Portrait Of A Filmmaker Movies

A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb...

A life long dream of making a feature film turns into a comedic disaster for a New Jersey filmmaker.

Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007), actor, writer, playwright and film director, was for decades one of the most important figures in...

Alfred Hitchcock is known as a giant of movie making, a facetious master of suspense, obsessed with blond heroines in peril, with the reputation of...

A documentary portrait of Carl Th. Dreyer, filmed shortly after the Paris premiere of "Gertrud." Through Dreyer’s own reflections on his films,...

An account of the life and work of Russian filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky (1932-86) in his own words: his memories, his vision of art and his reflections...

Documentary based on Louis Malle.

A journey through the life, work and many artistic miracles of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010).

To celebrate the release of a new movie for their 20th anniversary, this documentary offers some behind-the-scenes footages.

Senegalese documentary about the country's most famous film-maker - Ousmane Sembène. The groundbreaking director explains his philosophy,...

The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished...

A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he writes his memoirs and a novel with...

Since the uprising of a pro Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine in 2014, hundreds of women joined the army. Only a few made it to the front line....

Embarrassed about his identity and culture, a meek Indian high-schooler decides to attend an American university to pursue his passion for film. But...

The ennui of a filmmaker, trapped between aspiration and reality, frames Lana Jing’s quirky, sarcastic, and cinematic-joke filled quarter-life...

Despite the anti-Semitic campaign launched by the Polish People's Government in the late 1960s, director Jerzy Hoffman finishes working on the film...

In 1988, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder (1906-2002) at his office in Beverly Hills,...

An intimate portrait of the Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer, best-known for The Vanishing (1988).

Andreas Dresen is one of the most successful German directors. The documentary accompanies him through the year 2023 until the opening evening at the...