Literary Library

Julian Barry

by Angela Beck March 26, 2024

December 24, 1930 - July 25, 2023American screenwriter and playwrightAuthor of "Lenny" (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenpl...

Academy Award Cinema Film Films Movie Movies Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter

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Christian Metz

by Angela Beck January 22, 2024

December 12, 1931 - December 7, 1993French film theoristAuthor of "Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema", "Language and Cinema" and "The Imagi...

Cinema Film Film Theorist Films France French Movie Movies

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Jean-Luc Godard

by Angela Beck December 18, 2023

December 3, 1930 - September 13, 2022French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film criticAuthor of "Godard on Godard: Critical Writings", "Cin...

Academy Award Cinema Film Film Critic Film Director Filmmaker France French French New Wave Movie Movies Oscar Screenplay Screenwriter Swiss Switzerland

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