Producing: Behind the Silver Screen: A Modern History of Filmmaking Jon Lewis (Oregon State University, USA) 9781784534349

Of all the job titles in the screen credits, 'producer' is the most amorphous, partly because these people are uniquely involved in several aspects of a movie project at once, partly because there are so many different kinds: businesswomen and businessmen producers, writer, director, film star producers & executive producers. Producers raise money and supervise development, they procure a script or book or 'pre-sold property' (like Harry Potter or Batman) & more. This book is all about what producers have actually done during Hollywood's history, delving into the careers of the exemplary figures, from Irving Thalberg to the multiple co-producers of 7 Years a Slave. This is also a great introduction to the ways in which the Hollywood industry works as a business; producers are at the money, business end and their work runs through the entire process of getting a movie onto the screen - or failing to do so.

* Explores the multiple roles of Hollywood film producers from silents to now.

About the Author
Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at Oregon State University. His books include The Road to Romance and Ruin: Teen Films and Youth Culture; The New American Cinema; Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle over Censorship Saved the Modern Film Industry, and The Godfather in bfi Film Classics.


Book Information
ISBN 9781784534349
Author Jon Lewis
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series Behind the Silver Screen
Weight(grams) 472g