Patrick McGilligan

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light

by Patrick McGilligan

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light is the definitive biography of the Master of Suspense and the most widely recognized film director of all time.

In a career that spanned six decades and produced...

Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only

by Patrick McGilligan

Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith: a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story is nearly forgotten today. Now, in a feat of historical investigation...

Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director

by Patrick McGilligan

Nicholas Ray spent the glory years of his career creating films that were dark, emotionally charged, and haunted by social misfits and bruised young people—from his career-defining debut, They Live by Night...