Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Peter Cowie (born December 24, 1939, England) is a film historian and author of more than thirty books on film. In 1963 he was the founder/publisher and general editor of the annual International Film Guide, a survey of worldwide film production. Educated at Charterhouse School, and an Exhibitioner in History at Magdalene College, Cambridge, he began writing about film in 1960. He has contributed to many of the world's leading newspapers and periodicals, including The New York Times, The Sunday Times (London), the Los Angeles Times, Le Monde, Expressen, Neue Z rcher Zeitung, Sight and Sound, and Film Comment.