It also saw the first generation of film makers with access to video tapes emerge.

"My job is to be finding the next generation of film makers," he declared.

Speaking for his own generation of media-bred film makers, he added "I think we've partially lost something we now have to reclaim."

Mr. Konchalovsky belongs to the generation of Russian film makers born and bred after the revolution.

This generation of film makers is pushing the limits of the art form.

Mr. Singleton's generation of film makers and playwrights can take that for granted.

Every generation of film makers builds on the work of the generations that precede it.

The new generation of film makers, educated mostly on American cinema through videocassettes, wants something new.

Along with the departing film industry veterans, even the next generation of film makers seems to be leaving New York.

The film noirs turned out by today's generation of film makers are based solely on the movies they saw growing up.