David Frankel

Two of David Frankel's six catalogue films come from one series: The Devil Wears Prada of 2006 and its sequel. Liese Spencer's archive text traces his handling of the city back to his television past. As you would expect, she writes, from a director who also shot the Sex and the City series, he gives New York a bright and seductive gloss and slides smoothly between the city's separate habitats; brisk montages sweep the viewer from private shows to gala benefits to shoots in Central Park.