Chris Smith
Film director, documentary filmmaker of Collapse
Akbar Khan living
Film director, producer of Taj Mahal, screenwriter, actor
1949- (75)
Billy Friedkin living
Film director of The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, The French Connection, Killer Joe, pioneer in the New Hollywood movement
1935- (89)
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Christopher Landon
film director, screenwriter, film producer, filmmaker of comedy horror films
Christopher Nolan living
Film director, filmmaker of The Prestige, The Dark Knight (Batman), Inception, Interstellar, often collaborates with his brother Jonathan Nolan
1970- (54)
Daniella Rich Kilstock
Film director
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Guillermo del Toro
Film director, Pan's Labyrinth, screenwriter, novelist, film producer
Jonathan Nolan living
Film director, film producer, filmmaker of Interstellar, Fallout, Memento, The Prestige, TV producer of Person of Interest (CBS), co-creator of Westworld (HBO)
1976- (48)
Martin Scorsese
Film director, film producer, screenwriter, one of the most influencial filmmakers in cinematic history
Rian Johnson
Screenwriter of Knives Out, film director of Star Wars Last Jedi
Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter and film director of Back to the Future in 1985 and then Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988
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Roman Polanski
Screenwriter, film producer, film director, The Pianist, Chinatown, accused of sexual misconduct with a teenager
Sidney Lumet
Film director of 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, The Network in 1976, 12 Angry Men, The Verdict, screenwriter of Prince of the City
1924-2011 (87)
Spike Lee
Film director, Inside Man, owner of 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Stan Lee
Film director, comic book writer, filmmaker, famous for making a cameo in each of the Marvel movies, owner of Timely Publications
1922-2018 (96)
Stanley Kubrick
screenwriter, photographer, legendary film director, film producer, A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Dr Strangelove, mystic, psychic, remote viewer
1928-1999 (71)
Vincente Minnelli
Film director of Meet Me in St. Louise where he met Judy Garland, his daughter is Liza Minnelli
Werner Herzog
Opera director, pioneer of New German Cinema, film director, screenwriter, author, actor
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