Icons of Cinema: Wes Anderson Emily Maskell 9781835871515

Icons of Cinema: Wes Anderson explores the career of one of the world's most eccentric movie directors.

Discover what makes a Wes Anderson film, from textures and palettes to compositional tendencies and the people he chooses to collaborate with time and again. Take an in-depth look at his creative process for each major film, the themes he revisits, how his work has developed over four decades - collecting many awards along the way - and examine his influence on contemporary cinema.

Fully illustrated throughout with stunning photographs and movie stills, you'll find a chapter dedicated to each major motion picture. It's time to relive the stories of The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Asteroid City and more!

Also available in this series:
Icons of Cinema: Baz Luhrmann
Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig

Emily Maskell is an author, film critic, and culture writer originally from the flatlands of Norfolk. She's written for BBC Culture, GQ, the BFI, W Magazine and more. She graduated with a Master's in Film from King's College, London.


Emily has authored books in the Icons of Cinema series. She is an expert on auteur cinema, from Baz Luhrmann's flamboyant worlds to Wes Anderson's symmetrical universes. Her writing also covers TV, music, and internet culture through op-eds, profiles, and reported interviews. She is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic and is recognised as an influential film critic with her participation in Sight and Sound's Greatest Films of All Time poll. She also has industry experience as a script reader and editor.