Oscar Academy Membership Recommendations

1. Isabella Eklöf

Writer | Gräns

Isabella Eklöf was born on February 10, 1978 in Uppland, Sweden. She is a director and writer, known for Border (2018), Holiday (2018) and Kalak (2023).

2. Christophe Honoré

Writer | Plaire, aimer et courir vite

Christophe Honoré was born on April 10, 1970 in Carhaix-Plouguer, Finistère, France. He is a writer and director, known for Sorry Angel (2018), Love Songs (2007) and The Beautiful Person (2008).

3. João Pedro Rodrigues

Director | Fogo-Fátuo

João Pedro Rodrigues was born in 1966 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022), Morrer Como Um Homem (2009) and The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012).

Lukas Moodysson was born on January 17, 1969 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. He is a director and writer, known for Show Me Love (1998), Lilya 4-Ever (2002) and Together (2000). He has been married to Coco Moodysson since 1994. They have three children.

5. Bruno Dumont

Writer | P'tit Quinquin

Bruno Dumont was born on March 14, 1958 in Bailleul, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. He is a writer and director, known for Li'l Quinquin (2014), The Life of Jesus (1997) and Camille Claudel 1915 (2013).

6. Gaspar Noé

Director | Enter the Void

Gaspar Noé is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in France. He is the son of Luis Felipe Noé, an Argentinian artist. He directed I Stand Alone, Irréversible, Enter the Void, Love, Climax, Carne, Lux Æterna, Sodomites and Vortex. His films are known for having a sensory overload ...

7. Peter Greenaway

Director | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Peter Greenaway trained as a painter and began working as a film editor for the Central Office of Information in 1965. Shortly afterwards he started to make his own films. He has produced a wealth of short and feature-length films, but also paintings, novels and other books. He has held several ...

8. Tomasz Wasilewski

Writer | Plynace wiezowce

Born 1980. Polish scriptwriter and director. Member of European Film Academy. He graduated from Academy of Film and Television and The National Film School in Lodz. His full - length feature debut In a Bedroom (W sypialni) had it's world premiere in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2012 ...

9. Gabriel Mascaro

Writer | Divino Amor

Gabriel Mascaro (1983) is a filmmaker and visual artist from Recife, Brazil. His documentary Housemaids (Doméstica) premiered in competition at IDFA 2012 (Amsterdam). His first feature film, Ventos de agosto (August Winds), premiered in competition at Locarno in 2014 and was awarded with a special ...

10. Pierre Deladonchamps

Actor | L'inconnu du lac

Pierre Deladonchamps was born on June 1, 1978 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Stranger by the Lake (2013), Rascal (2020) and Sorry Angel (2018).

11. Tsai Ming-liang

Director | Qingshaonian Nuozha

Born in Kuching, Malaysia, he graduated from the Drama and Cinema Department of the Chinese Cultural University of Taiwan and worked as a theatrical producer and TV director. His second feature film, Vive L'Amour (1994), won the Golden Lion (best picture) at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. His ...

12. Cãlin Peter Netzer

Producer | Pozitia copilului

Calin Peter Netzer was born on the 1st May 1975 in Petrosani [Petroschen], Romania. His family belongs to the Transylvanian Saxons, a cultural minority of German descent who lives since generations in Romania. He was raised mainly in Cluj [Klausenburg]. Netzer's father was a dentist and emigrated ...

13. Larry Clark

Director | Bully

Was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1943). Son of Frances Clark (baby photographer) and Lewis Clark. Graduated from Central High school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Attended Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Studied under Walter Sheffer and Gerard Bakker. Film debut was the movie Kids (1995). He was ...

14. Olivier Ducastel

Director | Drôle de Félix

Olivier Ducastel was born on February 23, 1962 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Adventures of Felix (2000), Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (2016) and Côte d'Azur (2005).

15. Joe Swanberg

Actor | You're Next

Joe Swanberg was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1981. He moved around quite a bit growing up, even spending two years on an island in the Pacific Ocean named Kwajalein. He studied film production at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he developed an interest in emerging video technology ...

16. Louis Garrel

Actor | The Dreamers

Louis Garrel was born on June 14, 1983 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for The Dreamers (2003), Little Women (2019) and The Innocent (2022). He has been married to Laetitia Casta since June 10, 2017. They have one child. He was previously married to Golshifteh Farahani.

17. Urszula Antoniak

Writer | Nothing Personal

Urszula Antoniak was born in 1968 in Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland. She is a writer and director, known for Nothing Personal (2009), Code Blue (2011) and Splendid Isolation (2022). She was previously married to Jacek Lenartowicz.

18. Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

Actor | Glue

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart was born on March 6, 1986 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He is an actor and producer, known for Glue (2006), Persian Lessons (2020) and 120 BPM (2017).

19. Rui Poças

Cinematographer | Frankie

Rui Poças was born on December 4, 1966 in Porto, Portugal. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Frankie (2019), Zama (2017) and Good Manners (2017).

20. Sébastien Lifshitz

Director | Wild Side

Sébastien Lifshitz was born on January 21, 1968 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Wild Side (2004), Little Girl (2020) and Casa Susanna (2022).

21. Julio Medem

Director | Lucía y el sexo

Julio Medem was born in San Sebastian in northern Spain. As a teenager Medem made short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father. Some of those films are "El ciego" (1976), "El jueves pasado" (1977) and "Fideos" (1979.) Wanting to know more about the darkest corners of the human mind, Medem...

22. Nadav Lapid

Director | Haganenet

Nadav Lapid was born on April 8, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is a director and writer, known for The Kindergarten Teacher (2014), Synonyms (2019) and Policeman (2011).

23. Francis Lee

Director | God's Own Country

Francis Lee is a writer and director.

Born on his family's farm in Soyland, West Yorkshire.

After secondary education at Ryburn Valley High School in Sowerby Bridge and Wakefield District College he studied at Rose Bruford College of Speach and Drama.

Before film making Francis worked extensively in ...

24. Luis Ortega

Director | El ángel

Luis Ortega was born on July 12, 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and writer, known for El Angel (2018), Caja negra (2002) and Dromómanos (2012).

25. Gaël Morel

Actor | Les roseaux sauvages

Gaël Morel was born on September 25, 1972 in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, France. He is a director and writer, known for Wild Reeds (1994), Three Dancing Slaves (2004) and Under Another Sky (2002).

26. Rúnar Rúnarsson

Director | Eldfjall

Rúnar Rúnarsson was born on January 20, 1977 in Reykjavík, Iceland. He is a director and producer, known for Volcano (2011), Sparrows (2015) and Echo (2019).

27. Denis Côté

Director | Curling

Denis Côté was born on November 16, 1973 in New Brunswick, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for Curling (2010), Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013) and Les états nordiques (2005).

28. Michael Rowe

Director | Año bisiesto

Michael Rowe was born on October 26, 1971 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Leap Year (2010), Early Winter (2015) and The Well (2013).

29. Veronika Franz

Writer | Ich seh, Ich seh

Veronika Franz was born in 1965 in Vienna, Austria. She is a writer and director, known for Goodnight Mommy (2014), The Lodge (2019) and The Devil's Bath (2024). She is married to Ulrich Seidl. They have two children.

30. Veiko Õunpuu

Director | Sügisball

Veiko Õunpuu (born 16 March 1972 in Saaremaa) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball (Sügisball, 2007) and The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine, 2009). Õunpuu's films are usually slow paced artistic movies with eccentric ...

31. May el-Toukhy

Director | The Crown

May el-Toukhy was born on August 17, 1977 in Charlottenlund, Denmark. She is a director and writer, known for The Crown (2016), Queen of Hearts (2019) and Long Story Short (2015).

32. Lorenzo Vigas

Producer | Desde Allá

Lorenzo Vigas was born in Mérida, Venezuela in 1967. He graduated in Molecular Biology from the University of Tampa, Florida. In 1995 he moved to New York City to study film at NYU. In 1998 he returned to Venezuela to direct the documentary series "Expedition". From 1999 to 2001 he worked with ...

33. 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).

34. Trine Dyrholm

Actress | Dronningen

Trine Dyrholm was born on April 15, 1972 in Odense, Denmark. She is an actress and director, known for Queen of Hearts (2019), Love Is All You Need (2012) and In a Better World (2010).

35. Hagar Ben-Asher

Actress | The Slut

Hagar Ben-Asher was born on March 10, 1979 in Hod HaSharon, Israel. She is an actress and director, known for The Slut (2011), Mish'olim (2007) and Dead Women Walking (2018).

36. André Téchiné

Writer | Les roseaux sauvages

André Téchiné was born on March 13, 1943 in Valence, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. He is a writer and director, known for Wild Reeds (1994), Rendez-vous (1985) and Being 17 (2016).

37. Benoît Quainon

Producer | Les misérables

Benoît Quainon is known for Les Misérables (2019), Robot Dreams (2023) and Stranger by the Lake (2013).

38. Adina Pintilie

Director | Touch Me Not

Adina Pintilie was born on January 12, 1980 in Bucharest, Romania. She is a director and writer, known for Touch Me Not (2018), Nu te supara, dar... (2007) and An American Haunting (2005).

39. Rosa von Praunheim

Director | Anita: Tänze des Lasters

Rosa von Praunheim was born on November 25, 1942 in Riga, Ostland [now Latvia]. He is a director and writer, known for Anita: Dances of Vice (1987), Horror Vacui (1984) and Tough Love (2015). He was previously married to Carla Egerer.

40. Jacques Martineau

Director | Drôle de Félix

Jacques Martineau was born on July 8, 1963 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Adventures of Felix (2000), Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo (2016) and Côte d'Azur (2005).

41. Guillaume Nicloux

Director | Thalasso

Guillaume Nicloux was born on August 3, 1966 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is a director and writer, known for Thalasso (2019), Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014) and The Nun (2013).

42. Mischa Kamp

Director | Kapsalon Romy

Born in 1970, Mischa Kamp studied communication before turning to filmmaking. After directing several shorts, documentaries, series and TV films for Dutch Television she made a wonderful children's movie Het paard van Sinterklaas (2005), about a little Chinese girl trying to adjust to her new life ...

43. Albert Serra

Director | Pacifiction

Albert Serra was born in 1975 in Banyoles, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Pacifiction (2022), The Death of Louis XIV (2016) and Quixotic/Honor de Cavelleria (2006).

44. Sebastián Muñoz

Director | El Príncipe

Sebastián Muñoz is known for The Prince (2019), La Llorona (2019) and Buenos Aires Rap (2014).

45. Alfredo Castro

Actor | El club

Alfredo Castro Gómez was born in Santiago de Chile. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Acting from Universidad de Chile. Presently, he works as a theatre director, actor, pedagogue, playwright, and founder of Teatro La Memoria, a theatre company that marks a milestone in the history of ...

46. Radu Jude

Director | Toata lumea din familia noastra

Radu Jude is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. In 2003, he graduated from the Media University of Bucharest (Film Directing Department). Jude worked as an assistant director on Amen. (2002), directed by Costa-Gavras, and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), directed by Cristi Puiu. He ...

47. Leos Carax

Director | Holy Motors

Leos Carax made several short films and also wrote film criticism, then at the age of 24 years made a very strong first feature Boy Meets Girl (1984). The film played at the 1984 Cannes film festival and was a critical triumph. It paved the way for Carax's second feature Bad Blood (1986) (Bad Blood...

48. Corneliu Porumboiu

Writer | A fost sau n-a fost?

Corneliu Porumboiu was born on September 14, 1975 in Vaslui, Romania. He is a writer and director, known for 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006), The Whistlers (2019) and Police, Adjective (2009).

49. Sebastian Meise

Director | Große Freiheit

Sebastian Meise was born in 1976 in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria. He is a director and writer, known for Great Freedom (2021), Still Life (2011) and Prises de vues (2003).

50. Chino Darín

Actor | La noche de 12 años

Chino Darín was born on January 14, 1989 in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and producer, known for A Twelve-Year Night (2018), El Angel (2018) and Mirage (2018).