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by angelwizzard666 | created - 05 Apr 2013 | updated - 1 day ago | PublicList of all the directors by whom I've seen at least one feature film.
1. Jim Abrahams
Writer | Airplane!
Jim Abrahams was born on May 10, 1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Airplane! (1980), Top Secret! (1984) and Hot Shots! (1991). He is married to Nancy Cocuzzo.
1980 - Y a-t-il un pilote dans l'avion ? 1984 - Top Secret ! 1991 - Hot Shots ! 1993 - Hot Shots ! 2
2. Lenny Abrahamson
Director | Room
Lenny Abrahamson was born in Dublin in 1966. He studied physics and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. While at university he directed short videos with the Trinity Video Society, which he co-founded with Ed Guiney. He graduated in 1991 with first class honours (gold medal). His first short film...
2015 - Room
3. J.J. Abrams
Producer | Lost
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....
2006 - Mission : Impossible III 2009 - Star Trek 2011 - Super 8 2013 - Star Trek into Darkness
4. Mona Achache
Director | Le Hérisson
Mona Achache was born on March 18, 1981. She is a director and writer, known for The Hedgehog (2009), Suzanne (2005) and Defendant (2015).
2009 - Le hérisson 2014 - Les gazelles
2005 - 9 (short) 2009 - Numéro 9
6. Andrew Adamson
Director | Shrek 2
Andrew Adamson was born on December 1, 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a producer and director, known for Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek (2001) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). He has been married to Michelle Jonas since 2018. He was previously married to ...
2001 - Shrek 2004 - Shrek 2 2005 - Le monde de Narnia : Le lion, la Sorcière blanche et l'armoire magique 2008 - Le monde de Narnia : Le prince Caspian
7. Chris Addison
Actor | The Thick of It
Born in Cardiff, Chris Addison grew up in Manchester where he attended the Manchester Grammar School before going on to study at the University of Birmingham. Following his graduation in 1994, he put ambitions to direct theatre on hold and "drifted into stand-up comedy" which became his full-time ...
2019 - Le coup du siècle
8. Duane Adler
Writer | Step Up
Duane Adler is known for Step Up (2006), Save the Last Dance (2001) and Step Up Revolution (2012).
2017 - Heartbeats
9. Percy Adlon
Director | Out of Rosenheim
Percy Adlon is best known for his film "Bagdad Cafe" aka "Out of Rosenheim." He was born on June 1, 1935 in Munich, the son of Paul Rudolf Laubenthal, a prominent opera singer, and Susanne Adlon, and grew up in Ammerland/Starnbergersee, in the Bavarian countryside. He studied art and theater ...
1987 - Bagdad Café
10. Ben Affleck
Producer | Argo
Benjamin Géza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to mother Chris Anne (Boldt), a school teacher, and father Timothy Byers "Tim" Affleck, a social worker. Ben has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975...
2007 - Gone Baby Gone 2010 - The Town 2012 - Argo
11. Gabriel Aghion
Director | Pédale douce
Gabriel Aghion was born on December 30, 1955 in Alexandria, Egypt. He is a director and writer, known for Pédale douce (1996), Avocat d'office (1994) and La scarlatine (1983).
1996 - Pédale douce 1999 - Belle maman 2000 - Le libertin 2001 - Absolument fabuleux 2004 - Pédale dure
12. Alexandre Aja
Director | Haute tension
Alexandre Aja was born on August 7, 1978 in Paris, France. He is a producer and director, known for High Tension (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and Piranha 3D (2010). He is married to Laïla Marrakchi.
2003 - Haute tension 2006 - La colline a des yeux 2008 - Mirrors 2010 - Piranha 3D 2021 - Oxygène
13. Fatih Akin
Director | Aus dem Nichts
Fatih Akin was born in 1973 in Hamburg of Turkish parentage. He began studying Visual Communications at Hamburg's College of Fine Arts in 1994. His collaboration with Wueste Film also dates from this time. In 1995, he wrote and directed his first short feature, "Sensin - You're The One!" ("Sensin -...
2008 - New York, I love you
14. Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Director | Third Watch
Félix Enríquez Alcalá was born on March 7, 1951 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Third Watch (1999), Battlestar Galactica (2004) and Dollhouse (2009).
1998 - Le métro de l'angoisse (TV) 2006 - Dr. House (TV) 2019 - Murder (TV)
15. Robert Aldrich
Director | Emperor of the North Pole
Robert Aldrich entered the film industry in 1941 when he got a job as a production clerk at RKO Radio Pictures. He soon worked his way up to script clerk, then became an assistant director, a production manager and an associate producer. He began writing and directing for TV series in the early ...
1954 - Bronco Apache 1954 - Vera Cruz 1962 - Sodome et Gomorrhe 1962 - Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane ? 1973 - L'empereur du Nord 1974 - Plein la gueule
16. Patrick Alessandrin
Director | Banlieue 13: Ultimatum
Patrick Alessandrin was born on May 17, 1961 in Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France. He is a director and writer, known for District 13: Ultimatum (2009), White Fang: At the Edge of the World and Ainsi soient-elles (1995). He is married to Natasha Doubrovskaya. He was previously married to Lisa...
2001 - 15 août
17. Daniel Alfredson
Director | Flickan som lekte med elden
Daniel Alfredson was born on May 23, 1959 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is a producer and director, known for The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and Varg (2008). He is married to Stina. They have three children.
2009 - Millénium 2 : La fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette 2009 - Millénium 3 : La reine dans le palais des courants d'air
18. Tomas Alfredson
Director | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tomas Alfredson was born on April 1, 1965 in Lidingö, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is a director, known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Let the Right One In (2008) and The Snowman (2017). He is married to Charlotte Alfredson. They have one child. He was previously married to Cissi Elwin.
2008 - Morse 2011 - La taupe 2017 - Le bonhomme de neige
19. Marc Allégret
Director | Entrée des artistes
Marc Allégret was born on December 22, 1900 in Basel, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for The Curtain Rises (1938), Avec André Gide (1951) and Julietta (1953). He was married to Nadine Vogel. He died on November 3, 1973 in Paris, France.
1931 - Le blanc et le noir 1934 - Lac aux dames 1938 - Entrée des artistes
20. Yves Allégret
Director | Les orgueilleux
Yves Allégret was born on October 13, 1905 in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Proud and the Beautiful (1953), La meilleure part (1955) and Dédée d'Anvers (1948). He was married to Michèle Cordoue, Simone Signoret and Renée ...
1948 - Dédée d'Anvers 1953 - Les orgueilleux
21. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen ...
1972 - Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur le sexe sans jamais oser le demander 1973 - Woody et les robots 1977 - Annie Hall 1979 - Manhattan 1980 - Stardust Memories 1982 - Comédie érotique d'une nuit d'été 1984 - Broadway Danny Rose 1985 - La rose pourpre du Caire 1986 - Hannah et ses sœurs 1987 - Radio Days 1987 - September 1988 - Une autre femme 1989 - New York Stories : "Le complot d'Œdipe" 1990 - Alice 1991 - Ombres et brouillard 1993 - Meurtre mystérieux à Manhattan 1994 - Coups de feu sur Broadway 1995 - Maudite Aphrodite 1996 - Tout le monde dit I Love You 1997 - Harry dans tous ses états 1998 - Celebrity 1999 - Accords et désaccords 2000 - Escrocs mais pas trop 2002 - Hollywood Ending 2005 - Match Point 2006 - Scoop 2007 - Le rêve de Cassandre 2008 - Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2009 - Whatever Works 2010 - Vous allez rencontrer un bel et sombre inconnu 2011 - Minuit à Paris 2012 - To Rome with Love 2013 - Blue Jasmine 2016 - Café Society
22. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
Director | Dead to Me
Elizabeth (Liz) Allen Rosenbaum is an Emmy Award-winning and DGA Award-nominated director and producer. She is known for "Purple Hearts" starring Sofia Carson, which became the biggest movie opening for Netflix in 2022, Emmy award-winning original musical ""Sneakerella for Disney Plus, and "Ramona ...
2015 - Careful What You Wish For
23. Roger Allers
Director | The Lion King
Roger Allers is an American animated film director and writer who is known for co-directing the influential 1994 Disney musical film The Lion King. He also worked on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. He was intended to direct the musical drama Kingdom of the Sun, which got ...
1994 - The Lion King 2006 - The Little Matchgirl (short) 2006 - Open Season
24. Merzak Allouache
Director | El taaib
Merzak Allouache was born on October 6, 1944 in Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]. He is a director and writer, known for El taaib (2012), Bab El Oued City (1994) and The Rooftops (2013).
2003 - Chouchou
25. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
1982 - Laberinto de pasiones 1983 - Entre tinieblas 1984 - ¿ Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto ? 1987 - La ley del deseo 1988 - Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios 1989 - Átame ! 1991 - Tacones lejanos 1993 - Kika 1995 - La flor de mi secreto 1997 - Carne trémula 1999 - Todo sobre mi madre 2002 - Hable con ella 2004 - La mala educación 2006 - Volver 2009 - Los abrazos rotos 2011 - La piel que habito 2013 - Los amantes pasajeros
26. Robert Altman
Director | Gosford Park
Robert Altman was born on February 20th, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, to B.C. (an insurance salesman) and Helen Altman. He entered St. Peters Catholic school at the age six, and spent a short time at a Catholic high school. From there, he went to Rockhurst High School. It was then that he started...
1967 - Countdown 1970 - M.A.S.H. 1984 - Secret Honor 1992 - The Player 1993 - Short Cuts 1994 - Prêt-à-porter 1996 - Kansas City 1999 - Cookie's Fortune 2000 - Dr. T & the Women 2001 - Gosford Park
27. Christian Alvart
Writer | Pandorum
Christian Alvart was born in 1974 near Frankfurt, Germany. His strict Christian background frowned upon films and television and in his childhood he was rarely allowed to see a movie. He developed a fascination and love for the forbidden subject matter and quickly became an "expert" in his circle ...
2009 - Case 39
28. Joe Alves
Production_designer | Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Joe Alves was born on May 21, 1936 in San Leandro, California, USA. He is an art director and production designer, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Escape from New York (1981). He has been married to Jerri Lauridsen since April 29, 1990. They have two ...
1983 - Jaws 3-D
29. Mathieu Amalric
Actor | Le scaphandre et le papillon
Mathieu Amalric was born on October 25, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Munich (2005).
2014 - La chambre bleue
30. Denis Amar
Director | L'addition
Denis Amar was born in 1946 in Paris, France. He is a director and assistant director, known for L'addition (1984), Ennemis intimes (1987) and Saraka bô (1997).
1984 - L'addition 1997 - Saraka bô
31. Gianni Amelio
Director | Il ladro di bambini
After school, Amelio studied philosophy. He graduated with a doctorate. Amelio developed a keen interest in film at a young age. In 1970 he began working as a cameraman for the Italian state television RAI. A little later, Amelio worked as an assistant director for RAI. In 1970 he directed his ...
1994 - Lamerica
32. Alejandro Amenábar
Writer | The Others
Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...
1996 - Tesis 1997 - Abre los ojos 2001 - The Others 2004 - Mar adentro 2009 - Agora
33. Jean-Pierre Améris
Director | Marie Heurtin
Jean-Pierre Améris was born on July 26, 1961 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He is a director and writer, known for Marie's Story (2014), Les aveux de l'innocent (1996) and Romantics Anonymous (2010).
2010 - Les émotifs anonymes 2015 - Une famille à louer
34. Jon Amiel
Director | Copycat
After studies in English literature, Jon Amiel graduated from Cambridge University and ran the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company, which often toured the USA. He became the Hampstead Theatre Company's literary manager and began directing there, relocating to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
...
1993 - Sommersby 1995 - Copycat 1997 - L'homme qui en savait trop... peu 1999 - Haute voltige 2003 - Fusion
35. Yves Amoureux
Director | Le beauf
Yves Amoureux is known for Le beauf (1987), The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984) and Le double de ma moitié (1999).
1999 - Le double de ma moitié
36. Dominic Anciano
Producer | Operation Good Guys
Dominic Anciano was born in 1959 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Operation Good Guys (1997), Final Cut (1998) and Heavy Metal (1981).
1998 - Final Cut
37. Allison Anders
Director | Gas Food Lodging
Anders weathered a rough childhood and young adult life which not only encouraged an escapist penchant for making up characters but also an insider's sympathy for the strong but put-upon women who people her films. Growing up in rural Kentucky, Anders would always remember hanging onto her father's...
1996 - Grace of My Heart
38. Sean Anders
Writer | Instant Family
Sean Anders is known for Instant Family (2018), Spirited (2022) and That's My Boy (2012).
2012 - Crazy Dad 2014 - Comment tuer son boss 2 2015 - Very Bad Dads 2017 - Very Bad Dads 2 2018 - Apprentis parents
39. Brad Anderson
Director | Session 9
Brad Anderson was born in 1964 in Madison, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Session 9 (2001), The Machinist (2004) and Transsiberian (2008).
2013 - The Call
40. Lindsay Anderson
Director | If....
Lindsay started as a film critic in the late 1940's early 50's writing and editing The Review and contributing to The Times, Observer and The New Statesman. His long standing association with playwright David Storey began with This Sporting Life and continued with plays such as In Celebration, Home...
1968 - If...
41. Michael Anderson
Director | Logan's Run
London-born Michael Anderson began his career in films as an office boy at Elstree studios. By 1938, he had progressed up the ladder to become assistant director for distinguished film makers Noël Coward, David Lean and Anthony Asquith. Shortly after, during wartime with the Royal Signals Corps (...
1965 - Opération Crossbow
42. Paul Thomas Anderson
Director | Punch-Drunk Love
Anderson was born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their teeth making...
1996 - Hard Eight 1997 - Boogie Nights 1999 - Magnolia 2002 - Punch-Drunk Love - Ivre d'amour 2007 - There Will Be Blood 2014 - Inherent Vice 2017 - Phantom Thread
43. Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer | Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Paul W.S. Anderson gained a fair bit of notoriety in his native England when he directed the ultra-violent Shopping (1994) (which he also wrote), starring Jude Law and Sean Pertwee in a story about thieves who steal by ramming a car into storefronts. The film was banned in some cinemas in England, ...
1995 - Mortal Kombat 1997 - Event Horizon - Le vaisseau de l'au-delà 2002 - Resident Evil 2004 - AVP : Alien vs. Predator 2008 - Course à la mort 2011 - Les trois mousquetaires 2014 - Pompéi
44. Wes Anderson
Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an ...
2001 - La famille Tenenbaum 2004 - La vie aquatique 2007 - À bord du Darjeeling Limited 2007 - Hotel Chevalier (court) 2009 - Fantastic Mr. Fox 2012 - Moonrise Kingdom 2014 - The Grand Budapest Hotel 2023 - La merveilleuse histoire d'Henry Sugar (court) 2023 - Le cygne (court) 2023 - Le preneur de rats (court) 2023 - Venin (court)
45. Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Writer | Dead End
French novelist, screenwriter and film director. He grew up in Cannes (France), where he shot his first short films and was involved in theatre. After graduating in political science, he started working as a screenwriter before writing his first feature Dead End (2003) in English. He made his ...
2006 - Big Nothing
46. Mark Andrews
Director | Brave
Mark Andrews was born on September 12, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Brave (2012), John Carter (2012) and Circle of Stone (2020).
2005 - L'homme-orchestre (court) 2012 - Rebelle
47. Matt Angel
Actor | The Lincoln Lawyer
Matt Angel was born on October 23, 1990 in California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Lincoln Lawyer (2022), Dave (2020) and The Wrath of Becky (2023).
2018 - The Open House
48. Yves Angelo
Director | Le colonel Chabert
Yves Angelo was born on January 22, 1956 in Meknès, Morocco. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Colonel Chabert (1994), Sur le bout des doigts (2002) and Stolen Life (1998).
1994 - Le colonel Chabert
49. Ken Annakin
Director | The Longest Day
A former salesman and journalist, Ken Annakin got into the film industry making documentary shorts. His feature debut, Holiday Camp (1947), was a comedy about a Cockney family on vacation. It was made for the Rank Organization and was a modest success, spawning three sequels, all of which he ...
1962 - Le jour le plus long
50. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director | Der Name der Rose
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Wolf Totem (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four César Awards, ...
1979 - Coup de tête 1981 - La guerre du feu 1986 - Le nom de la rose 1988 - L'ours 1992 - L'amant 1997 - Sept ans au Tibet 2001 - Stalingrad 2004 - Deux frères
51. Sólveig Anspach
Director | Haut les coeurs!
Sólveig Anspach was born on December 8, 1960 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. She was a director and writer, known for Haut les coeurs! (1999), The Aquatic Effect (2016) and Skrapp út (2008). She died on August 7, 2015 in Réauville, Drôme, France.
1999 - Haut les coeurs !
52. Nimród Antal
Director | Kontroll
Antal was born in Los Angeles, California of Hungarian ancestry. He moved to Hungary in 1991 to study at the Hungarian Film Academy. After graduating, he went on to work in the film and television industry. In 2005, he moved back to his hometown of Los Angeles to pursue success in Hollywood.
He is ...
2010 - Predators
53. Steve Antin
Actor | The Goonies
Steve moved to Los Angeles, where he made his film debut in the teen-aged slasher flick, Sweet Sixteen (1983), opposite Bo Hopkins. The following year, he broke all of the girls hearts in the popular Cannon-produced film, The Last American Virgin (1982), alongside Lawrence Monoson. Roles in The ...
2010 - Burlesque
54. Michelangelo Antonioni
Writer | L'avventura
Together with Fellini, Bergman and Kurosawa, Michelangelo Antonioni is credited with defining the modern art film. And yet Antonioni's cinema is also recognized today for defying any easy categorization, with his films ultimately seeming to belong to their own distinctive genre. Indeed, the ...
1955 - Le amiche 1966 - Blowup 1970 - Zabriskie Point 1995 - Al di là delle nuvole
55. Babak Anvari
Director | Under the Shadow
Babak Anvari is known for Under the Shadow (2016), I Came By (2022) and Wounds (2019).
2019 - Wounds
56. Judd Apatow
Producer | Girls
Judd Apatow is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and comedian. He directed The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, This is 40, Funny People, Trainwreck and The King of Staten Island. He also developed the television shows Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Girls, Love and Crashing. He is ...
2005 - The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2007 - Knocked-Up 2009 - Funny People 2012 - This is 40
57. Michael Apted
Director | Amazing Grace
Michael Apted was born on February 10, 1941 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Amazing Grace (2006), Rome (2005) and Gorillas in the Mist (1988). He was married to Paige Simpson, Dana Stevens and Jo Apted. He died on January 7, 2021 in Los Angeles,...
1983 - Gorky Park 1988 - Gorillas in the Mist : The Story of Dian Fossey 1992 - Thunderheart 1993 - Blink 1994 - Nell 1996 - Extreme Measures 1999 - The world is not enough 2002 - Enough
58. Shinji Aramaki
Director | Kyaputen Hârokku
Shinji Aramaki was born on October 2, 1960 in Fukuoka, Japan. He is a production designer, known for Harlock: Space Pirate (2013), Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007) and Ultraman (2019).
2013 - Kyaputen Hârokku
59. Alfonso Arau
Actor | Three Amigos!
Alfonso Arau has had a long and fruitful career both in front of and behind the camera and is one of the most prominent Latino film-makers in Hollywood. He was a drama disciple of Seki Sano--a Japanese teacher, classmate of Lee Strasberg with Konstantin Stanislavski in Russia--and traveled the ...
1995 - A Walk in the Clouds
60. Alexandre Arcady
Producer | 24 jours
Alexandre Arcady was born on March 17, 1947 in Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]. He is a producer and writer, known for 24 Days (2014), What the Day Owes the Night (2012) and Dernier été à Tanger (1987).
1982 - Le grand pardon 1985 - Hold-up 1987 - Dernier été à Tanger 1989 - L'union sacrée 1995 - Dis-moi oui... 2004 - Mariage mixte
61. Denys Arcand
Writer | Les invasions barbares
One of Québec's most politically aware filmmakers, Denys Arcand studied history at Université de Montréal, where he co-directed Seul ou avec d'autres (1962) with Denis Héroux and co-written with Stéphane Venne. He joined the National Film Board (NFB) in 1963, where his feature-length documentary on...
1986 - Le déclin de l'empire américain 1993 - Love & Human Remains 2003 - Les invasions barbares
62. Nikolaj Arcel
Writer | En kongelig affære
Nikolaj Arcel was born on August 25, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a writer and director, known for A Royal Affair (2012), Kongekabale (2004) and The Promised Land (2023).
2017 - The Dark Tower
63. Emile Ardolino
Director | Dirty Dancing
Emile Ardolino was born on May 9, 1943 in Maspeth, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) and He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983). He died on November 20, 1993 in Bel Air, California, USA.
1987 - Dirty Dancing 1990 - Three Men and a Little Lady 1992 - Sister Act
64. Dario Argento
Writer | Profondo rosso
Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk tales told by his parents and other ...
1971 - Il gatto a nove code 1975 - Profondo rosso 1977 - Suspiria 1982 - Tenebre 1990 - Due occhi diabolici 1996 - La sindrome di Stendhal 1998 - Il fantasma dell'opera
65. Neil Armfield
Director | Candy
Neil Armfield was born on April 22, 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Candy (2006), Holding the Man (2015) and Edens Lost (1988).
2015 - Holding the Man
66. Gillian Armstrong
Director | My Brilliant Career
Gillian Armstrong was born on December 18, 1950 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is a director and producer, known for My Brilliant Career (1979), Not Fourteen Again (1996) and Little Women (1994). She is married to John Pleffer. They have two children.
1994 - Little Women
67. Samuel Armstrong
Director | Dumbo
Samuel Armstrong was born on February 5, 1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Dumbo (1941), Bambi (1942) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He died on September 29, 1976 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
1941 - Dumbo
68. Andrea Arnold
Director | American Honey
Andrea Arnold was born on April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for American Honey (2016), Fish Tank (2009) and Red Road (2006).
2009 - Fish Tank
69. Newt Arnold
Assistant_director | The Godfather Part II
Newt Arnold was born on February 22, 1922 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The Godfather Part II (1974), Blade Runner (1982) and WarGames (1983). He was married to Judy Arnold and Peg Yorkin. He died on February 12, 2000 in Encino, California, USA.
1988 - Bloodsport - Tous les coups sont permis
70. Darren Aronofsky
Writer | Pi
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...
1998 - Pi 2000 - Requiem for a Dream 2006 - The Fountain 2008 - The Wrestler 2010 - Black Swan 2014 - Noé
71. Rosanna Arquette
Actress | Pulp Fiction
Rosanna Arquette has acted extensively in film and television, and has come to be acknowledged as an actress of rare depth and scope.
Arquette was born in New York City, New York. Her parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other ...
2002 - À la recherche de Debra Winger
72. Miguel Arteta
Director | Beatriz at Dinner
Miguel Arteta was born in 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a director and producer, known for Beatriz at Dinner (2017), Succession (2018) and Enlightened (2011). He is married to Justine Arteta.
2002 - The Good Girl
73. Kelly Asbury
Actor | Gnomeo & Juliet
Among Kelly Asbury's many achievements, he directed UglyDolls (2019) and Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017). He also co-wrote the 3D computer-animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet (2011).
Asbury's other past directorial efforts include the Oscar-nominated films, Shrek 2 (2004) and Spirit: Stallion ...
2002 - Spirit, l'étalon des plaines 2004 - Shrek 2 2011 - Gnomeo et Juliette
74. Hal Ashby
Editor | In the Heat of the Night
Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929. His father was a dairy farmer. After a rough childhood that included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide, his dropping out of ...
1971 - Harold et Maude 1979 - Bienvenue Mister Chance
75. Christopher Ashley
Director | Diana
. Christopher Ashley won the Tony Award for his direction of the stage production of Come From Away on Broadway, and serves as the Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, CA. Other film credits include Diana: The Musical on Netflix, the feature films Jeffrey and...
1995 - Jeffrey
76. Anthony Asquith
Director | The Browning Version
British film director Anthony Asquith was born on November 9, 1902, to H.H. Asquith, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his second wife. A former home secretary and the future leader of the Liberal Party, H.H. Asquith served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1908-1916 and was ...
1950 - La femme en question 1951 - L'ombre d'un homme 1963 - Hôtel international
77. Olivier Assayas
Writer | Personal Shopper
Olivier Assayas is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is best know for his films Demonlover (2002), Something in the Air (2012), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016).
Assayas is the son of French director/screenwriter Raymond Assayas, alias Jacques Rémy.
His ...
1991 - Paris s'éveille 2004 - Clean 2006 - Paris, je t'aime : "Quartier des Enfants Rouges"
78. Doug Atchison
Writer | Akeelah and the Bee
Doug Atchison is known for Akeelah and the Bee (2006), The Pornographer (1999) and Brian Banks (2018).
2006 - Akeelah and the Bee
79. Douglas Attal
Director | Comment je suis devenu super-héros
Got the role of Radiostars after Romain Levy auditioned over 150 actors. His father is producer Alain Attal. He initially was reluctant to have his son play the leading role in Radiostars, certain that the film would be accused of nepotism. Romain Levy persevered. Douglas Attal is quickly becoming ...
2020 - Comment je suis devenu super-héros
80. Yvan Attal
Writer | Les choses humaines
Yvan Attal was born on January 4, 1965 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for The Accusation (2021), Rush Hour 3 (2007) and Munich (2005).
1997 - I got a woman 2001 - Ma femme est une actrice 2004 - Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants 2008 - New York, I love you 2017 - Le brio
81. Richard Attenborough
Actor | Jurassic Park
Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a ...
1977 - Un pont trop loin 1985 - Chorus Line 1987 - Cry Freedom - Le cri de la liberté
82. David Auburn
Writer | Charlie's Angels
David Auburn was born on November 30, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Charlie's Angels (2019), The Lake House (2006) and Proof (2005). He is married to Frances Rosenfeld.
2007 - The Girl in the Park
83. Frédéric Auburtin
Director | Paris, je t'aime
Frédéric Auburtin was born on June 4, 1962 in Marseille, France. He is a director and assistant director, known for Paris, I Love You (2006), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) and Jean de Florette (1986).
1999 - Un pont entre deux rives 2006 - Paris, je t'aime : "Quartier Latin"
84. Bille August
Director | The House of the Spirits
Bille August was born on November 9, 1948 in Brede, Denmark. He is a director and writer, known for The House of the Spirits (1993), Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and Les Misérables (1998). He is married to Sara-Marie Maltha. He was previously married to Pernilla August, Masja Dessau and Annie ...
1993 - La maison aux esprits 1998 - Les misérables
85. Jacques Audiard
Writer | De rouille et d'os
Born in Paris, France, in 1952. Jacques Audiard's family has always been involved in movie business. His father, Michel, was a popular screenwriter and director and his uncle a producer. But in his teens he refused that world and wanted to be a teacher. He studied literature and philosophy at the ...
1994 - Regarde les hommes tomber 1996 - Un héros très discret 2001 - Sur mes lèvres 2005 - De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté 2009 - Un prophète 2012 - De rouille et d'os
86. Michel Audiard
Writer | Under Suspicion
After the Liberation Michel Audiard started a career as a movie magazine writer. Under the pen name of Jacques Potier he worked for short-lived titles such as "L'Etoile du Soir" and "Cinévie". One day, André Hunebelle, the popular French filmmaker, asked him if he thought he could write an ...
1970 - Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause !
87. Shona Auerbach
Director | Dear Frankie
Shona Auerbach was born in September 1967 in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. She is a director and writer, known for Dear Frankie (2004), Rudy (2023) and Seven (1996).
2004 - Dear Frankie
88. Tristan Aurouet
Director | Pourkoi... passkeu
Tristan Aurouet is known for Why... Coz' (2002), Blind Valley (2011) and Les gorilles (2015).
2004 - Narco
89. Paul Auster
Writer | Smoke
Paul Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey on February 3rd 1947. His father was a landlord, who owned buildings with his brothers in Jersey City. The family was middle-class and the parents' marriage was not a happy one. Auster grew up in the Newark suburbs of South Orange and Maplewood. He read ...
1995 - Blue in the Face 1998 - Lulu on the Bridge
90. Michael Austin
Writer | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Michael Austin was born in May 1949. He is a writer and director, known for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), Nefertiti's Love and Princess Caraboo (1994).
1989 - Killing Dad
91. Claude Autant-Lara
Director | Le diable au corps
Claude Autant-Lara was born on August 5, 1901 in Luzarches, Val-d'Oise, France. He was a director and writer, known for Devil in the Flesh (1947), The Crossing of Paris (1956) and The Red and the Black (1954). He was married to Ghislaine Autant-Lara. He died on February 5, 2000 in Antibes, ...
1947 - Le diable au corps 1951 - L'auberge rouge 1956 - La traversée de Paris 1958 - En cas de malheur 1959 - La jument verte
92. Daniel Auteuil
Actor | Caché
Daniel Auteuil was born on January 24, 1950 in Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]. He is an actor and director, known for Caché (2005), Jean de Florette (1986) and The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011). He has been married to Aude Ambroggi since July 22, 2006. They have one child. He was ...
2011 - La fille du puisatier
93. Roger Avary
Writer | Pulp Fiction
Award-winning filmmaker Roger Avary first began experimenting in Beta I video and 8mm film formats during the late 1970s. In 1983, his Super-8mm supernatural thriller The Worm Turns won Best Film from the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association Film Expo. He went on to attend the Pasadena Art Center ...
2002 - The Rules of Attraction
94. John G. Avildsen
Director | Rocky
John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), Rocky V (1990) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...
1976 - Rocky 1984 - Le moment de vérité 1986 - Karate kid : Le moment de vérité II 1988 - Et si on le gardait ? 1990 - Rocky V 1999 - Inferno
95. Jon Avnet
Producer | Fried Green Tomatoes
Jon Avnet has directed, written, and produced more than 80 motion pictures, television movies, series and Broadway plays. He directed the Oscar-nominated performance of Jessica Tandy and the three Emmy-winning performances of Margo Martindale, Colleen Dewhurst and Judy Davis. He received an ...
1991 - Beignets de tomates vertes 1996 - Personnel et confidentiel 2001 - 1943, l'ultime révolte (TV) 2008 - La loi et l'ordre
96. Gabriel Axel
Director | Babettes gæstebud
Gabriel Axel was born on April 18, 1918 in Århus, Denmark. He was a director and actor, known for Babette's Feast (1987), The Red Mantle (1967) and Christian (1989). He was married to Lucie Axel Moerch. He died on February 9, 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1987 - Le festin de Babette
97. Kader Ayd
Director | Ali & Baba
Kader Ayd was born in France in 1976. He is a director, writer, editor and actor. In love with film from a young age, he fed is passion by volunteering at his local movie theater "Le Galilée" in Argenteuil. This would be the beginning of an adventure in filmmaking where Ayd would teach himself the ...
2000 - Old School
98. David Ayer
Producer | End of Watch
David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as a teenager. Ayer then lived with his cousin in Los Angeles, ...
2008 - Au bout de la nuit 2016 - Suicide Squad 2017 - Bright
99. Lisa Azuelos
Writer | LOL (Laughing Out Loud) ®
Lisa Azuelos was born on November 6, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is a writer and director, known for LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008), Sweetheart (2019) and Dalida (2016). She was previously married to Patrick Alessandrin.
2006 - Comme t'y es belle ! 2008 - LOL 2012 - LOL USA
100. John Badham
Director | WarGames
English-born "Army brat" John Badham is the son of English actress Mary Hewitt and the stepson of an American Army general. Raised in Alabama and schooled at Yale, he cut his teeth producing and directing for TV before making his feature debut with The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor ...
1977 - La fièvre du samedi soir 1983 - Tonnerre de feu 1983 - WarGames 1990 - Comme un oiseau sur la branche 1994 - Drop Zone 1995 - Meurtre en suspens
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