# Clint Eastwood: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work - Unofficial and Unauthorised - Hardcover

by **Ian Nathan** (Author)

Clint Eastwood is Hollywood's elder statesman and its conscience. He is the standard by which other films and filmmakers are judged. He represents both classical Hollywood and an entirely modern, uncompromising and unfussy directorial presence.

There are those who adore him as a cowboy, a superstar, the rugged, unyielding yet introspective face of American machismo. There are those who read him as a great American auteur fashioning uncompromising, fascinating, intellectual films about his country, about life, about whatever the hell takes his fancy.

No single figure in all of Hollywood, operates so freely outside of the strictures of commercial pressure. And yet, or perhaps that is because, he makes hit after hit.

Separation of actor and director is almost impossible. They are intimately related, cross pollinating, but he has become in the latter half of his career to be view as one of the great American artists. While drawing connections from his wider work as an actor, and those who have influenced him, it is his identity as a director that this book will celebrate.

This is not a career -- it is a landscape.

### Author Biography

**Ian Nathan**, who lives and works in London, is one of the UK's best-known film writers. He is the author of nine previous books, including _Alien Vault_, the best-selling history of Ridley Scott's masterpiece, _Terminator Vault_, _Tarantino, Tim Burton_, _The Coen Brothers_ and _Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth_. He is the former editor and executive editor of _Empire_, the world's biggest movie magazine, where he remains a contributing editor. He also regularly contributes to _The Times_, _The Independent_, _The Mail on Sunday_, _Cahiers Du Cinema_ and the _Discovering Film_ documentary series on Sky Arts.

**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 10 x 8.7 IN

**Publication Date:** September 12, 2023

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