‘Action!’ presents nineteen outstanding interviews with directors past and present, from around the world, working in a variety of genres, budgets and production environments from major studios to indie and DIY. The result is a vibrant group portrait of the filmmaking art, a kind of festival in words that explores everything from the enormous creative and personal satisfactions to the challenges and frustrations of the process.
GARY MORRIS founded Bright Lights Film Journal as a print publication in 1974; it became a web-only magazine in 1996 (http://www.brightlightsfilm.com) and an associated blog in 2006 (http://blog.brightlightsfilm.com). He is the author of the monograph ROGER CORMAN (Twayne Publishers, 1985) and the editor of ACTION! INTERVIEWS FROM CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD TO CONTEMPORARY IRAN (Anthem Press, 2009).
He has written extensively on film for a variety of print and online publications including SF Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Morphizm, Financial Times, SF Bay Guardian, and Close-up and Cineforum (Italy). He was an advisor on International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers and a contributor to the online academic arts website glbqt.com. He served as a jury member at the 1993 Torino Film Festival and as guest programmer of the jazz film component of the Locarno Film Festival in 2000. He also toils writing marketing copy for publishers and editing textbooks.
