| Steve James, the American documentary film director, has produceda number of successful documentary films since the1990s. These filmsincluding "Hoop Dreams","At the Death House Door" are all hismasterpieces, by which he won the Oscar-nomination, Ivens award andmany other international documentary awards. Steve James has beenrecognized as one of the most prestigious directors of the contemporarydocumentaries in the world. This paper introduces the course of thecreation of Steve James and his representative documentaries, including"Hoop Dreams","Stevie","Reel Paradise","At the Death House Door","The Trail of Allen Iverson". In addition, the paper tries to analyzerespectively from theme, the central subject, the film’s artisticcharacteristics-----narration, person, picture, lens, music and other aspectsto sum up the characteristics of Steve James’s documentaries. The paperalso discusses the influence of his documentaries on the feature filmcreation. This paper could fill the domestic blank of the information andanalysis of Steve James’ documentaries, thus inspiring and guidingdomestic documentary film directors. |
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