Chinese Summary/中文概要：
从1992年开始，美国导演协会每年都要召开一个研讨会，请那些被该协会提名为最佳电影的导演们谈谈他们的创作思想。导演们在会上一般都会坦率地讲到自己的成功与不足。编者将他们的看法汇总起来，按照剧本写作，制作前期，制作过程，制作后期这样一些阶段组织起来，提供给导演们和广大的电影爱好者们。参与这些研讨会的导演有：Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful), James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets), James Cameron (Titanic), Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire), Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), Andrew Davis (The Fugitive), Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven), Mel Gibson (Braveheart), Curtis Hanson (L. A. Confidential), Scott Hicks (Shine), Neil Jordan (The Crying Game), Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies), Barry Levinson (Bugsy), John Madden (Shakespeare in Love), Anthony Minghella (The English Patient), Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Michael Radford (II Postino), Rob Reiner (A Few Good Men), Steven Spielberg (Amistad, Saving Private Ryan), Oliver Stone (JFK), Barbra Streisand (The Prince of Tides), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), Peter Weir (The Truman Show), and Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump).