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Before the director can call “Action!” for the first time, there’s a lot that must be done to get a movie, television show, or theatrical production ready for production or rehearsal. Screenwriters, producers, and distributors all come into play before a project moves on to the process of hiring the cast and crew, designing and building sets and costumes, creating storyboards, and more. Cinematographers, animators, and special-effects artists are among those who may be called upon to shape the look and feel of a production, ensuring its maximal success when it hits theaters or screens.
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Stone, Robert
Robert Stone was an American author of fiction about individuals in conflict with the decaying late 20th-century......
Stoppard, Tom
Tom Stoppard was a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter whose work is marked by verbal brilliance, ingenious......
Storey, David
David Storey was an English novelist and playwright whose brief professional rugby career and lower-class background......
Strand, Paul
Paul Strand was a photographer whose work influenced the emphasis on sharp-focused, objective images in 20th-century......
Streisand, Barbra
Barbra Streisand is an American singer, composer, actress, director, and producer who is considered by many to......
Stroheim, Erich von
Erich von Stroheim was one of the most critically respected motion-picture directors of the 20th century, best......
Sturgeon, Theodore
Theodore Sturgeon was an American science-fiction writer who emphasized romantic and sexual themes in his stories.......
Sturges, Preston
Preston Sturges was an American motion-picture director, screenwriter, and playwright best known for a series of......
Sykes, Eric
Eric Sykes was a British comedy writer and performer whose long career included stints writing for the popular......
Tanaka Tomoyuki
Tanaka Tomoyuki was a Japanese film producer. Tanaka was associated for nearly 60 years with Japan’s Toho Studios,......
Tarantino, Quentin
Quentin Tarantino is an American director and screenwriter whose films are noted for their stylized neo-noir violence,......
Tashlin, Frank
Frank Tashlin was an American cartoonist, writer, animator, and film director who specialized in broad satirical......
Taylor, Richard
Richard Taylor is a New Zealand filmmaker who was cofounder of the Academy Award-winning prop-design and special-effects......
Taymor, Julie
Julie Taymor is an American stage and film director, playwright, and costume designer known for her inventive use......
Technicolor
Technicolor, (trademark), motion-picture process using dye-transfer techniques to produce a colour print. The Technicolor......
Theroux, Justin
Justin Theroux is an American actor and screenwriter adept at both comedy and drama who is perhaps best known for......
Thompson, Emma
Emma Thompson is an English actress and screenwriter, noted for her sophisticated and witty performances and later......
Thompson, Jim
Jim Thompson was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his paperback pulp novels narrated by seemingly......
Thornton, Billy Bob
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, writer, director, and musician known for his versatility and eccentric......
time-lapse cinematography
time-lapse cinematography, motion-picture technique by which a naturally slow process, such as the blossoming of......
Today in History—August 9: Betty’s First Boop
On this day in 1930, Betty Boop made her first appearance in the Fleischer Studios cartoon Dizzy Dishes. She wasn’t......
Today in History—December 17: America’s Favorite Cartoon Family
The Simpsons first appeared as an independent series on December 17, 1989, with a Christmas special that helped......
Today in History—February 4: Walt Disney’s “Folly” That Earned $180 Million
On this day in 1938, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs hit theaters nationwide, forever changing animation—and saving......
Toland, Gregg
Gregg Toland was an American motion-picture cinematographer known for his brilliant use of chiaroscuro and deep-focus......
Torelli, Giacomo
Giacomo Torelli was an Italian stage designer and engineer whose innovative theatre machinery provided the basis......
Trauner, Alexandre
Alexandre Trauner was a Hungarian-born French motion-picture art director whose studio-built sets—the fairground......
Trnka, Jiƙí
Jiƙí Trnka was a preeminent filmmaker of the Czech puppet animation tradition who was also a painter, designer,......
Trumbo, Dalton
Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter and novelist who was probably the most talented member of the Hollywood......
Uris, Leon
Leon Uris was an American novelist known for panoramic, action-filled works such as the World War II novel Battle......
Ustinov, Peter
Peter Ustinov was an English actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, raconteur, and humanitarian.......
Van Peebles, Melvin
Melvin Van Peebles was an American filmmaker who wrote, directed, and starred in Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song......
Van Sant, Gus
Gus Van Sant is an American film director and writer known for focusing on marginalized and isolated characters.......
Vasnetsov, Apollinary Mikhaylovich
Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov was a Russian historical and landscape painter, graphic artist, and stage designer......
Vasnetsov, Viktor Mikhaylovich
Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov was a Russian artist, designer, and architect whose monumental works include the......
Vidal, Gore
Gore Vidal was a prolific American novelist and essayist who was as well known for his outspoken political opinions......
Villeneuve, Denis
Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director and writer known for his deft hand at making visually inventive,......
Vuillard, Édouard
Édouard Vuillard was a French painter, printmaker, and decorator who was a member of the Nabis group of painters......
Waititi, Taika
Taika Waititi is a New Zealand comedian, director, writer, and actor who is known for his anarchic sensibility......
Waller-Bridge, Phoebe
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is an English writer, producer, and actress whose work in television and film—including Fleabag......
Wallis, Hal B.
Hal B. Wallis was an American motion-picture producer, associated with more than 400 feature-length films from......
Wang, Wayne
Wayne Wang is a Hong Kong-born film director, producer, and screenwriter who became one of the first major Asian......
Wasserstein, Wendy
Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright whose work probes, with humour and sensibility, the predicament facing......
Waters, John
John Waters is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter who is known for his boundary-pushing movies......
Weiner, Matthew
Matthew Weiner is an American writer and producer who was the creator, a cowriter, and an executive producer of......
Welles, Orson
Orson Welles was an American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer. His innovative narrative techniques......
Wellman, William
William Wellman was an American film director whose more than 80 movies included Hollywood classics of documentary-like......
Wendel, Heinrich
Heinrich Wendel was a German theatrical designer who pioneered new techniques in stagecraft with the Wuppertal......
WertmĂŒller, Lina
Lina WertmĂŒller was an Italian film director and screenwriter noted for her comedies focusing on the eternal battle......
West, Jessamyn
Jessamyn West was an American writer, a master of the short story and an accomplished novelist, who wrote with......
West, Mae
Mae West was an American stage and film actress, a sex symbol whose frank sensuality, languid postures, and blasé......
What’s the difference between cartoons and animation?
The difference between cartoons and animations lies in their applications. Cartoons are typically static images,......
Whedon, Joss
Joss Whedon is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and television series creator best known for his snappy......
White, Mike
Mike White is an American screenwriter, producer, and actor who created several successful films and television......
Wilde, Olivia
Olivia Wilde is an American actress, director, and screenwriter who first gained fame in front of the camera, known......
Wilder, Billy
Billy Wilder was an Austrian-born American motion-picture scenarist, director, and producer known for films that......
Wilder, Thornton
Thornton Wilder was an American writer whose innovative novels and plays reflect his views of the universal truths......
Williams, Tennessee
Tennessee Williams was an American dramatist whose plays reveal a world of human frustration in which sex and violence......
Williamson, David
David Williamson is an Australian dramatist and screenwriter known for topical satiric comedies that display his......
Wodehouse, P.G.
P.G. Wodehouse was an English-born comic novelist, short-story writer, lyricist, and playwright, best known as......
Wolper, David
David Wolper was an American producer who was perhaps best known for his television work, most notably the miniseries......
Wong Kar-Wai
Wong Kar-Wai is a Chinese film director noted for his atmospheric films about memory, longing, and the passage......
Wong, Ali
Ali Wong is a comedian, writer, and actress whose irreverent and incisive work explores themes of cultural identity,......
Wood, Ed
Ed Wood was an American filmmaker best known for cult classics such as Glen or Glenda (1953), Bride of the Monster......
Xia Yan
Xia Yan was a Chinese writer, journalist, and playwright known for his leftist plays and films. Xia was sent to......
Zavattini, Cesare
Cesare Zavattini was an Italian screenwriter, poet, painter, and novelist, known as a leading exponent of Italian......
Zeffirelli, Franco
Franco Zeffirelli was an Italian director, designer, and producer of opera, theatre, motion pictures, and television.......
Zemeckis, Robert
Robert Zemeckis is an American director and screenwriter known for crowd-pleasing films that often made innovative......
Zindel, Paul
Paul Zindel was an American playwright and novelist whose largely autobiographical work features poignant, alienated......
Zuckmayer, Carl
Carl Zuckmayer was a German playwright whose works deal critically with many of the problems engendered by two......
Ć vankmajer, Jan
Jan Ć vankmajer is a Czech Surrealist artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker known for his dark reimaginings......

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