Henry Buhl Library: Film Studies: Find Biographical Info

Biographical Resources

Looking for what an actor/director has to say about their craft?

Read it in their own words in the Conversations with filmmakers series.

Highlighted titles:

Billy Wilder Speaks
Call Number: DVD 1963
Hitch, the Genius of Alfred Hitchcock
Call Number: DVD 2260-2261
On Cukor
Call Number: DVD 1706
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Call Number: DVD 1527
Inside the Actor's Studio (series)
Call Number: Check HENRY for Call Numbers
Includes interviews with Clint Eastwood, Barbra Streisand, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn, Russell Crowe, and Al Pacino.

American National Biography This link opens in a new window
Search here to locate information about deceased actors, directors, writers, technicians, costume designers, etc. that have made important contributions to the American film industry. (Ex: Ingrid Bergman, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Edith Head, Alfred Hitchcock).
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window
Search here to locate information about deceased actors, directors, writers, technicians, costume designers, etc. that have made important contributions to the British film industry. (Ex: Alec Guinness, Rex Harrison, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Laurence Olivier).
Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Use this database to locate information about actors, directors, writers, technicians, costume designers, etc., living or dead, that have made contributions to the world's film industry. (Ex: Kenneth Branagh, Sofia Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Edith Head, Ang Lee).