Category Archives: Great Film Directors

HOLLYWOOD LORE: “Gimme A Bullet Hit Here…Like This!”

When you’re directing television, the most fun and creative challenge is adapting to the rapid transition of style/genre and meeting diverse personnel you encounter from series to series which can result in some of the most bizarre and hilarious adventures … Continue reading

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SPIELBERG & WILLIAMS: The Divine Union of Film & Music

Forty years. Twenty-five films. Thirteen Oscar nominations for original score. In honor of my alma mater, The American Film Institute, and its “Master Class” celebrating the glorious collaboration between Steven Spielberg and John Williams, I salute them as the greatest … Continue reading

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James Cameron’s SHRIEK before AVATAR!

(Excerpt from Guy Magar’s film memoir KISS ME QUICK BEFORE I SHOOT: A Filmmaker’s Journey into the Lights of Hollywood and True Love) Finally, I had found the financing for my first feature, SHRIEK. We started hiring a crew, casting … Continue reading

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GREEN ZONE: Top Ten of the Decade

Regardless of what Oscars and Golden Globes tell us, it’s difficult in any one year to get full agreement on the best movie of the year, or even the best movies of all time as per the American Film Institute’s … Continue reading

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