Published by DelMonico Books in conjunction with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Director's Inspiration series offers intimate portraits of major filmmakers through the objects, images, and ephemera that shaped their creative lives. Each volume draws directly from a director's personal archive—posters, storyboards, photographs, notebooks, props—and pairs that visual material with new interviews, critical essays, and reflections from collaborators and fellow artists.

Designed by IN-FO.CO, each book in the series is built around the specific visual logic of its subject, balancing archival reproduction, editorial photography, and typographic clarity to serve both the museum exhibition and a broader public. To date the series has featured Spike Lee, Agnès Varda, and Bong Joon Ho.