Satyajit Ray is one of India’s most renowned filmmakers. He was born on November 7, 1921 in Kolkata, India. His father was a prominent diplomat and he had his early education in London. He returned to India when he was eighteen years old where he…

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a German director and screenwriter whose prolific output, often considered to be a “trash cinema”, was largely ignored by the film establishment of his time.  He is one of the most influential directors of the New German Cinema era. Introduction to…

Animated music videos are a special type of video that combines the elements of a music video with animation. They can be used to promote a single song, or an album as a whole. A lot of popular artists have created their own animated music…

Training montages are a staple of many films, especially action films. In a training montage, the main character is being trained by an instructor or character. The training montage may be used simply as an extension of the plot or it can be used for…

The Taft-Hartley Act was an act of Congress that was passed on June 23, 1947. It is also known as the Labor-Management Relations Act. The main purpose of this act was to amend the Wagner Act by adding some provisions that were needed in order…

The highest budget movie is the most expensive movie ever made. The first movie to break this record was Titanic, which was released in 1997 and cost about $200 million to make. Since then, movies have become more and more expensive to produce, with some…

Jean-Luc Godard is one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. He is both a filmmaker and an artist, and his films are often considered to be challenging, provocative, and thought-provoking. Godard was born in Switzerland on May 20th, 1930. Best Jean-Luc…

Yasujiro Ozu was a Japanese filmmaker who made some of the most influential films in the history of cinema. He was born on February 13, 1903 in Tokyo, Japan. His father died when he was a child and his mother raised him alone. Ozu began…

Roman Polanski is a Polish-French film director and producer. He has also directed and produced many other films, including Tess, Rosemary’s Baby and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. He was born in Paris to Polish parents, Władysław and Annette Polańska. He studied at…

Sergio Leone was a film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing the films “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964), “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” (1966), “Once Upon a Time in the West” (1968) and “Once Upon a Time in America”…