Orson Welles
American filmmaker, actor, writer and theater/radio producer best known for directing and starring in Citizen Kane (1941), his 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, and influential work across theater, radio and film.
Books
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1. This Is Orson Welles
A vivid, conversational memoir in interview form that captures a larger-than-life filmmaker reflecting on his unconventional rise from theater and radio to landmark films, offering frank, witty behind-the-scenes accounts of famous productions, aborted projects and battles over editing and rights; the book mixes anecdote and technical insight to reveal his creative process, views on acting and directing, memories of collaborators, and recurring themes of ambition, compromise and the difficulties of sustaining an independent artistic vision within the commercial film industry.
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