Books About
Film Noir Directors

Below you'll find listed some of the books that have been written about classic film noir directors and their films of the 1940's and 50's.

Bogdanovich, Peter, "Fritz Lang In America"
New York: Praeger 1967

Combs, Richard, (editor), "Robert Aldrich"
London: British Film Institute 1978

Donati, William, "Ida Lupino: A Biography"
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press Of Kentucky 1996

Eisner, Lotte, "Fritz Lang"
London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. 1976

Eisenschitz, Bernard, "Nicholas Ray: An American Journey"
London: Faber And Faber Ltd.

Garnham, Nicholas, "Samuel Fuller"
New York: The Viking Press with the British Film Institute 1971

Higham, Charles, "The Films Of Orson Welles"
Berkeley, CA: University Of California Press 1970

Hardy, Phil,"Samuel Fuller"
New York: Praeger 1970

Kuhn, Annette, (editor), "Queen Of The B's: Ida Lupino Behind The Camera" Westport, Connecticut: Praeger 1995

Madsen, Axel, "John Huston"
Garden City, New York: Doubleday 1978

McBride, Joseph, "Orson Welles"
New York: Viking 1972

Ott, Frederick W., "The Films Of Fritz Lang"
Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press 1979

Pratley, Gerald, "The Cinema Of John Huston"
New York: A.S. Barnes 1977

Pratley, Gerald, "The Cinema Of Otto Preminger"
New York: Castle Books 1971

Server, Lee,"Sam Fuller: Film Is A Battleground: A Critical Study"
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company 1994