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Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig
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Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig explores the career of one of the world's most celebrated movie directors. Gerwig's storytelling is legendary, as is her ability to make women feel seen, but it was her directorial work on Barbie that made her a household name. Discover how...
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A celebration of the iconic movie director behind Barbie and Little Women.
A celebration of the iconic movie director behind Barbie and Little Women.
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Description
Icons of Cinema: Greta Gerwig explores the career of one of the world's most celebrated movie directors.
Gerwig's storytelling is legendary, as is her ability to make women feel seen, but it was her directorial work on Barbie that made her a household name. Discover how Gerwig embraced her interest in theatre before turning her attention to Hollywood, explore her mumblecore films, understand why she focuses on key themes such as coming of age and female relationships, and take an in-depth look at her creative process for each major film.
Fully illustrated throughout with stunning photographs and movie stills, you'll find a chapter dedicated to each major motion picture. It's time to relive the stories of Lady Bird, Little Women and Barbie and discover what awaits with Gerwig's upcoming Narnia films.
Also available in this series:
Icons of Cinema: Baz Luhrmann
Icons of Cinema: Wes Anderson
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781800789845
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Studio Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 134.0mm
Height: 192.0mm
Weight: 358g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Laura Venning is a film critic from London specialising in feminist cinema, queer cinema and folk horror. She has written for BBC Culture, Empire magazine, Little White Lies magazine and the Curzon Journal. She has contributed to critics' surveys such as Sight and Sound's historic Greatest Films of All Time poll in 2022 and has introduced films at the BFI Southbank. She maintains that Greta Gerwig's Little Women is one of the greatest literary adaptations of all time.
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