Twilight: Director's Notebook - Catherine Hardwicke New hardcover book

TWILIGHT: Director's Notebook

Catherine Hardwicke

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New hardcover book, measures 22 x 14cm, 164 pages. First edition, published March 2009. Now available

If you loved the Twilight series and the movie, this is the book for you!

This intimate look on making the movie will include inside secrets on everything from casting to wardrobe along with personal notes from Catherine Hardwicke and behind-the-scenes photographs.

The book follows visionary director Catherine through the creative process. Designed to replicate the director's own personal notebook that she kept on set, readers will discover the inside secrets on casting, location scouting and wardrobe to storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine's favorite scenes and much more.

Catherine says: “With this book, I tried to show fans and future directors some of the process that the crew and I went through filming Twilight. My challenge was to translate Stephenie’s powerful book and make you feel what she makes you feel when you read her works.”

About the author

Helen Catherine Hardwicke was born October 21, 1955 in Cameron, Texas and originally trained as an architect at the University of Texas. She spent most of the 1990s as a production designer, working on over 20 films films including Tombstone (1993), Tank Girl (1995), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), The Newton Boys (1998), and Three Kings (1999). In 2000 she collaborated with director/screenwriter Cameron Crowe and actor/producer Tom Cruise on Vanilla Sky (2001). Three Kings and Vanilla Sky are notable for their original use of color-manipulation techniques to complement the narrative.

Catherine's debut as a feature film co-writer and director was the Sundance award winning Thirteen. She and fourteen-year-old Nikki Reed (who played Rosalie Hale in Twilight) collaborated in writing a movie that would reflect Reed's teenage experiences. They completed the script in six days. Thirteen was made for under million dollars and picked up an Academy Award-nomination for Holly Hunter. Catherine has since directed Lords of Dogtown, The Nativity Story, and most recently, Twilight. The opening weekend of Twilight was the biggest opening ever for a female director.

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Twilight: The Director's Notebook - Catherine Hardwicke