Directors profile
by citykillu | created - 21 Sep 2014 | updated - 19 Apr 2015 | Public
1. Takashi Miike
Director | Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Takashi Miike was born in the small town of Yao on the outskirts of Osaka, Japan. His main interest growing up was motorbikes, and for a while he harbored ambitions to race professionally. At the age of 18 he went to study at the film school in Yokohama founded by renowned director Shôhei Imamura, ...
2. Jack Smith
Director | Flaming Creatures
Jack Smith was born on November 14, 1932 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Flaming Creatures (1963), The Illiac Passion (1967) and Normal Love (1963). He died on September 25, 1989 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
3. Timothy Carey
Actor | The Killing
Timothy Carey had one of the most unusual careers of all Hollywood character actors, obtaining full cult status for his portrayals of the doomed, the psychotic and the plain crazy. Carey's career was an "only in America" type of story, and he retains his status as a great American original many ...
4. Sarah Jacobson
Director | I Was a Teenage Serial Killer
Sarah Jacobson was born on August 25, 1971 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. She was a director and writer, known for I Was a Teenage Serial Killer (1993), Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1996) and Making of 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains' (2004). She died on February 13, 2004 in New York...
5. Samuel Fuller
Writer | Shock Corridor
At age 17, Samuel Fuller was the youngest reporter ever to be in charge of the events section of the New York Journal. After having participated in the European battle theater in World War II, he directed some minor action productions for which he mostly wrote the scripts himself and which he also ...
6. Kenneth Anger
Director | Fireworks
Kenneth Anger grew up in Hollywood and started out as a child actor, but his interest in filmmaking was evident at an early age: he made his first film, Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat (1941) , at age 14.
Anger developed into one of the pioneers of the American underground film movement. His ...
7. Herschell Gordon Lewis
Director | This Stuff'll Kill Ya!
Only one film-maker can claim the title "Godfather of Gore." That peculiar but apt identification seems to be the exclusive property of Herschell Gordon Lewis. With an unusual background that included teaching English Literature to college students, producing and directing television commercials, ...
8. Melvin Van Peebles
Actor | The Shining
Melvin Van Peebles was born on August 21, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Shining (1997), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) and Don't Play Us Cheap (1972). He was married to Maria Marx. He died on September 21, 2021 in Manhattan, New York City, New ...
9. Ti West
Director | Pearl
Ti West is most notable for directing horror films, as well as being an actor, writer, producer, and editor. Ti broke out, after directing various projects, in 2009, when he directed two feature films - 2009's The House Of The Devil and Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever. Ti later directed, with his ...
10. Yen-Ping Chu
Director | Yi shi er niao
Yen-Ping Chu was born in 1950 in Taiwan. He is a director and writer, known for Yi shi er niao (2005), The Treasure Hunter (2009) and China Dragon (1995).
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