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Artists · The People Who Make Cinema

A film is made
by human beings.

Actor and filmmaker profiles

Directors · Cinematographers · Writers · Actors · Editors · Composers · Craft Artists · Critics

About This Section

Cinema criticism has always overvalued the director and undervalued everyone else. This section profiles all nine roles with equal seriousness.

— The Artists Desk

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The Artists Desk

One artist. One complete profile. Every week.

A director, a cinematographer, a writer, an editor — one full profile every Friday.

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