Yvonne Tasker is Professor of Film Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her books include Action and Adventure Cinema (Routledge, 2004) and Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture (Duke UP, 2007).

Alphabetical List of Contents. Contributors. Acknowledgments. Notes on the text Introduction. Fifty Contemporary Film Directors. Index

This book provides an accessible overview of each director's contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact.