Overview

Acclaimed profiles of eight great American film directors. Produced and directed by Richard Schickel and narrated by Cliff Robertson, with solid interviews and film clips, the series reviews the careers of Raoul Walsh, Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, King Vidor, George Cukor, William A. Wellman, Alfred Hitchcock and Vincente Minnelli.

Created by Richard Schickel

Network

• PBS
• Turner Classic Movies

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Cliff Robertson

  Self - Narrator (voice)

  9 eps

• 

  George Cukor

  1 ep

• 

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Self

  1 ep

• 

  Vincente Minnelli

  Self

  1 ep

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Themes

• filmmaking

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