The books of J. W. Rinzler have been translated into seven languages, with more than 600,000 copies in print. A prolific writer who worked closely with George Lucas for 15 years, he was the executive editor at Lucasfilm from 2001 to 2016.
Rinzler also wrote and directed the animated short Riddle of the Black Cat, which was featured in several festivals, including the Montreal World Film Festival.
Rinzler takes readers behind the scenes in his most recent books: The Making of Planet of the Apes, The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and The Making of Alien (winner of the Syndicat Français de la Cinema's best foreign/translated book on film 2019).
Born in Lakewood, New Jersey, Rinzler grew up in New York City & Berkeley, California; Rinzler lives on the northern California coast.
For more info on his other books and work, see jwrinzler.com
To contact J W Rinzler, see the "Contact" page.
Rinzler also wrote and directed the animated short Riddle of the Black Cat, which was featured in several festivals, including the Montreal World Film Festival.
Rinzler takes readers behind the scenes in his most recent books: The Making of Planet of the Apes, The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, and The Making of Alien (winner of the Syndicat Français de la Cinema's best foreign/translated book on film 2019).
Born in Lakewood, New Jersey, Rinzler grew up in New York City & Berkeley, California; Rinzler lives on the northern California coast.
For more info on his other books and work, see jwrinzler.com
To contact J W Rinzler, see the "Contact" page.
Rinzler and Lucas at Big Rock Ranch at the conclusion of the interview for The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, 2013.