Filmography
by Crombizzle | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 month ago | Publica list of films by one director or actor, or on one subject.
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 ...
13. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
12. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
11. The Shining (1980)
10. Barry Lyndon (1975)
9. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
6. Lolita (1962)
5. Spartacus (1960)
4. Paths of Glory (1957)
3. The Killing (1956)
2. Killer's Kiss (1955)
1. Fear and Desire (1952)
2. 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 ...
28. Napoleon (2023)
27. House of Gucci (2021)
26. The Last Duel (2021)
25. All the Money in the World (2017)
24. Alien: Covenant (2017)
23. The Martian (2015)
22. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
21. The Counselor (2013)
20. Prometheus (2012)
19. Robin Hood (2010)
18. Body of Lies (2008)
17. American Gangster (2007)
16. A Good Year (2006)
15. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
14. Matchstick Men (2003)
13. Black Hawk Down (2001)
12. Hannibal (2001)
11. Gladiator (2000)
10. G.I. Jane (1997)
9. White Squall (1996)
8. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
7. Thelma & Louise (1991)
6. Black Rain (1989)
5. Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
4. Legend (1985)
3. Blade Runner (1982)
2. Alien (1979)
1. The Duellists (1977)
3. 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 ...
26. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
25. The Irishman (2019)
24. Silence (2016)
23. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
22. Hugo (2011)
21. Shutter Island (2010)
20. The Departed (2006)
19. The Aviator (2004)
18. Gangs of New York (2002)
17. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
16. Kundun (1997)
15. Casino (1995)
14. The Age of Innocence (1993)
13. Cape Fear (1991)
12. Goodfellas (1990)
11. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
10. The Color of Money (1986)
9. After Hours (1985)
8. The King of Comedy (1982)
7. Raging Bull (1980)
6. New York, New York (1977)
5. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
3. Mean Streets (1973)
2. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
1. Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
4. Francis Ford Coppola
Producer | Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...
22. Twixt (2011)
21. Tetro (2009)
20. Youth Without Youth (2007)
19. The Rainmaker (1997)
18. Jack (1996)
17. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
16. The Godfather Part III (1990)
15. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
14. Gardens of Stone (1987)
13. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
12. The Cotton Club (1984)
11. Rumble Fish (1983)
10. The Outsiders (1983)
9. One from the Heart (1981)
8. Apocalypse Now (1979)
7. The Godfather Part II (1974)
6. The Conversation (1974)
5. The Godfather (1972)
4. The Rain People (1969)
3. Finian's Rainbow (1968)
2. You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
1. Dementia 13 (1963)
5. 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, ...
32. The Fabelmans (2022)
31. West Side Story (2021)
30. Ready Player One (2018)
29. The Post (2017)
28. The BFG (2016)
27. Bridge of Spies (2015)
26. Lincoln (2012)
25. War Horse (2011)
24. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
23. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
22. Munich (2005)
21. War of the Worlds (2005)
20. The Terminal (2004)
19. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
18. Minority Report (2002)
17. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
16. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
15. Amistad (1997)
14. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
13. Schindler's List (1993)
12. Jurassic Park (1993)
11. Hook (1991)
10. Always (1989)
9. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
8. Empire of the Sun (1987)
7. The Color Purple (1985)
6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
4. 1941 (1979)
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
2. Jaws (1975)
1. The Sugarland Express (1974)
6. Sergio Leone
Writer | Once Upon a Time in America
Sergio Leone was virtually born into the cinema - he was the son of Roberto Roberti (A.K.A. Vincenzo Leone), one of Italy's cinema pioneers, and actress Bice Valerian. Leone entered films in his late teens, working as an assistant director to both Italian directors and U.S. directors working in ...
7. Christopher Nolan
Writer | Tenet
Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed Academy Award winner writer/director/producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London, England. Over the course of more than 25 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the ...
8. Denis Villeneuve
Director | Dune
Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director and writer. He was born in 1967, in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. He started his career as a filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada. He is best known for his feature films Arrival (2016), Sicario (2015), Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), ...
9. David Fincher
Director | Se7en
David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...
10. 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 ...
11. 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...
12. 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 ...
13. Sam Mendes
Producer | 1917
Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-...
14. 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 ...
15. George Miller
Producer | Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He is best known for his Mad Max franchise, with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) being hailed as amongst the greatest action films of all time. Aside from the Mad Max ...
11. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
10. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
9. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
8. Happy Feet Two (2011)
7. Happy Feet (2006)
6. Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
5. Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
4. The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
3. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
2. Mad Max 2 (1981)
1. Mad Max (1979)
16. 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 ...
18. The Ward (2010)
17. Ghosts of Mars (2001)
16. Vampires (1998)
15. Escape from L.A. (1996)
14. Village of the Damned (1995)
13. In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
12. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
11. They Live (1988)
10. Prince of Darkness (1987)
9. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
8. Starman (1984)
7. Christine (1983)
6. The Thing (1982)
5. Escape from New York (1981)
4. The Fog (1980)
3. Halloween (1978)
2. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
1. Dark Star (1974)
17. David Cronenberg
Actor | The Fly
David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father, Milton Cronenberg, was a journalist and editor, and his mother, Esther (Sumberg), was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early...
20. Crimes of the Future (2022)
19. Maps to the Stars (2014)
18. Cosmopolis (2012)
17. A Dangerous Method (2011)
16. Eastern Promises (2007)
15. A History of Violence (2005)
14. Spider (2002)
13. eXistenZ (1999)
12. Crash (1996)
11. M. Butterfly (1993)
10. Naked Lunch (1991)
9. Dead Ringers (1988)
8. The Fly (1986)
7. The Dead Zone (1983)
6. Videodrome (1983)
5. Scanners (1981)
4. The Brood (1979)
3. Fast Company (1979)
2. Rabid (1977)
1. Shivers (1975)
18. Wes Craven
Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.
Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...
20. Scream 4 (2011)
19. My Soul to Take (2010)
18. Red Eye (2005)
17. Cursed (2005)
16. Scream 3 (2000)
15. Music of the Heart (1999)
14. Scream 2 (1997)
13. Scream (1996)
12. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
11. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
10. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
9. Shocker (1989)
8. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
7. Deadly Friend (1986)
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
5. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
4. Swamp Thing (1982)
3. Deadly Blessing (1981)
2. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
1. The Last House on the Left (1972)
19. 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 ...
30. Domino (2019)
29. Passion (2012)
28. Redacted (2007)
27. The Black Dahlia (2006)
26. Femme Fatale (2002)
25. Mission to Mars (2000)
24. Snake Eyes (1998)
23. Mission: Impossible (1996)
22. Carlito's Way (1993)
21. Raising Cain (1992)
20. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
19. Casualties of War (1989)
18. The Untouchables (1987)
17. Wise Guys (1986)
16. Body Double (1984)
15. Scarface (1983)
14. Blow Out (1981)
13. Dressed to Kill (1980)
12. Home Movies (1979)
11. The Fury (1978)
10. Carrie (1976)
9. Obsession (1976)
8. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
7. Sisters (1972)
6. Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
5. Hi, Mom! (1970)
4. Dionysus in '69 (1970)
3. The Wedding Party (1969)
2. Greetings (1968)
1. Murder a la Mod (1968)
20. 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 ...
17. Benedetta (2021)
16. Elle (2016)
15. Steekspel (2012)
14. Zwartboek (2006)
13. Hollow Man (2000)
12. Starship Troopers (1997)
11. Showgirls (1995)
10. Basic Instinct (1992)
9. Total Recall (1990)
8. RoboCop (1987)
7. Flesh+Blood (1985)
6. De vierde man (1983)
5. Spetters (1980)
4. Soldaat van Oranje (1977)
3. Keetje Tippel (1975)
2. Turks fruit (1973)
1. Wat zien ik (1971)
21. Joel Coen
Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...
w/ Ethan Coen
19. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
18. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
17. Hail, Caesar! (2016)
16. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
15. True Grit (2010)
14. A Serious Man (2009)
13. Burn After Reading (2008)
12. No Country for Old Men (2007)
11. The Ladykillers (2004)
10. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
9. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
8. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
7. The Big Lebowski (1998)
6. Fargo (1996)
5. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
4. Barton Fink (1991)
3. Miller's Crossing (1990)
2. Raising Arizona (1987)
1. Blood Simple (1984)
22. Paul Thomas Anderson
Director | Punch-Drunk Love
Anderson was born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their teeth making...
23. Terrence Malick
Writer | Days of Heaven
Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.
A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen ...
24. David Lynch
Writer | Twin Peaks
Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...
13. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
12. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
11. Inland Empire (2006)
10. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
9. The Straight Story (1999)
8. Lost Highway (1997)
7. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
6. Twin Peaks (1990)
5. Wild at Heart (1990)
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
3. Dune (1984)
2. The Elephant Man (1980)
1. Eraserhead (1977)
25. Michael Haneke
Writer | Caché
A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...
12. Happy End (2017)
11. Amour (2012)
10. Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)
9. Funny Games (2007)
8. Caché (2005)
7. Le temps du loup (2003)
6. La pianiste (2001)
5. Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (2000)
4. Funny Games (1997)
3. 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994)
2. Benny's Video (1992)
1. Der siebente Kontinent (1989)
26. 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 ...
27. Lars von Trier
Writer | Dancer in the Dark
Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, The Element of Crime (1984). A highly ...
15. The House That Jack Built (2018)
14. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)
13. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)
12. Melancholia (2011)
11. Antichrist (2009)
10. Direktøren for det hele (2006)
9. Manderlay (2005)
8. Dogville (2003)
7. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
6. Idioterne (1998)
5. Breaking the Waves (1996)
4. Europa (1991)
3. Epidemic (1987)
2. Forbrydelsens element (1984)
1. Befrielsesbilleder (1982)
28. Xavier Dolan
Actor | J'ai tué ma mère
Xavier Dolan was born on March 20, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Tom at the Farm (2013) and Heartbeats (2010).
29. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director | Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...
30. Wes Anderson
Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an ...
12. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
11. Asteroid City (2023)
10. The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
9. Isle of Dogs (2018)
8. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
7. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
5. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
3. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
2. Rushmore (1998)
1. Bottle Rocket (1996)
31. 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 ...
32. Park Chan-wook
Director | Oldeuboi
Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Oldboy (2003), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.
33. Na Hong-jin
Writer | Chugyeokja
Na Hong-jin born in 1974 is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His debut film The Chaser (2008) won Best Director at the 45th Grand Bell Awards in 2008. The film also won the award for Best Film. His follow up film, The Yellow Sea, was released in South Korea on December 15, 2010. It is...
34. Damien Chazelle
Writer | La La Land
Damien Sayre Chazelle is an American director and screenwriter. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Celia Sayre (Martin) Chazelle, is an American-Canadian writer and professor of history at The College of New Jersey. His father, Bernard Chazelle, is a French-American Eugene Higgins...
35. Steve McQueen
Director | 12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen was born on October 9, 1969 in London, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Shame (2011) and Hunger (2008). He is married to Bianca Stigter. They have two children.
36. Yorgos Lanthimos
Director | The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta,...
37. 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 ...
38. Ari Aster
Director | Hereditary
Ari Aster is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for writing and directing the A24 horror films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019). Aster was born into a Jewish family in New York City on July 15, 1986, the son of a poet mother and musician father. He has a ...
39. Alex Garland
Writer | Ex Machina
Alex Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for the films Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).
Garland's others works as a writer includes The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2011) and Dredd (2012).
He is ...
40. Jordan Peele
Writer | Nope
Jordan Peele is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director, writer, actor, producer, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions. Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," was a critically acclaimed blockbuster, recognized with four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The film would earn Peele the ...
3. Nope (2022)
2. Us (2019)
1. Get Out (2017)
41. Tom Ford
Director | A Single Man
Tom Ford is an American fashion designer, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He gained fame as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2006, Ford launched his own "Tom Ford" label.
Ford directed the films A Single Man (2009) and Nocturnal Animals (2016), both films were...
42. Julia Ducournau
Director | Titane
Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She attended film school at La Fémis in Paris, where she studied screenwriting. In 2011, her short film JUNIOR won the Petit Rail d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature, the horror movie Raw (2016), won the coveted ...
43. David Lowery
Editor | A Ghost Story
David Lowery is an American writer and director. He is best known for The Green Knight (2021), Pete's Dragon (2016), A Ghost Story (2017) and Pioneer (2011). He has been making movies since he was seven years old, but his first work to be widely seen was the short film A Catalog Of Anticipations (...
44. Benny Safdie
Actor | Good Time
Born and raised in New York City: in both Queens & Manhattan. He attended the school of Communication at Boston University. He often collaborates with his brother Josh Safdie. He is a director, writer, editor and actor known for Daddy Longlegs(2009),Heaven Knows What(2014), Good Time (2017), Uncut ...
w/ Josh Safdie
4. Uncut Gems (2019)
3. Good Time (2017)
2. Heaven Knows What (2014)
1. Go Get Some Rosemary (2009)
45. Jonathan Glazer
Director | Under the Skin
Jonathan first found fame for his revolutionary work on Radiohead's 'Street Spirit' and Jamiroquai's multi-MTV award winning 'Virtual Insanity' video.
In 1999 he directed the ground-breaking Guinness 'Surfer', which picked up 2 D&AD Black Pencils and the top spot at most of the other awards ...
46. 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 ...
47. Charlie Kaufman
Writer | I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Avid reader Charlie Kaufman wrote plays and made short films as a young student. He moved from Massapequa, New York to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 where he attended high school. As a comedic actor, he performed in school plays and, after graduation, he enrolled at Boston University but soon ...
48. Luca Guadagnino
Director | Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino was born on August 10, 1971 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and producer, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), Suspiria (2018) and Bones and All (2022).
49. David Robert Mitchell
Writer | It Follows
David Robert Mitchell is an American director mainly known for the breakout horror film ''It Follows'' which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2014. in 2002, Mitchell wrote and directed ''Virgin'' a short film featuring Carolina Castro and Cameron Diskin about a local legend...
50. Derek Cianfrance
Writer | Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance began making movies at age 13. He later attended The University of Colorado where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three films, 'Five O'clock Shadow', 'Raw Footage', and Brother Tied (1998), won consecutive Goldfarb Awards for best...
51. Brandon Cronenberg
Director | Possessor
Brandon Cronenberg was born on January 10, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for Possessor (2020), Infinity Pool (2023) and Antiviral (2012).
52. Frank Darabont
Writer | The Shawshank Redemption
Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...
53. Mel Gibson
Actor | Braveheart
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...
54. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
55. 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 ...
8. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
7. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
6. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
5. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
4. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3. Star Wars (1977)
2. American Graffiti (1973)
1. THX 1138 (1971)
56. Peter Jackson
Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...
13. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
12. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
11. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
10. The Lovely Bones (2009)
9. King Kong (2005)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
5. The Frighteners (1996)
4. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
3. Braindead (1992)
2. Meet the Feebles (1989)
1. Bad Taste (1987)
57. Lana Wachowski
Writer | The Matrix
Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight ...
58. Guy Ritchie
Director | Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...
15. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
14. The Covenant (2023)
13. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
12. Wrath of Man (2021)
11. The Gentlemen (2019)
10. Aladdin (2019)
9. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
7. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
6. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
5. RocknRolla (2008)
4. Revolver (2005)
3. Swept Away (2002)
2. Snatch (2000)
1. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
59. Edgar Wright
Director | Shaun of the Dead
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg...
60. Nicolas Winding Refn
Writer | The Neon Demon
Writer, director, and producer Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1970, to Anders Refn, a film director and editor, and Vibeke Winding (née Tuxen), a cinematographer. Just before he turned 11, in 1981, he moved to New York with his parents, where he lived out his teen years. ...
61. 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 ...
12. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
11. Nightmare Alley (2021)
10. The Shape of Water (2017)
9. Crimson Peak (2015)
8. Pacific Rim (2013)
7. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
6. El laberinto del fauno (2006)
5. Hellboy (2004)
4. Blade II (2002)
3. El espinazo del diablo (2001)
2. Mimic (1997)
1. Cronos (1992)
62. Tim Burton
Producer | Edward Scissorhands
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...
19. Dumbo (2019)
18. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
17. Big Eyes (2014)
16. Dark Shadows (2012)
15. Frankenweenie (2012)
14. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
13. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
12. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
11. Corpse Bride (2005)
10. Big Fish (2003)
9. Planet of the Apes (2001)
8. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
7. Mars Attacks! (1996)
6. Ed Wood (1994)
5. Batman Returns (1992)
4. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
3. Batman (1989)
2. Beetlejuice (1988)
1. Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
63. 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 ...
21. Pinocchio (2022)
20. The Witches (2020)
19. Welcome to Marwen (2018)
18. Allied (2016)
17. The Walk (2015)
16. Flight (2012)
15. A Christmas Carol (2009)
14. Beowulf (2007)
13. The Polar Express (2004)
12. Cast Away (2000)
11. What Lies Beneath (2000)
10. Contact (1997)
9. Forrest Gump (1994)
8. Death Becomes Her (1992)
7. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
6. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
4. Back to the Future (1985)
3. Romancing the Stone (1984)
2. Used Cars (1980)
1. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
64. Paul Greengrass
Director | United 93
Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school. Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter.
After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada ...
65. James Mangold
Producer | Logan
James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).
Mangold also wrote and directed Cop...
66. Duncan Jones
Director | Moon
Duncan Jones was born on May 30, 1971 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Moon (2009), Source Code (2011) and Mute (2018). He has been married to Rodene Ronquillo since November 6, 2012. They have two children.
67. Neill Blomkamp
Director | District 9
Neill Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian film director and screenwriter who is known for the science fiction films District 9, Elysium and Chappie. He also directed the supernatural horror film Demonic and the 2007 short film Halo: Landfall, based on the Microsoft science fiction video game ...
68. Oriol Paulo
Writer | El cuerpo
Oriol Paulo studied audiovisual communication at Pompeu Fabra University and film at the Los Angeles Film School.
As a scriptwriter, he wrote screenplays for small screen films such as Ecos (2006) and Codi 60 (2011), but is best known for his work in series such as Absolute majority (2004) and The ...
69. 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 ...
12. Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
11. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
10. Army of the Dead (2021)
9. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
8. Justice League (2017)
7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
6. Man of Steel (2013)
5. Sucker Punch (2011)
4. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
3. Watchmen (2009)
2. 300 (2006)
1. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
70. Andrew Niccol
Writer | GATTACA
New Zealand-born screenwriter-director Andrew Niccol began his career in London, successfully directing TV commercials before moving to Los Angeles in order to make films "longer than 60 seconds." He interested high-powered producer Scott Rudin in his The Truman Show (1998) script, but Rudin was not...
71. Gore Verbinski
Director | Rango
Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...
10. A Cure for Wellness (2016)
9. The Lone Ranger (2013)
8. Rango (2011)
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
5. The Weather Man (2005)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
3. The Ring (2002)
2. The Mexican (2001)
1. Mouse Hunt (1997)
72. Matthew Vaughn
Producer | Kick-Ass
Matthew Vaughn is an English film producer and director. He is known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) and for directing the crime thriller, Layer Cake (2004), the fantasy epic, Stardust (2007), the superhero comedy, Kick-Ass (2010), and the ...
73. Bryan Singer
Director | X-Men
Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who got his start writing and co-directing the short film Lions Den with his classmates while he attended USC. He was hired by 20th Century Fox to direct X-Men, which helped kick-start the superhero renaissance. He later directed three sequels....
74. David Leitch
Producer | Bullet Train
David Leitch is a billion dollar film director, actor, stuntman, writer, producer, and stunt coordinator. He co-directed John Wick (2014) with Chad Stahelski, on which he also served as producer. David directed Atomic Blonde (2017) starring Charlize Theron. David also directed the box office smash ...
75. Shane Black
Actor | Predator
Considered one of the pioneer screenwriters of the action genre, Black made his mark with his Lethal Weapon (1987) screenplay. He also collaborated on the story of the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from The Last Boy Scout (1991) ...
76. J.J. Abrams
Producer | Lost
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....
77. 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 ...
78. James Wan
Writer | Saw
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...
79. 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...
15. Ambulance (2022)
14. 6 Underground (2019)
13. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
12. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
11. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
10. Pain & Gain (2013)
9. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
8. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
7. Transformers (2007)
6. The Island (2005)
5. Bad Boys II (2003)
4. Pearl Harbor (2001)
3. Armageddon (1998)
2. The Rock (1996)
1. Bad Boys (1995)
80. 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 ...
15. Moonfall (2022)
14. Midway (2019)
13. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
12. Stonewall (2015)
11. White House Down (2013)
10. Anonymous (2011)
9. 2012 (2009)
8. 10,000 BC (2008)
7. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
6. The Patriot (2000)
5. Godzilla (1998)
4. Independence Day (1996)
3. Stargate (1994)
2. Universal Soldier (1992)
1. Moon 44 (1990)
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