Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Virginia Wright Wexman
  • The silent screen, 1895-1927: Cecil B. DeMille shapes the director's role / Charlie Keil
  • Classical Hollywood, 1928 to 1946: the company man and the boy genius / William Luhr
  • Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967: on dangerous ground / Sarah Kozloff
  • The auteur renaissance, 1968-1980: a culture of rebellion / Daniel Langford
  • The new Hollywood, 1981-1999: three case studies / Thomas Schatz
  • The modern entertainment marketplace, 2000-present: revolutions at every scale / J.D. Connor
  • Academy awards for directing.