on which they worked. Not all countries have been covered yet and the currency of the information varies, but its coverage of Eastern Europe is unique.

Directors

Directors and Their Films: A Comprehensive Reference, 1895-1990.
Brooks Bushnell. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993.
Main Ref PN1998 .B85 1993
This very complete international listing is arranged first by director, then by film title.

Encyclopedia of Film Directors in the United States of America and Europe.
Munich: K.G. Saur, 1993-present.
Main Ref PN1998 .A2E52 1993
Each projected volume in this set will focus on one genre, giving a one or two-sentence professional biography of the director followed by a list of his or her films. Currently the set consists of Comedy (volume 1) and Crime Films (volume 2).

Michael Singer's Film Directors.
Michael Singer. Beverly Hills, CA: Lone Eagle, 1997.
Main Ref PN1998 .A2D568 1997
This sources lists directors by name followed by the films they directed, with contact addresses and telephone numbers. "Notable Directors of the Past" have their own section.

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Scripts and Literary Sources
(The UGA Libraries have a number of scripts in the regular book collection- -search in the GIL Libraries' Catalog to find them)

"Drew's Scripts-O-Rama."
http://www.script-o-rama.com/table.shtml
This website provides links to other sites containing film and TV scripts in various versions: drafts, final versions, director's revisions, shooting scripts, continuity scripts, etc. Since many of the scripts are quite large, they can take some time to load.

Enser's Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays from Which Films Have Been Made, 1928-1991.
Ellen Baskin and Mandy Hickens, comps. Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate, 1993.
Main Ref PN1997.85 .B3745 1993
While ostensibly international in coverage, this guide strongly emphasizes American and British films. Arrangement is by film title, with author and book/play title indexes.

A Guide to American Screenwriters: The Sound Era, 1929-1982.
Larry Langman. New York: Garland, 1984.
Main Ref PN1998 .L24 v. 1-2
The writers of feature films, full-length documentaries, and longer animated films are linked to their works.

International Guide to Literature on Film.
Tom Costello, ed. London: Bowker-Saur, 1994.
Main Ref PN1997.85 .I67 1994
"The main purpose of this book is to provide all necessary information to discover if a significant work of literature has been filmed" (iv) between 1930-1991. Coverage is international and the choice of authors is based on literary merit as determined by major literary reference sources.

Short Stories on Film and Video.
Carol A. Emmens. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1985.
Main Ref PN1997.85 .E45 1985
The coverage of this book is limited to "films produced between 1920 and 1984 that are based on short stories by American authors or outstanding international authors well known in America" (vii). One can search by writer's name, short story title, and film title.

Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television.
William Torbert Leonard. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1981.
Main Ref PN2189 .L44 v.1-2
This set covers plays that were produced on English or American stages before becoming movies and television programs. Information about each play includes a plot synopsis and credits for major stage productions, films, and television shows based on the play.

A Title Guide to the Talkies, 1964-1974.
Andrew A. Aros. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1977.
Main Ref PN1998 .A6695
A Title Guide to the Talkies, 1975-1984 .
Andrew A. Aros. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1986.
Main Ref PN1998 .A6695 1986
A Title Guide to the Talkies: A Comprehensive Listing of 16,000 Feature-Length Films from October, 1927 until December, 1963.
Richard Bertrand Dimmitt. New York: Scarecrow, 1965.
Main Ref PN1998 .D55 v.1-2
The Title Guide[s]list written sources for films, including novels, short stories, plays, poems, or original screenplays. Cross-references from the written work to the films allows users to identify the movies made from a particular work. An author index is appended.

Who Wrote the Movie and What Else Did He Write?: An Index of Screenwriters and Their Film Works, 1936-1969.
Los Angeles: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences & the Writers Guild of America, 1970.
Main Ref PN1998 .A53
The 13,000 screenplays covered are listed by author, with film title and award indexes (and yes, it does include women screenwriters).

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Film Festivals

"The Film Festivals Server."
http://www.filmfestivals.com/
The focus of this site is on international film festivals, with articles on the festivals, lists of films that have been/will be screened, films in competition, and winners. Additional links lead to calls for entries, press releases, and the festivals' own sites.

Awards

The Academy Awards Index: The Complete Categorical and Chronological Record.
Richard Shale, comp. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
Main Ref PN1993.92 .S53 1993
The nominees and winners of Oscars for the years 1927-1992 are organized first by award category, then by year.

Award Winning Films: A Viewer's Reference to 2,700 Acclaimed Motion Pictures.
Peter C. Mowrey. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
Main Ref PN1993.9 .M68 1994
Most "best films" guides are based upon one person's opinion; this guide uses major film awards from the silent era to 1990 as its yardstick of greatness.

Facts on File Yearbook: The Indexed Record of World Events, 1941-present.
New York: Facts on File. Weekly.
Main Ref D410 .F142; last two years shelved on Index Table 2f
This well-known reference source for news events can also be used to locate winners of major film awards such as Cannes or the Oscars. Top weekly box office grosses (taken from Variety) are also included.

Oscar A to Z: A Complete Guide to More Than 2,400 Movies Nominated for Academy Awards.
Charles Matthews. New York: Doubleday, 1995.
Main Ref PN1993.92 .M38 1995
Covering the Oscars through 1994, this guide provides critical evaluations of each nominated film with cross-references to other films that the individuals received nominations for from the Academy.

"Oscar.com: The Official Academy Awards Site."
http://www.oscar.com
The official site of the Oscars, with lists of winners from past years, this year's nominees, backstage interviews, and even fashion commentary.

65 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards.
Robert Osborne. New York: Abbeville, 1994.
Main Ref PN1993.92 .O82 1994
Glossy and filled with photographs, this history includes short essays about each year in film followed by a list of nominees and winners.

Variety Presents the Complete Book of Major U.S. Show Business Awards.
Mike Kaplan, ed. New York: Garland, 1985.
Main Ref PN2270 .A93V37 1985
Besides listing Academy Awards presented between 1927-1983, this book includes the winners of other awards such as the Grammys, Emmys, Pulitzer Prizes for plays, and Tonys.

World of Winners: A Current and Historical Perspective on Awards and Their Winners.
Gita Siegman, ed. Detroit: Gale, 1992.
Main Ref AS8 .W76 1992
What makes this book stand out from the above works is its international focus, with listings of festival winners and film awards other than the Academy Awards.

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Quotation Books

Chambers Film Quotations.
Tony Crawley, comp. Edinburgh: Chambers, 1991.
Main Ref PN1994.9 .C48 1991
These quotes about the film industry and moviemaking are taken from the mouths of producers, directors, and actors, and arranged by topic with date and source given.

Comedy Quotes from the Movies: Over 4,000 Bits of Humorous Dialogue from All Film Genres, Topically Arranged and Indexed.
Larry Langman and Paul Gold. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
Main Ref PN1994.9 .C58 1994
The title says it all.

Film Quotations: 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen, Arranged by Subject, and Indexed.
Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn W. Nowlan. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994.
Main Ref PN1994.9 .N69 1994
Context for these quotes is given in greater detail than in the above two books.

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