Walter Hill

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Walter Hill

The Cinema of a Hollywood Maverick

Film history, theory or criticism Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills

Author: Wayne Byrne

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Language: English

Published by: McFarland

Published on: 17th October 2022

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 216 pages

ISBN: 9781476648873


This is a comprehensive journey through the long career of auteur Hollywood filmmaker Walter Hill, director of The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire and many more. The book covers every motion picture that Hill directed, with historical detail and critical commentary on each, and discusses Hill's overall cultural relevance and industrial impact. It includes candid conversations with Hill; producer Larry Gordon; actors Nicholas Guest, William Sadler and Michael Pare; cinematographers Lloyd Ahern and Matthew Leonetti; composers Van Dyke Parks and David Mansfield; screenwriter Larry Gross, and others who worked with Hill throughout his prolific career.

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