Oscar Legends: The Complete Collection 2 - People that I forgot or didn't have the feeling to put on my other lists.

1. Mitchell Leisen

Mitchell Leisen was born on October 6, 1898 in Menominee, Michigan, USA. He was a director and art director, known for Death Takes a Holiday (1934), The Mating Season (1951) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941). He was married to Stella Yeager. He died on October 28, 1972 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, ...

Dynamite The Sign of the Cross The Big Broadcast of 1938 Arise, My Love I Wanted Wings Hold Back the Dawn Take a Letter, Darling No Time for Love Lady in the Dark Frenchman's Creek Kitty To Each His Own Captain Carey, U.S.A. The Mating Season

2. Todd Field

Director | Tár

William Todd Field was born in Pomona, California, and began acting after graduating from high school in Portland, Oregon, where he was raised. A budding jazz musician as well, he skipped college in favor of a move east to New York to study acting. Once there, he began performing with the Ark ...

In the Bedroom Little Children Tár

3. Gillo Pontecorvo

Director | La battaglia di Algeri

Gillo Pontecorvo was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his 1966 masterpiece, The Battle of Algiers, widely viewed as one of the finest films of its genre: realistic though fictionalized documentary. Its portrayal of the Algerian resistance during the Algerian War uses the neorealist style ...

Kapò The Battle of Algiers

4. Matteo Garrone

Director | Dogman

Matteo Garrone was born in Rome in 1968. He is the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone, and a photographer. In 1996 he won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette (1996), that became one of the three episodes of his first feature film Land in Between ...

Pinocchio (2019 film) Io Capitano

5. Hall Bartlett

Writer | The Sandpit Generals

Hall Bartlett was born on November 27, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Sandpit Generals (1971), The Caretakers (1963) and Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973). He was married to Lupita Ferrer, Rhonda Fleming and Lois Butler. He died on September 7, 1993...

Navajo Crazy Legs Unchained The Caretakers Jonathan Livingston Seagull

6. Claude Lelouch

Director | Un homme et une femme

He started off by making short films for television on which he was producer,screenwriter and cameraman. This was interrupted by military service in the army but only partly as he was put into the army film unit where he made over 100 films. Demobbed in 1960 he used family money for his first ...

A Man and a Woman Live for Life And Now My Love

7. Régis Wargnier

Writer | Est - Ouest

Régis Wargnier was born on April 18, 1948 in Metz, Moselle, France. He is a writer and director, known for East/West (1999), Indochine (1992) and La femme de ma vie (1986).

Indochine East/West

8. François Girard

Director | Le violon rouge

François Girard was born in Quebec in 1963. Best known for his movie writing and directing (Thirty-two Short Films About Glenn Gould, The red Violin, Silk...), Girard also directed a number of plays and operas including PARSIFAL at the Metropolitan Opera. He also wrote and directed two Cirque du ...

The Red Violin

9. Moshé Mizrahi

Writer | La vie devant soi

Moshé Mizrahi was born on September 5, 1930 in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a writer and director, known for Madame Rosa (1977), The Customer of the Off Season (1970) and I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980). He was married to Michal Bat-Adam and Rahel Fabian. He died on August 3, 2018 in Tel Aviv, ...

I Love You Rosa The House on Chelouche Madame Rosa

10. Phillip Borsos

Director | The Grey Fox

A leading Canadian filmmaker, Phillip Borsos has enjoyed considerable success in international markets. One of the "Vancouver School", he began his career as a director (and sometime producer and writer) with several short subjects, beginning with Cooperage (1976). Nails (1979), which Borsos also ...

Nails

11. Stacy Sherman

Producer | God Sleeps in Rwanda

Stacy Sherman is known for God Sleeps in Rwanda (2005), One for the Money (2012) and The Breakup Girl (2015). Stacy is married to Billy Ray. They have two children.

God Sleeps in Rwanda

12. Bruce Brown

Director | On Any Sunday

Bruce Brown was born on December 1, 1937 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a director and editor, known for On Any Sunday (1971), The Endless Summer (1966) and The Edge (1975). He was married to Patricia Hunter. He died on December 10, 2017 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

On Any Sunday

13. Brian Oakes

Director | Jim: The James Foley Story

Brian Oakes is known for Jim: The James Foley Story (2016), Abstract: The Art of Design (2017) and Marvel 616 (2020).

Jim: The James Foley Story

14. Peggy Rajski

Producer | Trevor

Peggy Rajski is an Oscar-winning filmmaker, former Dean of LMU's top-ranked School of Film & Television, and founder of the groundbreaking nonprofit The Trevor Project. Rajski won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short with her directorial debut, the short film Trevor (1994), a poignant ...

Matewan Trevor

15. Sian Heder

Writer | CODA

Sian Heder was born on June 23, 1977 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for CODA (2021), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Little America (2020). She is married to David Newsom. They have two children.

CODA

16. Justine Triet

Director | Anatomie d'une chute

Justine Triet is a graduate from the Paris National School of Fine Arts. Since then, she has directed a couple of films dealing with the place of the individual within a group: Sur place (2007) was shot right in the middle of the 2006 student protest; Solférino (2009) was filmed during the ...

Anatomy of a Fall

17. Jimmy Chin

Producer | The Rescue

Jimmy Chin was born on October 12, 1973 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Rescue (2021), Nyad (2023) and Free Solo (2018).

Free Solo Nyad

18. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Producer | The Rescue

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi was born on December 30, 1978 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and director, known for The Rescue (2021), Free Solo (2018) and Meru (2015). She has been married to Jimmy Chin since May 26, 2013. They have two children.

Free Solo Nyad

19. Trish Adlesic

Director | I Am Evidence

Trish Adlesic is known for I Am Evidence (2017), Meet Joe Black (1998) and As Good as It Gets (1997).

GasLand The ABCs of Book Banning

20. Nicole Newnham

Producer | Crip Camp

Nicole Newnham is known for Crip Camp (2020), The Rape of Europa (2006) and Sentenced Home (2006).

Crip Camp

21. John D. Hancock

Director | Bang the Drum Slowly

John D. Hancock was born on February 12, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Bang the Drum Slowly (1973). He was previously married to Dorothy Tristan and Ann Arensberg.

Sticky My Fingers... Fleet My Feet Bang the Drum Slowly

22. Taika Waititi

Producer | What We Do in the Shadows

Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and is the son of Robin (Cohen), a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer. His father is Maori (Te-Whanau-a-Apanui), and his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish...

Two Cars, One Night Jojo Rabbit

23. J.A. Bayona

Director | La sociedad de la nieve

Juan Antonio García Bayona is a Spanish film director. He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. Bayona's latest film is the 2018 science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth ...

The Impossible Society of the Snow

24. Anthony Fabian

Director | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

Anthony Fabian is an award-winning director of feature films, documentaries, commercials and shorts.

Born in San Francisco, California, he grew up in Mexico City, Paris and London before graduating from UCLA's Film & Television School in 1986. He then settled in London, where he is based.

His latest ...

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

25. Joseph Strick

Producer | The Savage Eye

Joseph Strick was born on July 6, 1923 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Savage Eye (1959), Ulysses (1967) and Interviews with My Lai Veterans (1971). He was married to Martine Rossignol and Anne Laskin. He died on June 1, 2010 in Paris, France.

The Balcony Ulysses Interviews with My Lai Veterans Never Cry Wolf

26. James Hill

Director | The Home-Made Car

British writer, director and producer. A former documentary maker, he started with the GPO Film Unit in 1937 as an assistant, then served in the RAF Film Unit during World War II. Post-war, he made further documentaries as well as children's films, both feature-length (starting with The Stolen Plans...

Giuseppina The Home-Made Car Born Free

27. David Dobkin

Producer | The Judge

David Dobkin was born on June 23, 1969 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Judge (2014), R.I.P.D. (2013) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020). He has been married to Megan Wolpert since November 19, 2005. They have one child.

The Judge Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

28. Nacho Vigalondo

Writer | Los cronocrímenes

Nacho Vigalondo was born in 1977 in Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria, Spain. He is a writer and actor, known for Timecrimes (2007), Colossal (2016) and Extraterrestrial (2011).

7:35 in the Morning

29. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Director | Doraibu mai kâ

Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Hamaguchi, a graduate of Tokyo University and Tokyo University of Arts, attracted attention in his country with the movie Passion (2008), which he shot for his graduation.

Hamaguchi first gained international recognition with the film ...

Drive My Car

30. Bong Joon Ho

Writer | Snowpiercer

Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker. The recipient of three Academy Awards, his filmography is characterized by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the ...

Parasite

31. Lee Isaac Chung

Director | Minari

A son of Korean immigrants, Chung grew up on a small farm in rural Arkansas and then attended Yale University, majoring in Ecology. During his senior year, Chung dropped his plans for medical school and turned to filmmaking. He studied film at the University of Utah, earning his MFA in 2004.

Chung's...

Minari

32. Celine Song

Writer | Past Lives

Celine Song was born in 1988 in South Korea. She is a writer and director, known for Past Lives (2023), The Wheel of Time (2021) and Working in the Theatre (1976). She has been married to Justin Kuritzkes since June 11, 2016.

Past Lives

33. Chloé Zhao

Director | Nomadland

Chloé Zhao or Zhao Ting (born March 31, 1982) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her debut feature film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature film, The Rider (2017), was critically acclaimed and received several accolades ...

Nomadland

34. Derek Tsang

Director | Shaonian de ni

Derek Tsang was born on November 8, 1979 in Hong Kong. He is an actor and director, known for Better Days (2019), Soulmate (2016) and Lover's Discourse (2010). He has been married to Venus Wong since September 6, 2019.

Better Days

35. Destin Daniel Cretton

Director | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Destin Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker, writer and producer from Haiku, Hawaii. He is known for directing The Glass Castle, I Am Not a Hipster, Short Term 12, Just Mercy and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He is the second Asian-American filmmaker to direct a Marvel film ...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

36. Jon Watts

Director | Cop Car

Jon Watts is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He directed Cop Car and Clown before he was picked by Marvel and Sony to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland and Zendaya. It's success resulted in two sequels, Far from Home in 2019 and No Way Home in 2021. He was also picked by ...

Spider-Man: No Way Home

37. Greg MacGillivray

Director | National Parks Adventure

Greg has been producing and directing award-winning films for more than 40 years. He started making films when he was just 13 and partnered with Jim Freeman to form MacGillivray Freeman Films in 1966. He loves the continual chess game of making a film, where each move affects every element. Today, ...

The Living Sea Dolphins

38. Adam Davidson

Director | The Lunch Date

Adam Davidson was born on August 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Lunch Date (1989), Community (2009) and You, Me and Dupree (2006). He has been married to Jessica Lynn Pahlow since November 19, 2006.

The Lunch Date

39. Joe Camp

Writer | Oh Heavenly Dog

Joe Camp was born on April 20, 1939 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Oh Heavenly Dog (1980), Benji (1974) and For the Love of Benji (1977). He was married to Kathleen Garrett and Carolyn H. Camp. He died on March 15, 2024 in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, USA.

Benji

40. Michael Showalter

Writer | Wet Hot American Summer

Michael Showalter is a director, writer, and producer who most recently directed the 2017 hit The Big Sick. Previously he directed and co-wrote the 2016 film Hello, My Name Is Doris starring Sally Field. Michael's first film was the The Baxter (2005) starring Michelle Williams and Justin Theroux. ...

The Big Sick The Eyes of Tammy Faye

41. 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 ...

A Prophet

42. Jerzy Skolimowski

Actor | The Avengers

Born in Lódz, Poland, in 1938. Director, playwright, scriptwriter, and actor. Graduated in ethnology, literature and history from Warsaw University in 1959. Graduated from Lódz Film Academy in directing in 1962. Feature debut: _Identification Marks - None_ (Rysopis, 1964, scr., dir, act.), awarded ...

Knife in the Water EO

43. Lukas Dhont

Director | Close

Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019.

Dhont was born in Ghent, Belgium. His mother, Hilbe is a fashion teacher at an art school. He has a younger brother Michiel who is a producer. As a teenager, Dhont worked as a costume design assistant ...

Close

44. Mark Jonathan Harris

Writer | The Long Way Home

Mark Jonathan Harris was born on October 28, 1941 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Long Way Home (1997), Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000) and Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine (2017).

The Redwoods The Long Way Home Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

45. Richard Schmiechen

Producer | The Times of Harvey Milk

Richard Schmiechen was born on July 10, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker (1992) and Roseland (1977). He died on April 7, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Times of Harvey Milk Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker

46. Mario Monicelli

Writer | I compagni

Mario Monicelli was born on May 16, 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Organizer (1963), Speriamo che sia femmina (1986) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958). He was married to Chiara Rapaccini and Antonella Salerni. He died on November 29, 2010 in Rome, Lazio,...

Big Deal on Madonna Street The Great War The Organizer Casanova 70 The Girl with a Pistol Viva Italia!

47. Dino Risi

Director | Il sorpasso

Dino Risi became a movie director by chance. In 1940 he met Alberto Lattuada at a friend's boutique. Lattuada told him they needed an assistant director for the movie Piccolo mondo antico (1941). Risi accepted just for fun, not for work. Later, he became a psychiatrist and wrote some articles for a...

Profumo Di Donna Viva Italia!

48. Ettore Scola

Writer | Una giornata particolare

Ettore Scola was born on May 10, 1931 in Trevico, Campania, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for A Special Day (1977), The Family (1987) and Passion of Love (1981). He was married to Gigliola. He died on January 19, 2016 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

A Special Day Viva Italia! Le Bal The Family

49. 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 ...

Kon-Tiki Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

50. Joan Micklin Silver

Director | Hester Street

As a successful director working both inside and outside the Hollywood studio system, Joan Micklin Silver was a true lamplighter. Garnering a steady stream of awards and box office successes, she proved herself time and again as one of the most important woman directors to come out of the United ...

Hester Street

51. Jasmila Zbanic

Writer | Quo vadis, Aida?

Jasmila Zbanic was born on December 19, 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is a writer and director, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Grbavica (2006) and Na putu (2010). She is married to Damir Ibrahimovic. They have one child.

Quo Vadis, Aida?

52. Guy Nattiv

Writer | Skin

Guy Nattiv is an American Academy Award© winning filmmaker. His first American short film, "Skin", won the 2019 Academy Award© for Best Live Action Short, and played over 300 festivals around the world. Nattiv is only the second Israeli ever to win an Oscar. The feature version, also entitled "Skin...

Skin Golda

53. Ruben Östlund

Director | Triangle of Sadness

Ruben Östlund was born on April 13, 1974 in Styrsö, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He is a director and editor, known for Triangle of Sadness (2022), Force Majeure (2014) and The Square (2017). He was previously married to Andrea Östlund.

The Square (2017 film) Triangle of Sadness

54. Ladj Ly

Writer | Les misérables

Ladj Ly was born on January 3, 1978 in Mali. He is a writer and director, known for Les Misérables (2019), The Pitiful (2017) and Athena (2022).

Les Misérables (2019 film)

55. Cord Jefferson

Writer | American Fiction

Cord Jefferson was born on January 26, 1982 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for American Fiction (2023), The Good Place (2016) and Watchmen (2019).

American Fiction

56. Shaka King

Director | Judas and the Black Messiah

Shaka King was born on March 7, 1980 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Newlyweeds (2013) and Mulignans (2015).

Judas and the Black Messiah

57. Blitz Bazawule

Director | The Color Purple

Blitz Bazawule is a Filmmaker and Musician born in Ghana and based in New York. Blitz's feature directorial debut 'The Burial Of Kojo' premiered on Netflix in 2019 via array. He co-directed Beyoncé's Black Is King which earned him a Grammy nomination in 2020. Blitz is directing 'The Color Purple ...

The Color Purple (2023 film)

58. George C. Wolfe

Director | Rustin

George Wolfe was raised in the state capital of Kentucky, Frankfort. As a member of the Frankfort High School Senior class of 1972, he was one of the leading lights of the drama club and a writer for the literary magazine. George left Frankfort in 1972, but returned many years later as a favored ...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Rustin

59. Reinaldo Marcus Green

Director | King Richard

Reinaldo Marcus Green was born on December 16, 1981 in Bronx, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for King Richard (2021), We Own This City (2022) and Monsters and Men (2018).

King Richard

60. Andrew Levitas

Producer | Minamata

The New York Times declared New York University professor Andrew Levitas "has the Midas touch" when describing his continued work across multiple creative platforms. Levitas' Metalwork Installations® are widely regarded as a breakthrough in connecting photography, sculpture, and contemporary art. ...

Minamata

61. Robert Eggers

Director | The Lighthouse

Robert Houston Eggers is an American filmmaker and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), as well as directing and co-writing the historical fiction epic film The Northman (2022). His films are noted ...

The Lighthouse

62. Joseph Kosinski

Director | Top Gun: Maverick

Joseph Kosinski is a director whose uncompromising style has quickly made a mark in the filmmaking zeitgeist. His four theatrical releases have grossed $2.2 billion worldwide and been nominated for 7 Academy Awards and 2 Grammys.

His film debut, "Tron: Legacy" for Walt Disney Studios, grossed $400 ...

TRON: Legacy Top Gun: Maverick

63. 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 ...

Zack Snyder's Justice League Army of the Dead

64. Ward Kimball

Animation_department | Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Ward Kimball joined Disney Studios in 1934 as an animator. He eventually became involved in all aspects of animation production, most notably as the designer of Jiminy Cricket for the film "Pinocchio." He was also responsible for the redesign of Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney recognized Kimball's ...

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom Man in Space Babes in Toyland It's Tough to Be a Bird

65. Michael Mills

Director | Evolution

Michael Mills was born on January 14, 1942 in London, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Evolution (1971), History of the World in Three Minutes Flat (1980) and The Happy Prince (1974).

Evolution History of the World in Three Minutes Flat Charade (animated short film)

66. Takashi Yamazaki

Director | Gojira -1.0

Takashi Yamazaki was born on June 12, 1964 in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. He is a producer and director, known for Godzilla Minus One (2023), The Fighter Pilot (2013) and Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005). He has been married to Shimako Sato since April 2012.

Godzilla Minus One

67. Lisa Henson

Producer | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

As CEO of The Jim Henson Company, Lisa Henson oversees all television and feature film production, from early development through post-production. She served as producer of the critically acclaimed, Oscar®-winning Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio for Netflix and executive produced the feature film ...

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

68. Alexander Bulkley

Producer | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Alexander Bulkley is known for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), Robot Chicken (2001) and The Straight Story (1999).

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

69. Patrick McHale

Writer | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Patrick McHale was born on November 17, 1983 in New Jersey, USA. He is a writer, known for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), Adventure Time (2010) and Over the Garden Wall (2014). He is married to Jiwook Kim. They have one child.

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

70. Hannah Minghella

Producer | Lou

Hannah Minghella was born on March 24, 1979 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK. She is a producer and executive, known for Lou (2022), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022).

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

71. Lee Unkrich

Editor | Coco

Lee Unkrich is an Academy Award-winning director at Pixar Animation Studios. He most recently directed Disney.Pixar's critically-acclaimed "Coco", which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Song.

As the director of Disney.Pixar's "Toy Story 3," Lee was also awarded an ...

Toy Story A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Toy Story 3 Coco

72. Dave Mullins

Writer | War Is Over!

Dave Mullins is an Academy Award® and Annie Award® winning writer director. He is co-founder of ElectroLeague. His film WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film and Annie Award® for Best Animated Short Subject. His film LOU was nominated ...

Lou WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

73. Dan Scanlon

Writer | Onward

Dan Scanlon joined Pixar Animation Studios in September 2001 as a storyboard artist on Pixar's award-winning feature films "Cars" and "Toy Story 3." During the initial production stages for both films, he worked closely with the directors to bring their ideas to the screen.

Scanlon went on to ...

Onward

74. Peter Sohn

Actor | The Good Dinosaur

Peter Sohn joined Pixar Animation Studios in September 2000, and began working in both the art and story departments for the Academy Award®-winning "Finding Nemo." Sohn continued on to work on "The Incredibles" in the art, story, and animation departments. He focused on animating members of the ...

Elemental

75. Enrico Casarosa

Director | Luca

Enrico Casarosa was born on November 20, 1971 in Genoa, Italy. He is known for Luca (2021), The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Lightyear (2022).

La Luna Luca

76. Domee Shi

Writer | Turning Red

Domee Shi was born on August 19, 1989 in Chongqing, China. She is a writer, known for Turning Red (2022), Inside Out (2015) and Bao (2018).

Bao Turning Red

77. Osnat Shurer

Producer | Raya and the Last Dragon

Osnat Shurer is known for Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Moana (2016) and Big Hero 6 (2014).

Boundin' One Man Band Moana Raya and the Last Dragon

78. Sergio Pablos

Writer | Klaus

Sergio Pablos' career in animation spans over three decades. His work is well known as a Supervising Animator on Disney films such as "Tarzan" and "Treasure Planet". At the helm of his company The SPA Studios, he's also known for having developed the original story upon which films like "Despicable...

Klaus

79. Jared Hess

Director | Napoleon Dynamite

Jared Lawrence Hess and Jerusha Elizabeth Hess (née Demke; born May 12, 1980) are husband-and-wife American filmmakers best known for their work on Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Nacho Libre (2006) and Gentlemen Broncos (2009), all of which they co-wrote and which were directed by Jared (Nacho Libre was...

Ninety-Five Senses

80. Carlos López Estrada

Director | Raya and the Last Dragon

Carlos López Estrada was born on September 12, 1988 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a director and writer, known for Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Blindspotting (2018) and Summertime (2020).

Raya and the Last Dragon

81. Joel Crawford

Director | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Joel Crawford is known for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), The Croods: A New Age (2020) and Rise of the Guardians (2012).

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

82. Garth Jennings

Director | Sing

Garth Jennings was born on March 4, 1972 in Epping, Essex, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for Sing (2016), Son of Rambow (2007) and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

Sing 2

83. Paul Kewley

Producer | Shaun the Sheep Movie

Paul Kewley is known for Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019) and The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012).

Shaun the Sheep Movie A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

84. Ferenc Rofusz

Director | A légy

Ferenc Rofusz was born on August 19, 1946 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a director, known for The Fly (1980), Gravitáció (1984) and The Last Supper (2019).

The Fly (animated short film)

85. Jérémy Clapin

Writer | J'ai perdu mon corps

Jérémy Clapin was born on February 13, 1974 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for I Lost My Body (2019), Skhizein (2008) and Pendant ce temps sur Terre (2024).

I Lost My Body

86. Pablo Berger

Writer | Blancanieves

Pablo Berger was born in 1963 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for Snow White (2012), Robot Dreams (2023) and Torremolinos 73 (2003). He is married to Yuko Harami. They have one child.

Robot Dreams

87. Steffen Schäffler

Director | The Periwig-Maker

Steffen Schäffler was born in 1968 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for The Periwig-Maker (1999), Pickels in a pickle (2011) and Balto (1995).

The Periwig-Maker

88. Paul Berry

Animation_department | The Sandman

Paul Berry was born on March 13, 1961 in England, UK. He was a director, known for The Sandman (1991), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996). He died on June 26, 2001 in Manchester, England, UK.

The Sandman

89. Shamus Culhane

Animation_department | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

James "Shamus" Culhane was the only animator to work on all of the first four animated feature-length Walt Disney cartoons. In a career that spanned six decades, he worked for 18 cartoon studios, including his own. In the mid-'0s his early hand-drawn animation was combined with computer animation ...

Fish Fry

90. Roy Lee

Producer | Barbarian

Roy Lee was born on March 23, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and executive, known for Barbarian (2022), It (2017) and The Ring (2002).

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91. Bruce W. Smith

Animation_department | Space Jam

Bruce W. Smith is a feature film character animator, director and television producer. He is best known as the creator and executive producer of the Disney Channel hit show The Proud Family and for supervising the animation of the evil villain Dr. Facilier in the Walt Disney animated film The ...

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92. Will McCormack

Producer | Celeste & Jesse Forever

Will McCormack was born on January 13, 1974 in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012), If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) and American Outlaws (2001). He has been married to Emily Arlook since September 24, 2013. They have two ...

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93. Allison Schroeder

Writer | Hidden Figures

Allison Schroeder is known for Hidden Figures (2016), Christopher Robin (2018) and Heart of Stone (2023). She has been married to Aaron Brownstein since January 17, 2016.

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94. Scott Silver

Writer | Joker

Scott Silver is known for Joker (2019), The Fighter (2010) and Johns (1996).

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95. Tab Murphy

Writer | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Tab Murphy was raised in Olympia, Washington. He attended Washington State University, where he studied forestry and wildlife biology before having an existential crisis and transferring to the USC Film School, where he studied directing and screenwriting. His major breakthrough as a screenwriter ...

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96. Jorgen Klubien

Art_department | Dumbo

Jorgen Klubien is known for Dumbo (2019), Frankenweenie (2012) and Cars (2006). He is married to Trine Dahl Klubien. They have three children.

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97. Michael Arndt

Writer | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Michael Arndt was born on November 11, 1965 in Harris County, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).

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98. Anthony McCarten

Writer | The Theory of Everything

Anthony McCarten was born on April 28, 1961 in New Plymouth, New Zealand. He is a writer and producer, known for The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017) and The Two Popes (2019). He is married to Eva Maiwald. They have three children.

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99. Kemp Powers

Writer | One Night in Miami...

Kemp Powers is known for One Night in Miami... (2020), Soul (2020) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

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100. Zak Penn

Writer | Ready Player One

Zak Penn's career began as a screenwriter when he sold his first script, Last Action Hero, at the age of twenty-three. Since then, Penn has become known for his work on numerous films based on Marvel comics, including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers. He has ...

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