Alejandro Amenábar

<p>Since the release of his first feature in 1996 Alejandro Amenábar has become the 'golden boy' of Spanish filmmaking a bankable star director whose brand virtually guarantees quality big audiences and domestic box office success. He has directed three of the highest-grossing movies in Spanish film history and has enjoyed enormous international and critical acclaim including an Oscar for Best Foreign Film for <i>Mar Adentro</i>/<i>The Sea Inside</i> 2004. <br><br> This book is the first full-length study in English of Amenábar's shorts and feature films. It provides detailed analysis of his engagement with popular film genres as the basis for an auteur cinema and incorporates a reappraisal of his auteurism as fundamentally decentred and shared. An essential resource for students scholars and fans of Amenábar the book will also appeal to a wider readership including professionals in the film media and culture industries as well as those who have a general interest in the best of Spanish European and world cinema.</p>