Alain Silver is a motion picture historian and producer. He has written and edited eight genre and director studies, most notably on film noir, as well as books on film production. He has produced four feature films, various music videos and commercials, two documentaries, and supervised production on scores of other projects. He has also produced mumerous soundtrack albums for Citadel Records and Bay Cities Music. More details are at "http://members.aol.com/alainsil"