Introduction / Virginia Wright Wexman -- The silent screen, 1895-1927: Cecil B. DeMille shapes the director's role / Charlie Keil -- Classical Hollywood, 1928 to 1946: the company man and the boy genius / William Luhr -- Postwar Hollywood, 1947-1967: on dangerous ground / Sarah Kozloff -- The auteur renaissance, 1968-1980: a culture of rebellion / Daniel Langford -- The new Hollywood, 1981-1999: three case studies / Thomas Schatz -- The modern entertainment marketplace, 2000-present: revolutions at every scale / J. D. Connor -- Academy awards for directing.