My own repertoire (directors)

by agfarran | created - 29 Apr 2017 | updated - 07 Jun 2017 | Public

1. Rainer Erler

Director | Die Delegation

Rainer Erler was born on August 26, 1933 in Munich, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Die Delegation (1970), Sieben Tage (1973) and Seelenwanderung (1962). He was married to Renate Erler. He died on November 8, 2023 in Perth, Australia.

Operation Ganymed (1977)

2. Franz Novotny

Producer | Angelo

Franz Novotny was born on May 30, 1949 in Vienna, Austria. He is a producer and director, known for Angelo (2018), 7500 (2019) and Yu (2003).

Exit... nur keine Panik (1980)

3. Umberto Lenzi

Writer | La casa 3

Born in Massa Marittima, Italy on August 6, 1931, Umberto Lenzi was a movie enthusiast since his early grade school years. During those years, he founded various film fan clubs while studying law. Lenzi started out as a journalist for various local newspapers and magazines. Lenzi put off his law ...

Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971)

4. Federico Fellini

Writer | Le notti di Cabiria

The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the ...

Il bidone (1955)

  • Fellini - Satyricon (1969)

5. Luigi Magni

Writer | Nemici d'infanzia

Luigi Magni was born on March 21, 1928 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Nemici d'infanzia (1995), In the Name of the Pope King (1977) and Nell'anno del Signore (1969). He was married to Lucia Mirisola. He died on October 27, 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Scipione detto anche l'africano (1971)

6. Yannick Bellon

Director | La femme de Jean

Yannick Bellon was born on April 6, 1924 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. She was a director and writer, known for La femme de Jean (1974), Somewhere, Someone (1972) and The Cheat (1984). She was married to Henri Magnan. She died on June 2, 2019 in Paris, France.

L'amour violé (1978)

7. Giuliano Montaldo

Writer | L'industriale

Born in 1930 in Genoa. Still a young student in 1950 when director Carlo Lizzani gave him a role in the film Achtung Banditi!. Following this experience he traveled to Rome where, after acting in film and theater, he became the assistant director to Lizzani, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Leone, ...

Giordano Bruno (1973)

8. Vittorio De Sica

Director | Ladri di biciclette

Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923. By the late 1920s he was a successful matinee ...

Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)

9. Michel Mitrani

Director | Les guichets du Louvre

Michel Mitrani was born on April 14, 1930 in Varna, Bulgaria. He was a director and writer, known for Black Thursday (1974), Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (1985) and La nuit bulgare (1970). He died on November 9, 1996 in Paris, France.

Les guichets du Louvre (1974)

10. Gianni Franciolini

Director | Racconti romani

Gianni Franciolini was born on June 1, 1910 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Racconti romani (1955), L'ispettore Vargas (1940) and The World Condemns Them (1953). He died on May 10, 1960 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Siamo donne (1953)

11. Alfredo Guarini

Writer | Senza una donna

Alfredo Guarini was born on May 23, 1901 in Sestri Ponente, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and producer, known for Senza una donna (1943), La zia di Carlo (1943) and Documento Z-3 (1942). He was married to Isa Miranda. He died on April 6, 1981 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Siamo donne (1953)

12. Victor Fleming

Director | Gone with the Wind

Victor Fleming entered the film business as a stuntman in 1910, mainly doing stunt driving - which came easy to him, as he had been a mechanic and professional race-car driver. He became interested in working on the other side of the camera, and eventually got a job as a cameraman on many of the ...

The Virginian (1929)

13. Don McBrearty

Director | ReGenesis

Don McBrearty is known for ReGenesis (2004), The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) and Avonlea (1990).

Coming Out Alive (1980)

14. Jean-Pierre Dougnac

Writer | Un amour interdit

Jean-Pierre Dougnac was born on May 27, 1933 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Un amour interdit (1984), Le bâtard (1983) and Stella (1983). He died on September 27, 2006 in Ferolles-Attilly, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Un amour interdit (1984)

15. Maurizio Lucidi

Director | Gli esecutori

Maurizio Lucidi was born in 1932 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a director and editor, known for Street People (1976), The Designated Victim (1971) and Probabilità zero (1969). He died in 2005 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

L'ultima chance (1973)

16. Anthony Mann

Director | El Cid

Anthony Mann was born on June 30, 1906 in San Diego, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for El Cid (1961), Men in War (1957) and The Glenn Miller Story (1954). He was married to Anna, Sara Montiel and Mildred Mann. He died on April 29, 1967 in London, England.

The Great Flamarion (1945)

17. Alberto Sordi

Actor | Io e Caterina

One of Italy's most captivating and talented cinematic comedy stars, Italian veteran Alberto Sordi was known for satirizing his country's social mores in pungent black comedies, farcical tales and grim drama. He, along with peers Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi and Nino Manfredi, arguably represent ...

Il comune senso del pudore (1976)

18. Alan Gibson

Director | The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Alan Gibson was born on April 28, 1938 in London, Ontario, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), Journey to the Unknown (1968) and 1990 (1977). He died on July 5, 1987 in London, England, UK.

Dracula A.D. 72 (1972)

19. Lamont Johnson

Director | Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Lamont Johnson was born on September 30, 1922 in Stockton, California, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985), Lipstick (1976) and Lincoln (1988). He was married to Tony Johnson. He died on October 24, 2010 in Monterey, California, USA.

You'll Like My Mother (1972)

20. Joseph Pevney

Director | Star Trek

Joseph Pevney was born on September 15, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) and Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). He was married to Margo Yvette Collins, Philippa Hilber and Mitzi Green. He died on May 18, 2008 ...

Back to God's Country (1953)

  • The Midnight Story (1957)

21. Theodore J. Flicker

Writer | The President's Analyst

Theodore J. Flicker was born on June 6, 1930 in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The President's Analyst (1967), Up in the Cellar (1970) and Spinout (1966). He was married to Barbara Flicker. He died on September 12, 2014 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1961)

22. John Bruce

Director | Poirot

John Bruce is known for Poirot (1989), Tales of the Unexpected (1979) and First Sight (1987).

Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981)

23. Lee Auerbach

Director | The Jupiter Menace

Lee Auerbach is known for The Jupiter Menace (1982).

The Jupiter Menace (1982)

24. Peter Matulavich

Producer | Harry Comes Home

Peter Matulavich is known for Harry Comes Home (1991), In Search of... (1977) and The Jupiter Menace (1982).

The Jupiter Menace (1982)

25. Gabriel Axel

Director | Babettes gæstebud

Gabriel Axel was born on April 18, 1918 in Århus, Denmark. He was a director and actor, known for Babette's Feast (1987), The Red Mantle (1967) and Christian (1989). He was married to Lucie Axel Moerch. He died on February 9, 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

La ronde de nuit (1978)

26. Jan Troell

Director | Här har du ditt liv

Jan Troell was born on July 23, 1931 in Limhamn, Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Here Is Your Life (1966), The Emigrants (1971) and Il capitano (1991). He is married to Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell. They have one child.

Zandy's Bride (1974)

27. Martin Scorsese

Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...

Mean Streets (1973)

28. Ronald Neame

Producer | Great Expectations

A British filmmaker who, over the years, worked as assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director, Ronald Neame was born on April 23, 1911. His father, Elwin Neame, was a film director and his mother, Ivy Close, was a film star. During the 1920s, he started working at...

Gambit (1966)

29. Luigi Comencini

Writer | Voltati Eugenio

Luigi Comencini was born on June 8, 1916 in Salò, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Voltati Eugenio (1980), Everybody Go Home! (1960) and Bread, Love and Dreams (1953). He was married to Giulia Grifeo. He died on April 6, 2007 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Italian Secret Service (1968)

  • Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano (1969)

30. Giovanni Fago

Director | Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà

Giovanni Fago was born on April 25, 1933 in Rome, Italy. He is a director and assistant director, known for Fatevi vivi, la polizia non interverrà (1974), Mai con le donne (1985) and Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo (2000).

La freccia nel fianco (1983)

31. William Dieterle

Actor | Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

Born in Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm Dieterle was the youngest of nine children of parents Jacob and Berthe Dieterle. They lived in poverty, and when he was old enough to work, young Wilhelm earned money as a carpenter and a scrap dealer. He dreamed of better things, though, and theater caught ...

Blockade (1938)

32. André Hunebelle

Director | OSS 117 se déchaîne

André Hunebelle (b. 1896) was an odd-job man ,always seeing which way the wind would blow when he made his movies;hence his eclecticism ,so to speak:comedies,swashbucklers (genre in which his gave his most pleasant works ),spy thrillers ,spoofs ....

His comedies (his dominant genre in the fifties) ...

Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 (1965)

33. Kurt Neumann

Director | Rocketship X-M

Kurt Neumann was born on April 5, 1908 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Rocketship X-M (1950), The Fly (1958) and She Devil (1957). He was married to Irma Ely Neumann. He died on August 21, 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Son of Ali Baba (1952)

34. Paul Annett

Director | Emmerdale Farm

Paul Annett was born on February 19, 1937 in London, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Partners in Crime (1983) and Dead of Night (1972). He was married to Margo Andrew. He died on December 11, 2017.

Never Never Land (1980)

35. Jean-Charles Tacchella

Writer | Cousin cousine

Jean-Charles Tacchella was born on September 23, 1925 in Cherbourg, Manche, Haute-Normandie, France. He is a writer and director, known for Cousin, Cousine (1975), Silver Anniversary (1979) and Travelling avant (1987). He has been married to Ginette Tacchella since December 27, 1969.

Croque la vie (1981)

36. Margarethe von Trotta

Director | Hannah Arendt

Margarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942. In the 1960s she moved to Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films. She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner ...

Heller Wahn (1983)

37. Oscar Dufau

Director | Smurfs

Oscar Dufau was born on January 23, 1922 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Smurfs (1981), The Jetsons (1962) and Super President (1967). He died on February 8, 1994.

Shirt Tales (1982)

38. George Gordon

Director | Smurfs

George Gordon was born on September 2, 1906. He was a director, known for The Smurfs (1981), Super Friends (1973) and The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983). He died on May 24, 1986 in Apple Valley, California, USA.

Shirt Tales (1982)

39. Rowland V. Lee

Director | The Count of Monte Cristo

Coming from a show business family (his parents were stage actors), Rowland V. Lee began his career as a child actor in stock and on Broadway. He interrupted his stage career for a stint as a Wall Street stockbroker, but gave that up after two years and returned to the stage. Lee was hired by ...

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

40. James Cruze

Actor | The Covered Wagon

Coming from a Mormon family in Utah, James Cruze was reportedly part Ute Indian. He worked as a fisherman to pay his way through drama school. Among his former wives were actresses Betty Compson (also from Utah) and Marguerite Snow. He was also married to Alberta McCoy (died on July 7, 1960), who ...

The Great Gabbo (1929)

41. Francesco Rosi

Writer | Cadaveri eccellenti

His father was a shipowner. After school, Rosi initially began studying law, which he soon dropped out to work as a broadcast journalist and book illustrator in Naples. From 1944 to 1945 he worked for "Radio Napoli". In the immediate post-war years, Rosi moved to Rome, where he came into contact ...

I magliari (1959)

42. Luigi Perelli

Director | La piovra

Luigi Perelli was born on October 26, 1937 in La Spezia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for La piovra (1984), Roma dodici novembre 1994 (1995) and Amore grande, amore libero (1976).

Dramma d'amore (1983)

43. John Berry

Director | Ça va barder

John Berry was born on September 6, 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Ça va barder (1955), 'Round Midnight (1986) and A Captive in the Land (1990). He was married to Myriam Boyer and Gladys Berry. He died on November 29, 1999 in Paris, France.

Tamango (1958)

44. Alain Tanner

Director | Charles mort ou vif (petite fresque historique)

Alain Tanner was born on December 6, 1929 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for Charles, Dead or Alive (1969), In the White City (1983) and Return from Africa (1973). He was married to Janine Giudici. He died on September 11, 2022 in Geneva, Canton de Genève, Switzerland.

Le milieu du monde (1974)

45. Bert Convy

Actor | The Cannonball Run

Bert Convy was born on July 23, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Cannonball Run (1981), Hero at Large (1980) and Weekend Warriors (1986). He was married to Catherine Hall and Anne Anderson. He died on July 15, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Weekend Warriors (1986)

46. Mario Bava

Cinematographer | Ecologia del delitto

Italian director Mario Bava was born on July 31, 1914 in the coastal northern Italian town of Sanremo. His father, Eugenio Bava (1886-1966), was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry. Bava was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his father into film ...

Gli invasori (1961)

47. Richard Pottier

Director | Le monde tremblera

Richard Pottier, born in 1906 in Budapest, began his career as Sternberg's assistant. His debut as a director coincided with the coming of the talkies. He broached many genres along his long career: plenty of comedies ("Si J'Etais Le Patron" ), adventures ("Les Secrets De La Mer rouge"), sci -fi ("...

La bella Otero (1954)

48. Tony Flaadt

Director | L'or noir de Lornac

Tony Flaadt is known for L'or noir de Lornac (1987), Opération O.P.E.N. (1984) and Arsène Lupin (1971).

Le avventure di Cappuccetto a pois (1969)

49. André Cayatte

Writer | Justice est faite

André Cayatte (b.1909 in Carcassonne, Aude, France) was a lawyer turned novelist and journalist, then screenwriter in 1938, after which he became a film director in 1942. He was known in France from the 1940s to the 1970s for uncompromising films examining the complex ethical and political ...

Au bonheur des dames (1943)

50. Gilles Grangier

Director | Archimède, le clochard

Gilles Grangier was born on May 5, 1911 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Archimède, le clochard (1959), Train d'enfer (1965) and The Night Affair (1958). He was married to Lucie Bourdillon. He died on April 27, 1996 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

La cuisine au beurre (1963)

51. Lazare Iglesis

Director | L'Alphoméga

Lazare Iglesis was born on March 21, 1920 in Cahors, Lot, France. He was a director and writer, known for L'Alphoméga (1973), Les mercredis de la vie (1992) and Une enquête de l'inspecteur ... (1954). He was married to Madeleine Monnier and Nadine Fosse. He died on July 27, 2012 in ...

Les dames à la licorne (1982)

52. Jordi Amorós

Director | Historias de amor y masacre

Jordi Amorós is known for Historias de amor y masacre (1979), koki (1996) and Despertaferro (1990).

Mofli, el último koala (1986)

53. Gérard Oury

Writer | Le corniaud

Gérard Oury was born on April 29, 1919 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Sucker (1965), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) and Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966). He was married to Jacqueline Roman. He died on July 19, 2006 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France.

Le corniaud (1963)

54. 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...

Dr. No (1962)

  • Triple Cross (1966)

55. Paul Schrader

Writer | First Reformed

Although his name is often linked to that of the "movie brat" generation (Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Brian De Palma, etc.) Paul Schrader's background couldn't have been more different than theirs. His strict Calvinist parents refused to allow him to see a...

American Gigolo (1980)

56. Peter Tewksbury

Director | Father Knows Best

Peter Tewksbury was born on March 21, 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Father Knows Best (1954), It's a Man's World (1962) and My Three Sons (1960). He was married to Ann Schuyler and Kathleen Jean Willoughby. He died on February 20, 2003 in Brattleboro, ...

The Trouble with Girls (1969)

57. James L. Brooks

Writer | Broadcast News

James L. Brooks was born on May 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Broadcast News (1987), As Good as It Gets (1997) and Terms of Endearment (1983). He was previously married to Holly Holmberg Brooks and Marianne Catherine Morrissey.

Terms of Endearment (1983)

58. Vincente Minnelli

Director | An American in Paris

Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago on February 28 1903, his father Vincent was a musical conductor of the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater. Wanting to pursue an artistic career, Minelli worked in the costume department of the Chicago Theater, then on Broadway during the depression as a set ...

Home from the Hill (1960)

59. Staffan Julén

Director | Inughuit - folket vid jordens navel

Staffan Julén was born in 1957. He is a director and writer, known for Inughuit - folket vid jordens navel (1985), The Prize of the Pole (2006) and My Heart of Darkness (2010).

Inughuit - folket vid jordens navel (1985)

60. Ylva Julén

Director | Inughuit - folket vid jordens navel

Ylva Julén was born in 1954. She is a director and writer, known for Inughuit - folket vid jordens navel (1985), Livsstråk (1989) and Dvorak - Den fantastiske (1995).

Inughuit - folket vid jordens navel (1985)

61. Michael Firth

Director | Off the Edge

Michael Firth is known for Off the Edge (1976), The Leading Edge (1987) and Heart of the Stag (1984).

Heart of the Stag (1984)

62. Marc Huraux

Director | Check the Changes

Marc Huraux was born in 1954 in Paris, France. He is a director and editor, known for Check the Changes (1990), Bird Now (1988) and Ali Farka Touré - Le miel n'est jamais bon dans une seule bouche (2002).

Bird Now (1988)

63. Giuseppe De Santis

Writer | Caccia tragica

Giuseppe De Santis was born on February 11, 1917 in Fondi, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Tragic Hunt (1947), Giorni d'amore (1954) and Bitter Rice (1949). He was married to Gordana Miletic. He died on May 16, 1997 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Riso amaro (1949)

64. 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 ...

So This Is New York (1948)

  • The New Centurions (1972)

65. Daisuke Nishio

Director | Dragon Ball Z: Doragon bôru zetto

Joins Toei Doga as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, was promoted to assistant director with "Dr. Slump" in 1982. Debuted as film director with "Dragon Ball: Secret of Dragon God" in 1986 (he directed the two first films of the series). From 1989 also directed the TV series and first...

Dragon Ball: Doragon bôru (1986)

66. Jerry Hopper

Director | The Private War of Major Benson

After moving to California in the 1930s, Jerry Hopper worked as an editor at Paramount Studios.

During World War II he joined the Army and worked as a combat photographer where he was awarded a Purple Heart.

After the war, Hopper returned to Hollywood where he graduated to directing. After working ...

The Missouri Traveler (1958)

67. Michael Crichton

Writer | Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Roslyn, New York. His father was a journalist and encouraged him to write and to type. Michael gave up studying English at Harvard University, having become disillusioned with the teaching standards--the final straw came when he ...

Runaway (1984)

68. Luigi Capuano

Director | Suor Maria

Luigi Capuano was born on July 13, 1904 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Suor Maria (1955), Rondini in volo (1949) and Cuore di mamma (1954). He died on October 20, 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

La rossa (1955)

  • La vendetta di Ursus (1961)

69. Arthur Crabtree

Director | Don't Ever Leave Me

Arthur Crabtree (1900-1975) was born in Shipley, Yorkshire where he gave up a safe job with a local firm of engineers to become a clapper boy at Elstree Studios. He had always been interested in photography and at the age of 29 he took a calculated risk, which paid off, when sound hit the British ...

Caravan (1946)

70. Gian Paolo Callegari

Writer | I misteri della giungla nera

Gian Paolo Callegari was born on March 7, 1909 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Mystery of the Black Jungle (1954), Gladiator of Rome (1962) and Agente Sigma 3 - Missione Goldwather (1967). He died in 1982.

Ponzio Pilato (1962)

71. Irving Rapper

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Irving Rapper was one of the last surviving directors from the "Golden Age of Hollywood," passing away on Dec. 20, 1999, at the age of 101, four weeks shy of his 102nd birthday. Rapper is best remembered for the films he made with Bette Davis, including the classics Now, Voyager (1942) and The Corn...

Ponzio Pilato (1962)

72. Herbert Wilcox

Producer | Victoria the Great

Herbert Wilcox was born on April 19, 1890 in West Norwood, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Victoria the Great (1937), Spring in Park Lane (1948) and The Loves of Robert Burns (1930). He was married to Anna Neagle, Maud Violet Bower and Dorothy Brown. He died on May 15...

The Heart of a Man (1959)

73. Maurice Cloche

Director | L'invité de la onzième heure

Maurice Cloche was born on June 17, 1907 in Commercy, Meuse, France. He was a director and writer, known for L'invité de la onzième heure (1945), Monsieur Vincent (1947) and La cage aux filles (1949). He died on March 20, 1990 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

Peppino e Violetta (1951)

74. Domenico Paolella

Director | Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan

Domenico Paolella was born on October 15, 1915 in Foggia, Puglia, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964), Rebel Gladiators (1962) and Operation Atlantis (1965). He died on October 7, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Madri pericolose (1960)

75. Alex Young

Director | Naked Video

Alex Young is known for Naked Video (1986).

Naked Video (1986)

76. Mario Mattoli

Director | Abbandono

Mario Mattoli was born on November 30, 1898 in Tolentino, Marche, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Abbandono (1940), La damigella di Bard (1936) and Schoolgirl Diary (1941). He was married to Mity Mignone. He died on February 26, 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

La damigella di Bard (1938)

77. Folco Lulli

Actor | I compagni

Folco Lulli was born on July 3, 1912 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for The Organizer (1963), The Wages of Fear (1953) and The Tartars (1961). He died on May 23, 1970 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Gente d'onore (1967)

78. Giuseppe Veggezzi

Director | Katarsis

Giuseppe Veggezzi was born on December 3, 1929 in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Giuseppe is a director, known for Challenge the Devil (1963).

Katarsis (1963)

79. Bruno Iori

Director | La verde età

Bruno Iori is known for La verde età (1957).

La verde età (1957)

80. Brian De Palma

Director | Body Double

Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...

Dressed to Kill (1980)

81. David Miller

Director | The Story of Esther Costello

David Miller was born on November 28, 1909 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Story of Esther Costello (1957), Twist of Fate (1954) and Flying Tigers (1942). He was married to Frances Raeburn. He died on April 14, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Executive Action (1973)

82. Camillo Mastrocinque

Director | I mariti (Tempesta d'anime)

Camillo Mastrocinque was born on May 11, 1901 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for I mariti (Tempesta d'anime) (1941), Don Pasquale (1940) and Lost in the Dark (1947). He died on April 23, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Gli eroi del doppio gioco (1962)

83. Bill Norton

Director | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bill Norton was born on August 13, 1943 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Tour of Duty (1987) and Cisco Pike (1971). He was previously married to Rosanna Norton.

More American Graffiti (1979)

84. Milos Forman

Director | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Milos Forman was born Jan Tomas Forman in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, to Anna (Svabova), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. During World War II, his parents were taken away by the Nazis, after being accused of participating in the underground resistance. His father died in ...

Amadeus (1984)

85. Miguel M. Delgado

Director | Los tres mosqueteros

Miguel M. Delgado was born on April 1, 1904 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a director and writer, known for Los tres mosqueteros (1942), El señor fotógrafo (1953) and Cantando nace el amor (1954). He was married to Shirley Miller Eckenroth, Ofelia González Hernández and ...

El padrecito (1964)

86. Alfredo Giannetti

Writer | Divorzio all'italiana

Alfredo Giannetti was born on April 16, 1924 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Divorce Italian Style (1961), Day by Day, Desperately (1961) and The Facts of Murder (1959). He died on July 30, 1995 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

La ragazza in prestito (1964)

87. Sergio Grieco

Director | Il sergente Klems

Sergio Grieco was born on January 13, 1917 in Codevigo, Veneto, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Il sergente Klems (1971), Beast with a Gun (1977) and Il figlio del circo (1963). He was married to Susan Terry. He died on March 30, 1982 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Tua per la vita (1955)

88. Flavio Calzavara

Director | Don Buonaparte

Flavio Calzavara was born on February 21, 1900 in Istrana, Veneto, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Don Buonaparte (1941), Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956) and 10 canzoni d'amore da salvare (1962). He died on March 10, 1981 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy.

Carmela (1942)

89. Richard Quine

Director | The Mickey Rooney Show

Richard Quine was born on November 12, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Mickey Rooney Show (1954), The Cockeyed Miracle (1946) and Strangers When We Meet (1960). He was married to Diana Balfour, Fran Jeffries, Barbara Bushman and Susan Peters. He died on ...

How to Murder Your Wife (1965)

90. Maurice Tourneur

Director | Au nom de la loi

Screenwriter and director Maurice Tourneur was born Maurice Thomas in the Parisian suburb of Belleville on February 2, 1873, the son of a jewelry merchant. He was trained and employed as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator as a young man. After serving in a French artillery unit in ...

Königsmark (1935)

91. Jean-Luc Godard

Director | Bande à part

Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris on December 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family. His father was a doctor who owned a private clinic, and his mother came from a preeminent family of Swiss bankers. During World War II Godard became a naturalized citizen of ...

À bout de souffle (1960)

92. Otto Preminger

Actor | Stalag 17

Otto Ludwig Preminger was born in Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary. His father was a prosecutor, and Otto originally intended to follow his father into a law career; however, he fell in love with the theater in his 20's and became one of the most imaginative stage producers and directors. He was ...

Exodus (1960)

93. Stanley Kramer

Producer | Judgment at Nuremberg

Stanley Kramer was born on September 29, 1913 in Hell's Kitchen [now Clinton], Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Inherit the Wind (1960). He was married to Karen Sharpe, Anne P. ...

Oklahoma Crude (1973)

94. Mario Sequi

Director | Cronaca di un delitto

Mario Sequi was born on June 30, 1913 in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Cronaca di un delitto (1953), Incantesimo tragico (1951) and Altura (1954).

La verginella (1975)

95. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clinton Eastwood Jr. 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 Margaret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took ...

Pale Rider

96. Fritz Kiersch

Director | Children of the Corn

Fritz Kiersch was born on July 23, 1951 in Alpine, Texas, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Children of the Corn (1984), Tuff Turf (1985) and Into the Sun (1991).

Tuff Turf (1985)

97. Pino Mercanti

Director | Nubi

Pino Mercanti was born on February 16, 1911 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Nubi (1934), I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (I beati paoli) (1948) and The Underground (1970). He died on September 3, 1986 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Ricordati di Napoli (1958)

98. Yoram Gross

Producer | Dot and the Bunny

Yoram Gross is Australia's leading animation Producer and Director. Internationally acclaimed for his films and television series, Yoram has established a world-wide reputation for the adaptation of children's characters from books and films to animation that win the hearts of children worldwide. ...

Dot and the Bunny (1983)

99. Michael Tuchner

Director | Play for Today

Michael Tuchner was born on June 24, 1932 in Berlin, Germany. Michael was a director and producer, known for Play for Today (1970), Whicker's World (1959) and Fear Is the Key (1972). Michael was married to Dina Eaton and Gillian Barton Cook. Michael died on February 17, 2017 in East Molesey, Surrey...

Desperate for Love (1989)

100. Giorgio Capitani

Director | Il maresciallo Rocca

Giorgio Capitani was born on December 29, 1927 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. He was a director and writer, known for Il maresciallo Rocca (1996), Mussolini's Daughter (2005) and Il piccolo vetraio (1955). He died on March 25, 2017 in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy.

Piscatore 'e Pusilleco (1954)



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