1. Actor

   • Secrets of Screen Acting by Patrick Tucker

   • Acting in Film by Michael Caine

   • How to Avoid the Cutting Room Floor – an Editor’s Advice for Actors by Jordan Goldman.

   • A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder

   • Actions – the Actor’s Thesaurus by Marina Caldarone

2. Director

   • Directing Actors by Judith Weston

   • Film Directing Shot by Shot by Steve D. Katz

   • On Directing by John Badham

   • Making Movies by Sidney Lumet

   • Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa

3.  Producer

   • Indie Film Producing by Suzanne Lyons

   • The Complete Film Production Handbook by Eve L. Honthaner

   • Producer to Producer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Low-Budget Independent Film Producing by Maureen Ryan

   • Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production: The People and the Process by Lorene Wales

   • Independent Film Producer’s Survival Guide: A Business and Legal Sourcebook by Gunnar Erickson

4.  Screenwriter

   • See Monarch’s page “The Ultimate ‘How-to’ Books for Writing Movies.”

5.  Editor

   • In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch

6.  First Assistant Director

   • Running the Show by Liz Gill

7.  Script Supervisor

   • Script Supervising and Film Continuity by Pat P. Miller

 

Hopefully you will find some of these books helpful in your creative endeavors. What are some of your favorite books on the art and craft of filmmaking?