Filmmaking Movies

Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa’s European...

Short piece about Daryl F. Zanuck and his time at 20th Century Fox in the 1930s.

Lily has saved up a large sum of money to fulfill her dream of studying acting at an American university. On the day she receives confirmation that...

A free and intimate portrait behind the scenes of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's creation. In front of the camera, she transmits to today’s young...

Based on a true story, this is a subtle tale of re-affirmation of the identity of the artist following the Armenian Diaspora. It is an encounter with...

A behind-the-scenes look at the 1939 Wizard of Oz film adaptation that tested the limits of its creators, which included director Victor Fleming and...

A documentary about the career of director Jack Arnold at Universal-International Studios. (An early version of this film, only 20 minutes in length,...

A dystopian future set in a totalitarian world , where a young man's life is about to change.

A short documentary on Buster Keaton's The Frozen North (1922), regarding how the events of Fatty Arbuckle's trial and William S. Hart's quick...

An appreciation of Stagecoach, with director and Ford biographer Peter Bogdanovich.

Against a collage of excerpts that span thirty-four films, a filmmaker reflects on the community he has built over more then a decade of low-budget...

Run Wrake is an English filmmaker, animation director, and music video director. He studied graphic design at Chelsea College of Arts before...

The Making of It's Always Fair Weather with footage and discussion by historians and participants.

"The Art of the Animator" series examines the creative thoughts and processes behind the meticulous work of several animators; this part examines the...

Thirty years, three eras: they have been trying to save the Hungarian film industry again and again over the decades. Among these attempts were...

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations...

A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.

The film Journeys alongside the filmmakers behind Disneynature’s “Polar Bear” as they face profound challenges 300 miles from the...

Simon, a struggling documentary filmmaker, enjoys free flights courtesy of his best friend and roommate, Bruce, who works for an airline. However,...

Wallace Carlson walks viewers through the production of an animated short at Bray Studios.