Ian Christie

Ian Christie (born 1945) is a British film scholar. He has written several books including studies of the works of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Martin Scorsese and the development of cinema.

Selected bibliography The Art of Film: John Box and Production Design (Wallflower, 2009) A Matter of Life and Death (BFI, 2000) Gilliam on Gilliam (Faber, 1999) [ed.] Scorsese on Scorsese (Faber and Faber, 1996 - revised edition) [ed. with David Thompson], 4th edition due in 2010. The Last Machine: Early Cinema and the Birth of the Modern World (BBC/BFI, 1994)

Audio commentaries A Canterbury Tale The Edge of the World, with comments from the director's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, and actor Daniel Day-Lewis reading from Michael Powell's memoirs I Know Where I'm Going! A Matter of Life and Death Peeping Tom The Red Shoes, with actors Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and filmmaker Martin Scorsese R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895–1908 The Story of the Kelly Gang That Hamilton Woman