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Joseph McBride (born August 9, 1947) is an American film historian, biographer, screenwriter, author and educator. He has written books on a variety of subjects including notable film directors, screenwriting, the JFK assassination, and a memoir of his youth. He also serves as professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State ...
Professor McBride, who has taught at SFSU since 2002, has written or edited sixteen books. They include the critically acclaimed biographies Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success, Steven Spielberg: A Biography, and Searching for John Ford; three books on Orson Welles; and the Howard Hawks interview book Hawks on Hawks.
Mar 4, 2022 · Film historian and author Joseph McBride returns to Filmwax to discuss two of his recently published works: “The Whole Durn Human Comedy: Life According to the Coen Brothers” (Anthem Press, 2012)...
Sep 1, 2012 · In his astute and perceptive biography, Joseph McBride reconciled Spielberg's seeming contradictions and produced a coherent portrait of the man who found a way to transmute...
Sep 14, 2012 · JOSEPH McBRIDE: The first script I attempted then was an adaptation of Jack London’s great short story about a man attempting to survive in the Yukon, To Build a Fire. I took it upon myself to write a new adaptation of the London story for Writing In Pictures: Screenwriting Made (Mostly) Painless.
Jan 4, 2011 · Joseph McBride is an American film historian, biographer, screenwriter, and professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University. McBride has published twenty-four books since 1968, including acclaimed biographies of Frank Capra, John Ford, and Steven Spielberg.
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Joseph McBride is known for Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979), Blood & Guts (1978) and Cannonball! (1976).
