Notable Famous Filmmakers and their Oscar and Razzie films.

1. Stanley Kubrick

Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...

Oscar Movie(s): Spartacus Lolita Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2001: A Space Odyssey A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon Full Metal Jacket

Razzie Movie(s): The Shining

2. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Jaws Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1941 Raiders of the Lost Ark Poltergeist E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The Color Purple (1985 film) Empire of the Sun Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Hook Jurassic Park Schindler's List The Lost World: Jurassic Park Amistad Saving Private Ryan A.I. Artificial Intelligence Minority Report Catch Me If You Can War of the Worlds Munich Memoirs of a Geisha Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima The Adventures of Tintin War Horse Lincoln Bridge of Spies The Post Ready Player One West Side Story (2021 film) The Fabelmans Maestro The Color Purple (2023 film)

Razzie Movie(s): Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

3. Alfonso Cuarón

Producer | Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...

Oscar Movie(s): A Little Princess Y Tu Mamá También Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Children of Men Pan's Labyrinth Gravity Roma Le Pupille

Razzie Movie(s): The Witches

4. 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 ...

Oscar Movie(s): Pan's Labyrinth Hellboy II: The Golden Army The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies The Shape of Water Nightmare Alley Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Razzie Movie(s): The Witches

5. Bernardo Bertolucci

Writer | Il conformista

Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films were known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed The Grim Reaper (...

Oscar Movie(s): The Conformist Last Tango in Paris The Last Emperor

Razzie Movie(s): Little Buddha

6. Roberto Benigni

Actor | La vita è bella

Roberto Benigni was born on October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and Down by Law (1986). He has been married to Nicoletta Braschi since December 26, 1991.

Oscar Movie(s): Life is Beautiful

Razzie Movie(s): Pinocchio (2002 film)

7. 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 ...

Oscar Movie(s): What's New Pussycat Annie Hall Interiors Manhattan Zelig Broadway Danny Rose The Purple Rose of Cairo Hannah and Her Sisters Radio Days Crimes and Misdemeanors Alice Husbands and Wives Bullets Over Broadway Mighty Aphrodite Deconstructing Harry Sweet and Lowdown Match Point Vicky Cristina Barcelona Midnight in Paris Blue Jasmine

Razzie Movie(s): A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

8. Quentin Tarantino

Writer | Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.

In January of...

Oscar Movie(s): Pulp Fiction Jackie Brown Inglourious Basterds Django Unchained The Hateful Eight Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Razzie Movie(s): Four Rooms From Dusk to Dawn

9. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Outlaw Josey Wales Heartbreak Ridge Bird Unforgiven The Bridges of Madison County Space Cowboys Mystic River Million Dollar Baby Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Changeling Invictus Hearafter American Sniper Sully Richard Jewell

Razzie Movie(s): Bronco Billy Honkytonk Man

10. Oliver Stone

Director | JFK

Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.

William Oliver Stone was ...

Oscar Movie(s): Midnight Express Salvador Platoon Wall Street Born on the Fourth of July Reversal of Fortune JFK Nixon Evita The People vs. Larry Flynt

Razzie Movie(s): Conan the Barbarian Scarface Year of the Dragon U Turn Alexander Snowden

11. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...

Oscar Movie(s): 1941 Romancing the Stone Back to the Future Who Framed Roger Rabbit Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part III Death Becomes Her Forrest Gump Contact Cast Away The Polar Express Flight Allied

Razzie Movie(s): House of Wax The Witches Pinocchio (2022 film)

12. Ron Howard

Producer | Arrested Development

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.

Howard ...

Oscar Movie(s): Splash Cocoon Willow Parenthood Backdraft The Paper Apollo 13 How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Beautiful Mind Cinderella Man Changeling Frost/Nixon Solo: A Star Wars Story Hillbilly Elegy tick, tick...BOOM!

Razzie Movie(s): Far and Away The Chamber The Da Vinci Code

13. Barry Levinson

Director | Rain Man

Barry Lee Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He did well, but decided he ...

Oscar Movie(s): ...And Justice for All Inside Moves Diner Best Friends The Natural Young Sherlock Holmes Good Morning Vietnam Rain Man Avalon Bugsy Toys Sleepers Wag the Dog Donnie Brasco

Razzie Movie(s): Envy

14. Neil Jordan

Writer | The Crying Game

Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.

Oscar Movie(s): Mona Lisa The Crying Game Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Michael Collins The End of the Affair

Razzie Movie(s): High Spirits

15. Bill Condon

Director | Dreamgirls

Bill Condon was born on October 22, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Dreamgirls (2006), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Kinsey (2004).

Oscar Movie(s): Gods and Monsters Chicago Kinsey Dreamgirls Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) The Greatest Showman

Razzie Movie(s): Strange Invaders The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

16. Michael Moore

Director | Bowling for Columbine

Michael Francis Moore was born in Flint, Michigan on April 23, 1954, and was raised in its Davison suburb. He is the son of Helen Veronica (Wall), a secretary, and Francis Richard Moore, who worked on an auto assembly line. He has Irish, as well as English and Scottish, ancestry.

Moore studied ...

Oscar Movie(s): Bowling for Columbine Sicko

Razzie Movie(s): Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 11/9

17. Danny Boyle

Director | 127 Hours

Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...

Oscar Movie(s): Trainspotting Slumdog Millionaire 127 Hours Steve Jobs

Razzie Movie(s): The Beach

18. Steven Soderbergh

Director | Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to ...

Oscar Movie(s): Sex, Lies, and Videotape Out of Sight Pleasantville Erin Brockovich Traffic The Good German

Razzie Movie(s): Magic Mike's Last Dance

19. John Schlesinger

Director | Midnight Cowboy

Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the eldest child in a solidly middle-class Jewish family. Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician. He served in the Army in the Far East during World War ...

Oscar Movie(s): Darling Far from the Madding Crowd Midnight Cowboy Sunday Bloody Sunday The Day of the Locust Marathon Man

Razzie Movie(s): Honky Tonk Freeway The Next Best Thing

20. Alexander Payne

Director | Nebraska

Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Peggy (Constantine) and George Payne, ran a Greek restaurant. His father is of Greek and German ancestry, and his mother is of Greek descent; the family name was originally Papadopoulos. He is the youngest...

Oscar Movie(s): Election About Schmidt Sideways The Descendants Nebraska The Holdovers

Razzie Movie(s): Jurassic Park III I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

21. Edward Zwick

Producer | Thirtysomething

Zwick moves deftly between the roles of writer, director and producer. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his direction of the 1989 critically acclaimed Civil War drama, Glory. He received his second Golden Globe nomination as a director for Legends of the Fall. Zwick received an Academy Award...

Oscar Movie(s): Glory Legends of the Fall Shakespeare in Love Traffic I Am Sam The Last Samurai Blood Diamond Defiance

Razzie Movie(s): The Siege

22. 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), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Joe Save the Tiger Rocky The Formula Traveling Hopefully The Karate Kid The Karate Kid, Part II Happy New Year

Razzie Movie(s): A Night in Heaven The Karate Kid Part III Rocky V

23. Richard Fleischer

Director | Soylent Green

Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one ...

Oscar Movie(s): Design for Death The Narrow Margin 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Between Heaven and Hell Fantastic Voyage Doctor Dolittle Tora! Tora! Tora! The Incredible Sarah

Razzie Movie(s): The Jazz Singer (1980 film) Conan the Destroyer Red Sonja Million Dollar Mystery

24. Richard Brooks

Writer | In Cold Blood

Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer.

He was born Reuben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He graduated from West Philadelphia ...

Oscar Movie(s): With the Marines at Tarawa Key Largo Mystery Street Take the High Ground Blackboard Jungle The Brothers Karamazov Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Elmer Gantry Sweet Bird of Youth The Professionals In Cold Blood The Happy Ending Bite the Bullet Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Razzie Movie(s): Fever Pitch

25. Michael Cimino

Director | The Deer Hunter

Michael Cimino studied architecture and dramatic arts; later he filmed advertisements and documentaries and also wrote scripts until the actor, producer and director Clint Eastwood gave him the opportunity to direct the thriller Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). But his biggest success was The Deer...

Oscar Movie(s): Thunderbolt and Lightfoot The Deer Hunter The Rose Heaven's Gate

Razzie Movie(s): Year of the Dragon Desperate Hours

26. David Frankel

Director | The Devil Wears Prada

David Frankel was born on April 2, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Devil Wears Prada (2006), One Chance (2013) and Band of Brothers (2001).

Oscar Movie(s): Dear Diary The Devil Wears Prada

Razzie Movie(s): Collateral Beauty

27. William Friedkin

Director | To Live and Die in L.A.

Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with ...

Oscar Movie(s): The French Connection The Exorcist Sorcerer The Brink's Job

Razzie Movie(s): Cruising Blue Chips Jade

28. Spike Jonze

Producer | Her

Spike Jonze made up one-third (along with Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman) of the triumvirate of genius minds behind Dirt Magazine, the brother publication of the much lamented ground-breaking Sassy Magazine. These three uncommon characters were all editors for Grand Royal Magazine as well, under the ...

Oscar Movie(s): Being John Malkovich Adaptation. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Her

Razzie Movie(s): Jackass: The Movie

29. Warren Beatty

Actor | Heaven Can Wait

Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Bonnie and Clyde Shampoo Heaven Can Wait Reds Dick Tracy Bugsy Bulworth

Razzie Movie(s): Ishtar Love Affair (1994 film)

30. Kevin Costner

Actor | The Postman

Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle ...

Oscar Movie(s): Dances with Wolves Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves The Bodyguard Wyatt Earp Waterworld

Razzie Movie(s): The Postman Message in a Bottle

31. Sidney Lumet

Director | 12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet was a master of cinema, best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first-rate performances from his actors -- and for shooting most of his films in his beloved New York. He made over 40 movies, often complex and emotional, but seldom overly sentimental. Although ...

Oscar Movie(s): 12 Angry Men Long Day's Journey Into Night The Pawnbroker King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Serpico Murder on the Orient Express Dog Day Afternoon Network Equus The Wiz Prince of the City The Verdict The Morning After Running on Empty

Razzie Movie(s): Deathtrap Power A Stranger Among Us Gloria (1999 film)

32. George Lucas

Writer | Star Wars

George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...

Oscar Movie(s): American Graffiti Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Ark Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Willow Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Razzie Movie(s): Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

33. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...

Oscar Movie(s): Alien Blade Runner Legend Black Rain Thelma & Louise Gladiator Black Hawk Down The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford American Gangster Prometheus The Martian All the Money in the World House of Gucci Napoleon

Razzie Movie(s): G.I. Jane The Last Duel

34. 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 ...

Oscar Movie(s): Requiem for a Dream The Wrestler Black Swan Jackie The Whale

Razzie Movie(s): Mother!

35. Hugh Hudson

Director | Chariots of Fire

The old Etonian, after National Service in the British Army, wanted to get into films but found the doors were closed to him, so he worked on commercials for about 20 years. David Putnam gave him a chance to direct Chariots of Fire which was a hit, and he never looked back.

He met his second wife, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Chariots of Fire Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Razzie Movie(s): Revolution I Dreamed of Africa

36. Adrian Lyne

Director | Jacob's Ladder

Adrian Lyne (Director/Writer/Producer) is the creative force behind some of the most talked-about movies of our time, among them, Fatal Attraction (1987), 9½ Weeks (1986) and Indecent Proposal (1993).

Born in Peterborough, England and raised in London, Lyne attended the Highgate school, where...

Oscar Movie(s): Flashdance Fatal Attraction Unfaithful

Razzie Movie(s): 9½ Weeks Indecent Proposal

37. Rob Reiner

Actor | All in the Family

Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.

As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...

Oscar Movie(s): Stand by Me The Princess Bride When Harry Met Sally... Misery A Few Good Men The American President Ghosts of Mississippi

Razzie Movie(s): North

38. Ivan Reitman

Producer | Up in the Air

Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which ...

Oscar Movie(s): Ghostbusters Dave Junior Up in the Air Hitchcock

Razzie Movie(s): Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Father's Day Private Parts Baywatch

39. Chris Columbus

Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...

Oscars Movie(s): Young Sherlock Holmes Home Alone Mrs. Doubtfire Bicentennial Man Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban The Help

Razzie Movie(s): Jingle All the Way Pixels

40. M. Night Shyamalan

Producer | Lady in the Water

Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.

He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Sixth Sense Stuart Little The Village

Razzie Movie(s): Lady in the Water The Happening The Last Airbender After Earth Glass

41. Chris Weitz

Writer | About a Boy

Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who is known for Antz, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, American Pie, About a Boy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and The Golden Compass. He is married to Mercedes Martinez since 2006 and has three ...

Oscar Movie(s): About a Boy The Golden Compass A Single Man A Better Life Cinderella (2015 film) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The Creator

Razzie Movie(s): The Twilight Saga: New Moon Pinocchio (2022 film) About My Father

42. Paul Weitz

Writer | About a Boy

Paul Weitz was born on November 19, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA as Paul J. Weitz. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Grandma (2015), About a Boy (2002), and Mozart in the Jungle (2014), for which he won a Golden Globe. He has been married to Patricia Brown since December 15, ...

Oscar Movie(s): About a Boy

Razzie Movie(s): Little Fockers About My Father

43. Stephen Frears

Director | Dangerous Liaisons

Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971....

Oscar Movie(s): My Beautiful Laundrette Dangerous Liaisons The Grifters Dirty Pretty Things Mrs. Henderson Presents The Queen Philomena Florence Foster Jenkins Victoria & Abdul

Razzie Movie(s): Mary Reilly

44. John Singleton

Writer | Boyz n the Hood

Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three ...

Oscar Movie(s): Boyz n the Hood Poetic Justice Hustle & Flow

Razzie Movie(s): 2 Fast 2 Furious Abuction

45. Dee Rees

Director | Mudbound

Writer/Director Dee Rees is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow.

In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film Mudbound (2017). The film, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Mudbound

Razzie Movie(s): The Last Thing He Wanted

46. Antoine Fuqua

Producer | The Magnificent Seven

Antoine Fuqua is an American film director, known for his work in the film Training Day as well as The Replacement Killers, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter, Brooklyn's Finest, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer.

He has directed music videos for such artists as Arrested Development, Prince, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Training Day

Razzie Movie(s): Infinite

47. Ryan Coogler

Director | Black Panther

Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...

Oscar Movie(s): Creed Black Panther Judas and the Black Messiah Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Razzie Movie(s): Space Jam: A New Legacy

48. Michael Mann

Producer | The Insider

As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Last of the Mohicans The Insider Ali Collateral The Aviator

Razzie Movie(s): Thief

49. Mikael Håfström

Writer | Ondskan

Mikael Håfström was born on July 1, 1960 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. He is a writer and director, known for Evil (2003), 1408 (2007) and The Rite (2011).

Oscar Movie(s): Evil

Razzie Movie(s): Escape Plan

50. Blake Edwards

Writer | The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Blake Edwards' stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdward was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote a number of others, beginning with ...

Oscar Movie(s): Operation Petticoat High Time Breakfast at Tiffany's Days of Wine and Roses The Pink Panther (1963 film) The Great Race Darling Lili The Pink Panther Strikes Again 10 Victor Victoria That's Life! Sunset

Razzie Movie(s): S.O.B. City Heat Son of the Pink Panther

51. Adam McKay

Producer | Don't Look Up

Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Big Short Vice Don't Look Up

Razzie Movie(s): Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Tammy Daddy's Home 2 Holmes & Watson

52. Uli Edel

Director | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Uli Edel was born on April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Christiane F. (1981) and Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013).

Oscar Movie(s): The Baader Meinhof Complex

Razzie Movie(s): Body of Evidence

53. Nancy Meyers

Writer | It's Complicated

Nancy Jane Meyers is an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films including Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent ...

Oscar Movie(s): Private Benjamin Something's Gotta Give

Razzie Movie(s): Once Upon a Crime...

54. Frank Perry

Director | Mommie Dearest

Frank Perry was born on August 21, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Mommie Dearest (1981), David and Lisa (1962) and Last Summer (1969). He was married to Virginia Brush Ford, Barbara Goldsmith and Eleanor Perry. He died on August 29, 1995 in New York ...

Oscar Movie(s): David and Lisa Last Summer Diary of a Mad Housewife

Razzie Movie(s): Mommie Dearest Monsignor

55. Norman Jewison

Director | Jesus Christ Superstar

Norman Jewison was an award-winning, internationally acclaimed filmmaker who produced and directed some of the world's most memorable, entertaining and socially important films, exploring controversial and complicated subjects and giving them a universal accessibility. Some of his most well-known ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming In the Heat of the Night The Thomas Crown Affair Gaily, Gaily The Landlord Fiddler on the Roof Jesus Christ Superstar ...And Justice for All Best Friends A Soldier's Story Agnes of God Moonstruck The Hurricane

Razzie Movie(s): Bogus

56. Alan J. Pakula

Producer | Sophie's Choice

Alan J. Pakula was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982).

He also directed Presumed Innocent (...

Oscar Movie(s): To Kill a Mockingbird Love with the Proper Stranger Inside Daisy Clover The Sterile Cuckoo Klute All the President's Men Comes a Horseman Starting Over Sophie's Choice

Razzie Movie(s): Rollover

57. J. Lee Thompson

Director | The Guns of Navarone

J. Lee Thompson was born on August 1, 1914 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Penny Thompson, Florence (Bill) Bailey, Lucille Kelly and Joan ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Guns of Navarone Taras Bulba What a Way to Go!

Razzie Movie(s): King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)

58. John Madden

Director | Shakespeare in Love

John Madden was born on April 8, 1949 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and Proof (2005).

Oscar Movie(s): Mrs. Brown Shakespeare in Love

Razzie Movie(s): Captain Corelli's Mandolin

59. Roland Joffé

Director | The Mission

Roland Joffé was born on November 17, 1945 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for The Mission (1986), The Killing Fields (1984) and The Great Hunger.

Oscar Movie(s): The Killing Fields The Mission Vatel

Razzie Movie(s): The Scarlet Letter Captivity

60. Joachim Rønning

Director | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Joachim Rønning is a film director and writer from Sandefjord, Norway - a small coastal town south of Oslo. He spent his teenage years making short films and shooting commercials for local businesses. In 1995 Rønning began directing professionally with his childhood friend, Espen Sandberg. Working ...

Oscar Movie(s): Kon-Tiki Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Razzie Movie(s): Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

61. Arthur Hiller

Director | Love Story

Arthur Hiller was born on November 22, 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Love Story (1970), The Hospital (1971) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). He was married to Gwen Hiller. He died on August 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Oscar Movie(s): The Americanization of Emily Tobruk Love Story The Hospital Man of La Mancha The Man in the Glass Booth Silver Streak

Razzie Movie(s): Author! Author! Carpool An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

62. Todd Phillips

Producer | Joker

Todd Phillips is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Growing up on Long Island, New York, Todd Phillips fell in love with feature film teen comedies made in the 1980s, and claims they were his biggest influence in becoming a filmmaker. While studying film at New York University, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan A Star is Born (2018 film) Joker

Razzie Movie(s): Starsky and Hutch The Hangover Part II The Hangover Part III

63. Paul Verhoeven

Director | RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden, with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV. In 1969, he directed the popular Dutch TV series, Floris (1969), about a medieval ...

Oscar Movie(s): Turkish Delight RoboCop Total Recall (1990 film) Basic Instinct Starship Troopers Hollow Man Elle

Razzie Movie(s): Showgirls

64. Mark Rydell

Actor | The Long Goodbye

Mark Rydell was born on March 23, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for The Long Goodbye (1973), On Golden Pond (1981) and Hollywood Ending (2002). He was previously married to Esther Jacobs and Joanne Linville.

Oscar Movie(s): The Fox The Reivers Cinderella Liberty The Rose On Golden Pond The River For the Boys

Razzie Movie(s): Intersection

65. Gus Van Sant

Director | Elephant

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...

Oscar Movie(s): Good Will Hunting Milk

Razzie Movie(s): Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Psycho (1998 film)

66. Martin Brest

Director | Scent of a Woman

Martin Brest was born on August 8, 1951 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), Midnight Run (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984).

Oscar Movie(s): Beverly Hills Cop Scent of a Woman

Razzie Movie(s): Meet Joe Black Gigli

67. Stanley Donen

Director | Charade

Inspired by Fred Astaire's dancing in Flying Down to Rio (1933), Stanley Donen (pronounced 'Dawn-en') attended dance classes from the age of ten. He later recalled that the only thing he wanted to be was a tap dancer.

He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Helen Pauline (Cohen) and Mordecai ...

Oscar Movie(s): On the Town Royal Wedding Singin' in the Rain Seven Brides for Seven Brothers It's Always Fair Weather Funny Face Damn Yankees! Charade Two for the Road The Little Prince

Razzie Movie(s): Saturn 3 Blame It on Rio

68. Hal Needham

Director | The Cannonball Run

As the highest paid stuntman in the world, Hal Needham broke 56 bones, his back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth. His career has included work on 4500 television episodes and 310 feature films as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director and ultimately, director.

He wrote ...

Oscar Movie(s): Smokey and the Bandit Hooper

Razzie Movie(s): The Cannonball Run Megaforce Stroker Ace Cannonball Run II

69. James Bridges

Writer | The China Syndrome

James Bridges was born on February 3, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The China Syndrome (1979), Perfect (1985) and The Paper Chase (1973). He died on June 6, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Oscar Movie(s): The Baby Maker The Paper Chase The China Syndrome

Razzie Movie(s): Perfect

70. Seth Winston

Writer | Session Man

Seth Winston was born on August 15, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Session Man (1991), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Magical Thinking. He was married to Susan. He died on June 5, 2015 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Oscar Movie(s): Session Man

Razzie Movie(s): She's Out of Control

71. Robert Clouse

Director | Enter the Dragon

A hard-working director throughout his long and varied career, Robert Clouse was best-known for his two most successful films: Enter the Dragon (1973) and Game of Death (1978). Born in 1928, he was a director. After being hired by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest to direct Enter the Dragon (1973), ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Cadillac The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes

Razzie Movie(s): Gymkata

72. Bob Rafelson

Producer | Five Easy Pieces

Bob Rafelson was an American film director, writer and producer. He is regarded as one of the founders of the New Hollywood movement in the 1970s. Among his best-known films are Five Easy Pieces (1970), The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). He was also one of...

Oscar Movie(s): Easy Rider Five Easy Pieces The Last Picture Show

Razzie Movie(s): Man Trouble

73. Bruce Beresford

Director | Driving Miss Daisy

Bruce Beresford was born in Australia and graduated from Sydney University in 1962. He served as Film Officer for the British Film Institute Production Board from 1966-1971 and as a Film Advisor to the Arts Council of Great Britain. Beresford has also directed several operas including Girl Of The ...

Oscar Movie(s): Breaker Morant Tender Mercies Crimes of the Heart Driving Miss Daisy

Razzie Movie(s): King David Her Alibi Last Dance

74. Michael Tollin

Producer | Radio

Michael Tollin was born on October 6, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Radio (2003), Coach Carter (2005) and Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995).

Oscar Movie(s): Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream

Razzie Movie(s): Hardball Radio

75. Bill Couturié

Producer | Earth and the American Dream

Bill Couturié is known for Earth and the American Dream (1992), Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) and Vietnam Requiem (1982).

Oscar Movie(s): Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Razzie Movie(s): Ed

76. Matthew Diamond

Director | The Wiz Live!

Matthew Diamond is known for The Wiz Live! (2015), Jane the Virgin (2014) and Dancemaker (1998).

Oscar Movie(s): Dancemaker

Razzie Movie(s): The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

77. Andrew Sugerman

Producer | Conviction

Andrew Sugerman is a veteran film producer, having been involved in a diverse range of motion pictures and television shows over the past thirty years. He has worked with many of the major studios, including Warner Bros, Sony, 20th Century-Fox, Disney, Netflix and Miramax. These projects have ...

Oscar Movie(s): Mandy's Grandmother

Razzie Movie(s): Boat Trip

78. Joe Berlinger

Producer | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Academy Award, eight-time Emmy nominated, and Peabody, DGA, and Sundance winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a pioneering force in nonfiction filmmaking for over three decades. In a recent Bloomberg profile, Berlinger was described as a "true crime hit factory" for Netflix, whose work has "...

Oscar Movie(s): Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Razzie Movie(s): Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

79. 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 ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Longest Day Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes

Razzie Movie(s): The Pirate Movie The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

80. Terence Young

Director | Dr. No

Born in Shanghai and Cambridge-educated, Terence Young began in the industry as a scriptwriter. In the 1940s he worked on a variety of subjects, including the hugely popular wartime romance Suicide Squadron (1941), set to Richard Addinsell's rousing "Warsaw Concerto". His original story was devised...

Oscar Movie(s): Thunderball Wait Until Dark

Razzie Movie(s): Inchon

81. Michael Ritchie

Director | The Golden Child

Michael Ritchie was born on November 28, 1938 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Golden Child (1986), The Island (1980) and Fletch (1985). He was married to Jimmie Brown and Georgina Tebrock. He died on April 16, 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.

Oscar Movie(s): The Candidate

Razzie Movie(s): The Island

82. Ted Demme

Director | Blow

Ted Demme was born on October 26, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Blow (2001), Beautiful Girls (1996) and A Decade Under the Influence (2003). He was married to Amanda Scheer-Demme. He died on January 13, 2002 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Oscar Movie(s): Life

Razzie Movie(s): Blow

83. John Frankenheimer

Director | The Manchurian Candidate

Born in New York and raised in Queens, John Frankenheimer wanted to become a professional tennis player. He loved movies and his favorite actor was Robert Mitchum. He decided he wanted to be an actor but then he applied for and was accepted in the Motion Picture Squadron of the Air Force where he ...

Oscar Movie(s): Birdman of Alcatraz The Manchurian Candidate Seven Days in May The Train Seconds Grand Prix The Fixer

Razzie Movie(s): The Island of Dr. Moreau

84. Bob Clark

Director | A Christmas Story

Bob Clark was born on August 5, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Christmas Story (1983), Baby Geniuses (1999) and Porky's (1981). He died on April 4, 2007 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

Oscar Movie(s): Tribute

Razzie Movie(s): Rhinestone Turk 182! From the Hip Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

85. John Landis

Director | The Blues Brothers

John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "...

Oscar Movie(s): An American Werewolf in London Trading Places Coming to America

Razzie Movie(s): Oscar Beverly Hills Cop III The Stupids

86. John Carpenter

Writer | The Fog

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Resurrection of Broncho Billy Starman

Razzie Movie(s): The Thing Village of the Damned Firestarter

87. Joel Schumacher

Director | The Phantom of the Opera

Joel Schumacher was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and fashion designer from New York City. He rose to fame in the 1980s for directing the coming-of-age drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), and the vampire-themed horror film "The Lost Boys" (1987). In the 1990s, he worked on two ...

Oscar Movie(s): Interiors The Wiz Flantliners The Client Batman Forever The Phantom of the Opera

Razzie Movie(s): St. Elmo's Fire A Time to Kill Batman & Robin The Number 23 Trespass

88. Michael Bay

Producer | Armageddon

A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won...

Oscar Movie(s): The Rock Armageddon Pearl Harbor Transformers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: Dark of the Moon 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Banghazi A Quiet Place

Razzie Movie(s): The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Transformers: Age of Extinction Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Transformers: The Last Knight

89. Zack Snyder

Director | 300

Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...

Oscar Movie(s): Zack Snyder's Justice League Army of the Dead

Razzie Movie(s): Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Wonder Woman 1984

90. Joe Wright

Director | Pride & Prejudice

Joe Wright is an English film director. He is best known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), and Darkest Hour (2017).

Wright always had an interest in the arts, especially painting. He would also make films on his Super 8 camera as well as spend time in the evenings...

Oscar Movie(s): Pride & Prejudice Atonement Anna Karenina Darkest Hour Cyrano

Razzie Movie(s): Pan The Woman in the Window

91. Sam Raimi

Director | Spider-Man

Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...

Oscar Movie(s): A Simple Plan Spider-Man Spider-Man 2

Razzie Movie(s): For Love of the Game

92. Richard Donner

Director | Superman

Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Omen (1976 film) Superman Inside Moves Ladyhawke Lethal Weapon Scrooged Lethal Weapon 2 Maverick

Razzie Movie(s): Assassins Lethal Weapon 4

93. Richard Lester

Director | A Hard Day's Night

Richard Lester was one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for the two films he helmed starring The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), the frenetic cutting style of which was seen by many as ...

Oscar Movie(s): The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film A Hard Day's Night A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge Superman Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Razzie Movie(s): Superman III

94. Garry Marshall

Actor | A League of Their Own

Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 - July 19, 2016) was an American actor and filmmaker. He started his career in the 1960s writing for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show before he developed Neil Simon's 1965 play The Odd Couple for television in 1970. He gained fame for creating Happy ...

Oscar Movie(s): Beaches Pretty Woman

Razzie Movie(s): Exit to Eden The Other Sister Valentine's Day New Year's Day Mother's Day

95. Penny Marshall

Actress | Laverne & Shirley

Penny Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall on October 15, 1943 in Manhattan. The Libra was 5' 6 1/2", with brown hair and green eyes. She was the daughter of Marjorie (Ward), a tap dance teacher, and Anthony "Tony" Marshall, an industrial film director. She was the younger sister of filmmakers ...

Oscar Movie(s): Big Awakenings The Preacher's Wife Cinderella Man

Razzie Movie(s): Bewitched

96. Jerry Zucker

Producer | Airplane!

Jerry Zucker was born on March 11, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Airplane! (1980), Ghost (1990) and Top Secret! (1984). He has been married to Janet Zucker since May 1987. They have two children.

Oscar Movie(s): Ghost My Best Friend's Wedding

Razzie Movie(s): A Walk in the Clouds

97. John McTiernan

Director | Die Hard

John McTiernan was born on January 8, 1951 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Die Hard (1988), Rollerball (2002) and Last Action Hero (1993). He has been married to Gail Sistrunk since 2012. He was previously married to Kate Harrington, Donna Dubrow and Carol Land.

Oscar Movie(s): Predator Die Hard The Hunt for Red October

Razzie Movie(s): Medicine Man Last Action Hero Rollerball

98. Renny Harlin

Producer | Driven

Born in 15 March 1959 as Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola, he is the most successful Finnish film director in the history of Hollywood.

Harlin started his career in film business in the beginning of 1980s when he was directing commercials and company films for companies like Shell. Later he worked as a ...

Oscar Movie(s): Rambling Rose Clifhanger

Razzie Movie(s): A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master The Adventures of Ford Fairlane Cutthroat Island Driven Exorcist: The Beginning The Legend of Hercules The Misfits

99. Alex Proyas

Director | Dark City

Alex Proyas has moved effortlessly between helming TV commercials and music videos to feature films. Born to Greek parents in Egypt, Proyas relocated to Australia with his family when he was three years old. He began making films at age ten and went on to attend the Australian Film Television and ...

Oscar Movie(s): I, Robot

Razzie Movie(s): Gods of Egypt

100. Roland Emmerich

Writer | Independence Day

Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original ...

Oscar Movie(s): Independence Day The Patriot Anonymous

Razzie Movie(s): Godzilla Independence Day: Resurgence