Favorite Directors
by jucavino | created - 03 Jun 2018 | updated - 4 days ago | PublicEl punto de vista.
1. Robert Rodriguez
Producer | El mariachi
Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.
Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...
2. Guillermo del Toro
Writer | El laberinto del fauno
Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...
3. Francesca Lé
Actress | Flesh Fest
Francesca Lé was born on December 28, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and director. She has been married to Mark Wood since May 4, 2001.
4. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director | Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...
5. Ben Hernandez Bray
Stunts | Star Trek
Ben Hernandez Bray is a film and television director who was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in one of the toughest San Fernando Valley neighborhoods. He's the oldest of six children, raised by his Mother and Grandmother and is of Mexican and Irish descent. In the late 1980's his boxing ...
6. George A. Romero
Writer | Land of the Dead
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...
7. Fede Alvarez
Writer | Don't Breathe
Fede Alvarez was born on February 9, 1978 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a writer and producer, known for Don't Breathe (2016), Evil Dead (2013) and The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018).
8. Satoshi Kon
Writer | Tôkyô goddofâzâzu
Satoshi Kon was born in 1963. He studied at the Musashino College of the Arts. He began his career as a Manga artist. He then moved to animation and worked as a background artist on many films (including Roujin Z (1991) by 'Katsuhiro Otomo'). Then, in 1995, he wrote an episode of the anthology film ...
9. Hayao Miyazaki
Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.
Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...
10. Ed Boon
Writer | Mortal Kombat
Edward Boon is an American video game developer and voice actor from Chicago, Illinois who is most well-known for creating Mortal Kombat and Injustice, two fighting game series by Midway and NetherRealm Studios. He is considered one of the most influential fighting game developers of all time. ...
11. Sandra Vergara
Actress | Fright Night
Sandra Vergara is known for Fright Night (2011), God Bless America (2011) and Eleventh Hour (2008).
12. Paul Sorvino
Actor | Repo! The Genetic Opera
Tall, dark and imposing American actor Paul Sorvino made a solid career of portraying authority figures.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His mother, Angela (Renzi), was a piano teacher, of Italian descent. His father, Ford Sorvino, was an Italian immigrant who worked in a robe factory as a ...
13. James Gandolfini
Actor | The Sopranos
James Gandolfini was born in Westwood, New Jersey, to Santa (Penna), a high school lunchlady, and James Joseph Gandolfini, Sr., a bricklayer and head school janitor. His parents were both of Italian origin. Gandolfini began acting in the New York theater. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival ...
14. Cliff Bleszinski
Art_department | Gears of War
Cliff Bleszinski was born on February 12, 1975 in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Gears of War (2006), Gears of War and LawBreakers (2017).
15. Yasuichirô Yamamoto
Director | Meitantei Conan: Suiheisenjô no Sutoratêji
Yasuichirô Yamamoto is known for Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (2005), Detective Conan: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure (2007) and Detective Conan (1996).
16. Andy Richter
Actor | Madagascar
Andy Richter was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the second of four children of Glenda (Palmer), a kitchen cabinet designer, and Laurence R. Richter, who taught Russian at Indiana University. He was raised in Yorkville, Illinois. His parents divorced when he was four. Richter attended the ...
17. Vicente Fox
Self | A Message to Donald Trump from Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox was born on July 2, 1942 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for A Message to Donald Trump from Vicente Fox (2017), Carlos Santana in Concert (2011) and Wooden Woman (2004). He has been married to Marta Sahagun since July 2, 2001. He was ...
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