# Clint Eastwood: Evolution of a Filmmaker - Hardcover

by **John Foote** (Author)

Now a two-time Academy Award winner for best director, twice winner of the Directors Guild of America Award for best director, and recipient of countless other critics prizes and nominations in multiple capacities, Clint Eastwood stands alongside Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg as one of the finest directors working in modern cinema. Here, John Foote examines the long, impressive, and unlikely film career of a man who fought against expectations to forge his own way and become one of this generation's finest filmmakers. Each chapter examines a different film, beginning with _Play Misty for Me_ (1971) and _High Plains Drifter_ (1973) and extending to his 21st-century films _Space Cowboys_ (2000), _Blood Work_ (2002), _Mystic River_ (2003), _Million Dollar Baby_ (2004), _Flags of Our Fathers_ (2006), _Letters from Iwo Jima_ (2006), and _Changeling_ (2008). This book is, in the author's own words, a study of how Eastwood managed to quietly get to this level--and a celebration of his gifts as an artist. Eastwood has evolved not only as a director, but also as an actor, a screenwriter, a producer, and a score composer, to become one of the most revered figures in Hollywood.

Perhaps it is because he started out in Hollywood with such little influence on the final product that he now demonstrates such a strong desire to collaborate with others and provide help wherever he can. In addition to casting off his reputation as a hack and accumulating two Oscar nominations for Best Actor over the past 15 years, he has guided other actors to no less than three Academy Award wins. The executives love him because he has made them money over the years--occasionally even making one for them in exchange for financial backing on other projects. Critics love him because of the care he takes in creating his films. Audiences love him because he has never lost his sense of entertainment, even as his artistry has matured.

### Author Biography

**JOHN H. FOOTE** is Director of the Toronto Film School, where he also teaches film history and genre study. He is a nationally known film critic and historian, who writes regularly for _Life and Fashion Magazine_ and the _Metroland_ syndicate. He is also a frequent guest on CBC Newsworld and Durham Today.

**Number of Pages:** 224

**Dimensions:** 1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN

**Publication Date:** December 30, 2008

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