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This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director's first commercial cinematic release. Many film makers have directed works which were not commercially released, for example early works by
Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...
such as his filming of his stage production of ''
Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
'' in 1933 or his experimental short film ''
The Hearts of Age ''The Hearts of Age'' is an early film made by Orson Welles. The film is an eight-minute short that he co-directed with friend William Vance in 1934. The film stars Welles's first wife, Virginia Nicolson, and Welles himself. He made the film whil ...
'' in 1934. Often these early works were not intended for commercial release either by intent, such as film school projects or inability to find distribution. Subsequently, many directors learnt their trade in the medium of television as it became popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Notable directors who did their first directorial work in this medium include
Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New ...
,
Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (born July 21, 1926) is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best ...
,
Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), '' Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976 ...
, and
Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Great Expectations'' (1998), the c ...
. As commercial television advertising became more cinematic in the 1960s and 1970s, many directors' early work was in this medium, including directors such as
Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts ...
and
Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades th ...
. With the success of
MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
and the popularity of
music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing devic ...
s from the early 1980s, this gave another avenue for directors to hone their skills. Notable directors whose early work was in music videos include
David Fincher David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. His films, mostly psychological thrillers and biographical dramas, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director. F ...
,
Jonathan Glazer Jonathan Glazer (born 26 March 1965) is an English film director and screenwriter. Born in London, Glazer began his career in theatre before transitioning into film. Over the course of a career spanning nearly three decades, Glazer's directing ...
, Michel Gondry, and
Spike Jonze Adam H. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze began his ca ...
. The following symbols indicate where a director has worked in another medium prior to directing commercially. ♦ Indicates where a director has created other earlier works for television # Indicates when a director's earlier work is uncredited † Indicates when a director's earlier work has not been released in cinemas, for example film school productions, short films or music videos. Refer to individual entries for further detail.


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Louis Le Prince Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841 – disappeared 16 September 1890, declared dead 16 September 1897) was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion-picture camera, possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequ ...
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Man Walking Around a Corner ''Man Walking Around a Corner'' was an early British film, shot in Leeds, England by Louis Le Prince. According to David Wilkinson's 2015 documentary ''The First Film'' it is not film, but a series of photographs, 16 in all, each taken from one of ...
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1896

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Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché (née Guy; ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer filmmaker. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From 1896 to 1906, s ...
 – '' La Fée aux Choux'' *
Georges Méliès Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. Méliès was well known for the use of ...
 – '' Le Manoir du diable''


1898

* Edwin S. Porter – ''
The Cavalier's Dream ''The Cavalier's Dream'' is an 1898 American black-and-white horror silent one minute short film directed by Edwin S. Porter in his directorial debut. Plot A cavalier sits asleep at a bare table; an old witch enters, raps three times, then di ...
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1900s


1901

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Segundo de Chomón Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz (also Chomont or Chaumont ; 17 October 1871 – 2 May 1929) was a pioneering Spanish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. He produced many short films in France while working for Pathé Frè ...
 – ''
Bajada de Montserrat ''Descente du Mont Serrat'' is a 1901 French short black-and-white silent documentary film directed by Segundo de Chomón Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz (also Chomont or Chaumont ; 17 October 1871 – 2 May 1929) was a pioneeri ...
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1907

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Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott, September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great direc ...
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1908

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Louis Feuillade Louis Feuillade (; 19 February 1873 – 25 February 1925) was a French filmmaker of the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924, he directed over 630 films. He is primarily known for the crime serials '' Fantômas'', '' Les Vampires'' and '' Judex ...
 – '' L'Homme aimanté'' *
D. W. Griffith David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the n ...
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The Adventures of Dollie ''The Adventures of Dollie'' is a 1908 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was Griffith's debut film as a director. A print of the film survives in the Library of Congress film archive. The film tells the story of a young gir ...
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1909

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Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
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The Curtain Pole ''The Curtain Pole'' is a 1909 American comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film still exists. The film was made by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motio ...
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1911

* Oscar Apfel – '' The Wedding Bell'' * Thomas H. Ince – ''
Artful Kate ''Artful Kate'' is a one reel silent film produced and released by IMP, the Independent Moving Pictures Company. It was directed Thomas H. Ince and starred Mary Pickford and her husband Owen Moore, previously working for D.W. Griffith at Biograph. ...
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1912

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Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s. Brenon was among the early film ...
 – '' All for Her'' *
Christy Cabanne William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter, and silent film actor. Biography Born in 1888, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) started his career on stage as an actor and director. He a ...
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Life of Villa ''Life of Villa'' is a 1912 silent war documentary set during the Mexican Revolution. Though some scenes are re-enacted after it happened, the movie is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator ...
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Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz ( ; born Manó Kaminer; since 1905 Mihály Kertész; hu, Kertész Mihály; December 24, 1886 April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed cla ...
 – '' Utolsó bohém, Az'' * Francis Ford – ''
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J. Farrell MacDonald John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed fort ...
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The Worth of a Man ''The Worth of a Man'' is a 1912 American dramatic silent film directed by J. Farrell MacDonald. It was produced by the Independent Moving Pictures The Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP) was a motion picture studio and production compan ...
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Wallace Reid William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver. Early life Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...
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Victor Sjöström Victor David Sjöström (; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960), also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in ...
 – '' Ett hemligt giftermål'' *
Maurice Tourneur Maurice may refer to: People * Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and L ...
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Jean la Poudre ''Jean la Poudre'' (English:''John Powder'') is a 1913 French silent drama film directed by Emile Chautard and Maurice Tourneur and starring Henri Gouget and Henry Roussel.Waldman p.15 It portrays Thomas Robert Bugeaud Thomas Robert Bugea ...
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Robert Wiene Robert Wiene (; 27 April 1873 – 17 July 1938) was a film director of the silent era of German cinema. He is particularly known for directing the German silent film ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'' and a succession of other German Expressionism, ...
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Die Waffen der Jugend ''The Weapons of Youth'' (German: ''Die Waffen der Jugend'') is a 1913 German silent film directed by Friedrich Müller and starring Gertrud Gräbner, Curt Maler and Hans Staufen. The screenplay was written by the Robert Wiene his first kno ...
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1913

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Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' ( ...
 – '' Kitty's Knight'' *
Frank Borzage Frank Borzage (; April 23, 1894 – June 19, 1962) was an Academy Award-winning American film director and actor, known for directing '' 7th Heaven'' (1927), '' Street Angel'' (1928), '' Bad Girl'' (1931), ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1932), '' Man's ...
 – ''
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine ''The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine'' is a 1913 American short drama silent black and white film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Wallace Reid, Pauline Bush and Arthur Rosson. It was made in June and released on August 26. Cast * Wallace ...
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Hobart Bosworth Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Early life Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil W ...
 – '' The Sea Wolf'' * Jack Conway† – ''
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Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...
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Il bacio di Cirano ''Il bacio di Cirano'' is a 1913 silent Italian drama film directed by Carmine Gallone. It was Gallone's debut film as a director. Cast * Umberto Zanuccoli * Soava Gallone as Grazia * Romano Calò as Claudio Arcieri * Tatiana Gorka as Roset ...
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King Vidor King Wallis Vidor (; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...
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Hurricane in Galveston ''Hurricane in Galveston'' is a 1913 American short documentary directed by King Vidor. It was Vidor's debut film as a director. Production King Vidor and Ray Clough produced and photographed the film using a homemade camera borrowed from a ...
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Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh. He wa ...
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Dadasaheb Phalke Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Pronunciation: ̪ʱuɳɖiɾaːd͡ʒ pʰaːɭke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke () (30 April 1870 – 16 February 1944), was an Indian producer-director-screenwriter, known as "the Father of Indian cinema". His de ...
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Raja Harishchandra ''Raja Harishchandra'' () is a 1913 Indian silent film directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke. It is often considered the first full-length Indian feature film. ''Raja Harishchandra'' features Dattatraya Damodar Dabke, Anna Salunke, Bhal ...
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1914

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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is conside ...
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Twenty Minutes of Love ''Twenty Minutes of Love'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios. The film is widely reported as Charlie Chaplin's directorial debut; some sources name Joseph Maddern as the director, but generally credit Chaplin as the ...
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Donald Crisp Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ...
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Her Father's Silent Partner ''Her Father's Silent Partner'' is a 1914 American drama film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Harry Carey * Claire McDowell * Dorothy Gish * Lionel Barrymore See also * Harry Carey filmography * Lionel Barrymore filmography Lionel Barrymore ...
'' * Cecil B. DeMille – '' The Squaw Man'' *
Allan Dwan Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Early life Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan, wa ...
 – ''
The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch ''The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch'' is a 1914 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan, written by Allan Dwan and Mrs. Burton Harrison, and starring Henrietta Crosman, Walter Craven, Lorraine Huling, Minna Gale and Harold Lockwood. It was released ...
'' * William S. Hart – ''
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'' * Rex Ingram – '' The Symphony of Souls'' * George Irving – ''
The Jungle ''The Jungle'' is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair's primary purpose in describing the meat industry and its working conditions was to advance socialism in the United States. However, most readers we ...
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Alexander Korda Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)Orhaz a Karpatokban'' *
Robert Z. Leonard Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to silent star Mae Murray with the two formin ...
 – '' The Master Key'' *
Frank Lloyd Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a British-born American film director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its preside ...
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The Law of His Kind ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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John M. Stahl John Malcolm Stahl (January 21, 1886 – January 12, 1950) was an American film director and producer. Life and work He was born Jacob Morris Strelitsky in Baku (Azerbaijan) to a Russian Jewish family. When he was a child, his family left ...
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A Boy and the Law A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes' ...
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William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American film director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, ...
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The Smouldering Spark ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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1915

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Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked w ...
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Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco ''Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco'' is a 1915 American short comedy-documentary film both starring and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. Production background Producer Mack Sennett brought Arbuckle and N ...
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Richard Boleslavsky Richard Boleslawski (born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki; February 4, 1889 – January 17, 1937) was a Polish theatre and film director, actor and teacher of acting. Biography Richard Boleslawski was born Bolesław Ryszard Srzednicki on February ...
 – '' Ty yeshcho ne umesh lyubit'' *
Charles Brabin Charles Brabin (April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was a British-American film director. Biography Born in Liverpool, England, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier College. Brabin sailed to New York City in the early 1900s and, while hold ...
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Vanity Fair Vanity Fair may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Literature * Vanity Fair, a location in '' The Pilgrim's Progress'' (1678), by John Bunyan * ''Vanity Fair'' (novel), 1848, by William Makepeace Thackeray * ''Vanity Fair'' (magazines), the ...
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Tod Browning Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...
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The Lucky Transfer ''The Lucky Transfer'' is a 1915 American short drama film directed by Tod Browning. It was Browning's debut film as a director. Cast * Mary Alden as Helen Holland * Tom Wilson as Ford * Thomas Hull as Ransom * Vester Pegg as The clerk * Mar ...
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Lon Chaney Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and affli ...
 – '' The Stool Pigeon'' *
Harry Davenport Harry Davenport may refer to: * Harry Davenport (actor) (1866–1949), American film and stage actor * Harry Davenport (footballer) (1900–1984), Australian footballer * Harry J. Davenport (1902–1977), Democratic Party member of the U.S. House ...
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The Island of Regeneration ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
'' * Alan Hale – ''
The Passing Storm ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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Frank Reicher Frank Reicher (born Franz Reicher; December 2, 1875 – January 19, 1965) was a German-born American actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 film ''King Kong''. Early life Reicher was born in Mu ...
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The Clue ''The Clue'' is a lost 1915 American drama silent film directed by James Neill and Frank Reicher and written by Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Gertrude Kellar, Edward MacKay, Sessue Hayakawa, Page Peters and Ernest Joy. The fi ...
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Hal Roach Harry Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr.Randy Skretvedt, Skretvedt, Randy (2016), ''Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies'', Bonaventure Press. p.608. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, a ...
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Willie Runs the Park ''Willie Runs the Park'' is a 1915 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Harold Lloyd as Willie Work * Jane Novak as The Pretty Girl * Roy Stewart as Willie's Rival See also * Harold Lloyd filmography These are the kno ...
'' * William A. Seiter – ''
The Honeymoon Roll ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
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1916

* Francis X. Bushman – '' In the Diplomatic Service'' * Alfred E. Green – '' The Temptation of Adam'' *
Oliver Hardy Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his ...
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Bungles Lands a Job ''Bungles'' is a series of four American black-and-white short silent comedy films produced by Louis Burstein for Jacksonville's Vim Comedy Company in 1916. While the series featured Oliver Hardy, Marcel Perez acted in the leading role as Bung ...
'' * Rex Ingram – '' The Great Problem'' * Rupert Julian – '' Naked Hearts'' *
Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch (; January 29, 1892November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as ...
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Shoe Palace Pinkus ''Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (German: ''Schuhpalast Pinkus'') is a 1916 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Lubitsch, Else Kentner and Guido Herzfeld. In English it is sometimes known by the alternative titles ''Shoe Sal ...
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George Marshall George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Chief of Staff of the US Army under Pre ...
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Love's Lariat ''Love's Lariat'' is a 1916 American silent film featuring Harry Carey. Plot A cowboy called Sky High learns that he has inherited a fortune, but must move to the East to collect and keep it. The only other heir, Landers, conspires with gold ...
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Fred Niblo Fred Niblo (born Frederick Liedtke; January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer. Biography He was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile", apparently erroneously) in Yo ...
 – '' Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford''


1917

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John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He ...
 – '' The Tornado'' *
Lambert Hillyer Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter. Biography Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana. His mother was character actress Lydia Knott. A graduate of ...
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An Even Break ''An Even Break'' is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film written and directed by Lambert Hillyer, and starring Olive Thomas and Charles Gunn. A print of the film is preserved at the Library of Congress. Prints and/or fragments were found i ...
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Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary '' Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55. One of the most influential film c ...
 – '' Over the Fence'' *
Roy William Neill Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an Irish-born American film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1 ...
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The Girl, Glory ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
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John S. Robertson John Stuart Robertson (14 June 1878 – 5 November 1964) was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', starring John Barrymore. Biography Robertson was born ...
 – '' Baby Mine'' *
Wesley Ruggles Wesley Ruggles (June 11, 1889 – January 8, 1972) was an American film director. Life and work He was born in Los Angeles, California, younger brother of actor Charlie Ruggles. He began his career in 1915 as an actor, appearing in a do ...
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'' * W. S. Van Dyke – ''
The Land of Long Shadows ''The Land of Long Shadows'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Jack Gardner, Ruth King and Carl Stockdale.Connelly p.371 It marked the directorial debut of Van Dyke, who later became an established di ...
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1918

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James Cruze James Cruze (born James Cruze Bosen; March 27, 1884 – August 3, 1942) was a silent film actor and film director. Early years Cruze's middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
 – '' Too Many Millions'' *
Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including '' The Thi ...
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Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
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Dave Fleischer Dave Fleischer (; July 14, 1894 – June 25, 1979) was an American film director and producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. He was a native of New York City. Biography Fleischer was the ...
 – '' Out of the Inkwell'' *
Howard C. Hickman Howard Charles Hickman (February 9, 1880 – December 31, 1949) was an American actor, director and writer. He was an accomplished stage leading man, who entered films through the auspices of producer Thomas H. Ince. Career In 1900, Hickman ...
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Zoltan Korda Zoltan Korda (June 3, 1895 – October 13, 1961) was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer. He made his first film in Hungary in 1918, and worked with his brother Alexander Korda on film-making there and in London ...
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Wallace Worsley Wallace A. Worsley, Sr. (December 8, 1878 – March 26, 1944) was an American stage actor who became a film director in the silent era. During his career, Worsley directed 29 films and acted in 7 films. He directed several motion pictures sta ...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer Carl Theodor Dreyer (; 3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his movies are noted for their emotional aus ...
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Victor Fleming Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were '' Gone with the Wind'', for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and '' The Wiza ...
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Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was an American animator, inventor, film director and producer, and studio founder and owner. Born in Kraków, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he becam ...
 – '' The Tantalizing Fly'' *
Fritz Lang Friedrich Christian Anton Lang (; December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976), known as Fritz Lang, was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in Germany and later the United States.Obituary '' Variety'', August 4, 1976, p. ...
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Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlle ...
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The Homesteader ''The Homesteader'' (1919) is a lost black-and-white silent film by African-American author and filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. The film is based on his novel inspired by his experiences. Plot ''The Homesteader'' involves six principal characters, the ...
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F. W. Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (born Friedrich Wilhelm Plumpe; December 28, 1888March 11, 1931) was a German film director, producer and screenwriter. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at th ...
 – '' The Boy in Blue'' *
Gustav von Seyffertitz Gustav von Seyffertitz (4 August 1862 – 25 December 1943) was a German film actor and director. He settled in the United States. He was born in Haimhausen, Bavaria, and died in Los Angeles, California, aged 81. Biography Gustav von Seyffertit ...
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Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...
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Clarence Brown Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. Early life Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to Larkin Harry Brown, a cotton manufacturer, and Katherine Ann Brown (née Gaw), Brown moved to Tennessee when he ...
 – '' The Great Redeemer'' *
Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton (August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980) was an American film director. Kenton was director of B films, with his most famous film being '' Island of Lost Souls'' starring Charles Laughton. Biography Prior to filmwork, Kenton wa ...
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Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite ...
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Der Graf von Cagliostro ''Der Graf von Cagliostro'' is a 1920 silent film directed and co-written by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Schünzel, Anita Berber and Conrad Veidt. It depicts the life of the eighteenth century Italian mesmerist and occultist Alessandro Caglio ...
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The Twins of Suffering Creek ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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Sam Wood Samuel Grosvenor Wood (July 10, 1883 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director and producer who is best known for having directed such Hollywood hits as '' A Night at the Opera'', '' A Day at the Races'', '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'', '' ...
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Double Speed ''Double Speed'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was the debut directorial effort of Sam Wood and starred Wallace Reid in another of his racing car films ...
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William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...
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Der Mensch am Wege ''Man by the Wayside'' (german: Der Mensch am Wege) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Alexander Granach, Emilia Unda and Dieterle.Bock & Bergfelder p. 89 It was Dieterle's first film as director, and ...
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Gregory La Cava Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including ''My Man Godfrey'' and ''Stage Door'', which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best ...
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Love's Penalty ''Love's Penalty'' is a 1921 American drama film written and directed by John Gilbert. The film stars Hope Hampton, Irma Harrison, Mrs. Phillip Landau, Percy Marmont, John B. O'Brien, and Virginia Valli. The film was released in June 1921, by ...
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Harry Houdini Harry Houdini (, born Erik Weisz; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American Escapology, escape artist, Magic (illusion), magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his Escapology, escape acts. His pseudonym is a reference to ...
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The Soul of Bronze ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
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Grover Jones Grover Jones (November 15, 1893 – September 24, 1940) was an American screenwriter - often teamed with William Slavens McNutt - and film director. He wrote more than 100 films between 1920 and his death. He also was a film journal publish ...
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Blind Hearts ''Blind Hearts'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Hobart Bosworth who stars along with Madge Bellamy and Raymond McKee. This film was made prior to Bosworth's next film ''The Sea Lion'', a film now in Public Domain and out on DV ...
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Edward Ludwig Edward Irving Ludwig (October 7, 1899 – August 20, 1982) was a Russian-born American film director and writer. He directed nearly 100 films between 1921 and 1963 (some under the names Edward I. Luddy and Charles Fuhr). Ludwig was also one ...
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Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their liquor and falls aslee ...
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Leo McCarey Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was involved in nearly 200 films, the most well known today being '' Duck Soup'', ''Make Way for Tomorrow'', '' The Awful T ...
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Albert S. Rogell Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - April 7, 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an American film director. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was the uncle of producer Sid Rogell. Film ...
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Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...
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Fultah Fisher's Boarding House ''Fultah Fisher's Boarding House'' is a 1922 American silent film short and the first film directed by Frank Capra. Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling, the film is about a prostitute living at a boarding house who provokes a fight that leads to ...
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Irving Cummings Irving Caminsky (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director. Career Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy''. His Broadway, performances included ''In the Long ...
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The Man from Hell's River ''The Man from Hell's River'', also known as simply ''Hell's River'', is a 1922 American silent Western film starring Irving Cummings, Eva Novak, and Wallace Beery. The screenplay was written by Cummings based upon the story "God of Her People" ...
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Robert J. Flaherty Robert Joseph Flaherty, (; February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, '' Nanook of the North'' (1922). The film made his reputati ...
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Nanook of the North ''Nanook of the North'' is a 1922 American silent film which combines elements of documentary and docudrama, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist. In the tradition of what would later be c ...
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Alexander Hall Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894 – July 30, 1968) was an American film director, film editor and theatre actor. Biography Hall acted in the theatre from the age of four through 1914, when he began to work in silent movies. Following his milit ...
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A Game of Craft A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...
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Rupert Hughes Rupert Raleigh Hughes (January 31, 1872 – September 9, 1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howa ...
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The Wall Flower ''The Wall Flower'' is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film directed by Rupert Hughes and starring Colleen Moore, Richard Dix, Gertrude Astor, Laura La Plante, and Tom Gallery. The film was released by Goldwyn Pictures in May 1922. Plot ...
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Frank Tuttle Frank Wright Tuttle (August 6, 1892 – January 6, 1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer who directed films from 1922 (''The Cradle Buster'') to 1959 ('' Island of Lost Women''). Biography Frank Tuttle was educated at Yale Universi ...
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Adrian Brunel Adrian Brunel (4 September 1892 – 18 February 1958) was an English film director and screenwriter. Brunel's directorial career started in the silent era, and reached its peak in the latter half of the 1920s. His surviving work from the 1920s, ...
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The Man Without Desire ''The Man Without Desire'' is a 1923 British silent film fantasy drama, directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ivor Novello, who also co-produced the film along with Miles Mander. The film was Brunel's feature-length directorial debut and has b ...
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William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...
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Der Mensch am Wege ''Man by the Wayside'' (german: Der Mensch am Wege) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Alexander Granach, Emilia Unda and Dieterle.Bock & Bergfelder p. 89 It was Dieterle's first film as director, and ...
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Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scree ...
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Glumov's Diary ''Glumov's Diary'' (russian: Дневник Глумова, Dnevnik Glumova) is a 1923 Soviet short silent film, which was the first film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It was conceived as a part of the theatre production of Alexander Ostrovsk ...
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Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading ma ...
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La Bataille La Bataille () is a former commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Chef-Boutonne.Seymour Hicks Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and p ...
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Always Tell Your Wife ''Always Tell Your Wife'' is a 1923 British short comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Seymour Hicks, after they took over from an ill Hugh Croise. Only one of the two reels is known to survive. It was a remake of the 1914 film of t ...
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Julio Irigoyen Julio Irigoyen (1 July 1894 – 29 August 1967 Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director. Irigoyen began directing in 1923. His first film was De Nuestras Pampas. He directed films such as the 1942 film '' Academia El Tango Argentino''. His ...
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Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression ...
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Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed about one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include ''The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums'' (1939), '' The Life of Oharu'' (1952), ''Ugets ...
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Ai ni yomigaru hi AI is artificial intelligence, intellectual ability in machines and robots. Ai, AI or A.I. may also refer to: Animals * Ai (chimpanzee), an individual experimental subject in Japan * Ai (sloth) or the pale-throated sloth, northern Amazonian ma ...
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Dudley Murphy Dudley Bowles Murphy (July 10, 1897 – February 22, 1968) was an American film director. Early life Murphy was born on July 10, 1897 in Winchester, Massachusetts, to the artists Caroline Hutchinson (Bowles) Murphy (1868-1923) and Hermann Du ...
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High Speed Lee High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift ...
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Berthold Viertel Berthold Viertel (28 June 1885 – 24 September 1953) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director, known for his work in Germany, the UK and the US. Early career Viertel was born in Vienna, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but later ...
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1924

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Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (russian: link=no, Григорий Михайлович Козинцев; 11 May 1973) was a Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964. In 196 ...
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Leonid Trauberg Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg (russian: Леонид Захарович Трауберг, 17 January 1902 – 14 November 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the S ...
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The Adventures of Oktyabrina ''The Adventures of Oktyabrina'' (russian: Похождения Октябрины, Pokhozhdeniya Oktyabriny) is a 1924 Soviet/ Russian silent film, an eccentric comedy, directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg.
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Jean Renoir Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films '' ...
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Clyde Bruckman Clyde Adolf Bruckman (June 30, 1894January 4, 1955) was an American writer and director of comedy films during the late silent era as well as the early sound era of cinema. Bruckman collaborated with such comedians as Buster Keaton, Monty Banks, ...
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Cowboys Cry for It Cowboys Cry for It 1925 is a short film comedy starring Stan Laurel. Directed by Clyde Bruckman Clyde Adolf Bruckman (June 30, 1894January 4, 1955) was an American writer and director of comedy films during the late silent era as well as th ...
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Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...
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Jean Cocteau fait du Cinema Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jea ...
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Roy Del Ruth Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893, Delaware – April 27, 1961) was an American filmmaker. Early career Beginning his Hollywood career as a writer for Mack Sennett in 1915, Del Ruth later directed his first short film ''Hungry Lions'' (1919) ...
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Eve's Lover ''Eve's Lover'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Irene Rich, Bert Lytell, and Clara Bow. The screenplay was by Darryl F. Zanuck from a story by Mrs. W. K. Clifford in ''Eve's Lover, and Other Stories'' ( ...
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Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scree ...
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Edmund Goulding Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and film director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film '' Three Live Ghosts'' alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwi ...
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Sun-Up ''Sun-Up'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Edmund Goulding based upon a successful 1924 play of the same name by Lula Vollmer. The film stars Lucille La Verne, replaying her successful New York stage role, Pauline Starke, and C ...
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Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
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Walter Lang Walter Lang (August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972) was an American film director. Early life Walter Lang was born in Tennessee. As a young man he went to New York City where he found clerical work at a film production company. The business piq ...
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The Red Kimono ''The Red Kimono'' (spelled as "''The Red Kimona''" in the opening credits) is a 1925 American silent drama film about prostitution produced by Dorothy Davenport (billed as Mrs. Wallace Reid) and starring Priscilla Bonner. This is the debut f ...
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Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 10 ...
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Lewis Milestone Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн); September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was a Moldovan-American film director. He is known for directing '' Two Arabian Knights'' (1927) and ''All Quiet on the Weste ...
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Paul Sloane Paul Sloane (April 19, 1893 November 15, 1963) was an American screenwriter and film director who directed 26 films from 1925 to 1952, and wrote or co-wrote 35 films. His movies include ''Hearts in Dixie'' (1929) with Stepin Fetchit, ''The Wom ...
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Too Many Kisses ''Too Many Kisses'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Paul Sloane that is based on the John Monk Saunders story "A Maker of Gestures."
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Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major ...
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The Salvation Hunters ''The Salvation Hunters'' is a 1925 American silent drama film which marked the directorial debut of the 30-year old Josef von Sternberg. The feature stars Georgia Hale and George K. Arthur, and would bring Sternberg, "a new talent", to the att ...
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A. Edward Sutherland Albert Edward Sutherland (January 5, 1895 – December 31, 1973) was a film director and actor. Born in London, he was from a theatrical family. His father, Al Sutherland, was a theatre manager and producer and his mother, Julie Ring, was a vaud ...
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Coming Through ''Coming Through'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland starring Thomas Meighan and Lila Lee. The film was Sutherland's directorial debut. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine, Tom Blackford (Meigha ...
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Herbert Wilcox Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977) was a British film producer and director. He was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wif ...
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Howard Hawks Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." A ...
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The Road to Glory ''The Road to Glory'' is a 1936 dramatic film depiction of World War I trench warfare in France directed by Howard Hawks, starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, and June Lang, and produced by 20th Century Fox. It is vaguely i ...
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Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Mile ...
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The Whistler ''The Whistler'' is an American radio mystery drama which ran from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955, on the west-coast regional CBS radio network. The show was also broadcast in Chicago and over Armed Forces Radio. On the west coast, it w ...
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Archie Mayo Archibald L. Mayo (January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968) was a film director, screenwriter and actor. Early years The son of a tailor, Mayo was born in New York City. After attending the city's public schools, he studied at Columbia Unive ...
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Fighting with Buffalo Bill ''Fighting With Buffalo Bill'' is a 1926 American silent Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor for Universal Pictures. The film is now considered to be lost. Plot Cast * Wallace MacDonald as Ned Wheeler * Elsa Benham as Doris Carber ...
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The Border Sheriff ''The Border Sheriff'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck, and S.E. Jennings. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Cultus Collins, the sheriff of Cayuse Cou ...
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Robert N. Bradbury Robert North Bradbury (March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949) (born Ronald E. Bradbury) was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. He directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941, and is best known for directing early "Poverty Row"-produc ...
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William Wyler William Wyler (; born Willi Wyler (); July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a Swiss-German-American film director and producer who won the Academy Award for Best Director three times, those being for '' Mrs. Miniver'' (1942), '' The Best Years o ...
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Lazy Lightning ''Lazy Lightning'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by William Wyler and starring Art Acord, Fay Wray and Robert Gordon. Cast * Art Acord as Lance Lighton * Fay Wray as Lila Rogers * Robert Gordon as Dickie Rogers * Vin M ...
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Anthony Asquith Anthony William Landon Asquith (; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was an English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on ''The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and '' The Browning Version'' (1951), among oth ...
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Lloyd Bacon Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director he made films in virtually all genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, an ...
 – '' The Heart of Maryland'' * David Butler – '' High School Hero'' *
Robert Florey Robert Florey (14 September 1900 – 16 May 1979) was a French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor. Born as Robert Fuchs in Paris, he became an orphan at an early age and was then raised in Switzerland. In 1920 he worked a ...
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One Hour of Love ''One Hour of Love'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Robert Florey and starring Jacqueline Logan, Robert Frazer and Montagu Love.Munden p.568 It is now considered to be a lost film. The film's sets were designed by the ...
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Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies. During the 1930s, LeRoy was one of the two great practitioners of ...
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Yasujirō Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films, and his last films were made in colour in the early 1960s. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in t ...
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Norman Z. McLeod Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director, screenwriter and cartoonist. McLeod's most acclaimed work was made in collaboration with major comic performers of the 1930s, and included such films as ...
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Taking a Chance ''Taking a Chance'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by A.H. Halprin. The film stars Rex Bell, Lola Todd, Richard Carlyle, Billy Butts, Jack Byron and Martin Cichy. The film was released on Novem ...
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Norman Taurog Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter. From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for '' Skippy'' (1931). He i ...
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Alfred L. Werker Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film, ''Ridin' the Wind ...
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The Pioneer Scout ''The Pioneer Scout'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and Alfred L. Werker and written by Garrett Graham and Frances Marion. The film stars Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, William Courtright and Tom Wilson. The f ...
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Tim Whelan Tim Whelan (November 2, 1893 – August 12, 1957) was an American film director, writer, producer and actor best remembered for his writing credits on ''Harold Lloyd'' and '' Harry Langdon'' comedies, and his directing of mostly British films (e. ...
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Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931 ...
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Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen twelve times over sixty-fiv ...
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Close Harmony A chord is in close harmony (also called close position or close structure) if its notes are arranged within a narrow range, usually with no more than an octave between the top and bottom notes. In contrast, a chord is in open harmony (also c ...
'' * Martin Frič – '' Father Vojtech'' * Ivar Johansson – '' The Realm of the Rye'' *
Rouben Mamoulian Rouben Zachary Mamoulian ( ; hy, Ռուբէն Մամուլեան; October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an American film and theatre director. Early life Mamoulian was born in Tiflis, Russian Empire, to a family of Armenian descent. ...
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Applause Applause ( Latin ''applaudere,'' to strike upon, clap) is primarily a form of ovation or praise expressed by the act of clapping, or striking the palms of the hands together, in order to create noise. Audiences usually applaud after a performanc ...
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Robert Milton Robert A. Milton (born July 30, 1960) is the chairman of the board of directors of United Airlines Holdings, which is the parent company of United Airlines. He also serves as the lead independent director of Air Lease Corporation. He was the chairm ...
 – '' The Dummy'' *
Elliott Nugent Elliott Nugent (September 20, 1896 – August 9, 1980) was an American actor, playwright, writer, and film director. Biography Nugent was born in Dover, Ohio, the son of actor J.C. Nugent. He successfully made the transition from silent fil ...
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Edgar Selwyn Edgar Selwyn (October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944) was a prominent figure in American theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century. An actor, playwright, director and producer on Broadway, he founded a theatrical production ...
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The Girl in the Show ''The Girl in the Show'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Edgar Selwyn and written by Edgar Selwyn and Joseph Farnham. The film stars Bessie Love, Raymond Hackett, Edward Nugent, Mary Doran, and Jed Prouty. The film was produced and ...
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Alf Sjöberg Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for ''Torment'' ( sv, Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 f ...
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Den starkaste ''The Strongest'' ( sv, Den starkaste) is a 1929 Swedish silent drama film directed by Axel Lindblom and Alf Sjöberg and starring Bengt Djurberg, Anders Henrikson and Gösta Gustafson.Gustafsson p.89 It was Sjöberg's debut film as a director ...
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Luis Buñuel Luis Buñuel Portolés (; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish-Mexican filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain. He has been widely considered by many film critics, historians, and directors to be one of the greatest and ...
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L'Age d'Or ''L'Age d'Or'' (french: L'Âge d'Or, ), commonly translated as ''The Golden Age'' or ''Age of Gold'', is a 1930 French surrealist satirical comedy film directed by Luis Buñuel about the insanities of modern life, the hypocrisy of the sexual mo ...
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Lloyd Corrigan Lloyd Corrigan (October 16, 1900 – November 5, 1969) was an American film and television actor, producer, screenwriter, and director who began working in films in the 1920s. The son of actress Lillian Elliott, Corrigan directed films, usually ...
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Follow Thru ''Follow Thru'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the second all-color all-talking feature to be produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the hit 1929 Broadway mu ...
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George Cukor George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head ...
 – '' Grumpy'' *
Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer, film producer, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most influential and richest people in t ...
 – '' Hell's Angels'' *
Sidney Lanfield Sidney Lanfield (April 20, 1898 – June 20, 1972) was an American film director known for directing romances and light comedy films and later television programs. The one-time jazz musician and vaudevillian star started his first directing job ...
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Cheer Up and Smile ''Cheer Up and Smile'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film starred Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee and Olga Baclanova and a 23-year-old John Wayne had a minor uncredited role. Plot Cast * Arthur Lake as Edd ...
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Ray McCarey Raymond Benedict McCarey (September 6, 1904 – December 1, 1948) was an American film director, brother of director Leo McCarey. Biography McCarey began working at Hal Roach Studios, where he did work on short films with Our Gang and La ...
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Two Plus Fours ''Two Plus Fours'' is a 1930 American short film directed by Ray McCarey and featuring the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker and Harry Barris). The film was shot in 5 days starting on May 29, 1930 at a cost of $19,689. It previewed in mid-Ju ...
'' * Lowell Sherman† – '' Lawful Larceny'' *
Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as ''The Killers'' (194 ...
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People on Sunday ''People on Sunday'' (german: Menschen am Sonntag) is a 1930 German silent drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer from a screenplay by Robert and Curt Siodmak. The film follows a group of residents of Berlin on a summer's day du ...
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Jean Vigo Jean Vigo (; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Vigo was born to Emil ...
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À propos de Nice ''À propos de Nice'' is a 1930 silent short documentary film directed by Jean Vigo and photographed by Boris Kaufman. The film depicts life in Nice, France by documenting the people in the city, their daily routines, a carnival and social ine ...
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James Whale James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: '' Frankenstein'' (1931), '' The ...
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William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...
 – '' The Last Flight'' * Peter Godfrey – '' Down River'' *
Michael Powell Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a seri ...
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Two Crowded Hours ''Two Crowded Hours'' is a 1931 British comedy drama film directed by Michael Powell and starring John Longden, Jane Welsh, and Jerry Verno. It was made as a Quota quickie and is the first film where Powell is credited as the director. No known ...
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Otto Preminger Otto Ludwig Preminger ( , ; 5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austrian-American theatre and film director, film producer, and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gai ...
 – '' The Great Love'' *
Jacques Tourneur Jacques Tourneur (; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir ''Out of the Past'' and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including '' Cat People'', ''I Walked w ...
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The Secret Call ''The Secret Call'' is a 1931 American drama film directed by Stuart Walker and written by Arthur Kober, Eve Unsell and William C. deMille. The film stars Richard Arlen, Peggy Shannon, William B. Davidson, Charles Trowbridge, Jane Keithley, ...
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Thorold Dickinson Thorold Barron Dickinson (16 November 1903 – 14 April 1984) was a British film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer, and Britain's first university professor of film. Dickinson's work received much praise, with fellow directo ...
 – '' The First Mrs. Fraser'' *
Karl Freund Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890 – May 3, 1969) was an Austrian cinematographer and film director best known for photographing ''Metropolis'' (1927), '' Dracula'' (1931), and television's '' I Love Lucy'' (1951-1957). Freund was an in ...
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The Mummy A mummy is an unusually well preserved corpse. Mummy or The Mummy may also refer to: Places * Mummy Range, a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States * Mummy Cave, a rock shelter and archeological site in P ...
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Henry Hathaway Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring Randolph Scott and John Wayne. He directed Gary Cooper in seven films. Backgrou ...
 – '' Heritage of the Desert'' *
William Keighley William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889 – June 24, 1984) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director. Career After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s ...
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The Match King ''The Match King'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton. The film starred Warren William and Lili Damita, and follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety matc ...
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Henry Koster Henry Koster (born Hermann Kosterlitz, May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988) was a German-born film director. He was the husband of actress Peggy Moran. Early life Koster was born to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany. He was introduced to ci ...
 – '' Thea Roland'' *
Edwin L. Marin Edwin L. Marin (February 21, 1899 – May 2, 1951) was an American film director who directed 58 films between 1932 and 1951, working with Randolph Scott, Anna May Wong, John Wayne, Peter Lorre, George Raft, Bela Lugosi, Judy Garland, Eddi ...
 – '' The Death Kiss'' *
Irving Pichel Irving Pichel (June 24, 1891 – July 13, 1954) was an American actor and film director, who won acclaim both as an actor and director in his Hollywood career. Career Pichel was born to a Jewish family in Pittsburgh. He attended Pittsburgh Cent ...
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The Most Dangerous Game "The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in ''Collier's'' on January 19, 1924, with illustrations by Wilmot Emerton Heitland. The story features a big-game hunter ...
'' * John Rawlins – ''
High Society High society, sometimes simply society, is the behavior and lifestyle of people with the highest levels of wealth and social status. It includes their related affiliations, social events and practices. Upscale social clubs were open to men based ...
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Herbert Selpin Herbert Selpin (29 May 1904 – 1 August 1942) was a German film director and screenwriter of light entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for his final film, the partly suppressed ''Titanic'', during the production of which h ...
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Chauffeur Antoinette ''Chauffeur Antoinette'' is a 1932 German comedy film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Charlotte Ander, Hans Adalbert Schlettow and Walter Steinbeck. It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the ...
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Robert Stevenson Robert Stevenson may refer to: * Robert Stevenson (actor and politician) (1915–1975), American actor and politician * Robert Stevenson (civil engineer) (1772–1850), Scottish lighthouse engineer * Robert Stevenson (director) (1905–1986), Engli ...
 – '' Happy Ever After''


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Busby Berkeley Busby Berkeley (born Berkeley William Enos; November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berke ...
 – '' She Had to Say Yes'' *
Fei Mu Fei Mu (October 10, 1906 — January 31, 1951), also romanised as Fey Mou, was a Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. His ''Spring in a Small Town'' (1948) was declared the greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong Kong Film Criti ...
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Night in the City ''Night in the City'' () (also known as ''City Nights'') was a 1933 Chinese silent film. Production background ''Night in the City'' was the directorial debut of Fei Mu (who would later go on to achieve lasting fame throughout the 1930s and 1940s ...
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Mitchell Leisen James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer. Film career He entered the film industry in the 1920s, beginning in the art and costume departments. He directed his f ...
 – '' Cradle Song'' *
Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionabl ...
† – '' Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier'' *
George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.Obituary '' Variety'', March 12, 1975, page 79. Films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for ...
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A Divorce Courtship A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...
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Charles Vidor Charles Vidor (born Károly Vidor; July 27, 1900June 4, 1959) was a Hungarian film director. Among his film successes are ''The Bridge'' (1929), '' The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942), '' The Desperadoes'' (1943), '' Cover Girl'' (1944), '' Togeth ...
 – '' Sensation Hunters'' *
Bernard Vorhaus Bernard Vorhaus (December 25, 1904 – November 23, 2000) was an American film director of Austrian descent, born in New York City. His father was born in Krakow, then part of Austria-Hungary. Vorhaus spent many decades living in the UK. Eearly ...
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Cedric Gibbons Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 – July 26, 1960) was an Irish-American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the ...
 – '' Tarzan and His Mate'' *
Brian Desmond Hurst Brian Desmond Hurst (12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was a Belfast-born film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst has been hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director.Screening will honour 'NI's best film ...
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The Tell-Tale Heart "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the n ...
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John Farrow John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 190427 January 1963) was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for B ...
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The Spectacle Maker ''The Spectacle Maker'' is a 1934 short film directed by John Farrow and starring Nora Cecil. It was Farrow's directorial debut. It was filmed in full three-strip Technicolor. Plot Summary Once upon a time, Peter, a lame boy who requires a crutch ...
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Arthur Lubin Arthur Lubin (July 25, 1898 – May 11, 1995) was an American film director and producer who directed several ''Abbott & Costello'' films, '' Phantom of the Opera'' (1943), the '' Francis the Talking Mule'' series and created the talking-horse TV ...
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A Successful Failure ''A Successful Failure'' is a 1934 American film directed by Arthur Lubin. It was Lubin's first film as director. There is no connection between the fictional radio personality "Uncle Dudley" in this film, and the 1935 comedy film ''Your Uncle ...
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Mario Mattoli Mario Mattoli (; 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966. His 1939 film ''Defendant, Stand Up!'' was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy ...
 – '' Tempo Massimo'' *
Alice O'Fredericks Alice O'Fredericks (born Mitzi Otha Alice Frederiksen; 8 September 1899 – 18 February 1968) was a Danish actress, screenwriter, and film director. She is best known for directing the series of '' Far til Fire'' (''Father of Four'') comedi ...
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Ud i den kolde sne ''Ud i den kolde sne'' is a 1934 Danish comedy film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. It was Fredericks debut film as a director. The title means "Out in the cold snow" in English. Cast * Mathilde Nielsen as Baronesse Caro ...
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Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker. His career in Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Classic Holly ...
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Mauvaise Graine ''Mauvaise Graine'' (English: ''Bad Seed'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Billy Wilder (in his directorial debut) and Alexander Esway. The screenplay by Wilder, , Max Colpet, and Claude-André Puget focuses on a wealthy young playboy ...
'' * Harold Young – ''
Leave It to Blanche Leave may refer to: * Permission (disambiguation) ** Permitted absence from work *** Leave of absence, a period of time that one is to be away from one's primary job while maintaining the status of employee *** Annual leave, allowance of time awa ...
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W. C. Fields William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathet ...
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Man on the Flying Trapeze ''Man on the Flying Trapeze'' (UK title: ''The Memory Expert'') is a 1935 comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a henpecked husband who experiences a series of misadventures while taking a day off from work to attend a wrestling match. As with his ...
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Edward Dmytryk Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was an American film director. He was known for his 1940s noir films and received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for '' Crossfire'' (1947). In 1947, he was named as one of the Hollywoo ...
 – '' The Hawk'' * James W. Horne – ''
Bonnie Scotland ''Bonnie Scotland'' is a 1935 American film directed by James W. Horne and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach for Hal Roach Studios. Although the film begins in Scotland, a large part of the action is set in British India. ...
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Mehboob Khan Mehboob Khan (born Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan; 9 September 1907
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 – '' Judgement of Allah'' *
Yuan Muzhi Yuan Muzhi (; March 3, 1909 – January 30, 1978) was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China. Career As an actor, Yuan became extremely popular and took on the nickname "man with a thousand ...
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Scenes of City Life ''Scenes of City Life'' is a 1935 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Yuan Muzhi.. Retrieved 21 November 2009. It is also translated as ''Cityscape''. It is noted for being the first film directed by Yuan, as well as the first film appearance o ...
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Carol Reed Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for '' Odd Man Out'' (1947), '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948), ''The Third Man'' (1949), and ''Oliver!'' (1968), for which he was awarded the ...
 – '' It Happened in Paris'' *
Douglas Sirk Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. Sirk started his career in Germany as a stage and screen director, but he left for ...
†Credited as Detlef Sierck – '' The Girl from the Marsh Croft'' *
Jacques Tati Jacques Tati (; born Jacques Tatischeff, ; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, film-maker, actor and screenwriter. In an ''Entertainment Weekly'' poll of the Greatest Movie Directors, he was voted the 46th greatest of all time ...
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Gai dimanche ''Gai dimanche!'' (''Fun Sunday!'') is a 1935 three reel film written by and starring Jacques Tati and his friend Rhum. The pair star as down-and-outs who try to generate funds by providing an impromptu leisure tour in a rickety bus they wrangle ...
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Lew Ayres Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film ''All Quiet on the Western Fro ...
 – '' Hearts in Bondage'' * John Brahm† – ''
Broken Blossoms ''Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl'', often referred to simply as ''Broken Blossoms'', is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists and premiered on May 13, 1919. It stars ...
'' * William Clemens – '' Man Hunt'' *
Norman Foster Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Nor ...
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I Cover Chinatown ''I Cover Chinatown'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Norman Foster and starring Foster, Elaine Shepard and Theodore von Eltz.Pitts p.130 A San Francisco Chinatown tour guide gets mixed up with a murder. It was Foster's debut as a direc ...
'' * Stuart Heisler – '' Straight from the Shoulder'' *
Buck Jones Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones. Early life, milita ...
 – '' For the Service'' *
Gregory Ratoff Gregory Ratoff (born Grigory Vasilyevich Ratner; russian: Григорий Васильевич Ратнер, tr. ; April 20, c. 1893 – December 14, 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. As an actor, he was bes ...
 – '' Sins of Man'' *
Wells Root Wells Crosby Root (March 21, 1900 – March 9, 1993) was an American screenwriter and lecturer. In the mid-1930s he was involved with the Screen Writers Guild and in the 1950s the University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever ...
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The Bold Caballero ''The Bold Caballero'' is a 1936 American Western film written and directed by Wells Root. It is based on the character Zorro, created by Johnston McCulley. The characters Don Alejandro Vega (Don Diego's father) and Bernardo are notably absent. ...
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Vijay Bhatt Vijay Bhatt (born Vrajlal Jagneshwar Bhatt; 12 May 1907 – 17 October 1993) was a producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as '' Ram Rajya'' (1943), ''Baiju Bawra'' (1952), ''Goonj Uthi Shehnai'' (1959) and '' Himal ...
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Khwab Ki Duniya ''Khwab Ki Duniya'' () is a 1937 Hindi fantasy film produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt for Prakash Pictures. The music director was Lallubhai Nayak with lyrics written by Pandit Anuj. The film starred Jayant, with costars Sardar Akhtar, Umakan ...
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Giacomo Gentilomo Giacomo Gentilomo (5 April 1909 – 16 April 2001) was an Italian film director and painter. Biography Born in Trieste, at very young age Gentilomo moved to Rome, where at 21 years old he entered the cinema industry, working as a script survivo ...
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Sinfonia di Roma Sinfonia (; plural ''sinfonie'') is the Italian word for symphony, from the Latin ''symphonia'', in turn derived from Ancient Greek συμφωνία ''symphōnia'' (agreement or concord of sound), from the prefix σύν (together) and ϕωνή (so ...
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Roy Kellino Roy Kellino (born Philip Roy Gislingham; 22 April 1912 – 18 November 1956) was an English film director, producer and cinematographer. Biography He was born Philip Roy Gislingham in Lambeth, South London, the son of the silent-era director W ...
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Concerning Mr. Martin ''Concerning Mr. Martin'' is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Roy Kellino and starring Wilson Barrett, William Devlin and Marjorie Peacock. When an innocent girl is cheated by a seedy nightclub owner, a classy thief comes to her rescue ...
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Harold D. Schuster Harold D. Schuster (August 1, 1902 – July 19, 1986) was an American editor and film director. In 1937, he made '' Wings of the Morning'', the first-ever three-strip Technicolor film shot in Europe. Among the better-known films that Schuste ...
 – '' Wings of the Morning'' * S. Sylvan Simon – ''
A Girl with Ideas ''A Girl With Ideas'' is a 1937 American comedy-drama film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, and Kent Taylor. Cast * Wendy Barrie - Mary Morton * Walter Pidgeon - Mickey McGuire * Kent Ta ...
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Julio Saraceni Julio Saraceni (October 10, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was a prolific Argentina, Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned six decades. He was an aviator as a young man, but later found a car ...
 – '' Noches de carnaval'' *
William Witney William Nuelsen Witney (May 15, 1915 – March 17, 2002) was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the action films he made for Republic Pictures, particularly serials: '' Dick Tracy Returns'', '' G-Men vs. the Bl ...
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The Painted Stallion ''The Painted Stallion'' is a 1937 American Western film serial from Republic Pictures. It was the sixth Republic serial of the sixty-six made by that company. Western serials such as this made up a third of the serials from Republic, a studio t ...
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Leslie Howard Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English actor, director and producer.Obituary ''Variety'', 9 June 1943. He wrote many stories and articles for ''The New York Times'', ''The New Yorker'', and ''Vanity Fair'' and was one o ...
 – '' Pygmalion'' *
Erich Pommer Erich Pommer (20 July 1889 – 8 May 1966) was a German-born film producer and executive. Pommer was perhaps the most powerful person in the German and European film industries in the 1920s and early 1930s. As producer, Erich Pommer was involved ...
 – '' Vessel of Wrath'' *
George Waggner George Waggner (September 7, 1894 – December 11, 1984) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. He is best known for producing and directing the 1941 film '' The Wolf Man''. For some unknown reason, Waggner sometimes configured his ...
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Western Trails ''Western Trails'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Waggner and written by Norton S. Parker. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, John Ridgely, Carlyle Moore Jr., Forrest Taylor, Franco Corsaro and Bob Burns. The fi ...
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Mario Zampi Mario Zampi (1 November 19032 December 1963) was an Italian film producer and director. A co-founder of Two Cities Films, a British production company, he is most closely associated with British comedies of the 1950s. Biography Zampi began his c ...
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13 Men and a Gun ''13 Men and a Gun'' is a 1938 British-Italian war film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Arthur Wontner, Clifford Evans and Howard Marion-Crawford. It is an English-language version of the Italian film ''Tredici uomini e un cannone''. Premi ...
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Ricardo Cortez Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Kranze or Jacob Krantz; September 19, 1900 – April 28, 1977) was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career. Early years Ricardo Cortez was born Jacob K ...
 – '' Inside Story'' *
Harold Huth Harold Huth (20 January 1892 – 26 October 1967) was a British actor, film director and producer. Biography Early life He was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in 1892. He was a nephew of Eva Moore and a cousin of the actor Roland Pertwee. Fo ...
 – '' Hell's Cargo'' *
Joseph Losey Joseph Walton Losey III (; January 14, 1909 – June 22, 1984) was an American theatre and film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blacklisted ...
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Pete Roleum and his Cousins Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Pete (given name) * Pete (nickname) * Pete (surname) Fictional characters * Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe * Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a characte ...
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Vincent Sherman Vincent Sherman (born Abraham Orovitz, July 16, 1906 – June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include ''Mr. Skeffington'' (1944), ''Nora Prentiss'' (1947), and '' The Young Philadelphians'' (1959). ...
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The Return of Doctor X ''The Return of Doctor X'' (also billed as ''The Return of Dr. X'') is a 1939 American science fiction- horror film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, and Humphrey Bogart as the title character. It was based o ...
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Joseph Barbera Joseph Roland Barbera ( ; ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist who co-founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera. Born to Italian ...
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William Hanna William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator and cartoonist who was the creator of ''Tom and Jerry'' as well as the voice actor for the two title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the anim ...
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Puss Gets the Boot ''Puss Gets the Boot'' is a 1940 American animated short film and is the first short in what would become the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon series, though neither were yet referred to by these names. It was directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, ...
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Bowery Boy ''Bowery Boy'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by William Morgan and written by Robert Chapin, Harry Kronman and Eugene Solow. The film stars Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Campbell, Jimmy Lydon, Helen Vinson, Roger Pryor and Paul Hurst. Th ...
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Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the Italian neorealism, neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Shoeshine (film), Sciuscià ...
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Rose scarlatte ''Red Roses'' ( it, Rose scarlatte) is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica and Giuseppe Amato and starring De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, and Vivi Gioi. It was De Sica's first film as a director. De Sica ha ...
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Preston Sturges Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. In 1941, he won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film '' The Great McGinty'' (1940), h ...
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The Great McGinty ''The Great McGinty'' is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's fir ...
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Jules Dassin Julius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, whe ...
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The Tell-Tale Heart "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is related by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the n ...
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John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( ; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter, actor and visual artist. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered ...
 – '' The Maltese Falcon'' * Jean Negulesco – ''
Singapore Woman ''Singapore Woman'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Brenda Marshall and David Bruce. The Warner Bros. B picture is a remake of '' Dangerous'' (1935) using leftover sets from '' The Letter'' (1940). The s ...
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Irving Rapper Irving Rapper (16 January 1898 – 20 December 1999) was a British-born American film director. Biography Born to a Jewish family
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Shining Victory ''Shining Victory'' is a 1941 American drama film based on the 1940 play '' Jupiter Laughs,'' by A. J. Cronin. It stars James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, and Barbara O'Neil. It is the first film directed by Irving Rapper. ...
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Roberto Rossellini Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini (8 May 1906 – 3 June 1977) was an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prominent directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement with films such ...
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George Sidney George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics '' Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). With an extensive backgr ...
† – '' Free and Easy'' * Ted Tetzlaff – ''
World Premiere A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its firs ...
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Orson Welles George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his innovative work in film, radio and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential f ...
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Citizen Kane ''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited ...
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The Blood of Jesus ''The Blood of Jesus'' (also known as ''The Glory Road'') is a 1941 American fantasy drama race film written, directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The plot concerns a Baptist woman who, after being accidentally shot by her atheist husband, ...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot (; 20 November 1907 – 12 January 1977) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed ''The Wages of Fear'' and '' Les Diaboliques'', ...
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The Murderer Lives at Number 21 ''The Murderer Lives at Number 21'' (french: L'Assassin habite au 21) is a 1942 French comedy thriller film by director Henri-Georges Clouzot. Adapted by Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman and Clouzot from Steeman's 1939 book of the same t ...
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Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and ...
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David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics ''The Bridge on the River ...
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In Which We Serve ''In Which We Serve'' is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by Noël Coward and David Lean. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Ministry of Information. The scree ...
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Basil Dearden Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director. Early life and career Dearden was born at 5, Woodfield Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex to Charles James Dear, a steel manufacturer, and his wife, Fl ...
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Will Hay William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings. His film '' O ...
 – '' The Black Sheep of Whitehall'' * Michael Gordon  – ''
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood ''Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood'' is a 1942 American crime film, fourth of the fourteen Boston Blackie films of the 1940s Columbia's series of B pictures based on Jack Boyle's pulp-fiction character. Plot summary Boston Blackie (Chester Mor ...
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Will Hay William Thomson Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian who wrote and acted in a schoolmaster sketch that later transferred to the screen, where he also played other authority figures with comic failings. His film '' O ...
 – '' The Black Sheep of Whitehall'' *
Charles Lederer Charles Davies Lederer (December 31, 1910 – March 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, ...
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Fingers at the Window ''Fingers at the Window'' is a 1942 mystery film directed by Charles Lederer and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot An axe murderer in Chicago has already killed six victims. The police, led by Inspector Gallagher with psychiatrist Dr. Immel ...
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Albert Lewin Albert Lewin (September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Personal life Lewin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a master's degree at Harvard and taught ...
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The Moon and Sixpence ''The Moon and Sixpence'' is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Stric ...
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Anthony Mann Anthony Mann (born Emil Anton Bundsmann; June 30, 1906 – April 29, 1967) was an American film director and stage actor. Mann initially started as a theatre actor appearing in numerous stage productions. In 1937, he moved to Hollywood where ...
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Dr. Broadway ''Dr. Broadway'' is a 1942 American mystery film directed by Anthony Mann (as his directorial debut) and written by Art Arthur. The film stars Macdonald Carey, Jean Phillips, Eduardo Ciannelli, Richard Lane, J. Carrol Naish, Joan Woodbury and Ar ...
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Joseph M. Newman Joseph M. Newman (August 17, 1909 – January 23, 2006) was an American film director most famous for his 1955 film ''This Island Earth''. His credits include episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' and ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour''. He was nomin ...
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Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about ...
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Aniki-Bóbó ''Aniki-Bóbó'' is a 1942 Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It is his first feature-length film. The actors are mostly children from Oliveira's hometown, Porto. The script was adapted by Manoel de Oliveira from a short story by Jo ...
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Powell and Pressburger The British film-making partnership of Michael Powell (1905–1990) and Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988)—together often known as The Archers, the name of their production company—made a series of influential films in the 1940s and 1950s. T ...
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing ''One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'' (stylized onscreen as ''......one of our aircraft is missing'') is a 1942 British black-and-white war film, mainly set in the German-occupied Netherlands. It was the fourth collaboration between the British writ ...
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Robert Bresson Robert Bresson (; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have l ...
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Angels of the Streets ''Angels of Sin'' (original French title: ''Les anges du péché'') was the first feature film directed by Robert Bresson. Made in 1943, nine years after his comedy short '' Public Affairs'', it was Bresson's only film released during the German ...
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William Castle William Castle (born William Schloss Jr.; April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Orphaned at 11, Castle dropped out of high school at 15 to work in the theater. He came to the attenti ...
 – '' Klondike Kate'' *
Delmer Daves Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many genres, including film noir and warfare, but he is best known for his Western movies, especially '' Broke ...
 – '' Destination Tokyo'' * Maya Deren – '' Meshes of the Afternoon'' *
Jack Kinney John Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Kinney is the older brother of fellow Disney animator Dick Kinney. Early life Jack Kinney was born ...
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Saludos Amigos ''Saludos Amigos'' ( Spanish for "Greetings, Friends") is a 1942 American live-action/animated anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is the sixth Disney animated feature film and the first of the six pack ...
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Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...
 – '' Sanshiro Sugata'' *
Frank Launder Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. Early life and career He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire ...
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Millions Like Us ''Millions Like Us'' is a 1943 British propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. It starred Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford, Eric Portman and Megs Jenkins. It was co-written and co-directed ...
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Vincente Minnelli Vincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. He directed the classic movie musicals '' Meet Me in St. Louis'' (1944), '' An American in Paris'' (1951), ' ...
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Dudley Nichols Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept ...
 – '' Government Girl'' *
Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the ...
 – '' Ossessione'' * Fred M. Wilcox – ''
Lassie Come Home ''Lassie Come Home'' is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal, in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie, Lassie. The film was dire ...
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René Clément René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Clément studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. In 1936, he directed hi ...
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Paris sous la botte Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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Charles Crichton Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and film editor, editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-ye ...
 – '' For Those in Peril'' *
Lewis Gilbert Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as ''Reach for the Sky'' (1956), ''Sink the Bismarck!'' ...
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Sailors Do Care A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...
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James V. Kern James V. Kern (September 22, 1909, New York City, New York – November 9, 1966, Encino, California) was an American singer, songwriter, screenwriter, actor, and director. Educated at the Fordham Law School, Kern worked for a while as an attor ...
 – '' The Doughgirls'' *
Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage ...
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Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (121 ...
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Helmut Weiss Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing '' Tell the Truth'' the first film produced in what was to become the future West Germany after the Second World ...
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Robert Wise Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''The Sound of ...
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The Curse of the Cat People ''The Curse of the Cat People'' is a 1944 American psychological fantasy thriller filmEggert, Brian (October 22, 2017)"The Curse of the Cat People" Deep Focus Review. Retrieved 2019-03-16. directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise, produce ...
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Phool Phool may refer to: * ''Phool'' (1945 film), a Bollywood film * ''Phool'' (1993 film), a Bollywood film directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao * ''Phool'' (magazine), an Urdu-language Pakistani children's magazine See also

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Mel Ferrer Melchor Gastón Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He achieved prominence on Broadway before scoring notable film hits with ''Scaramouche'', ''Lili'' and ''Knights of the Round ...
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The Girl of the Limberlost ''The Girl of the Limberlost'' is a 1945 American drama film starring Ruth Nelson, Dorinda Clifton, and Loren Tindall, and directed by Mel Ferrer. The film is based on a 1909 novel by Gene Stratton-Porter, which was previously filmed in 1909 as ...
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Elia Kazan Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou ( el, Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one o ...
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George Seaton George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. Life and career Early life Seaton was born George Edward Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, of Swedish des ...
 – '' Diamond Horseshoe'' *
Don Siegel Donald Siegel ( ; October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American film and television director and producer. Siegel was described by ''The New York Times'' as "a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut ...
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Star in the Night ''Star in the Night'' is a 1945 American short drama film directed by Don Siegel and starring J. Carrol Naish, Donald Woods and Rosina Galli. The film was Siegel's directorial debut, and won an Oscar in 1946 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) ...
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William C. Thomas Pine-Thomas Productions was a prolific B-picture unit of Paramount Pictures from 1940–1957, producing 81 films. Co-producers William H. Pine (February 15, 1896 – April 29, 1955) and William C. Thomas (August 11, 1903 – April 2, 1984) were kn ...
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Midnight Manhunt ''Midnight Manhunt'' is a 1945 film noir crime film mystery directed by William C. Thomas and written by David Lang. The film premiered on July 24, 1945 and is in the public domain. The film stars William Gargan, Ann Savage, Leo Gorcey and Ge ...
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Hal Walker Hal Walker (March 20, 1896 – July 3, 1972) was an American film director. He was known for doing some of the earliest Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis films such as '' At War with the Army'' and '' Sailor Beware'' and some with the team of Bing Cr ...
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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the Palme d'Or (Golden ...
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Dharti Ke Lal ''Dharti Ke Lal'' ( ''Children of the Earth'') is a 1946 Hindustani film, the first directorial venture of the noted film director Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (K. A. Abbas). It was jointly written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Bijon Bhattacharya, based on ...
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Neecha Nagar ''Neecha Nagar'' () is a 1946 Indian Hindi-language film, directed by Chetan Anand, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Hayatullah Ansari, and produced by Rashid Anwar and A.Halim. It was a pioneering effort in social realism in Indian cinema a ...
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Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoun ...
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Crisis A crisis ( : crises; : critical) is either any event or period that will (or might) lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affair ...
'' * John Berry – '' Miss Susie Slagle's'' *
Richard Fleischer Richard O. Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director whose career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. Though h ...
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Child of Divorce ''Child of Divorce'' is a 1946 American film directed by Richard O. Fleischer. It was the first film that he directed. RKO had adapted the play to film before as the 1934 film '' Wednesday's Child''. Plot summary Young Roberta "Bobby" Carter, on ...
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Robert Hamer Robert Hamer (31 March 1911 – 4 December 1963) was a British film director and screenwriter best known for the 1949 black comedy ''Kind Hearts and Coronets''. Biography Hamer was born at 24 Chester Road, Kidderminster, along with his twi ...
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Pink String and Sealing Wax ''Pink String and Sealing Wax'' is a 1945 British drama film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Mervyn Johns. It is based on a play with the same name by Roland Pertwee. It was the first feature film Robert Hamer directed on his own. The ti ...
'' * Joseph L. Mankiewicz – '' Dragonwyck'' * William D. Russell† – '' Our Hearts Were Growing Up'' *
John Sturges John Eliot Sturges (; January 3, 1910 – August 18, 1992) was an American film director. His films include ''Bad Day at Black Rock'' (1955), '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), '' The Magnificent Seven'' (1960), '' The Great Escape'' (19 ...
 – '' The Man Who Dared'' *
Peter Ustinov Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinov ; 16 April 192128 March 2004) was a British actor, filmmaker and writer. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits ...
 – '' School for Secrets'' *
Charles Walters Charles Powell Walters (November 17, 1911 – August 13, 1982) was an American Hollywood director and choreographer most noted for his work in MGM musicals and comedies from the 1940s to the 1960s. Early years Charles Walters was born in Pasade ...
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Ziegfeld Follies The ''Ziegfeld Follies'' was a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as ''The Ziegfeld Follies of the Ai ...
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Theirs Is the Glory ''Theirs Is the Glory'' (also known as ''Men of Arnhem''), is a 1946 British war film about the British 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the Battle of Arnhem (17 to 25 September 1944) during Operation Market Garden in the Second World W ...
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* Robert Alton – '' Merton of the Movies'' *
Ken Annakin Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 2002, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventu ...
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Holiday Camp A holiday camp is a type of holiday accommodation that encourages holidaymakers to stay within the site boundary, and provides entertainment and facilities for them throughout the day. Since the 1970s, the term has fallen out of favour with term ...
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The October Man ''The October Man'' is a 1947 mystery film/film noir starring John Mills and Joan Greenwood, written by novelist Eric Ambler, who also produced. A man is suspected of murder, and the lingering effects of a brain injury he sustained in an earlier ...
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Martin Gabel Martin Gabel (June 19, 1911 – May 22, 1986) was an American actor, film director and film producer. Life and career Gabel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Rebecca and Isaac Gabel, a jeweler, both Jewish immigrants. He married Arlen ...
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The Lost Moment ''The Lost Moment'' is a 1947 melodramatic psychological thriller film with elements of horror directed by Martin Gabel and starring Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorehead. The film was not well received at the time but its reputati ...
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Kon Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His work displays a vast range in genre and style, from the anti-war films '' The Burmese Harp'' (1956) and '' Fires on the Plain'' (1959), to the documentary '' Tokyo Olympiad'' (1965), which won ...
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A Thousand and One Nights with Toho is a 1947 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Plot Actress Yamane is chased by two suspicious men and escapes to the studio. As she escapes to the kimono, preview room, and stage, th ...
'' * Robert Montgomery – '' Lady in the Lake'' * Rudolph Maté and
Don Hartman Samuel Donald Hartman (18 November 1900, New York - 23 March 1958, Palm Springs, California) was an American screenwriter and director and former production head of Paramount Pictures. He and Stephen Morehouse Avery were nominated for the Academy ...
 – '' It Had to Be You'' * Robert Rossen – ''
Johnny O'Clock ''Johnny O'Clock'' is a 1947 American film noir crime film starring Dick Powell and Evelyn Keyes, and directed by Robert Rossen. Plot Johnny O'Clock (Dick Powell) is a junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis ( Thomas Gomez). Com ...
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The End of the River ''The End of the River'' is a British drama film made in Belém, Brazil about a Brazilian Indian boy who leaves the jungle to the city, where he is accused of murder. It was directed by Derek Twist and written by Wolfgang Wilhelm, based on ...
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László Benedek László Benedek (; March 5, 1905 – March 11, 1992; sometimes ''Laslo Benedek'') was a Hungarian-born film director and cinematographer, most notable for directing '' The Wild One'' (1953). He gained recognition for his direction of the film v ...
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Terence Fisher Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, ...
 – '' A Song for Tomorrow'' * Jack Gage – ''
The Velvet Touch ''The Velvet Touch'' is a 1948 American film noir drama directed by Jack Gage and starring Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn and Claire Trevor. Plot Broadway leading lady Valerie Stanton (Russell) accidentally kills her producer and former l ...
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Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of th ...
 – '' Aag'' *
Richard Quine Richard Quine (November 12, 1920June 10, 1989) was an American director, actor, and singer. He began acting as a child in radio, vaudeville, and stage productions before being signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in his early twenties. When his acting ...
 – '' Leather Gloves'' * Nicholas Ray – '' They Live by Night'' *
Bretaigne Windust Ernest Bretaigne Windust (January 20, 1906 – March 19, 1960) was a United States-based French-born theater, film, and television director. Early life He was born in Paris, the son of English violin virtuoso Ernest Joseph Windust and singer ...
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Winter Meeting ''Winter Meeting'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by Bretaigne Windust and starring Bette Davis and Jim Davis. The screenplay, based on the novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone (under the pseudonym Ethel Vance), was written by ...
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Stanley Donen Stanley Donen ( ; April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are '' On the Town,'' (1949) and ''Singin' in the Rain'' (1952), both of which he co-directed with Gene Kell ...
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Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessibl ...
 – '' On the Town'' * Sam Fuller – ''
I Shot Jesse James ''I Shot Jesse James'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Samuel Fuller about the murder of Jesse James by Robert Ford and Robert Ford's life afterwards. The story is built around a fictional rivalry between Ford and his eventual kill ...
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John Guillermin John Guillermin (11 November 192527 September 2015) was a French-British film director, writer and producer who was most active in big-budget, action-adventure films throughout his lengthy career. His more well-known films include ''I Was Monty ...
 – '' High Jinks in Society''Co-directed with
Robert Jordan Hill Robert Jordan Hill was a British director, writer, editor and producer of films. He had a partnership with John Guillermin for a time. Filmography References External links Robert Jordan Hillat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Intern ...
 * Ida Lupino – ''
Never Fear ''Never Fear'', also known as ''The Young Lovers'', is a 1950 American drama film directed and co-written by Ida Lupino, and produced by Lupino and Collier Young. It stars Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, and Hugh O'Brian. Plot Carol Williams ...
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Alexander Mackendrick Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American-born director and professor, long based in Scotland. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and later moved to Scotland. He began making television commercials befor ...
 – '' Whisky Galore!'' *
Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Melville (; born Jean-Pierre Grumbach; 20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973) was a French filmmaker and actor. Among his films are ''Le Silence de la mer'' (1949), '' Bob le flambeur'' (1956), ''Le Doulos'' (1962), '' Le Samouraï'' (19 ...
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Le Silence de la Mer ''Le Silence de la mer'' (, ''The Silence of the Sea'') is a French novel written during the summer of 1941 and published in early 1942 by Jean Bruller under the pseudonym "Vercors". Published secretly in German-occupied Paris, the book quick ...
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Arne Skouen Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer. Biography Arne Skouen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Peder Nikolai Skouen (1883-1978) and Jenn ...
 – '' Gategutter'' *
Emlyn Williams George Emlyn Williams, CBE (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1987) was a Welsh writer, dramatist and actor. Early life Williams was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family at 1 Jones Terrace, Pen-y-ffordd, Ffynnongroyw, Flints ...
 – '' The Last Days of Dolwyn''


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1950

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Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni (, ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for directing his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and ''L'Eclisse'' (1962 ...
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Cronaca di un amore ''Story of a Love Affair'' ( it, Cronaca di un amore) is a 1950 Italian drama film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Massimo Girotti and Lucia Bosè. Despite some neorealist background, the film was not fully compliant with the conte ...
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Richard Brooks Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Oscars in his career, he was best known for ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' ...
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Crisis A crisis ( : crises; : critical) is either any event or period that will (or might) lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affair ...
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Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twelve films that were listed ...
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Baba Amin Baba and similar words may refer to: Places * Baba mountain range, also known as ''Koh-i-Baba'', in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan * Baba Canton, a canton in Los Ríos Province, Ecuador * Baba, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province * Baba, K ...
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Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian ...
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Caiçara Caicara or Caiçara may refer to: People * Caiçaras Caiçaras () are the traditional inhabitants of the coastal regions of the southeastern and southern Brazil. They form a distinct group of people, descended from Africans, indigenous people, ...
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Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most ...
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Variety Lights ''Variety Lights'' ( it, Luci del varietà) is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film is about ...
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Burgess Meredith Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "on ...
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower ''The Man on the Eiffel Tower'' is a 1950 American Ansco Color film noir mystery film directed by Burgess Meredith and starring Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Meredith, and Robert Hutton. It is based on the 1931 novel '' La Tête d'un homme' ...
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Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney (September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008) was an American film and television director.
 – '' Shakedown'' * J. Lee Thompson – '' Murder Without Crime'' * Atif Yilmaz – '' Kanli Feryat''


1951

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Guru Dutt Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), better known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, choreographer, and writer.Rajadhyaksha, Ashish, and Paul Willemen. 9941998''Encyclopedia of India ...
 – '' Baazi'' * Harold F. Kress† – ''
The Painted Hills ''The Painted Hills'', also known as ''Lassie's Adventures in the Goldrush'', is a 1951 drama western film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and directed by Harold F. Kress. Adapted by True Boardman from Alexander Hull's novel ''Shep of t ...
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Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before movin ...
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The Lost One ''The Lost One'' (german: Der Verlorene) is a 1951 West German drama film directed by Peter Lorre and starring Lorre, Karl John and Renate Mannhardt. It is an art film in the film noir style, based on a true story. Lorre wrote, directed, and sta ...
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Christian Nyby Christian Nyby (September 1, 1913 – September 17, 1993) was an American television and film director and editor. As an editor, he had seventeen feature film credits from 1943 to 1952, including ''The Big Sleep'' (1946) and '' Red River'' (194 ...
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The Thing from Another World ''The Thing from Another World'', sometimes referred to as just ''The Thing'', is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporati ...
'' * Robert Parrish – ''
Cry Danger ''Cry Danger'' is a 1951 film noir thriller film, starring Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming. The film was directed by Robert Parrish, a former child star and later editor in his debut as a director. Plot Rocky Mulloy was sentenced to life in prison ...
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Russell Rouse Russell Rouse (November 20, 1913 – October 2, 1987) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer who is noted for the "offbeat creativity and originality" of his screenplays and for film noir movies and television episodes produce ...
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The Well The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, normally shortened to The WELL, was launched in 1985. It is one of the oldest continuously operating virtual communities. By 1993 it had 7,000 members, a staff of 12, and gross annual income of $2 million. ...
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Kaneto Shindo was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include '' Children of Hiroshima'', '' The Naked Island'', '' Onibaba'', '' Kuroneko'' an ...
 – '' Story of a Beloved Wife'' *
Charles Marquis Warren Charles Marquis Warren (December 16, 1912 – August 11, 1990) was an American motion picture and television writer, producer, and director who specialized in Westerns. Among his notable career achievements were his involvement in creating the ...
 – '' Little Big Horn''


1952

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Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily rememb ...
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Chinnamul Chinnamul (alternate spelling Chhinnamul, lit. ''The Uprooted'') was a 1950 Bengali film directed by Nemai Ghosh. This was the first Indian film that dealt with the partition of India. The story revolved around a group of farmers from East Pak ...
'' * Guy Hamilton – '' The Ringer'' * Paul Henreid – '' For Men Only'' *
Harry Horner Harry Horner (July 24, 1910 – December 5, 1994) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American art director who made a successful career in Hollywood as an Oscar-winning art director and as a feature film and television director. Biography Horner was ...
 – ''
Red Planet Mars ''Red Planet Mars'' is a 1952 American science fiction film released by United Artists starring Peter Graves and Andrea King. It is based on a 1932 play ''Red Planet'' written by John L. Balderston and John Hoare and was directed by art director ...
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Ken Hughes Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in ...
 – '' Wide Boy'' * Nathan H. Juran – ''
The Black Castle ''The Black Castle'' is a 1952 American horror film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Rita Corday and Lon Chaney Jr. It was produced by William Alland. The film was made in the United State ...
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Jerzy Kawalerowicz Jerzy Franciszek Kawalerowicz (19 January 1922 – 27 December 2007) was a Polish film director and politician, having been a member of Polish United Workers' Party from 1954 until its dissolution in 1990 and a deputy in Polish parliament since ...
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Gromada Gromada is a Polish word meaning "gathering", "group", or "assembly". In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the term referred to a village organization which embraced all the inhabitants of a village and acted as a local authority, as wel ...
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Masaki Kobayashi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, best known for the epic trilogy ''The Human Condition'' (1959–1961), the samurai films '' Harakiri'' (1962) and '' Samurai Rebellion'' (1967), and the horror anthology ''Kwaidan'' (1964). ''Sens ...
 – '' My Son's Youth'' *
Noel Langley Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) was a South African-born (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. He wrote the screenplay which formed the basis for the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'' an ...
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The Pickwick Papers ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'' (also known as ''The Pickwick Papers'') was Charles Dickens's first novel. Because of his success with '' Sketches by Boz'' published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to ...
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Arnold Laven Arnold Laven (February 3, 1922 – September 13, 2009) was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a ...
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Without Warning! ''Without Warning!'' is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Adam Williams, Meg Randall, and Ed Binns. The film is shot in a semidocumentary-style with police procedural voice-over narration in parts. ...
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Chris Marker Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are ''La Jetée'' (1962), '' A Grin Without a Cat'' (1977) and ''Sans Soleil ...
 – '' Olympia 52'' *
Frank Tashlin Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972), also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, was an American animator, cartoonist, children's writer, illustrator, screenwriter, and film director. He was best k ...
† – '' The First Time''


1953

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Robert Aldrich Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His notable credits include '' Vera Cruz'' (1954), '' Kiss Me Deadly'' (1955), '' The Big Knife'' (1955), '' Autumn ...
♦ – '' Big Leaguer'' * Jack Arnold – '' Girls in the Night'' *
Don Chaffey Donald Chaffey (5 August 1917 – 13 November 1990) was a British film director, writer, producer, and art director. Chaffey's film career began as an art director in 1947, and his directorial debut was in 1953. He remained active in the indu ...
 – '' Skid Kids'' *
Jesse Hibbs Jesse John Hibbs (January 11, 1906 – February 4, 1985) was an American film and television director and American football player. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), where he was an All-American tackle f ...
† – '' The All American'' *
Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...
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Fear and Desire ''Fear and Desire'' is a 1952 American anti-war film directed, produced, and edited by Stanley Kubrick, and written by Howard Sackler. With a production team of fifteen people, the film, which originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival unde ...
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Francis D. Lyon Francis D. "Pete" Lyon (July 29, 1905 – October 8, 1996) was an American film director, television director, and film editor. He and Robert Parrish were co-recipients of the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the 1947 film, '' Body and So ...
♦ – '' Crazylegs'' *
Dick Powell Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American actor, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility, and successfully transformed into ...
 – '' Split Second'' * Emeric Pressburger – '' Twice Upon a Time'' *
Ed Wood Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novel author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cla ...
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Glen or Glenda ''Glen or Glenda'' is a 1953 American exploitation film directed, written by and starring Ed Wood (credited in his starring role as "Daniel Davis"), and featuring Wood's then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller and Bela Lugosi. It was produced by George W ...
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1954

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Abner Biberman Abner Warren Biberman (April 1, 1909 – June 20, 1977) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Early years Biberman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, later moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He gained early acting experien ...
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The Golden Mistress ''The Golden Mistress'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Abner Biberman and starring John Agar and Rosemarie Stack. It is set in Haiti, and deals with the search for a voodoo treasure. Plot Cast *John Agar John George Agar Jr ...
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James Wong Howe Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sou ...
† – '' Go, Man, Go!'' *
Nunnally Johnson Nunnally Hunter Johnson (December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and playwright. As a filmmaker, he wrote the screenplays to more than fifty films in a career that spanned from 1927 to 1967. He ...
 – '' Night People'' *
Edmond O'Brien Eamon Joseph O'Brien (September 10, 1915 – May 9, 1985) was an American actor and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won one Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. O'Brien w ...
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Howard W. Koch Howard Winchel Koch (April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television. Life and career Koch was born in New York City, the son of Beatrice (Winchel) and William Jacob Koch. His family was Jewish. ...
 – '' Shield for Murder'' *
Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe (born Edward Vanes Flanagan, Jr., March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor and writer. Early years Born in Fort Madison, Iowa, O'Keefe was the son of Edward Flanagan and Charlotte Flanagan, Irish vaudevill ...
 – '' The Diamond'' *
Sergei Parajanov Sergei Parajanov, ka, სერგო ფარაჯანოვი, uk, Сергій Параджанов (January 9, 1924 – July 20, 1990) was an Armenian filmmaker. Parajanov is regarded by film critics, film historians and filmmakers t ...
† – '' Andriesh''Co-directed with Yakov Bazelyan * Yves Robert – ''
Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça ''Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça'' en, Men Think Only of That, is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Yves Robert, written by Jean Bellanger, starring Jean-Marie Amato and Louis de Funès. Cast * Jean-Marie Amato : Don Juan * Jean ...
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Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...
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Ankush ''Ankush'' is a 1986 Hindi action drama movie starring Nana Patekar, which was written, directed, edited and co-produced by N. Chandra. Made on a modest budget of Rs 13 lakhs, the film grossed Rs 95 lakhs to become a surprise hit of 1986, t ...
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Agnès Varda Agnès Varda (; born Arlette Varda; 30 May 1928 – 29 March 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist. Her pioneering work was central to the development of the widely influential French New Wave film ...
 – '' La Pointe Courte''


1955

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Hall Bartlett Hall Bartlett (November 27, 1922 – September 7, 1993) was an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. Early life Hall Bartlett was born in Kansas City, Missouri, he graduated from Yale University Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Rhodes ...
 – '' Unchained'' *
Earl Bellamy Earl Arthur Bellamy (March 11, 1917 – November 30, 2003) was an American television and film director. Biography Bellamy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also known as Earl J. Bellamy, or Earl J. Bellamy, Jr. "Earl Bellamy." Contem ...
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Seminole Uprising '' Seminole Uprising'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Earl Bellamy and starring George Montgomery based on the 1952 novel ''Bugle's Wake'' by Curt Brandon.Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...
 – '' Swamp Women'' * Hubert Cornfield† – ''
Sudden Danger ''Sudden Danger'' is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Hubert Cornfield and starring Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, and Tom Drake.. Plot Police detective Doyle (Elliott) is investigating the alleged suicide of a woman who heads ...
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Blake Edwards Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio s ...
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Bring Your Smile Along ''Bring Your Smile Along'' is a 1955 American Technicolor comedy film by Blake Edwards. It was Edwards' directorial debut and the motion picture debut of Constance Towers. Edwards wrote the script for this Frankie Laine musical with his mentor, ...
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José Ferrer José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television. He was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime, w ...
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The Cockleshell Heroes ''The Cockleshell Heroes'' is a 1955 British Technicolor war film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Christopher Lee, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the ...
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Bert I. Gordon Bert Ira Gordon (born September 24, 1922) is an American filmmaker and visual effects artist. He is best known for writing and directing science fiction and horror B-movies such as ''King Dinosaur'' (1955), ''The Amazing Colossal Man'' (1957), '' ...
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King Dinosaur ''King Dinosaur'' is a 1955 science fiction film starring William Bryant and Wanda Curtis with narration by Marvin Miller. It was co-written, produced, and directed by Bert I. Gordon, in his directorial debut. The film was featured on season 2 ...
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Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message picture, message films" (he would call his movies ''heavy dramas'') and a libera ...
 – '' Not as a Stranger'' *
Charles Laughton Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British actor. He was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future ...
 – '' The Night of the Hunter'' * Burt Lancaster – ''The Kentuckian (1955 film), The Kentuckian'' * Delbert Mann – ''Marty (film), Marty'' * Ray Milland – ''A Man Alone (film), A Man Alone'' * Satyajit Ray – ''Pather Panchali'' * Mrinal Sen – ''Raat Bhore'' * Don Sharp – ''The Stolen Airliner'' * Melville Shavelson – ''The Seven Little Foys'' * Andrzej Wajda† – ''A Generation'' * Cornel Wilde – ''Storm Fear''


1956

* Joseph Anthony – ''The Rainmaker (1956 film), The Rainmaker'' * Valentine Davies – ''The Benny Goodman Story'' * Leonid Gaidai – ''A Weary Road'' * Charles F. Haas♦ – ''Star in the Dust'' * Andrew V. McLaglen – ''Man in the Vault'' * Claude Sautet – ''Bonjour Sourire!'' * Alex Segal♦ – ''Ransom!'' * Seijun Suzuki – ''Minato no kanpai: Shôri o waga te ni'' * Daniel Taradash – ''Storm Center'' * Samuel A. Taylor – ''The Monte Carlo Story''


1957

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Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New ...
†♦ – ''The Delinquents (1957 film), The Delinquents'' * James B. Clark (director), James B. Clark♦ – ''Under Fire (1957 film), Under Fire'' * Clive Donner – ''The Secret Place (film), The Secret Place'' * Anselmo Duarte – ''Absolutamente Certo'' * Arthur Hiller♦ – ''The Careless Years'' *
Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), '' Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976 ...
♦ – ''12 Angry Men (1957 film), 12 Angry Men'' * Robert Mulligan♦ – ''Fear Strikes Out'' * Art Napoleon (film director), Art Napoleon – ''Man on the Prowl (film), Man on the Prowl'' * Martin Ritt – ''Edge of the City'' * Franco Zeffirelli – ''Camping (1957 film), Camping''


1958

* Gabriel Axel♦ – ''The Girls Are Willing'' * Jack Cardiff† – ''Intent to Kill (1958 film), Intent to Kill'' * Claude Chabrol – ''Le Beau Serge'' * Robert Clarke – ''The Hideous Sun Demon'' * Michel Deville – ''Une balle dans le canon'' * Herschel Daugherty♦ – ''The Light in the Forest (film), The Light in the Forest'' * Henry Ephron – ''Sing Boy Sing (film), Sing Boy Sing'' * Shōhei Imamura – ''Stolen Desire'' * Wojciech Has† – ''Petla'' * Irvin Kershner – ''Stakeout on Dope Street'' * Louis Malle – ''Elevator to the Gallows'' * José Mojica Marins – ''Adventurer's Fate'' * George Pal – ''Tom Thumb (film), Tom Thumb'' * Arthur Penn♦ – ''The Left Handed Gun'' * Anthony Quinn – ''The Buccaneer (1958 film), The Buccaneer'' * Karel Reisz† – ''We Are the Lambeth Boys'' * Bernhard Wicki – ''Warum Sind Sie Gegen Uns?''


1959

* John Cassavetes – ''Shadows (1959 film), Shadows'' * Jack Clayton† – ''Room at the Top (1959 film), Room at the Top'' * Georges Franju† – ''Head Against the Wall'' * Sidney J. Furie – ''A Dangerous Age'' * Monte Hellman – ''Beast from Haunted Cave'' * Ray Kellogg – ''The Killer Shrews'' * Elen Klimov – ''Ostorzhno: poshlost'' * Nagisa Oshima – ''A Town of Love and Hope'' * Joel Rapp – ''High School Big Shot'' * Alain Resnais – ''Hiroshima, Mon Amour'' * Tony Richardson♦ – ''Look Back in Anger (1959 film), Look Back in Anger'' * Éric Rohmer† – ''Le Signe du lion'' * François Truffaut – ''The 400 Blows''


1960s


1960

* Mario Bava – ''Black Sunday (1960 film), Black Sunday'' * Herbert J. Leder – ''Pretty Boy Floyd (film), Pretty Boy Floyd'' * Jerry Lewis – ''The Bellboy'' * Walter Matthau – ''Gangster Story'' * Jacques Rivette – ''Paris Belongs to Us'' * Stuart Rosenberg♦ – ''Murder, Inc. (1960 film), Murder, Inc.'' * Masahiro Shinoda – ''One-Way Ticket for Love'' * Jean-Luc Godard† – ''À bout de souffle'' * John Wayne – ''The Alamo (1960 film), The Alamo'' * Mel Welles – ''Code of Silence (1960 film), Code of Silence'' * Michael Winner – ''Shoot to Kill (1960 film), Shoot to Kill'' * Yoji Yamada – ''Zero no shôten'' * Yoshishige Yoshida – ''Rokudenashi''


1961

* Luis Alcoriza – ''Young People (1961 film), Los jóvenes'' * William Alland – ''Look in Any Window'' * Marlon Brando – ''One-Eyed Jacks'' * Jack Couffer - ''Nikki, Wild Dog of the North'' * Jacques Demy† – ''Lola (1961 film), Lola'' * Richard Donner♦ – ''X-15 (film), X-15'' * Bryan Forbes – ''Whistle Down the Wind (film), Whistle Down the Wind'' * Kinji Fukasaku – ''Hakuchu no buraikan'' * Greg Garrison♦ – ''Hey, Let's Twist!'' * Susumu Hani† – ''Bad Boys (1961 film), Bad Boys'' * Andrei Konchalovsky – ''The Boy and the Pigeon'' * Buzz Kulik♦ – ''The Explosive Generation'' * Claude Lelouch – ''Le propre de l'homme'' * Sergio Leone# – ''The Colossus of Rhodes (film), The Colossus of Rhodes'' * Pier Paolo Pasolini – ''Accattone'' * Halit Refiğ† – ''Yasak Aşk'' * Don Taylor (American filmmaker), Don Taylor – ''Everything's Ducky''


1962

* Bernardo Bertolucci – ''La commare secca'' * Alain Cavalier – ''Le combat dans l'île'' * George Roy Hill – ''Period of Adjustment (film), Period of Adjustment'' *
Norman Jewison Norman Frederick Jewison (born July 21, 1926) is a retired Canadian film and television director, producer, and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best ...
♦ – ''40 Pounds of Trouble'' * Richard Lester†♦ – ''It's Trad, Dad!'' * Abe Levitow - ''Gay Purr-ee'' * Frank Perry – ''David and Lisa'' * Roman Polanski† – ''Knife in the Water'' * Gerald Potterton – ''My Financial Career'' * John Schlesinger – ''A Kind of Loving (film), A Kind of Loving'' * Vilgot Sjöman – ''The Mistress (1962 film), The Mistress'' * Andrei Tarkovsky† – ''Ivan's Childhood'' * Hiroshi Teshigahara – ''Pitfall (1962 film), Pitfall''


1963

* Lindsay Anderson – ''This Sporting Life'' * Gower Champion♦ – ''My Six Loves'' * Francis Ford Coppola†# – ''Dementia 13'' * George Englund♦ – ''The Ugly American (film), The Ugly American'' * Forugh Farrokhzad – ''The House Is Black'' * James Ivory – ''The Householder'' * Jack O'Connell (filmmaker), Jack O'Connell – ''Greenwich Village Story'' * Ken Russell†♦ – ''French Dressing (1964 film), French Dressing'' * Franklin J. Schaffner♦ – ''The Stripper (film), The Stripper'' * Peter Tewksbury♦ – ''Sunday in New York'' * Peter Yates – ''Summer Holiday (1963 film), Summer Holiday'' * Bud Yorkin♦ – ''Come Blow Your Horn (film), Come Blow Your Horn''


1964

* Jack Curtis (voice actor), Jack Curtis – ''The Flesh Eaters (film), The Flesh Eaters'' * Miloš Forman† – ''Black Peter (film), Black Peter'' * Samuel Goldwyn Jr. – ''The Young Lovers (1964 film), The Young Lovers'' * Philip Kaufman – ''Goldstein (film), Goldstein'' * Elem Klimov – ''Welcome, or No Trespassing'' * Larry Peerce – ''One Potato, Two Potato'' * Glauber Rocha† – ''Black God, White Devil'' * Ettore Scola† – ''Se permettete parliamo di donne'' * Mel Stuart♦ – ''Four Days in November''


1965

* Stephen C. Apostolof – ''Orgy of the Dead'' * Bruno Bozzetto – ''West and Soda'' * John Boorman♦ – ''Catch Us If You Can (film), Catch Us If You Can'' * Steve Cochran – ''Tell Me in the Sunlight'' * Fred Coe♦ – ''A Thousand Clowns'' * John Derek – ''Nightmare in the Sun'' * Costa-Gavras – ''The Sleeping Car Murders'' * Ebrahim Golestan† – ''Brick and Mirror'' * Daniel Haller – ''Die, Monster, Die!'' * Dušan Makavejev† – ''Covek nije tica'' * Ernest Pintoff† – ''Harvey Middleman, Fireman'' * Sydney Pollack♦ – ''The Slender Thread'' * Arthur Rankin Jr. – ''Willy McBean and His Magic Machine'' * David Secter – ''Winter Kept Us Warm'' * Elliot Silverstein – ''Cat Ballou'' * Frank Sinatra – ''None but the Brave'' * Jerzy Skolimowski♦ – ''Walkover (film), Walkover'' * Robert Sparr♦ – ''A Swingin' Summer'' * K. Viswanath – ''Aatma Gowravam''


1966

* Woody Allen – ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' * Hy Averback♦ – ''Chamber of Horrors (1966 film), Chamber of Horrors'' * Jules Bass – ''The Daydreamer (film), The Daydreamer'' * Paul Bogart♦ – ''The Three Sisters (1966 film), The Three Sisters'' * Ian Curteis♦ – ''The Projected Man'' * Marguerite Duras – ''La musica'' * Rainer Werner Fassbinder – ''Der Stadtstreicher'' * Yasuharu Hasebe – ''Black Tight Killers'' * William Klein (photographer), William Klein – ''Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?'' * Alexander Kluge – ''Yesterday Girl'' * David Lane (director), David Lane♦ – ''Thunderbirds Are Go'' * Mariano Laurenti – ''Il vostro super agente Flit'' * Darius Mehrjui – ''Diamond 33'' * Mickey Moore – ''Paradise, Hawaiian Style'' * Mike Nichols – ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' * Lucian Pintilie – ''Sunday at Six'' * Ousmane Sembene – ''Borom Sarret'' * Volker Schlöndorff† – ''Der Junge Törless''


1967

* Bob Clark† – ''She-Man (film), She-Man'' * Albert Finney – ''Charlie Bubbles'' * William Friedkin♦ – ''Good Times (film), Good Times'' * Philippe Garrel† – ''Marie for Memory'' * David Greene (director), David Greene♦ – ''The Shuttered Room'' * Anthony Harvey♦ – ''Dutchman (film), Dutchman'' * Toshiya Fujita (director), Toshiya Fujita – ''Hikō shōnen: Hinode no sakebi'' * Med Hondo – ''Soleil O'' * Manoj Kumar – ''Upkar'' * Ken Loach♦ – ''Poor Cow'' * Howard Morris – ''Who's Minding the Mint?'' * Carl Reiner – ''Enter Laughing (film), Enter Laughing'' * Mark Rydell – ''The Fox (1967 film), The Fox'' * Melvin Van Peebles† – ''The Story of a Three-Day Pass'' * Michael Verhoeven – ''The Dance of Death (1967 film), The Dance of Death''


1968

* Kevin Billington♦ – ''Interlude (1968 film), Interlude'' * Noel Black†♦ – ''Pretty Poison (film), Pretty Poison'' * Peter Bogdanovich♦Credited as Derek Thomas – ''Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women'' * Mel Brooks – ''The Producers (1968 film), The Producers'' * Jacques Charon – ''A Flea in Her Ear (film), A Flea in Her Ear'' * Brian De Palma† – ''Murder a la Mod'' * Werner Herzog† – ''Signs of Life (1968 film), Signs of Life'' * Alejandro Jodorowsky† – ''Fando y Lis'' * Peter Medak – ''Negatives (1968 film), Negatives'' * Paul Newman – ''Rachel, Rachel'' * Melvin Van Peebles† – ''The Story of a Three-Day Pass'' * George A. Romero† – ''Night of the Living Dead'' * Raúl Ruiz (director), Raúl Ruiz† – ''Three Sad Tigers'' * Martin Scorsese† – ''Who's That Knocking at My Door'' * Fernando Solanas† – ''The Hour of the Furnaces'' * Isao Takahata – ''Hols: Prince of the Sun'' * Eric Till♦ – ''A Great Big Thing'' * Bob Rafelson – ''Head (film), Head''


1969

* Roy Andersson† – ''Lördagen den 5.10'' * Richard Attenborough – ''Oh! What a Lovely War'' * Robert Alan Aurthur – ''The Lost Man'' * John G. Avildsen† – ''Turn on to Love'' * David Cronenberg† – ''Stereo (1969 film), Stereo'' * Bob Fosse – ''Sweet Charity (film), Sweet Charity'' * Piers Haggard♦ – ''I Can't... I Can't'' * Tobe Hooper† – ''Eggshells (film), Eggshells'' * Dennis Hopper – ''Easy Rider'' * Peter R. Hunt'' – On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film), On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' * Charles Jarrott♦ – ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' * Paul Mazursky – ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' * Bill Melendez† – ''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' * Anthony Newley – ''Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?'' * Alan J. Pakula – ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' * Gordon Parks† – ''The Learning Tree'' * Barney Platts-Mills† – ''Bronco Bullfrog'' * Michael Ritchie (film director), Michael Ritchie – ''Downhill Racer'' * Herbert Ross – ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film), Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' * Paul Williams (director), Paul Williams† – ''Out of It (film), Out of It''


1970s


1970

* Theodoros Angelopoulos – ''Reconstitution (1970 film), Reconstitution'' * Dario Argento – ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'' * Hal Ashby – ''The Landlord'' * Rajinder Singh Bedi – ''Dastak (1970 film), Dastak'' * James Bridges – ''The Baby Maker'' * Gilbert Cates♦ – ''I Never Sang for My Father'' * Ossie Davis – ''Cotton Comes to Harlem'' * Richard A. Colla† – ''Zigzag (1970 film), Zigzag'' * Sean S. Cunningham – ''The Art of Marriage'' * William A. Fraker – ''Monte Walsh (1970), Monte Walsh'' * Alan Gibson (director), Alan Gibson♦ – ''Crescendo (1970 film), Crescendo'' * Chuck Jones - ''The Phantom Tollbooth (film), The Phantom Tollbooth''Co-directed with Abe Levitow * Lionel Jeffries – ''The Railway Children (1970 film), The Railway Children'' * Leonard Kastle – ''The Honeymoon Killers'' * Barbara Loden – ''Wanda (film), Wanda'' *
Burgess Meredith Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" and "on ...
 – ''The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go'' * Vic Morrow♦ – ''A Man Called Sledge'' * Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell  – ''Performance (film), Performance'' * Robert Scheerer♦ – ''Adam at 6 A.M.'' * Arthur Allan Seidelman – ''Hercules in New York'' * Wim Wenders – ''Summer in the City (film), Summer in the City''


1971

* Alan Arkin† – ''Little Murders'' * George P. Cosmatos – ''Sin (1971 film), Sin'' * Clint Eastwood – ''Play Misty for Me'' * John Erman♦ – ''Making It (film), Making It'' * Peter Fonda – ''The Hired Hand'' * James Frawley♦ – ''The Christian Licorice Store'' * Stephen Frears – ''Gumshoe (film), Gumshoe'' * John D. Hancock – ''Let's Scare Jessica to Death'' * Mike Hodges♦ – ''Get Carter'' * Mike Leigh – ''Bleak Moments'' * Jack Lemmon – ''Kotch'' * George Lucas† – ''THX 1138'' * Elaine May – ''A New Leaf (film), A New Leaf'' * Russ Mayberry♦ – ''The Jesus Trip'' * Jack Nicholson – ''Drive, He Said'' * Stewart Raffill – ''The Tender Warrior'' * Ivan Reitman† – ''Foxy Lady (film), Foxy Lady'' * Steven Hilliard Stern – ''B.S. I Love You'' * Dalton Trumbo – ''Johnny Got His Gun (film), Johnny Got His Gun'' * Lawrence Turman – ''The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker'' * Paul Verhoeven – ''Business Is Business (film), Business Is Business'' * Peter Weir†♦ – ''Homesdale'' * Chatrichalerm Yugala – ''Out of the Darkness (1971 film), Out of the Darkness'' * Claude Zidi – ''Les Bidasses en folie''


1972

* Chantal Akerman† – ''Hôtel Monterey'' * Michael Apted♦ – ''The Triple Echo'' * Ralph Bakshi†♦ – ''Fritz the Cat (film), Fritz the Cat'' * Paul Bartel† – ''Private Parts (1972 film), Private Parts'' * Bruce Beresford – ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' * Robert Benton – ''Bad Company (1972 film), Bad Company'' * Larry Cohen – ''Bone (1972 film), Bone'' * Jackie Cooper♦ – ''Stand Up and Be Counted'' * Wes Craven – ''The Last House on the Left (1972 film), The Last House on the Left'' * Bill Douglas† – ''My Childhood (film), My Childhood'' * Daryl Duke♦ – ''Payday (1972 film), Payday'' * Adoor Gopalakrishnan – ''Swayamvaram (1972 film), Swayamvaram'' * Larry Hagman♦ – ''Beware! The Blob'' * David Hemmings – ''Running Scared (1972 film), Running Scared'' * Perry Henzel – ''The Harder They Come'' * Charlton Heston – ''Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film), Antony and Cleopatra'' * Bruce Lee – ''The Way of the Dragon'' * Djibril Diop Mambéty – ''Touki Bouki'' * Gary Nelson (director), Gary Nelson♦ – ''Molly and Lawless John'' * Gordon Parks Jr. – ''Super Fly (1972 film), Super Fly'' * Arnold Perl – ''Malcolm X (1972 film), Malcolm X'' * Lee Philips – ''Getting Away from It All'' * Sidney Poitier – ''Buck and the Preacher'' * Michael Schultz♦ – ''Together for Days'' * George C. Scott – ''Rage (1972 film), Rage'' * Kumar Shahani – ''Maya Darpan'' * John Waters (filmmaker), John Waters† – ''Pink Flamingos'' * Clyde Ware – ''No Drums, No Bugles''


1973

* Hector Babenco – ''O Fabuloso Fittipaldi'' * Shyam Benegal♦ – ''Ankur (film), Ankur'' * Ricou Browning♦ – ''Salty (film), Salty'' * Martin Campbell – ''The Sex Thief'' * Joe D'Amato# – ''Death Smiles on a Murderer'' * Philip D'Antoni – ''The Seven-Ups'' * William Dear† – ''Nymph (1973 film), Nymph'' * Kirk Douglas – ''Scalawag (film), Scalawag'' * Charles K. Eastman – ''The All-American Boy (film), The All-American Boy'' * Haile Gerima† – ''Child of Resistance'' * Curtis Hanson – ''Sweet Kill'' * Robin Hardy (film director), Robin Hardy –''The Wicker Man'' * Anna Karina – ''Vivre ensemble'' * Abbas Kiarostami† – ''The Experience (film), The Experience'' * John Landis – ''Schlock (film), Schlock'' * Mark L. Lester† – ''Steel Arena (film), Steel Arena'' * Terrence Malick† – ''Badlands (film), Badlands'' * John Milius† – ''Dillinger (1973 film), Dillinger'' * Sohrab Shahid-Saless♦ – ''A Simple Event'' * Jeannot Szwarc♦ – ''Extreme Close-Up (film), Extreme Close-Up'' * John Woo – ''Fist to Fist'' * Howard Zieff – ''Slither (1973 film), Slither''


1974

* Paul Annett♦ – ''The Beast Must Die (1974 film), The Beast Must Die'' * G. Aravindan – ''Uttarayanam'' * Arizal (director), Arizal♦ – ''Senyum dan Tangis'' * John Byrum – ''Inserts (film), Inserts'' * Joe Camp – ''Benji (1974 film), Benji'' * John Carpenter† – ''Dark Star (film), Dark Star'' * Michael Cimino – ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'' * Jonathan Demme – ''Caged Heat'' * Peter Hyams♦ – ''Busting'' * Richard Loncraine♦† – ''Slade in Flame'' * Jerry London♦ – ''Goodnight Jackie'' * Nikita Mikhalkov† – ''At Home Among Strangers'' * Ariane Mnouchkine – ''1789 (film), 1789'' * Alan Ormsby – ''Deranged (1974 film), Deranged'' * Wolfgang Petersen†♦ – ''One or the Other of Us'' * Steven Spielberg†♦ – ''The Sugarland Express'' * Oliver Stone† – ''Seizure (film), Seizure'' * Charles Swenson – ''Down and Dirty Duck'' * Bertrand Tavernier – ''The Clockmaker'' * Lewis Teague♦ – ''Dirty O'Neil'' * Thierry Zéno† – ''Vase de Noces''


1975

* Jean-Claude Brisseau – ''La croisee des chemins'' * Patrice Chéreau – ''La Chair de l'orchidée, The Flesh of the Orchid'' * Souleymane Cissé (film director), Souleymane Ciss醠– ''The Young Girl'' * John Duigan – ''The Firm Man'' * Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones – ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'' * Lasse Hallström♦† – ''A Guy and a Gal'' * Scott Hicks (director), Scott Hicks† – ''Down the Wind'' * Walter Hill (director), Walter Hill – ''Hard Times (1975 film), Hard Times'' * Shirley MacLaine – ''The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir'' * Nikos Nikolaidis† – ''Evrydiki BA 2O37'' * Joan Micklin Silver† – ''Hester Street (film), Hester Street'' * Helma Sanders-Brahms – ''Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand'' * Margarethe von Trotta♦† – ''The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum'' * Gene Wilder – ''The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother'' * Joseph Zito – ''Abduction (1975 film), Abduction''


1976

* Allan Arkush† and Joe Dante† – ''Hollywood Boulevard (1976 film), Hollywood Boulevard'' * Jean-Jacques Annaud – ''Black and White in Color'' * John Badham♦ – ''The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings'' * Catherine Breillat – ''A Real Young Girl'' * Martha Coolidge† – ''Not a Pretty Picture'' * Neal Israel – ''Tunnel Vision (1976 film), Tunnel Vision''Co-directed with Bradley R. Swirnoff * Derek Jarman – ''Sebastiane'' * Krzysztof Kieślowski†♦ – ''Personnel (film), Personnel'' * Patrice Leconte† – ''Les vécés étaient fermés de l'interieur'' * Jeff Lieberman† – ''Squirm'' * Robert Moore (director), Robert Moore♦ – ''Murder by Death'' *
Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts ...
†♦ – ''Bugsy Malone'' * Michael Pressman – ''The Great Texas Dynamite Chase'' * Burt Reynolds♦ – ''Gator (film), Gator'' * Fred Schepisi† – ''The Devil's Playground (1976 film), The Devil's Playground'' * George Schlatter♦ – ''Norman... Is That You?'' * Kartal Tibet – ''Tosun Paşa''


1977

* Joseph Brooks (songwriter), Joseph Brooks# – ''You Light Up My Life (film), You Light Up My Life'' * Valie Export – ''Invisible Adversaries, Unsichtbare Gegner'' * Marty Feldman♦ – ''The Last Remake of Beau Geste'' * Ron Howard† – ''Grand Theft Auto (film), Grand Theft Auto'' * Girish Kasaravalli – ''Ghatashraddha'' * Diane Kurys – ''Peppermint Soda'' * David Lynch† – ''Eraserhead'' * Phil Roman† – ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown''Co-directed with Bill Melendez * Gregory Nava† – ''The Confessions of Amans (film), The Confessions of Amans'' * Hal Needham – ''Smokey and the Bandit'' * Chris Noonan – ''Bulls (film), Bulls'' * Phillip Noyce† – ''Backroads (1977 film), Backroads'' * Nobuhiko Obayashi† – ''House (1977 film), House'' *
Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades th ...
†♦ – ''The Duellists'' * Béla Tarr† – ''Családi tűzfészek'' * Fred Wolf (animator), Fred Wolf - ''The Mouse and His Child (film), The Mouse and his Child''


1978

* Muzaffar Ali – ''Gaman'' * Bille August – ''Honning måne'' * Warren Beatty and Buck Henry – ''Heaven Can Wait (1978 film), Heaven Can Wait'' * Charles Burnett (director), Charles Burnett† – ''Killer of Sheep'' * Buddhadeb Dasgupta† – ''Dooratwa'' * Robert Klane – ''Thank God It's Friday (film), Thank God It's Friday'' * Randal Kleiser♦ – ''Grease (film), Grease'' * Richard Marquand – ''The Legacy (1978 film), The Legacy'' * Leiji Matsumoto♦ – ''Captain Harlock: Mystery of the Arcadia''Co-directed with Rintaro * Anthony Minghella – ''A Little Like Drowning'' * Errol Morris – ''Gates of Heaven'' * Steve Rash – ''The Buddy Holly Story'' * Fred Olen Ray# – ''The Brain Leeches'' * Joan Rivers – ''Rabbit Test (film), Rabbit Test'' * Paul Schrader – ''Blue Collar (film), Blue Collar'' * Alexander Sokurov† – ''The Lonely Voice of Man'' * Sylvester Stallone – ''Paradise Alley'' * James Toback – ''Fingers (1978 film), Fingers'' * Jane Wagner – ''Moment by Moment'' * Meir Zarchi – ''I Spit on Your Grave'' * Robert Zemeckis† – ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film), I Wanna Hold Your Hand''


1979

* Carroll Ballard – ''The Black Stallion (film), The Black Stallion'' * Martin Brest† – ''Going in Style'' * Albert Brooks♦ – ''Real Life (1979 film), Real Life'' * Jackie Chan – ''The Fearless Hyena''Co-directed with Kenneth Tsang * Alan Clarke – ''Scum (film), Scum'' * Abel Ferrara† – ''The Driller Killer'' * Goutam Ghose† – ''Maabhoomi'' * Tsui Hark – ''The Butterfly Murders'' * Agnieszka Holland†♦ – ''Provincial Actors'' * Ann Hui♦ – ''The Secret (1979 film), The Secret'' * Leon Ichaso – ''El Super'' * George Miller (filmmaker), George Miller – ''Mad Max (film), Mad Max'' * Hayao Miyazaki♦ – ''The Castle of Cagliostro'' * Russell Mulcahy – ''Derek and Clive Get the Horn'' * George Peppard  – ''Five Days from Home'' * Chris Petit – ''Radio On'' * Julien Temple – ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle'' * Joan Tewkesbury – ''Old Boyfriends'' * Simon Wincer♦ – ''Snapshot (film), Snapshot''


1980s


1980

* Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker – ''Airplane!'' * Pedro Almodóvar† – ''Pepi, Luci, Bom'' * Chuck Barris – ''The Gong Show Movie'' * Walter Bernstein – ''Little Miss Marker (1980 film), Little Miss Marker'' * Tony Bill – ''My Bodyguard'' * William Peter Blatty – ''The Ninth Configuration'' * James Caan – ''Hide in Plain Sight'' * Rob Cohen – ''A Small Circle of Friends'' * Bill Forsyth – ''That Sinking Feeling (1980 film), That Sinking Feeling'' * Peter Greenaway† – ''The Falls (1980 film), The Falls'' * Robert Greenwald – ''Xanadu (film), Xanadu'' * Taylor Hackford♦† – ''The Idolmaker'' * Jim Jarmusch – ''Permanent Vacation (1980 film), Permanent Vacation'' * Art Linson – ''Where the Buffalo Roam'' * Adrian Lyne† – ''Foxes (film), Foxes'' * Mike Newell (director), Mike Newell♦ – ''The Awakening (1980 film), The Awakening'' * Harold Ramis – ''Caddyshack'' * Robert Redford – ''Ordinary People'' * Jay Sandrich♦ – ''Seems Like Old Times (film), Seems Like Old Times'' * John Sayles – ''Return of the Secaucus 7'' * Roger Spottiswoode – ''Terror Train'' * Fernando Trueba† – ''Opera Prima'' * Nancy Walker♦ – ''Can't Stop the Music'' * Gordon Willis – ''Windows (film), Windows''


1981

* Alan Alda♦ – ''The Four Seasons (1981 film), The Four Seasons'' * Andrew Bergman – ''So Fine (film), So Fine'' * Kathryn Bigelow† and Monty Montgomery (producer), Monty Montgomery – ''The Loveless'' * Peter Bonerz♦ – ''Nobody's Perfekt'' * John Glen (director), John Glen† – ''For Your Eyes Only (film), For Your Eyes Only'' * Steve Gordon (director), Steve Gordon♦ – ''Arthur (1981 film), Arthur'' * Jim Henson†♦ – ''The Great Muppet Caper'' * Hugh Hudson† – ''Chariots of Fire'' * Glenn Jordan♦ – ''Only When I Laugh (film), Only When I Laugh'' * Lawrence Kasdan – ''Body Heat'' * Mika Kaurismäki – ''The Liar (1981 film), The Liar'' * Uli Edel – ''Christiane F. (film), Christiane F.'' * Vadim Glowna – ''Desperado City'' * Howard R. Cohen – ''Saturday the 14th'' * Jean-Jacques Beineix – ''Diva (1981 film), Diva'' * Ed Bianchi, Edward Bianchi – ''The Fan (1981 film), The Fan'' * Nettie Peña – ''Home Sweet Home (1981 film), Home Sweet Home'' * Juan Miñón and Miguel Ángel Trujillo – ''Kargus'' * Jandhyala – ''Mudda Mandaram'' * Graham Baker (director), Graham Baker – ''Omen III: The Final Conflict'' * Zoran Tadić – ''Rhythm of a Crime'' * Michael Herz (producer), Michael Herz – ''Waitress!'' * Emir Kusturica†♦ – ''Do You Remember Dolly Bell?'' * Michael Mann (director), Michael Mann†♦ – ''Thief (film), Thief'' * Ron Mann† – ''Imagine the Sound'' * Steve Miner – ''Friday the 13th Part 2'' * Sam Raimi† – ''The Evil Dead'' * Rick Rosenthal – ''Halloween II (1981 film), Halloween II'' * Oz Scott – ''Bustin' Loose (film), Bustin' Loose'' * Joel Schumacher♦ – ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman'' * Penelope Spheeris† – ''The Decline of Western Civilization'' * David Steinberg – ''Paternity (film), Paternity''


1982

* Jahnu Barua† – ''Aparoopa'' * Richard Benjamin♦ – ''My Favorite Year'' * Khairy Beshara♦ – ''Bloody Destinies'' * Patricia Birch♦ – ''Grease 2'' * Don Bluth† –''The Secret of NIMH'' * Patrick Bokanowski† – ''The Angel (1982 film), The Angel'' * James Cameron† – ''Piranha II: The Spawning'' * Nick Castle – ''Tag: The Assassination Game'' * Roger Christian (filmmaker), Roger Christian – ''The Sender'' * Graeme Clifford†♦ – ''Frances (film), Frances'' * Caleb Deschanel† – ''The Escape Artist'' * Richard Elfman – ''Forbidden Zone'' * Stuart Gillard – ''Paradise (1982 film), Paradise'' * Amy Heckerling† – ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' * Tim Hunter (director), Tim Hunter – ''Tex (film), Tex'' * Amy Holden Jones – ''The Slumber Party Massacre'' * Neil Jordan – ''Angel (1982 Irish film), Angel'' * John Laing (director), John Laing – ''Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1982 film), Beyond Reasonable Doubt'' * Barry Levinson♦ – ''Diner (1982 film), Diner'' * Aaron Lipstadt – ''Android (film), Android'' * Garry Marshall♦ – ''Young Doctors in Love'' * Frank Oz – ''The Dark Crystal'' * Albert Pyun – ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'' * Susan Seidelman† – ''Smithereens (film), Smithereens'' * Robert Towne – ''Personal Best (film), Personal Best'' * David S. Ward – ''Cannery Row (film), Cannery Row'' * Edward Yang – ''Guang yin de gu shi'' * Ronny Yu – ''The Postman Strikes Back'' * Corey Yuen – ''Ninja in the Dragon's Den''


1983

* Joe Alves – ''Jaws 3-D'' * Roberto Benigni – ''Tu mi turbi'' * Luc Besson† – ''Le Dernier Combat'' * Paul Brickman – ''Risky Business'' * James L. Brooks – ''Terms of Endearment'' * Claudio Caligari – ''Toxic Love'' * Michael Chapman (cinematographer), Michael Chapman – ''All the Right Moves (film), All the Right Moves'' * Robert Dalva – ''The Black Stallion Returns'' * Mel Damski – ''Yellowbeard'' * Pál Erdöss – ''The Princess (1983 film), The Princess'' * Sam Firstenberg – ''One More Chance (1983 film), One More Chance'' * John Herzfeld – ''Two of a Kind (1983 film), Two of a Kind'' * Robert Hiltzik – ''Sleepaway Camp'' * Robert Jiras – ''I Am the Cheese (film), I Am the Cheese'' * Shekhar Kapur – ''Masoom (1983 film), Masoom'' * Aki Kaurismäki – ''Crime and Punishment (1983 film), Crime and Punishment'' * David Kendall (director), David Kendall – ''Luggage of the Gods!'' * Jackie Kong – ''The Being'' * Kiyoshi Kurosawa – ''Kandagawa Pervert Wars'' * Mohsen Makhmalbaf – ''Tobeh Nosuh'' * Robert Mandel – ''Independence Day (1983 film), Independence Day'' * Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas (actor), Dave Thomas – ''Strange Brew'' * Mamoru Oshii♦ – ''Urusei Yatsura: Only You'' * Euzhan Palcy – ''Sugar Cane Alley'' * Michael Radford† – ''Another Time, Another Place (1983 film), Another Time, Another Place'' * Mani Ratnam – ''Pallavi Anu Pallavi'' * Sandip Ray – ''Phatik Chand (film), Phatik Chand'' * Mark Rosman – ''The House on Sorority Row'' * Tony Scott† – ''The Hunger (1983 film), The Hunger'' * James Signorelli – ''Easy Money (1983 film), Easy Money'' * Ching Siu-tung – ''Duel to the Death'' * Barbra Streisand – ''Yentl (film), Yentl'' * David Worth (cinematographer), David Worth – ''Warrior of the Lost World'' * Yevgeny Yevtushenko – ''Kindergarten (1983 film), Kindergarten''


1984

* Alejandro Agresti† – ''La Neutrónica explotó en Burzaco'' * Steve Barron† – ''Electric Dreams (film), Electric Dreams'' * John Carl Buechler† – ''The Dungeonmaster'' * Coen brothers, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – ''Blood Simple'' * Alex Cox† – ''Repo Man (film), Repo Man'' * Léos Carax – ''Boy Meets Girl (1984 film), Boy Meets Girl'' * Gérard Depardieu – ''Le tartuffe'' * Roland Emmerich† – ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' * Atom Egoyan† – ''Next of Kin (1984 film), Next of Kin'' * James Foley (director), James Foley – ''Reckless (1984 film), Reckless'' * Herb Gardner – ''The Goodbye People (film), The Goodbye People'' * John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes – ''Sixteen Candles'' * Juzo Itami – ''The Funeral (1984 film), The Funeral'' * Roland Joffé♦ – ''The Killing Fields (film), The Killing Fields'' * Charles Shyer – ''Irreconcilable Differences'' * Chen Kaige – ''Yellow Earth'' * Gene Taft – ''Blame It on the Night'' * Yoshiaki Kawajiri – ''Lensman (anime), Lensman'' * Fritz Kiersch – ''Children of the Corn (1984 film), Children of the Corn'' * Ken Kwapis♦ – ''The Beniker Gang'' * Albert Magnoli† – ''Purple Rain (film), Purple Rain'' * Marek Kanievska - ''Another Country (1984 film), Another Country'' * Luis Mandoki† – ''Motel (1984 film), Motel'' * Leonard Nimoy♦ – ''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'' * Rob Reiner♦ – ''This Is Spinal Tap'' * W. D. Richter – ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'' * Valeria Sarmiento – ''Notfdhhfdre mariage'' * Ruud van Hemert – ''Army Brats'' * Brian Gilbert (director), Brian Gilbert – ''The Frog Prince (1984 film), The Frog Prince'' * Roger Young (director), Roger Young – ''Lassiter (film), Lassiter'' * Lars von Trier† – ''The Element of Crime'' * Hugh Wilson (director), Hugh Wilson†♦ – ''Police Academy (film), Police Academy''


1985

* Dodo Abashidze – ''The Legend of Suram Fortress'' * Dan Attias – ''Silver Bullet (film), Silver Bullet'' * Hal Barwood† – ''Warning Sign (film), Warning Sign'' * George Bowers (filmmaker), George Bowers – ''Private Resort'' * Tim Burton†♦ – ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * John R. Cherry III – ''Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam'' * Joyce Chopra† – ''Smooth Talk'' * Rod Daniel♦ – ''Teen Wolf'' * Stuart Gordon♦ – ''Re-Animator'' * Lisa Gottlieb – ''Just One of the Guys'' * Stephen Gyllenhaal – ''Certain Fury'' * Savage Steve Holland – ''Better Off Dead (film), Better Off Dead'' * Tom Holland (filmmaker), Tom Holland – ''Fright Night'' * Huang Jianxin – ''The Black Cannon Incident'' * Amos Kollek – ''Goodbye, New York'' * Stanley Kwan – ''Women (1985 film), Women'' * Dwight H. Little – ''KGB: The Secret War'' * Jonathan Lynn – ''Clue (film), Clue'' * Alan Metter – ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun (film), Girls Just Want to Have Fun'' * Walter Murch – ''Return to Oz'' * Francesco Nuti – ''Casablanca, Casablanca'' * David Nutter – ''Cease Fire (1985 film), Cease Fire'' * James Orr (filmmaker), James Orr – ''Breaking All the Rules (film), Breaking All the Rules'' * Mark Romanek – ''Static (1985 film), Static'' * Arna Selznick – ''The Care Bears Movie'' * Alan Sharp – ''Little Treasure'' * Howard Storm (director), Howard Storm♦ – ''Once Bitten (1985 film), Once Bitten'' * Fina Torres – ''Oriana (film), Oriana'' * Gus Van Sant†♦ – ''Mala Noche'' * Will Vinton – ''The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film), The Adventures of Mark Twain'' * Terry Zwigoff – ''Louie Bluie''


1986

* David Anspaugh – ''Hoosiers (film), Hoosiers'' * Olivier Assayas† – ''Disorder (1986 film), Disorder'' * David Byrne† – ''True Stories (film), True Stories'' * Howard Deutch† – ''Pretty in Pink'' * Peter Faiman♦ – ''Crocodile Dundee'' * Paul Michael Glaser♦ – ''Band of the Hand'' * Vítor Gonçalves – ''A Girl In Summer'' * Renny Harlin†♦ – ''Born American'' * Stephen Herek – ''Critters (film), Critters'' * Stephen King – ''Maximum Overdrive'' * Spike Lee† – ''She's Gotta Have It'' * Sondra Locke – ''Ratboy'' * Jim Mallon – ''Blood Hook'' * Penny Marshall♦ – ''Jumpin' Jack Flash (film), Jumpin' Jack Flash'' * John McNaughton† – ''Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' * John McTiernan – ''Nomads (1986 film), Nomads'' * Michael Parks – ''The Return of Josey Wales'' * Anthony Perkins – ''Psycho III'' * Prince (musician), Prince† – ''Under the Cherry Moon'' * Bruce Robinson – ''Withnail and I'' * Joe Roth – ''Streets of Gold (film), Streets of Gold'' * Dale Schott – ''The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' * David Seltzer♦ – ''Lucas (film), Lucas'' * Charles Martin Smith – ''Trick or Treat (1986 film), Trick or Treat'' * Shion Sono† – ''Man's Flower Road'' * Giuseppe Tornatore – ''Il camorrista'' * Ziggy Steinberg – ''The Boss' Wife'' * Agustí Villaronga† – ''Tras el cristal'' * Edward Zwick♦† – ''About Last Night (1986 film), About Last Night...''


1987

* Allison Anders – ''Border Radio'' * Emile Ardolino♦ – ''Dirty Dancing'' * Jeff Bleckner♦ – ''White Water Summer'' * Deborah Brock (director), Deborah Brock – ''Slumber Party Massacre II'' * Chris Columbus (filmmaker), Chris Columbus – ''Adventures in Babysitting'' * Bill Condon – ''Sister, Sister (1987 film), Sister, Sister'' * Danny DeVito†♦ – ''Throw Momma from the Train'' * Nigel Dick† – ''P.I. Private Investigations'' * Emilio Estevez – ''Wisdom (film), Wisdom'' * Bob Giraldi† – ''Hiding Out'' * Steve Gomer† – ''Sweet Lorraine (film), Sweet Lorraine'' * Flora Gomes – ''Mortu Nega'' * Michael Gornick†♦ – ''Creepshow 2'' * Michael Gottlieb (director), Michael Gottlieb†♦ – ''Mannequin (1987 film), Mannequin'' * Tamar Simon Hoffs† – ''The Allnighter (film), The Allnighter'' * Stephen Hopkins (director), Stephen Hopkins†♦ – ''Dangerous Game (1987 film), Dangerous Game'' * Phil Joanou† – ''Three O'Clock High'' * Diane Keaton† – ''Heaven (1987 film), Heaven'' * Peter Jackson† – ''Bad Taste'' * Mary Lambert (director), Mary Lambert† – ''Siesta (film), Siesta'' * Luis Llosa, Luis Llosa Urquidi – ''Hour of the Assassin (1987 film), Hour of the Assassin'' * David Mamet – ''House of Games'' * Cheech Marin – ''Born in East L.A. (film), Born in East L.A.'' * Jerry Rees – ''The Brave Little Toaster'' * Max Reid† – ''Wild Thing (film), Wild Thing'' * Phil Alden Robinson – ''In the Mood (film), In the Mood'' * Jay Russell – ''End of the Line (1987 film), The End of the Line'' * John Stockwell (actor), John Stockwell – ''Under Cover (1987 film), Under Cover'' * Robert Townsend (actor), Robert Townsend – ''Hollywood Shuffle'' * Paul Weiland† – ''Leonard Part 6'' * Charles Winkler – ''You Talkin' to Me? (film), You Talkin' to Me?'' * Zhang Yimou – ''Red Sorghum (film), Red Sorghum''


1988

* Greg Beeman♦ – ''License to Drive'' * Donald P. Bellisario♦ – ''Last Rites (1988 film), Last Rites'' * Glenn Gordon Caron – ''Clean and Sober'' * Christopher Coppola – ''Dracula's Widow'' * John Cornell – ''Crocodile Dundee II'' * Gregory Dark† – ''Dead Man Walking (1988 film), Dead Man Walking'' * Claire Denis – ''Chocolat (1988 film), Chocolat'' * Reha Erdem – ''Oh, Moon!'' * Robert Englund – ''976-EVIL'' * Bran Ferren – ''Funny'' * Mike Figgis♦ – ''Stormy Monday (film), Stormy Monday'' * Andrew Fleming – ''Bad Dreams (film), Bad Dreams'' * Mick Garris♦ – ''Critters 2: The Main Course'' * Terence H. Winkless – ''The Nest (1988 film), The Nest'' * George Scribner – ''Oliver & Company'' * Keith Gordon – ''The Chocolate War (film), The Chocolate War'' * Bob Hoskins – ''The Raggedy Rawney'' * Annabel Jankel†♦ and Rocky Morton†♦ – ''D.O.A. (1988 film), D.O.A.'' * Shaji N. Karun – ''Piravi'' * Ben Lewin†♦ – ''Georgia (1988 film), Georgia'' * John Lafia – ''The Blue Iguana'' * Michael Lehmann† – ''Heathers'' * Richard Linklater† – ''It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books'' * Guy Maddin† – ''Tales from the Gimli Hospital'' * Ramón Menéndez – ''Stand and Deliver'' * Chris Menges – ''A World Apart (film), A World Apart'' * Mira Nair†♦ – ''Salaam Bombay!'' * Yousry Nasrallah – ''Summer Thefts'' * Donald Petrie♦ – ''Mystic Pizza'' * Tina Rathborne♦ – ''Zelly and Me'' * Bernard Rose (director), Bernard Rose – ''Paperhouse (film), Paperhouse'' * Gary Sinise – ''Miles from Home'' * Kenneth Johnson (filmmaker), Kenneth Johnson – ''Short Circuit 2'' * Jan Švankmajer† – ''Alice (1988 film), Alice'' * Skip Schoolnik – ''Hide and Go Shriek'' * Ernest Thompson – ''1969 (film), 1969'' * Michael Toshiyuki Uno†♦ – ''The Wash (1988 film), The Wash'' * Aisling Walsh† – ''Joyriders (film), Joyriders'' * Keenen Ivory Wayans – ''I'm Gonna Git You Sucka'' * Henry Winkler♦ – ''Memories of Me'' * Wong Kar-wai – ''As Tears Go By (film), Wong Gok Ka Moon''


1989

* Meiert Avis† – ''Far from Home (1989 film), Far from Home'' * Bob Balaban♦ – ''Parents (1989 film), Parents'' * Sooraj R. Barjatya – ''Maine Pyar Kiya'' * Kenneth Branagh – ''Henry V (1989 film), Henry V'' * Jane Campion†♦ – ''Sweetie (1989 film), Sweetie'' * Michael Caton-Jones†♦ – ''Scandal (1989 film), Scandal'' * Jeremiah S. Chechik – ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' * Isabel Coixet† – ''Demasiado viejo para morir joven'' * Pedro Costa – ''O Sangue'' * Cameron Crowe – ''Say Anything...'' * John Dahl – ''Kill Me Again'' * Carl Franklin† – ''Nowhere to Run (1989 film), Nowhere to Run'' * Paul Greengrass♦ – ''Resurrected (film), Resurrected'' * Robert Sigl – ''Laurin'' * Gary David Goldberg – ''Dad (1989 film), Dad'' * Wendell B. Harris Jr. – ''Chameleon Street'' * Michael Haneke♦ – ''The Seventh Continent (1989 film), The Seventh Continent'' * Rob Hedden – ''Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' * James Issac – ''The Horror Show'' * Joe Johnston – ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' * Charles T. Kanganis – ''Deadly Breed'' * Takeshi Kitano – ''Violent Cop (1989 film), Violent Cop'' * Brett Leonard – ''The Dead Pit'' * Chris Walas – ''The Fly II'' * Sean McNamara (director), Sean McNamara – ''Hollywood Chaos'' * Tahmineh Milani – ''Children of Divorce (1989 film), Children of Divorce'' * Michael Moore – ''Roger & Me'' * Jonathan Mostow† – ''Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers'' * John Murlowski – ''Return of the Family Man'' * Eddie Murphy – ''Harlem Nights'' * David Peoples† – ''The Blood of Heroes'' * Alex Proyas† – ''Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds'' * Joe Pytka† – ''Let It Ride (film), Let It Ride'' * Eric Red† – ''Cohen and Tate'' * Junji Sakamoto – ''Dotsuitarunen'' * Victor Salva – ''Clownhouse'' * Nancy Savoca – ''True Love (1989 film), True Love'' * Thomas Schlamme♦† – ''Miss Firecracker'' * William Shatner – ''Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' * Jim Sheridan – ''My Left Foot (film), My Left Foot'' * Mel Smith – ''The Tall Guy'' * Steven Soderbergh† – ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' * Todd Solondz† – ''Fear, Anxiety & Depression'' * Stephen Sommers† – ''Catch Me If You Can (1989 film), Catch Me If You Can'' * Ann Turner (director), Ann Turner – ''Celia (1989 film), Celia'' * Joseph Vilsmaier – ''Autumn Milk'' * Gary Winick – ''Curfew (1989 film), Curfew'' * Joel Zwick♦ – ''Second Sight (film), Second Sight''


1990s


1990

* Dyan Cannon† – ''The End of Innocence (film), The End of Innocence'' * Kevin Costner – ''Dances with Wolves'' * Manny Coto – ''Playroom (film), Playroom'' * Dennis Dugan♦ – ''Problem Child (film), Problem Child'' * David Elfick – ''Harbour Beat'' * Howard Franklin and Bill Murray – ''Quick Change'' * John Harrison (director), John Harrison†♦ – ''Tales from the Darkside: The Movie'' * Bob Hathcock♦† – ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' * Reginald Hudlin† – ''House Party (film), House Party'' * Caroline Link†♦ – ''Sommertage'' * Sheldon Lettich – ''Lionheart (1990 film), Lionheart'' * James Keach – ''False Identity'' * Nicole Garcia – ''Every Other Weekend (film), Every Other Weekend'' * Michael Fields – ''Bright Angel'' * Benny Chan (filmmaker), Benny Chan – ''A Moment of Romance'' * V. Sekhar – ''Neengalum Herothan'' * Sangeeth Sivan – ''Vyooham'' * Rich Correll, Richard Correll♦ – ''Ski Patrol (1990 film), Ski Patrol'' * Shankar–Ganesh – ''Jagathalaprathapan (1990 film), Jagathalaprathapan'' * Indra Kumar – ''Dil (1990 film), Dil'' * Rajkumar Santoshi – ''Ghayal (1990 film), Ghayal'' * Frank Marshall (filmmaker), Frank Marshall – ''Arachnophobia (film), Arachnophobia'' * Joji Matsuoka† – ''Batāshi Kingyo'' * Michele Placido – ''Pummarò'' * Sally Mattison – ''Slumber Party Massacre III'' * James D. Parriott – ''Heart Condition (film), Heart Condition'' * Jay Roach – ''Zoo Radio''Co-directed with Jesse Wells * Tom Ropelewski – ''Madhouse (1990 film), Madhouse'' * Sergio Rubini – ''The Station (1990 film), The Station'' * Lone Scherfig♦ – ''Kaj's fødselsdag'' * John Patrick Shanley – ''Joe Versus the Volcano'' * Martin Sheen – ''Cadence (film), Cadence'' * Whit Stillman – ''Metropolitan (1990 film), Metropolitan'' * Jon Turteltaub – ''Think Big (film), Think Big'' * Zdeněk Tyc – ''Vojtech, Called the Orphan'' * Ron Underwood†♦ – ''Tremors (1990 film), Tremors'' * Vasanth – ''Keladi Kannmanii'' * Thomas Vinterberg – ''Sneblind'' * Michael Winterbottom♦ – ''Forget About Me'' * Zhang Yuan (director), Zhang Yuan† – ''Mama (1990 film), Mama''


1991

* Jon Avnet♦ – ''Fried Green Tomatoes'' * Dan Aykroyd – ''Nothing but Trouble (1991 film), Nothing but Trouble'' * Marco Bechis† – ''Alambrado'' * Jack Bender♦ – ''Child's Play 3'' * Susanne Bier† – ''Freud flyttar hemifrån...'' * Juan Jose Campanella – ''The Boy Who Cried Bitch'' * Marc Caro♦† and Jean-Pierre Jeunet† – ''Delicatessen (1991 film), Delicatessen'' * Carlos Carrera† – ''La mujer de Benjamín'' * Topper Carew – ''Talkin' Dirty After Dark'' * Peter Chelsom† – ''Hear My Song'' * Rich Christiano – ''The Appointment (film), The Appointment'' * Bud Cort – ''Ted & Venus'' *
Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Great Expectations'' (1998), the c ...
†♦ – ''Sólo Con Tu Pareja'' * Frank De Felitta♦ – ''Scissors (film), Scissors'' * Arnaud Desplechin – ''La Vie Des Morts'' * Tom DiCillo – ''Johnny Suede'' * Jaco Van Dormael♦ – ''Toto the Hero'' * Bill Duke†♦ – ''A Rage in Harlem (film), A Rage in Harlem'' * Jodie Foster – ''Little Man Tate'' * George Gallo – ''29th Street (film), 29th Street'' * Bobcat Goldthwait – ''Shakes the Clown'' * Bryan Gordon† – ''Career Opportunities (film), Career Opportunities'' * Todd Haynes† – ''Poison (film), Poison'' * Peter Hewitt (film director), Peter Hewitt† – ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' * Kevin Hooks♦ – ''Strictly Business (1991 film), Strictly Business'' * Jeffrey Hornaday♦† – ''Shout (film), Shout'' * David Kellogg† – ''Cool as Ice'' * Brian Levant♦ – ''Problem Child 2'' * Doug McHenry and George Jackson (producer), George Jackson – ''House Party 2'' * Deepa Mehta♦ – ''Sam & Me'' * Takashi Miike – ''Eyecatch Junction'' * Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells – ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' * Garin Nugroho – ''Cinta dalam Sepotong Roti'' * Mario Van Peebles♦ – ''New Jack City'' * Sean Penn – ''The Indian Runner'' * Joseph Vásquez – ''The Bronx War'' * Frank Price#Personal, David Price – ''Son of Darkness: To Die For II'' * Matty Rich – ''Straight Out of Brooklyn'' * Walter Salles – ''A Grande Arte'' * John Singleton – ''Boyz n the Hood'' * Barry Sonnenfeld – ''The Addams Family (1991 film), The Addams Family'' * Rachel Talalay – ''Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' * Prasanna Vithanage – ''Sisila Giniganee'' * Irwin Winkler – ''Guilty by Suspicion''


1992

* Rémy Belvaux†, André Bonzel† and Benoît Poelvoorde† – ''Man Bites Dog (film), Man Bites Dog'' * Mike Binder – ''Crossing the Bridge'' * Uwe Boll – ''German Fried Movie''Co-directed with Frank Lustig * Craig Bolotin† – ''That Night'' * Park Chan-wook – ''The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream'' * Billy Crystal – ''Mr. Saturday Night'' * Tamra Davis† – ''Guncrazy'' * Ernest Dickerson – ''Juice (1992 film), Juice'' * Bill Kroyer† – ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' * Nora Ephron – ''This Is My Life (1992 film), This Is My Life'' *
David Fincher David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. His films, mostly psychological thrillers and biographical dramas, have received 40 nominations at the Academy Awards, including three for him as Best Director. F ...
† – ''Alien 3'' * Dale Launer - ''Love Potion No. 9 (film), Love Potion No. 9'' * Rituparno Ghosh – ''Hirer Angti'' * Arne Glimcher – ''The Mambo Kings'' * Beeban Kidron† – ''Used People'' * Leslie Harris (director), Leslie Harris – ''Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.'' * Brian Henson – ''The Muppet Christmas Carol'' * Mark Herman† – ''Blame It on the Bellboy'' * Ang Lee – ''Pushing Hands (film), Pushing Hands'' * Baz Luhrmann – ''Strictly Ballroom'' * Alison Maclean♦† – ''Crush (1992 film), Crush'' * Les Mayfield♦† – ''Encino Man'' * Randall Miller♦† – ''Class Act'' * Tsai Ming-liang♦ – ''Rebels of the Neon God'' * Edward James Olmos♦ – ''American Me'' * Kenny Ortega†♦ – ''Newsies'' * Jafar Panahi† – ''The Friend (1992 film), The Friend'' * Tim Robbins – ''Bob Roberts'' * Robert Rodriguez† – ''El Mariachi'' * Damon Santostefano† – ''Severed Ties (film), Severed Ties'' * M. Night Shyamalan – ''Praying with Anger'' * Bruce W. Smith – ''Bébé's Kids'' * Quentin Tarantino† – ''Reservoir Dogs'' * Betty Thomas♦ – ''Only You (1992 film), Only You'' * John Turturro – ''Mac (film), Mac''


1993

* Daniel Alfredson†♦ – ''The Man on the Balcony (film), The Man on the Balcony'' * Marco Brambilla – ''Demolition Man (film), Demolition Man'' * Thomas Carter (director), Thomas Carter♦ – ''Swing Kids (1993 film), Swing Kids'' * Gurinder Chadha♦† – ''Bhaji on the Beach'' * Rusty Cundieff – ''Fear of a Black Hat'' * Robert De Niro – ''A Bronx Tale'' * Guillermo del Toro† – ''Cronos (film), Cronos'' * Ted Demme♦† – ''Who's the Man?'' * Duwayne Dunham – ''Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey'' * David Mickey Evans – ''The Sandlot'' * Morgan Freeman – ''Bopha!'' * E. Max Frye – ''Amos & Andrew'' * Bruce Joel Rubin – ''My Life (film), My Life'' * Mel Gibson – ''The Man Without a Face'' * Richard Williams (animator), Richard Williams† – ''The Thief and the Cobbler'' * Paul Haggis♦† – ''Red Hot (film), Red Hot'' * Fraser Clarke Heston♦† – ''Needful Things (film), Needful Things'' * Hughes brothers, Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes† – ''Menace II Society'' * Nicholas Kazan♦ – ''Dream Lover (1993 film), Dream Lover'' * John Madden (director), John Madden♦ – ''Ethan Frome (film), Ethan Frome'' * Radu Mihăileanu† – ''Trahir'' * Gary O. Bennett – ''Rain Without Thunder'' * Trey Parker† – ''Cannibal! The Musical'' * Mikael Salomon – ''A Far Off Place'' * Don Scardino♦ – ''Me and Veronica'' * Henry Selick† – ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' * Dominic Sena† – ''Kalifornia'' * Alan Shapiro (director), Alan Shapiro♦ – ''The Crush (1993 film), The Crush'' * Bryan Singer† – ''Public Access (film), Public Access'' * Daniel Stern (actor), Daniel Stern♦ – ''Rookie of the Year (film), Rookie of the Year'' * Stephen Surjik†♦ – ''Wayne's World 2'' * Tran Anh Hung† – ''The Scent of Green Papaya'' * Tom Tykwer† – ''Deadly Maria'' * John Whitesell♦ – ''Calendar Girl (1993 film), Calendar Girl'' * Alex Winter and Tom Stern (director), Tom Stern – ''Freaked'' * Wang Xiaoshuai – ''The Days (1993 film), The Days'' * Steven Zaillian – ''Searching for Bobby Fischer''


1994

* Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff† – ''The Lion King'' * Paul W. S. Anderson – ''Shopping (1994 film), Shopping'' * Jacques Audiard – ''See How They Fall, Regarde les hommes tomber'' * Roger Avary – ''Killing Zoe'' * Timur Bekmambetov♦ – ''Peshavar Waltz'' * Adam Bernstein† – ''It's Pat'' * Danny Boyle♦ – ''Shallow Grave (1994 film), Shallow Grave'' * Stephen Chow – ''King of Destruction'' * Julie Cypher† – ''Teresa's Tattoo'' * Frank Darabont♦ – ''The Shawshank Redemption'' * Jan de Bont – ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'' * Peter Farrelly – ''Dumb and Dumber'' * James Gray (film director), James Gray – ''Little Odessa (film), Little Odessa'' * Anthony Michael Hall – ''Hail Caesar (1994 film), Hail Caesar'' * P. J. Hogan† – ''Muriel's Wedding'' * George Huang (director), George Huang – ''Swimming with Sharks'' * Nicholas Hytner – ''The Madness of King George'' * Patrick Keiller† – ''London (1992 film), London'' * Doug Liman – ''Getting In'' * Hart Bochner – ''PCU (film), PCU'' * Darnell Martin† – ''I Like It Like That (film), I Like It Like That'' * Takashi Miike† – ''Daisan no gokudō'' * Jessie Nelson (filmmaker), Jessie Nelson† – ''Corrina, Corrina (film), Corrina, Corrina'' * John Pasquin♦ – ''The Santa Clause'' * Jeff Pollack – ''Above the Rim'' * Jonathan Prince♦ – ''Camp Nowhere'' * Kelly Reichardt – ''River of Grass'' * Adam Resnick – ''Cabin Boy'' * David O. Russell† – ''Spanking the Monkey'' * Steven Seagal – ''On Deadly Ground'' * Peter Segal♦ – ''Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Naked Gun : The Final Insult'' * Tom Shadyac♦ – ''Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' * Kevin Smith† – ''Clerks (1994 film), Clerks'' * Ben Stiller♦† – ''Reality Bites'' * Lee Tamahori†♦ – ''Once Were Warriors (film), Once Were Warriors'' * Caroline Thompson – ''Black Beauty (1994 film), Black Beauty'' * Rupert Wainwright†♦ – ''Blank Check (film), Blank Check'' * Sam Weisman♦ – ''D2: The Mighty Ducks''


1995

* Tomas Alfredson♦ – ''Bert: The Last Virgin'' * Debbie Allen♦ – ''Out-of-Sync'' * Jason Alexander♦ – ''For Better or Worse (film), For Better or Worse'' * Brad Anderson (director), Brad Anderson – ''Frankenstein's Planet of Monsters!'' * Noah Baumbach – ''Kicking and Screaming (1995 film), Kicking and Screaming'' * Michael Bay† – ''Bad Boys (1995 film), Bad Boys'' * Larry Bishop – ''Mad Dog Time'' * Icíar Bollaín†♦ – ''Hola, ¿estás sola?'' * Steven Brill (filmmaker), Steven Brill – ''Heavyweights'' * Stephen Chbosky – ''The Four Corners of Nowhere'' * John Fortenberry♦ – ''Jury Duty (film), Jury Duty'' * Larry Clark – ''Kids (film), Kids'' * Frank Coraci – ''Murdered Innocence'' * Joel Cohen (writer), Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow – ''Monster Mash (1995 film), Monster Mash'' * Rick Stevenson – ''Magic in the Water'' * Gary Fleder♦ – ''Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead'' * Marc Forster – ''Loungers'' * Lesli Linka Glatter†♦ – ''Now and Then (film), Now and Then'' * F. Gary Gray† – ''Friday (1995 film), Friday'' * Charles Herman-Wurmfeld – ''Fanci's Persuasion'' * Scott Kalvert† – ''The Basketball Diaries (film), The Basketball Diaries'' * Hirokazu Koreeda♦ – ''Maborosi'' * John Lasseter† – ''Toy Story'' * Kevin Lima – ''A Goofy Movie'' * Robert Longo† – ''Johnny Mnemonic (film), Johnny Mnemonic'' * James Mangold – ''Heavy (film), Heavy'' * Daisy von Scherler Mayer – ''Party Girl (1995 film), Party Girl'' * Melanie Mayron♦ – ''The Baby-Sitters Club (film), The Baby-Sitters Club'' * Rebecca Miller – ''Angela (1995 film), Angela'' * Gavin O'Connor (director), Gavin O'Connor† – ''Comfortably Numb (film), Comfortably Numb'' * Steve Oedekerk† – ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls'' * Oliver Parker – ''Othello (1995 film), Othello'' * Jean-François Richet – ''État des lieux'' * Brian Robbins – ''The Show (1995 film), The Show'' * Joaquim Sapinho – ''Haircut (film), Haircut'' * Hans-Christian Schmid†♦ – ''After Five in the Forest Primeval, Nach Fünf im Urwald'' * Holly Goldberg Sloan – ''The Big Green'' * Bryan Spicer♦ – ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' * Brad Silberling†♦ – ''Casper (film), Casper'' * Wesley Strick – ''The Tie That Binds (1995 film), The Tie That Binds'' * Andy Tennant♦ – ''It Takes Two (1995 film), It Takes Two'' * Forest Whitaker♦ – ''Waiting to Exhale'' * Gregory Widen♦ – ''The Prophecy'' * Edgar Wright† – ''A Fistful of Fingers'' * Lou Ye – ''Weekend Lover''


1996

* Alejandro Amenábar – ''Tesis'' * Paul Thomas Anderson† – ''Hard Eight (film), Hard Eight'' * Wes Anderson† – ''Bottle Rocket'' * Imanol Arias – ''Un asunto privado'' * Kevin Bacon – ''Losing Chase'' * Paris Barclay† – ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' * Steve Buscemi – ''Trees Lounge'' * Stuart Baird – ''Executive Decision'' * Jason Bloom (director), Jason Bloom† – ''Bio-Dome'' * Matthew Bright – ''Freeway (1996 film), Freeway'' * Matthew Broderick – ''Infinity (film), Infinity'' * Nick Cassavetes – ''Unhook the Stars'' * Jay Chandrasekhar – ''Puddle Cruiser'' * R. J. Cutler – ''A Perfect Candidate''Co-directed with David Van Taylor * Seth Michael Donsky – ''Twisted (1996 film), Twisted'' * Cheryl Dunye† – ''The Watermelon Woman'' * David R. Ellis – ''Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco'' * Bobby Farrelly – ''Kingpin (1996 film), Kingpin''Co-directed with Peter Farrelly * Jonathan Frakes♦ – ''Star Trek: First Contact'' * Terry George – ''Some Mother's Son'' * Michael Goldenberg – ''Bed of Roses (1996 film), Bed of Roses'' * Zeka Laplaine, Jose Zeka Laplaine† – ''Macadam Tribu'' * Tom Hanks♦ – ''That Thing You Do!'' * Mary Harron♦ – ''I Shot Andy Warhol'' * Gregory Hoblit♦ – ''Primal Fear (film), Primal Fear'' * Nicole Holofcener† – ''Walking and Talking'' * Anthony Hopkins – ''August (1996 film), August'' * Adam Coleman Howard – ''Dead Girl (film), Dead Girl'' * Bronwen Hughes† – ''Harriet the Spy (film), Harriet the Spy'' * Anjelica Huston – ''Bastard Out of Carolina (film), Bastard Out of Carolina'' * Mike Judge†♦ – ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' * David Koepp† – ''The Trigger Effect'' * Ki-duk Kim†♦ – ''Crocodile (1996 film), Crocodile'' * Martin Lawrence – ''A Thin Line Between Love and Hate'' * Quentin Lee† – ''Flow (1996 film), Flow'' * Danny Leiner† – ''Layin' Low'' * Kevin Macdonald (director), Kevin Macdonald♦ – ''Chaplin's Goliath'' * Nelson McCormick (director), Nelson McCormick♦ – ''For Which He Stands'' * Douglas McGrath – ''Emma (1996 theatrical film), Emma'' * Shane Meadows† – ''Small Time'' * Greg Mottola – ''The Daytrippers'' * Niels Arden Oplev† – ''Portland (film), Portland'' * Al Pacino – ''Looking for Richard'' * Alexander Payne† – ''Citizen Ruth'' * John Putch† – ''Alone in the Woods'' * Krishna Rao (director), Krishna Rao – ''Crossworlds'' * Matt Reeves† – ''The Pallbearer'' * Sabu (director), Sabu – ''Dangan Runner'' * Arlene Sanford♦ – ''A Very Brady Sequel'' * John Schultz (director), John Schultz – ''Bandwagon (film), Bandwagon'' * Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci – ''Big Night'' * Adrienne Shelly† – ''Sudden Manhattan'' * Daryush Shokof – ''Seven Servants'' * Kevin Spacey† – ''Albino Alligator'' * Nicolas Winding Refn – ''Pusher (1996 film), Pusher'' * Billy Bob Thornton – ''Sling Blade (film), Sling Blade'' * The Wachowskis – ''Bound (1996 film), Bound''


1997

* Miguel Arteta – ''Star Maps (film), Star Maps'' * William Brent Bell – ''Sparkle and Charm'' * Andy Cadiff♦ – ''Leave It to Beaver (film), Leave It to Beaver'' * Peter Cattaneo – ''The Full Monty'' * Dean Cundey – ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' * Vondie Curtis-Hall – ''Gridlock'd'' * Johnny Depp♦ – ''The Brave (film), The Brave'' * Mark Dindal – ''Cats Don't Dance'' * Vin Diesel† – ''Strays (1997 film), Strays'' * Mark A.Z. Dippé – ''Spawn (1997 film), Spawn'' * Bruno Dumont – ''La vie de Jésus'' * Bart Freundlich† – ''The Myth of Fingerprints'' * Vincent Gallo – ''Buffalo '66'' * Raja Gosnell – ''Home Alone 3'' * Peter Howitt – ''Sliding Doors'' * Nick Hurran♦ – ''Remember Me? (film), Remember Me?'' * Bob Koherr – ''Plump Fiction'' * Satoshi Kon – ''Perfect Blue'' * Paul Miller (TV director), Paul Miller♦ – ''The Pest (1997 film), The Pest'' * Harmony Korine – ''Gummo'' * Andrew Kötting† – ''Gallivant'' * Neil LaBute – ''In the Company of Men'' * Mimi Leder♦ – ''The Peacemaker (1997 film), The Peacemaker'' * Kasi Lemmons – ''Eve's Bayou'' * John R. Leonetti – ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' * Shawn Levy† – ''Address Unknown (1997 film), Address Unknown'' * Justin Lin – ''Shopping for Fangs''Co-directed with Quentin Lee * David Mirkin♦ – ''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'' * Vincenzo Natali – ''Cube (1997 film), Cube'' * Andrew Niccol – ''Gattaca'' * William Nicholson (writer), William Nicholson♦ – ''Firelight'' * Cherie Nowlan† – ''Thank God He Met Lizzie'' * Peter O'Fallon♦ – ''Suicide Kings'' * Stephen Kessler (director), Stephen Kessler – ''Vegas Vacation'' * Gary Oldman – ''Nil by Mouth (film), Nil by Mouth'' * François Ozon† – ''Regarde la Mer'' * Mark Pellington†♦ – ''Going All the Way'' * Rafi Pitts† – ''The Fifth Season (1997 film), The Fifth Season'' * John Ridley – ''Cold Around the Heart'' * Brett Ratner† – ''Money Talks (1997 film), Money Talks'' * Tom Schulman – ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' * Nick Searcy – ''Carolina Low'' * Jill Sprecher – ''Clockwatchers'' * Darren Stein† – ''Sparkler (film), Sparkler'' * Tim Story – ''One of Us Tripped'' * Kiefer Sutherland♦ – ''Truth or Consequences, N.M. (film), Truth or Consequences, N.M.'' * George Tillman Jr.† – ''Soul Food (film), Soul Food'' * Gore Verbinski† – ''MouseHunt (film), MouseHunt'' * Mark Waters (director), Mark Waters – ''The House of Yes'' * Simon West – ''Con Air'' * Scott Winant♦ – '''Til There Was You'' * Alex Zamm†♦ – ''Chairman of the Board (film), Chairman of the Board'' * Jia Zhangke† – ''Xiao Wu''


1998

* Fatih Akın†♦ – ''Short Sharp Shock (film), Short Sharp Shock'' * Darren Aronofsky† – ''Pi (film), Pi'' * Matt Earl Beesley – ''Point Blank (1998 film), Point Blank'' * Peter Berg♦ – ''Very Bad Things'' * Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook† – ''Mulan (1998 film), Mulan'' * Troy Beyer – ''Let's Talk About Sex (film), Let's Talk About Sex'' * Steve Boyum – ''Meet the Deedles'' * Joe Carnahan – ''Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane'' * Niki Caro♦† – ''Memory & Desire'' * Frederik Du Chau – ''Quest for Camelot'' * Lisa Cholodenko† – ''High Art'' * Nuri Bilge Ceylan – ''Kasaba (1997 film), Kasaba'' * Joan Chen – ''Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl'' * Derek Cianfrance – ''Brother Tied'' * David Dobkin (director), David Dobkin† – ''Clay Pigeons'' * Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan – ''Can't Hardly Wait'' * Antoine Fuqua† – ''The Replacement Killers'' * Ice Cube† – ''The Players Club'' * Wayne Isham† – ''12 Bucks'' * Karan Johar – ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' * Mark Steven Johnson – ''Simon Birch'' * Tony Kaye (director), Tony Kaye†♦ – ''American History X'' * Jake Kasdan† – ''Zero Effect'' * Igor Kovalyov♦† and Norton Virgien♦ – ''The Rugrats Movie'' * Nagesh Kukunoor – ''Hyderabad Blues'' * Larry David – ''Sour Grapes (1998 film), Sour Grapes'' * Paul McGuigan (filmmaker), Paul McGuigan – ''The Acid House (film), The Acid House'' * Samira Makhmalbaf – ''The Apple (1998 film), The Apple'' * Sean Mathias – ''Bent (1997 film), Bent'' * Des McAnuff – ''Cousin Bette (1998 film), Cousin Bette'' * Don McKellar† – ''Last Night (1998 film), Last Night'' * Olivier Megaton†♦ – ''Tout Morose'' * Michael Martin (director), Michael Martin† – ''I Got the Hook-Up'' * Fernando Meirelles†♦ – ''O Menino Maluquinho 2'' * Nancy Meyers – ''The Parent Trap (1998 film), The Parent Trap'' * Lukas Moodysson – ''Show Me Love (film), Show Me Love'' * Gaspar No醠– ''I Stand Alone (film), Seul contre tous'' * Christopher Nolan† – ''Following'' * Dean Parisot†♦ – ''Home Fries (film), Home Fries'' * Pat Proft – ''Wrongfully Accused'' * Guy Ritchie† – ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' * Craig Ross Jr. – ''Cappuccino (1998 film), Cappuccino'' * Gary Ross – ''Pleasantville (film), Pleasantville'' * Bob Saget†♦ – ''Dirty Work (1998 film), Dirty Work'' * Millicent Shelton†♦ – ''Ride (1998 film), Ride'' * Tony Singletary♦ – ''High Freakquency'' * Abderrahmane Sissako† – ''Life on Earth (film), Life on Earth'' * Kevin Rodney Sullivan♦ – ''How Stella Got Her Groove Back'' * John Terlesky – ''The Pandora Project''Co-directed with Jim Wynorski * Toshiaki Toyoda – ''Pornostar (film), Pornostar'' * Denis Villeneuve† – ''August 32nd on Earth'' * Randall Wallace – ''The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film), The Man in the Iron Mask'' * Hype Williams† – ''Belly (film), Belly'' * David Yates†♦ – ''The Tichborne Claimant (film), The Tichborne Claimant''


1999

* Jamie Babbit†♦ – ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' * Jaume Balagueró†♦ – ''The Nameless (film), The Nameless'' * Antonio Banderas – ''Crazy in Alabama'' * Brad Bird♦ – ''The Iron Giant'' * John Bruno (special effects), John Bruno† – ''Virus (1999 film), Virus'' * Tony Bui† – ''Three Seasons'' * Sofia Coppola† – ''The Virgin Suicides (film), The Virgin Suicides'' * Troy Duffy – ''The Boondock Saints'' * Jim Fall – ''Trick (1999 film), Trick'' * Hampton Fancher – ''The Minus Man'' * Rick Famuyiwa† – ''The Wood'' * Jeff Franklin♦ – ''Love Stinks (film), Love Stinks'' * Chris Buck – ''Tarzan (1999 film), Tarzan''Co-directed with Kevin Lima * Tony Goldwyn – ''A Walk on the Moon'' * Luca Guadagnino – ''The Protagonists (1999 film), The Protagonists'' * Gary Halvorson♦ – ''The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'' * Brian Helgeland – ''Payback (1999 film), Payback'' * Tim Hill (director), Tim Hill†♦ – ''Muppets from Space'' * Gavin Hood† – ''A Reasonable Man'' * Hugh Johnson (cinematographer), Hugh Johnson† – ''Chill Factor (film), Chill Factor'' *
Spike Jonze Adam H. Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes commercials, film, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze began his ca ...
† – ''Being John Malkovich'' * Maurice Joyce - ''Doug's 1st Movie'' * Gil Junger♦ – ''10 Things I Hate About You'' * Clare Kilner† – ''Janice Beard'' * Roger Kumble – ''Cruel Intentions'' * Paul Lazarus♦ – ''Seven Girlfriends'' * Michael Patrick Jann – ''Drop Dead Gorgeous (film), Drop Dead Gorgeous'' * Malcolm D. Lee – ''The Best Man (1999 film), The Best Man'' * Rod Lurie† – ''Deterrence (film), Deterrence'' * Theodore Melfi – ''Winding Roads (film), Winding Roads'' * Sam Mendes♦ – ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'' * Dave Meyers (director), Dave Meyers† – ''Foolish (film), Foolish'' * Mike Mitchell (director), Mike Mitchell†♦ – ''Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' * Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez (director), Eduardo Sánchez – ''The Blair Witch Project'' * Stanley Nelson Jr.† – ''The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords'' * Babak Payami – ''One More Day (1999 film), One More Day'' * Kimberly Peirce† – ''Boys Don't Cry (1999 film), Boys Don't Cry'' * Lynne Ramsay – ''Ratcatcher (film), Ratcatcher'' * Tim Roth – ''The War Zone'' * Shi Runjiu – ''A Beautiful New World'' * Sara Sugarman† – ''Mad Cows'' * S. J. Surya – ''Vaalee (1999 film), Vaali'' * Julie Taymor♦ – ''Titus (film), Titus'' * Pablo Trapero† – ''Crane World'' * Manuela Viegas – ''Gloria (1999 Portuguese film), Gloria'' * Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz (filmmaker), Paul Weitz – ''American Pie (film), American Pie''


2000s


2000

* Asia Argento♦ – ''Scarlet Diva'' * Britt Allcroft - ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'' * Andrzej Bartkowiak† – ''Romeo Must Die'' * Greg Berlanti – ''The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'' * Thomas Bezucha – ''Big Eden'' * Bong Joon-ho – ''Barking Dogs Never Bite'' * Craig Brewer – ''The Poor & Hungry'' * Steve Carr† – ''Next Friday'' * Stephen Daldry† – ''Billy Elliot'' * Scott Derrickson† – ''Hellraiser: Inferno'' * Tom Dey – ''Shanghai Noon'' * DJ Pooh – ''3 Strikes (film), 3 Strikes'' * Andrew Dominik – ''Chopper (film), Chopper'' * Bill Eagles♦ – ''Beautiful Creatures (2000 film), Beautiful Creatures'' * Jun Falkenstein – ''The Tigger Movie'' * Sally Field♦ – ''Beautiful (2000 film), Beautiful'' *
Jonathan Glazer Jonathan Glazer (born 26 March 1965) is an English film director and screenwriter. Born in London, Glazer began his career in theatre before transitioning into film. Over the course of a career spanning nearly three decades, Glazer's directing ...
† – ''Sexy Beast'' * Courtney Solomon – ''Dungeons & Dragons (2000 film), Dungeons & Dragons'' * David Gordon Green – ''George Washington (film), George Washington'' * Jon Gunn – ''Mercy Streets'' * Alejandro González Iñárritu†♦ – ''Amores perros'' * Davis Guggenheim†♦ – ''Gossip (2000 American film), Gossip'' * Bonnie Hunt – ''Return to Me'' * Jack Johnson (musician), Jack Johnson – ''Thicker than Water (2000 film), Thicker than Water''Co-directed with The Malloys, Chris Malloy and Emmett Malloy * Abdellatif Kechiche – ''La Faute à Voltaire'' * Janusz Kamiński – ''Lost Souls (2000 film), Lost Souls'' * Chris Koch♦ – ''Snow Day (film), Snow Day'' * Karyn Kusama – ''Girlfight'' * Baltasar Kormákur† – ''101 Reykjavík'' * Kenneth Lonergan – ''You Can Count on Me'' * Peter Lord† and Nick Park† – ''Chicken Run'' * Joe Mantegna – ''Lakeboat'' * McG† – ''Charlie's Angels (2000 film), Charlie's Angels'' * David McNally (director), David McNally – ''Coyote Ugly (film), Coyote Ugly'' * Christopher McQuarrie – ''The Way of the Gun'' * Nigel Cole – ''Saving Grace (2000 film), Saving Grace'' * Marzieh Meshkini – ''The Day I Became a Woman'' * Edward Norton – ''Keeping the Faith'' * Todd Phillips† – ''Road Trip (film), Road Trip'' * Shane O'Sullivan (filmmaker), Shane O'Sullivan – ''Second Generation (2000 film), Second Generation'' * Gina Prince-Bythewood† – ''Love & Basketball'' * Peyton Reed†♦ – ''Bring It On (film), Bring It On'' * Tarsem Singh† – ''The Cell (film), The Cell'' * Robert Vince – ''MVP: Most Valuable Primate'' * Apichatpong Weerasethakul† – ''Mysterious Object at Noon'' * Alexander Witt'' – Resident Evil: Apocalypse'' * James Wong (producer), James Wong – ''Final Destination'' * Kate Woods♦ – ''Looking for Alibrandi (film), Looking for Alibrandi'' * Ben Younger – ''Boiler Room (film), Boiler Room''


2001

* Andrew Adamson† and Vicky Jenson†♦ – ''Shrek'' * Lisandro Alonso – ''La Libertad (film), La Libertad'' * Adrian Caetano† – ''Bolivia (film), Bolivia'' * Wang Chao (director), Wang Chao – ''The Orphan of Anyang'' * Michael Cuesta – ''L.I.E. (film), L.I.E.'' * Jeff Daniels – ''Escanaba in da Moonlight'' * John A. Davis†♦ – ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' * Pete Docter† – ''Monsters, Inc.'' * Jesse Dylan† – ''How High'' * Jon Favreau♦ – ''Made (2001 film), Made'' * Todd Field† – ''In the Bedroom'' * Joel Gallen♦ – ''Not Another Teen Movie'' * Lawrence Guterman† – ''Cats & Dogs'' * Michel Gondry† – ''Human Nature (2001 film), Human Nature'' * Dennie Gordon†♦ – ''Joe Dirt'' * Tom Green† – ''Freddy Got Fingered'' * Luke Greenfield† – ''The Animal (2001 film), The Animal'' * Oliver Hirschbiegel♦ – ''Das Experiment'' * Jeeva (director), Jeeva – ''12B'' * Asif Kapadia† – ''The Warrior (2001 British film), The Warrior'' * Semih Kaplanoğlu♦ – ''Herkes Kendi Evinde'' * Richard Kelly (director), Richard Kelly† – ''Donnie Darko'' * Yorgos Lanthimos†♦ – ''My Best Friend (2001 film), My Best Friend'' * Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming♦  – ''The Anniversary Party'' * Gonzalo López-Gallego†♦ – ''Nómadas'' * Gary Hardwick – ''The Brothers (2001 film), The Brothers'' * Christine Lahti† – ''My First Mister'' * Nick Love – ''Goodbye Charlie Bright'' * Robert Luketic† – ''Legally Blonde'' * The Malloys† – ''Out Cold (2001 film), Out Cold'' * Francine McDougall† – ''Sugar & Spice'' * Vanessa Middleton – ''30 Years to Life (2001 film), 30 Years to Life'' * John Cameron Mitchell – ''Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film), Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' * John Moore (director), John Moore† – ''Behind Enemy Lines (2001 film), Behind Enemy Lines'' * Bill Paxton† – ''Frailty (2001 film), Frailty'' * Pitof – ''Vidocq (2001 film), Vidocq'' * Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll – ''25 Watts'' * J. B. Rogers – ''Say It Isn't So (film), Say It Isn't So'' * Daniel Sackheim♦ – ''The Glass House (2001 film), The Glass House'' * Adam Shankman† – ''The Wedding Planner'' * Paolo Sorrentino – ''One Man Up'' * Chris Stokes (director), Chris Stokes† – ''House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute'' * Michael Tollin♦† – ''Summer Catch'' * David Wain†♦ – ''Wet Hot American Summer'' * Daniel Waters (screenwriter), Daniel Waters – ''Happy Campers (film), Happy Campers''


2002

* Jonas Åkerlund†♦ – ''Spun'' * Walt Becker – ''Van Wilder'' * Jeffrey Blitz – ''Spellbound (2002 film), Spellbound'' * Kevin Bray (director), Kevin Bray† – ''All About the Benjamins'' * Andrew Bujalski – ''Funny Ha Ha'' * Neil Burger – ''Interview with the Assassin'' * Nicolas Cage – ''Sonny (film), Sonny'' * Mort Nathan – ''Boat Trip (film), Boat Trip'' * Juan Carlos Fresnadillo† – ''Intacto'' * Stephen Fry – ''Bright Young Things (film), Bright Young Things'' * Paul Goldman (director), Paul Goldman† – ''Australian Rules (film), Australian Rules'' * Peter Care† – ''The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'' * D. J. Caruso†♦ – ''The Salton Sea (2002 film), The Salton Sea'' * Chuan Lu – ''The Missing Gun'' * George Clooney – ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' * Mark Brown (screenwriter), Mark Brown – ''Two Can Play That Game (film), Two Can Play That Game'' * James Cox (director), James Cox† – ''Highway (2002 film), Highway'' * Damon Dash – ''Paper Soldiers''Co-directed with David Daniel * Julie Delpy† – ''Looking for Jimmy'' * Bob Dolman – ''The Banger Sisters'' * Abbas Fahdel† – ''Back to Babylon (film), Back to Babylon'' * Juan Carlos Fresnadillo† – ''Intacto'' * Stephen Fry – ''Bright Young Things'' * Paul Goldman (director), Paul Goldman† – ''Australian Rules (film), Australian Rules'' * David S. Goyer – ''Zig Zag (2002 film), Zig Zag'' * Christophe Honor醠– ''Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard'' * Callie Khouri – ''Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'' * Janez Lapajne – ''Rustling Landscapes'' * Michael Lembeck♦ – ''The Santa Clause 2'' * Louis Leterrier – ''The Transporter''Co-directed with Corey Yuen * Julien Magnat† – ''Bloody Mallory'' * Sophie Marceau – ''Speak to Me of Love'' * Neil Marshall – ''Dog Soldiers (film), Dog Soldiers'' * Rob Marshall♦ – ''Chicago (2002 film), Chicago'' * Craig McCracken†♦ – ''The Powerpuff Girls Movie'' * Lucky McKee† – ''May (film), May'' * David Mackenzie (director), David Mackenzie†♦ – ''The Last Great Wilderness'' * Cristian Mungiu† – ''Occident (film), Occident'' * Dewey Nicks – ''Slackers (film), Slackers'' * José Padilha – ''Bus 174'' * Marcus Raboy† – ''Friday After Next'' * Carlos Reygadas† – ''Japón (film), Japan'' * Eli Roth – ''Cabin Fever (2002 film), Cabin Fever'' * Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge – ''Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age'' * Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois – ''Lilo & Stitch'' * Robert Schwentke† – ''Tattoo (2002 film), Tattoo'' * Charles Stone III† – ''Drumline (film), Drumline'' * John Stainton♦ – ''The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course'' * Yen Tan – ''Happy Birthday (2002 film), Happy Birthday'' * Colin Trevorrow† – ''Reality Show (film), Reality Show'' * Jesse Vaughan♦† – ''Juwanna Mann'' * Denzel Washington – ''Antwone Fisher (film), Antwone Fisher'' * Lydia Zimmermann† and Isaac Pierre Racine† – ''Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino''


2003

* Yasmin Ahmad – ''Rabun'' * LeVar Burton♦ – ''Blizzard (2003 film), Blizzard'' * Reggie Rock Bythewood♦ – ''Biker Boyz'' * Larry Charles – ''Masked and Anonymous'' * Sylvain Chomet† – ''The Triplets of Belleville'' * Richard Curtis – ''Love Actually'' * Gareth Evans (director), Gareth Evans – ''Samurai Monogatari'' * Asghar Farhadi†♦ – ''Dancing in the Dust (2003 film), Dancing in the Dust'' * Paul Feig†♦ – ''I Am David (film), I Am David'' * Todd Graff – ''Camp (2003 film), Camp'' * Catherine Hardwicke – ''Thirteen (2003 film), Thirteen'' * John Robert Hoffman – ''Good Boy!'' * Paul Hunter (director), Paul Hunter† – ''Bulletproof Monk'' * Andrew Jarecki – ''Capturing the Friedmans'' * Guy Jenkin♦ – ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' * Patty Jenkins† – ''Monster (2003 film), Monster'' * Clark Johnson♦ – ''S.W.A.T. (film), S.W.A.T.'' * Alex Kendrick – ''Flywheel (film), Flywheel'' * Jonathan Liebesman† – ''Darkness Falls (2003 film), Darkness Falls'' * Li Yang (director), Li Yang – ''Blind Shaft'' * Greg Marcks† – ''11:14'' * Tom McCarthy (director), Tom McCarthy – ''The Station Agent'' * Linda Mendoza♦ – ''Chasing Papi'' * Glen Morgan – ''Willard (2003 film), Willard'' * Marcus Nispel† – ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' * Vadim Perelman – ''House of Sand and Fog (film), House of Sand and Fog'' * Billy Ray (screenwriter), Billy Ray – ''Shattered Glass (film), Shattered Glass'' * Chris Rock – ''Head of State (2003 film), Head of State'' * The Spierig Brothers† – ''Undead (film), Undead'' * Wang Bing (director), Wang Bing – ''Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks'' * Bo Welch – ''The Cat in the Hat (film), The Cat in the Hat'' * Tommy Wiseau – ''The Room (2003 film), The Room'' * Len Wiseman – ''Underworld (2003 film), Underworld'' * Bille Woodruff† – ''Honey (2003 film), Honey'' * Rob Zombie† – ''House of 1000 Corpses''


2004

* Sean Baker (film director), Sean Baker†  and Shih-Ching Tsou – ''Take Out (2004 film), Take Out'' * Zach Braff† – ''Garden State (film), Garden State'' * Tricia Brock (director), Tricia Brock† – ''Killer Diller (2004 film), Killer Diller'' * Shane Carruth – ''Primer (film), Primer'' * Henry Chan♦ – ''Gas (2004 film), Gas'' * Heitor Dhalia – ''Nina (2004 film), Nina'' * Saul Dibb♦ – ''Bullet Boy'' * Charles S. Dutton♦ – ''Against the Ropes'' * Christopher Erskin† – ''Johnson Family Vacation'' * Daniel Espinosa† – ''Babylon Disease'' * Jacob Aaron Estes† – ''Mean Creek'' * Ismaël Ferroukhi♦ – ''Le Grand Voyage'' * Andy Fickman – ''Who's Your Daddy? (film), Who's Your Daddy?'' * Jenna Fischer – ''LolliLove'' * Debra Granik† – ''Down to the Bone (film), Down to the Bone'' * Jonathan Hensleigh – ''The Punisher (2004 film), The Punisher'' * Jared and Jerusha Hess, Jared Hess† – ''Napoleon Dynamite'' * Stephen Hillenburg♦† and Mark Osborne (filmmaker), Mark Osborne – ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' * Tom Hooper (director), Tom Hooper♦ – ''Red Dust (2004 film), Red Dust'' * Liu Jiayin – ''Oxhide'' * Joseph Kahn (director), Joseph Kahn† – ''Torque (film), Torque'' * Dolph Lundgren – ''The Defender (2004 film), The Defender'' * Don Mancini – ''Seed of Chucky'' * Joshua Marston – ''Maria Full of Grace'' * Adam McKay♦ – ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' * Pierre Morel – ''District B13'' * Tan Chui Mui – ''A Tree in Tanjung Malim'' * Joe Nussbaum† – ''Sleepover (film), Sleepover'' * Chazz Palminteri – ''Noel (film), Noel'' * Vincent Paronnaud – ''Raging Blues'' * Angela Robinson (director), Angela Robinson† – ''D.E.B.S. (2004 film), D.E.B.S.'' * Ricky Schroder, Rick Schroder – ''Black Cloud'' * Makoto Shinkai – ''The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place'' * Cate Shortland♦ – ''Somersault (film), Somersault'' * Zack Snyder† – ''Dawn of the Dead (2004 film), Dawn of the Dead'' * Morgan Spurlock – ''Super Size Me'' * Jessy Terrero† – ''Soul Plane'' * Matthew Vaughn – ''Layer Cake (film), Layer Cake'' * Conrad Vernon – ''Shrek 2'' * James Wan† – ''Saw (2004 film), Saw'' * Edgar Wright† – ''Shaun of the Dead'' * Masaaki Yuasa† – ''Mind Game (film), Mind Game'' * Yaron Zilberman – ''Watermarks (film), Watermarks''


2005

* Lexi Alexander† – ''Green Street (film), Green Street'' * Judd Apatow♦ – ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' * Josh Appignanesi†♦ – ''Song of Songs (2006 film), Song of Songs'' * Géla Babluani – ''13 Tzameti'' * Ramin Bahrani – ''Man Push Cart'' * Corbin Bernsen – ''Carpool Guy'' * Rémi Bezançon† – ''Ma vie en l'air'' * Steve Bendelack – ''The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse'' * Shane Black – ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' * Bruce Campbell – ''Man with the Screaming Brain'' * Jaume Collet-Serra – ''House of Wax (2005 film), House of Wax'' * Lee Daniels – ''Shadowboxer'' * Polly Draper – ''The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie'' * Cory Edwards – ''Hoodwinked'' * Bang Eun-jin – ''Princess Aurora (film), Princess Aurora'' *James Franco – ''The Ape (2005 film), The Ape'' * John Gatins – ''Dreamer (2005 film), Dreamer'' * Richard E. Grant – ''Wah-Wah (film), Wah-Wah'' * Crispin Glover – ''What Is It?'' * Jeffrey W. Byrd†♦ – ''King's Ransom (film), King's Ransom'' * Darren Grant† – ''Diary of a Mad Black Woman'' * Vimukthi Jayasundara† – ''Sulanga Enu Pinisa'' * Garth Jennings† – ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' * Rian Johnson† – ''Brick (film), Brick'' * Tommy Lee Jones – ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'' * Miranda July – ''Me and You and Everyone We Know'' * Marc Klasfeld† – ''The L.A. Riot Spectacular'' * Lajos Koltai – ''Fateless (film), Fateless'' * Francis Lawrence† – ''Constantine (film), Constantine'' * Mark Levin (director), Mark Levin – ''Little Manhattan'' * Claudia Llosa – ''Madeinusa'' * Vibeke Muasya†♦ – ''The Take-Away Bride'' * Frank Miller – ''Sin City (film), Sin City''Co-directed with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino * Ellen Perry♦ – ''The Fall of Fujimori'' * Oday Rasheed† – ''Underexposure (2005 film), Underexposure'' * John de Rantau♦ – ''Mencari Madonna'' * Jason Reitman† – ''Thank You for Smoking'' * Liev Schreiber – ''Everything Is Illuminated (film), Everything is Illuminated'' * Lee Shallat Chemel♦ – ''Greener Mountains'' * Michael Showalter – ''The Baxter'' * Marcos Siega† – ''Pretty Persuasion'' * Susan Stroman – ''The Producers (2005 film), The Producers'' * Tim Sullivan (director), Tim Sullivan – ''2001 Maniacs'' * Jeff Wadlow† – ''Cry Wolf (2005 film), Cry Wolf'' * Joss Whedon♦ – ''Serenity (2005 film), Serenity'' * Andrew Wilson (actor), Andrew Wilson and Luke Wilson – ''The Wendell Baker Story'' * Joe Wright†♦ – ''Pride & Prejudice (2005 film), Pride & Prejudice''


2006

* J. J. Abrams♦ – ''Mission: Impossible III'' * Joey Lauren Adams – ''Come Early Morning'' * Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum, Elizabeth Allen† – ''Aquamarine (film), Aquamarine'' * Andrea Arnold† – ''Red Road (film), Red Road'' * Bryan Barber† – ''Idlewild (film), Idlewild'' * Jessica Bendinger – ''Stick It'' * David Bowers (director), David Bowers and Sam Fell – ''Flushed Away'' * Matthew O'Callaghan† – ''Curious George (film), Curious George'' * Ericson Core – ''Invincible (2006 film), Invincible'' * Allen Coulter♦ – ''Hollywoodland'' * Michael Damian†♦ – ''Hot Tamale'' * Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris† – ''Little Miss Sunshine'' * Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Ryan Fleck† – ''Half Nelson (film), Half Nelson'' * Anne Fletcher – ''Step Up (film), Step Up'' * Dominique Monféry† – ''Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure'' * Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer – ''Date Movie'' * Liz Friedlander† – ''Take the Lead'' * Jeff Garlin♦ – ''I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With'' * Susannah Grant♦ – ''Catch and Release (2006 film), Catch and Release'' * James Gunn♦† – ''Slither (2006 film), Slither'' * Sanaa Hamri†♦ – ''Something New (film), Something New'' * Michel Hazanavicius†♦ – ''OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' * Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – ''The Lives of Others'' * Jody Hill – ''The Foot Fist Way'' * Gil Kenan† – ''Monster House (film), Monster House'' * So Yong Kim – ''In Between Days'' * Karey Kirkpatrick – ''Over the Hedge (film), Over the Hedge''Co-directed with Tim Johnson (film director), Tim Johnson * Pablo Larraín – ''Fuga (film), Fuga'' * Jonathan Levine† – ''All the Boys Love Mandy Lane'' * Gorō Miyazaki – ''Tales from Earthsea (film), Tales from Earthsea'' * Ryan Murphy (writer), Ryan Murphy – ''Running with Scissors (film), Running with Scissors'' * Morgan O'Neill – ''Solo (2006 film), Solo'' * Neveldine/Taylor – ''Crank (film), Crank'' * Mark Palansky† – ''Penelope (2006 film), Penelope'' * Tyler Perry† – ''Madea's Family Reunion'' * Sarah Polley† – ''Away from Her'' * James Ponsoldt† – ''Off the Black'' * Jason Reitman† – ''Thank You for Smoking (film), Thank You for Smoking'' * Stevan Riley♦ – ''Blue Blood (2006 film), Blue Blood'' * Chris Robinson (director), Chris Robinson† – ''ATL (film), ATL'' * Joachim Rønning† and Espen Sandberg† – ''Bandidas'' * Ari Sandel† – ''Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland'' * Lynn Shelton† – ''We Go Way Back'' * David Slade† – ''Hard Candy (film), Hard Candy'' * T. R. Silambarasan† – ''Vallavan'' * Tom Vaughan (director), Tom Vaughan†♦ – ''Starter for 10 (film), Starter for 10'' * Steve Williams (animator), Steve "Spaz" Williams – ''The Wild''


2007

* Ben Affleck† – ''Gone Baby Gone'' * Stephen J. Anderson† – ''Meet the Robinsons'' * Juan Antonio Bayona – ''The Orphanage (2007 film), El Orfanato'' * Kevin Connolly (actor), Kevin Connolly – ''Gardener of Eden'' * Anton Corbijn† – ''Control (2007 film), Control'' * Gábor Csupó – ''Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film), Bridge to Terabithia'' * Michael Dougherty† – ''Trick 'r Treat'' * Fred Durst† – ''The Education of Charlie Banks'' * Quentin Dupieux†♦ – ''Steak (film), Steak'' * Alison Eastwood – ''Rails & Ties'' * Charles H. Ferguson – ''No End in Sight'' * Scott Frank – ''The Lookout (2007 film), The Lookout'' * Stephane Gauger – ''Owl and the Sparrow'' * Sarah Gavron†♦ – ''Brick Lane (2007 film), Brick Lane'' * Tony Gilroy – ''Michael Clayton (film), Michael Clayton'' * Seth Gordon†♦ – ''The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters'' * Mark Helfrich (film editor), Mark Helfrich – ''Good Luck Chuck'' * Helen Hunt♦ – ''Then She Found Me'' * Angelina Jolie – ''A Place in Time'' * Michael Katleman♦ – ''Primeval (film), Primeval'' * Nadine Labaki – ''Caramel (film), Caramel'' * Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis – ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters'' * Mary Stuart Masterson♦ – ''The Cake Eaters'' * Chris Miller (animator), Chris Miller and Raman Hui – ''Shrek the Third'' * Patricia Riggen† – ''Under the Same Moon'' * Marjane Satrapi – ''Persepolis (film), Persepolis''Co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud * Jeremy Saulnier† – ''Murder Party'' * Fred Savage♦ – ''Daddy Day Camp'' * Akiva Schaffer†♦ – ''Hot Rod (2007 film), Hot Rod'' * Rob Schneider – ''Big Stan'' * David Schwimmer♦ – ''Run Fatboy Run'' * Cai Shangjun – ''The Red Awn'' * David Silverman (animator), David Silverman†♦ — ''The Simpsons Movie'' * Simon J. Smith – ''Bee Movie'' * Brothers Strause, Colin Strause and Greg Strause† – ''Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' * Justin Theroux – ''Dedication (film), Dedication'' * Jim Threapleton – ''Extraordinary Rendition (film), Extraordinary Rendition'' * Stuart Townsend – ''Battle in Seattle'' * David Wall (actor), David Wall – ''Noëlle (film), Noëlle'' * Taika Waititi† – ''Eagle vs Shark'' * Adam Wingard† – ''Home Sick''


2008

* Marc Abraham – ''Flash of Genius (film), Flash of Genius'' * Guillermo Arriaga† – ''The Burning Plain'' * Daniel Barnz† – ''Phoebe in Wonderland'' * Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden† – ''Sugar (2008 film), Sugar''Co-directed with Ryan Fleck * Eric Brevig – ''Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Hollywood film), Journey to the Center of the Earth'' * Fred Cavay醠– ''Anything for Her'' * Jon M. Chu† – ''Step Up 2: The Streets'' * Noel Clarke – ''Adulthood (film), Adulthood'' * Kirk DeMicco – ''Space Chimps'' * Elissa Down† – ''The Black Balloon (film), The Black Balloon'' * Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino – ''Horton Hears a Who! (film), Horton Hears a Who!'' * Diane English – ''The Women (2008 film), The Women'' * Sacha Gervasi – ''Anvil! The Story of Anvil'' * David Hackl – ''Saw V'' * Na Hong-jin – ''The Chaser (2008 film), The Chaser'' * Joanna Hogg♦ – ''Unrelated'' * Byron Howard and Chris Williams (director), Chris Williams† – ''Bolt (2008 film), Bolt'' * Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg – ''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' * Barry Jenkins† – ''Medicine for Melancholy'' * Charlie Kaufman – ''Synecdoche, New York'' * Michael Patrick King♦ – ''Sex and the City (film), Sex and the City'' * Madonna – ''Filth and Wisdom'' * Michael McCullers† – ''Baby Mama (film), Baby Mama'' * Martin McDonagh† – ''In Bruges'' * Steve McQueen (director), Steve McQueen† – ''Hunger (2008 film), Hunger'' * David Oliveras – ''Watercolors (film), Watercolors'' * Nina Paley – ''Sita Sings the Blues'' * Marianna Palka – ''Good Dick'' * Lori Petty† – ''The Poker House'' * Johan Renck† – ''Downloading Nancy'' * Alex Rivera† – ''Sleep Dealer'' * Safdie brothers, Josh Safdie† – ''The Pleasure of Being Robbed'' * Steven Sebring – ''Patti Smith: Dream of Life'' * John Stevenson (director), John Stevenson – ''Kung Fu Panda'' * Tate Taylor† – ''Pretty Ugly People'' * James Watkins (director), James Watkins – ''Eden Lake'' * Sean Weathers – ''House of the Damned (1996 film), House of the Damned'' * George C. Wolfe♦ – ''Nights in Rodanthe'' * Rupert Wyatt† – ''The Escapist (2008 film), The Escapist''


2009

* Shane Acker† – ''9 (2009 animated film), 9'' * Drew Barrymore♦ – ''Whip It (film), Whip It'' * Peter Billingsley† – ''Couples Retreat'' * Neill Blomkamp† – ''District 9'' * Benny Boom† – ''Next Day Air'' * Damien Chazelle – ''Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'' * Scott Cooper (director), Scott Cooper – ''Crazy Heart'' * Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore (comedian), Trevor Moore – ''Miss March'' * Matthew Crouch – ''The Cross (2009 film), The Cross'' * Juan Delancer – ''Trópico de Sangre'' * James DeMonaco – ''Staten Island'' * Xavier Dolan – ''I Killed My Mother'' * Adam Elliot† – ''Mary and Max'' * Shana Feste† – ''The Greatest (2009 film), The Greatest'' * Glenn Ficarra and John Requa – ''I Love You Phillip Morris'' * David Field (actor), David Field – ''The Combination (film), The Combination'' * Ruben Fleischer†♦ – ''Zombieland'' * Tom Ford – ''A Single Man'' * Thor Freudenthal† – ''Hotel for Dogs (film), Hotel for Dogs'' * Cary Joji Fukunaga† – ''Sin Nombre (2009 film), Sin Nombre'' * Ricky Gervais♦ – ''The Invention of Lying''Co-directed with Matthew Robinson (director), Matthew Robinson * Will Gluck – ''Fired Up!'' * Kevin Greutert – ''Saw VI'' * Manish Gupta (director), Manish Gupta – ''The Stoneman Murders'' * Andrew Haigh♦ – ''Greek Pete'' * Melora Hardin – ''You (2009 film), You'' * Cheryl Hines – ''Serious Moonlight (2009 film), Serious Moonlight'' * Nathan Hope† – ''Elsewhere (2009 film), Elsewhere'' * Armando Iannucci♦ – ''In the Loop (film), In the Loop'' * Michael Imperioli† – ''The Hungry Ghosts'' * Craig Johnson (director), Craig Johnson – ''True Adolescents'' * Duncan Jones† – ''Moon (2009 film), Moon'' * Adam Kane†♦ – ''Formosa Betrayed (film), Formosa Betrayed'' * James Kerwin† – ''Yesterday Was a Lie'' * Paul King (director), Paul King♦ – ''Bunny and the Bull'' * Takeshi Koike♦ – ''Redline (2009 film), Redline'' * Kishore Kumar – ''Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam'' * Phil Lord and Chris Miller♦ – ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' * David Lowery (director), David Lowery† – ''St. Nick (film), St. Nick'' * Samuel Maoz – ''Lebanon (2009 film), Lebanon'' * Jodie Markell – ''The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond'' * Oren Moverman – ''The Messenger (2009 film), The Messenger'' * Shirin Neshat† – ''Women Without Men (2009 film), Women Without Men'' * Bob Peterson (filmmaker), Bob Peterson – ''Up (2009 film), Up'' * James Ricardo – ''Opie Gets Laid'' * Aaron Schneider – ''Get Low (film), Get Low'' * Steve Shill♦ – ''Obsessed (2009 film), Obsessed'' * Peter Strickland (director), Peter Strickland – ''Katalin Varga (film), Katalin Varga'' * Suseenthiran – ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' * Sooni Taraporevala – ''Little Zizou'' * Sam Taylor-Johnson, Sam Taylor-Wood† – ''Nowhere Boy'' * Mike Thurmeier† – ''Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'' * Mark Tonderai – ''Hush (2009 film), Hush'' * Phil Traill†♦ – ''All About Steve'' * Nia Vardalos – ''I Hate Valentine's Day'' * Malcolm Venville†♦ – ''44 Inch Chest'' * Damien Dante Wayans♦ – ''Dance Flick'' * Marc Webb† – ''500 Days of Summer'' * Jiang Wenli – ''Lan (film), Lan'' * Suzi Yoonessi – ''Dear Lemon Lima'' * Hoyt Yeatman – ''G-Force (film), G-Force''


2010s


2010

* Casey Affleck† – ''I'm Still Here (2010 film), I'm Still Here'' * Mo Ali – ''Shank (2010 film), Shank'' * Tim Allen♦ – ''Crazy on the Outside'' * Richard Ayoade† – ''Submarine (2010 film), Submarine'' * Banksy – ''Exit Through the Gift Shop'' * Samuel Bayer† – ''A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010 film), A Nightmare on Elm Street'' * Jim Cummings (filmmaker), Jim Cummings†  – ''No Floodwall Here'' * Pierre Coffin♦† and Chris Renaud (animator), Chris Renaud†  – ''Despicable Me (film), Despicable Me'' * Brendon Culliton – ''If I Should Fall'' * Vincent D'Onofrio† – ''Don't Go in the Woods (2010 film), Don't Go in the Woods'' * Gareth Edwards (director), Gareth Edwards♦† – ''Monsters (2010 film), Monsters'' * Nathan Greno – ''Tangled'' * Tom Harper (director), Tom Harper♦† – ''The Scouting Book for Boys'' * Tanya Hamilton† – ''Night Catches Us'' * Philip Seymour Hoffman – ''Jack Goes Boating (film), Jack Goes Boating'' * Rowan Joffé♦ – ''Brighton Rock (2010 film), Brighton Rock'' * Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman† – ''Catfish (film), Catfish'' * Larysa Kondracki – ''The Whistleblower'' * Joseph Kosinski – ''Tron: Legacy'' * Jason Croot – ''Le Fear'' * William Monahan – ''London Boulevard'' * David Michôd† – ''Animal Kingdom (film), Animal Kingdom'' * Ben Miller – ''Huge (film), Huge'' * Chris Morris (satirist), Chris Morris – ''Four Lions'' * Daisuke Namikawa – ''Wonderful World (2010 film), Wonderful World'' * Troy Nixey† – ''Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011 film), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' * Leland Orser – ''Morning (film), Morning'' * Brad Peyton† – ''Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' * Josh Radnor – ''happythankyoumoreplease'' * Julie Anne Robinson♦ – ''The Last Song (2010 film), The Last Song'' * Jim Field Smith† – ''She's Out of My League'' * Joann Sfar – ''Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life'' * Floria Sigismondi† – ''The Runaways (2010 film), The Runaways'' * Scott Stewart (director), Scott Stewart† – ''Legion (2010 film), Legion'' * Massy Tadjedin – ''Last Night (2010 film), Last Night'' * Leehom Wang – ''Love in Disguise'' * Hiromasa Yonebayashi – ''Arrietty, The Secret World of Arrietty'' * Tom Six – ''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)'' * Erik White† – ''Lottery Ticket (2010 film), Lottery Ticket'' * Max Winkler (director), Max Winkler† – ''Ceremony (film), Ceremony''


2011

* Salim Akil♦ – ''Jumping the Broom'' * Katie Aselton – ''The Freebie (film), The Freebie'' * James Bobin♦† – ''The Muppets (film), The Muppets'' * Mike Cahill (director), Mike Cahill – ''Another Earth'' * Cedric the Entertainer – ''Dance Fu'' * J. C. Chandor – ''Margin Call (film), Margin Call'' * Paddy Considine† – ''Tyrannosaur (film), Tyrannosaur'' * Joe Cornish (filmmaker), Joe Cornish♦† – ''Attack the Block'' * Alexandre Courtes – ''The Incident (2011 film), The Incident'' * Simon Curtis (filmmaker), Simon Curtis♦ – ''My Week with Marilyn'' * Sean Durkin† – ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' * Vera Farmiga – ''Higher Ground (film), Higher Ground'' * Mike Flanagan (director), Mike Flanagan – ''Absentia (film), Absentia'' * Dexter Fletcher – ''Wild Bill (2011 film), Wild Bill'' * Evan Glodell – ''Bellflower (film), Bellflower'' * Famke Janssen – ''Bringing Up Bobby (2011 film), Bringing Up Bobby'' * Giddens Ko – ''You Are the Apple of My Eye'' * Justin Kurzel – ''The Snowtown Murders'' * Julia Leigh – ''Sleeping Beauty (2011 film), Sleeping Beauty'' * Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas (director), Calvin Thomas – ''Amy George'' * Niall MacCormick♦ – ''Albatross (2011 film), Albatross'' * Victoria Mahoney† – ''Yelling to the Sky'' * Artie Mandelberg♦ – ''Inside Out (2011 film), Inside Out'' * John Michael McDonagh – ''The Guard (2011 film), The Guard'' * Dermot Mulroney – ''Love, Wedding, Marriage'' * Nick Murphy (director), Nick Murphy♦ – ''The Awakening (2011 film), The Awakening'' * George Nolfi – ''The Adjustment Bureau'' * Ben Palmer♦† – ''The Inbetweeners Movie'' * Alex Ross Perry† – ''The Color Wheel'' * Michael Rapaport♦ – ''Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest'' * Dee Rees† – ''Pariah (2011 film), Pariah'' * Keith Scholey – ''African Cats''Co-directed with Alastair Fothergill * Sarah Smith (producer), Sarah Smith - ''Arthur Christmas''Co-directed with Barry Cook * Taylor Sheridan† –''Vile (film), Vile'' * Jason Winer♦† – ''Arthur (2011 film), Arthur'' * Jennifer Yuh Nelson – ''Kung Fu Panda 2''


2012

* Rodney Ascher♦† – ''Room 237'' * Paolo Benetazzo† – ''Study (film), Study'' * Ciaran Foy – ''Citadel (film), Citadel'' * Drew Goddard – ''The Cabin in the Woods'' * Anthony Hemingway♦ – ''Red Tails'' * Don Hertzfeldt – ''It's Such a Beautiful Day (film), It's Such a Beautiful Day'' * Dustin Hoffman – ''Quartet (2012 film), Quartet'' * Peggy Holmes – ''Secret of the Wings'' * Nicholas Jarecki – ''Arbitrage (film), Arbitrage'' * Brian Klugman – ''The Words (film), The Words'' * Robert Lorenz – ''Trouble with the Curve'' * Seth MacFarlane♦† – ''Ted (film), Ted'' * Daigo Matsui – ''Afro Tanaka'' * Jason Moore (director), Jason Moore♦ – ''Pitch Perfect'' * Usher Morgan† – ''The Thought Exchange (film), The Thought Exchange'' * Jared Moshe – ''Dead Man's Burden'' * Alonso Mayo† – ''The Story of Luke'' * Rich Moore♦ – ''Wreck-It Ralph'' * Mamoru Nagano – ''Gothicmade'' * Nima Nourizadeh† – ''Project X (2012 film), Project X'' * Gabe Polsky – ''The Motel Life'' * Kazik Radwanski – ''Tower (2012 Canadian film), Tower'' * Peter Ramsey – ''Rise of the Guardians'' * Benjamin Renner – ''Ernest & Celestine'' * RZA† – ''The Man with the Iron Fists'' * Rupert Sanders† – ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' * Lorene Scafaria – ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' * Josh Schwartz – ''Fun Size'' * Scott Speer† – ''Step Up Revolution'' * Genndy Tartakovsky♦ – ''Hotel Transylvania (film), Hotel Transylvania'' * Josh Trank♦ – ''Chronicle (film), Chronicle'' * Michael Whitton – ''Exit Strategy (film), Exit Strategy'' * Xu Zheng (actor), Xu Zheng – ''Lost in Thailand'' * Benh Zeitlin† – ''Beasts of the Southern Wild''


2013

* Fede Álvarez† – ''Evil Dead (2013 film), Evil Dead'' * Lake Bell† – ''In a World...'' * Stuart Blumberg – ''Thanks for Sharing'' * Lawrie Brewster† – ''Lord of Tears'' * Cal Brunker - ''Escape from Planet Earth'' * Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn - ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2'' * Maggie Carey† – ''The To Do List'' * Nat Faxon and Jim Rash – ''The Way, Way Back'' * Naomi Foner – ''Very Good Girls'' * Liz W. Garcia – ''The Lifeguard'' * Simple Gogoi – ''Tumi Jodi Kuwa'' * Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen – ''This Is the End'' * Joseph Gordon-Levitt† – ''Don Jon'' * Dave Grohl† – ''Sound City (film), Sound City'' * Ryan Coogler† – ''Fruitvale Station'' * Ha Jung-woo – ''Fasten Your Seatbelt (film), Fasten Your Seatbelt'' * Jared and Jerusha Hess, Jerusha Hess – ''Austenland (film), Austenland'' * Eliza Hittman† – ''It Felt Like Love'' * Bilal Lashari – ''Waar'' * Michelle Latimer† – Alias (2013 film), ''Alias'' * Jennifer Lee (filmmaker), Jennifer Lee – ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen'' * Sergio Monsalve – ''Jacinto Convit (film), Jacinto Convit'' * Andy Muschietti† – ''Mama (2013 film), Mama'' * Keanu Reeves – ''Man of Tai Chi'' * Dan Scanlon – ''Monsters University'' * Jill Soloway – ''Afternoon Delight (film), Afternoon Delight'' * David Soren (animator), David Soren♦† – ''Turbo (film), Turbo'' * Michael Tiddes† – ''A Haunted House'' * Jocelyn Towne – ''I Am I (film), I Am I'' * Zhao Wei† – ''So Young (film), So Young''


2014

* Ana Lily Amirpour – ''A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'' * Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah†♦ – ''Image (2014 film), Image'' * Wes Ball† – ''The Maze Runner (film), The Maze Runner'' * Jason Bateman♦ – ''Bad Words (film), Bad Words'' * Paul Bettany – ''Shelter (2014 film), Shelter'' * James Ward Byrkit – ''Coherence (film), Coherence'' * Chen Sicheng – ''Beijing Love Story (film), Beijing Love Story'' * Nick Cheung – ''Ghost Rituals'' * Shawn Christensen – ''Before I Disappear'' * David Cross♦ – ''Hits (film), Hits'' * Chris Evans (actor), Chris Evans – ''Before We Go'' * Susanna Fogel♦ – ''Life Partners (film), Life Partners'' * Hitori Gekidan – ''A Bolt from the Blue (film), A Bolt from the Blue'' * Dan Gilroy – ''Nightcrawler (film), Nightcrawler'' * Akiva Goldsman♦ – ''Winter's Tale (film), Winter's Tale'' * Ryan Gosling  – ''Lost River (film), Lost River'' * Russell Crowe  – ''The Water Diviner'' * Dave Green (director), Dave Green†♦ – ''Earth to Echo'' * Jorge Gutierrez (animator), Jorge R. Gutierrez† – ''The Book of Life (2014 film), The Book of Life'' * Andy Hamilton♦ – ''What We Did on Our Holiday''Co-directed with Guy Jenkin * Han Han – ''Duckweed (film), Duckweed'' * Simon Helberg – ''We'll Never Have Paris''Co-directed with Jocelyn Towne * July Jung – ''A Girl at My Door'' * Chad Stahelski – ''John Wick (film), John Wick'' * Riley Stearns† – ''Faults (film), Faults'' * Jennifer Kent† – ''The Babadook'' * Peter Lepeniotis - ''The Nut Job'' * William H. Macy♦ – ''Rudderless'' * Adam MacDonald –''Backcountry'' * Charlie McDowell – ''The One I Love (film), The One I Love'' * Chris Messina – ''Alex of Venice'' * Wally Pfister – ''Transcendence (2014 film), Transcendence'' * Nabeel Qureshi (director), Nabeel Qureshi♦ – ''Na Maloom Afraad'' * Mark Raso† – ''Copenhagen (2014 film), Copenhagen'' * Tristram Shapeero♦† – ''Merry Friggin' Christmas'' * Gary Shore† – ''Dracula Untold'' * Justin Simien† – ''Dear White People'' * Jon Stewart – ''Rosewater (film), Rosewater'' * Robert Stromberg – ''Maleficent (film), Maleficent'' * Rob Thomas (writer), Rob Thomas♦ – ''Veronica Mars (film), Veronica Mars'' * Kazuo Umezu – ''Mother (2014 film), Mother'' * Jon Watts† – ''Clown (film), Clown'' * Gren Wells – ''The Road Within'' * Michael Williams (film director), Michael Williams – ''Ozland''


2015

* Natalie Portman† – ''A Tale of Love and Darkness (film), A Tale of Love and Darkness'' * Aleksander Bach – ''Hitman: Agent 47'' * Elizabeth Banks† – ''Pitch Perfect 2'' * Jawad Bashir – ''Maya (2015 Pakistani film), Maya'' * Natalie Bible' – ''Windsor Drive (film), Windsor Drive'' * Stephen Campanelli – ''Momentum (2015 film), Momentum'' * Don Cheadle♦ – ''Miles Ahead (film), Miles Ahead'' * Marya Cohn† – ''The Girl in the Book'' * Director X†♦ – ''Across the Line (2015 film), Across the Line'' * Stephen Dunn (director), Stephen Dunn† – ''Closet Monster (film), Closet Monster'' * Momina Duraid♦ – ''Bin Roye'' * Joel Edgerton† – ''The Gift (2015 American film), The Gift'' * Robert Eggers♦† – ''The Witch (2015 film), The Witch'' * Ray Gallardo† – ''Callejero'' * Alex Garland – ''Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina'' * Jonathan Goldstein (filmmaker), Jonathan Goldstein† and John Francis Daley† – ''Vacation (2015 film), Vacation'' * Anna Rose Holmer† – ''The Fits (film), The Fits'' * Marielle Heller – ''The Diary of a Teenage Girl'' * Dean Israelite†♦ – ''Project Almanac'' * Vahid Jalilvand – ''Wednesday, May 9'' * Yasir Jaswal – ''Jalaibee'' * Kahlil Joseph† – ''The Reflektor Tapes'' * Ariel Kleiman† – ''Partisan (film), Partisan'' * Luo Luo – ''The Last Women Standing'' * John Maclean (musician), John Maclean† – ''Slow West'' * Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul – ''The D Train'' * Reed Morano – ''Meadowland (film), Meadowland'' * Ilya Naishuller† – ''Hardcore Henry'' * László Nemes – ''Son of Saul'' * J. G. Quintel♦† – ''Regular Show: The Movie'' * R. Ravikumar – ''Indru Netru Naalai'' * Gary Rydstrom† – ''Strange Magic (film), Strange Magic'' * Amit Sharma – ''Tevar'' * Trey Edward Shults† – ''Krisha'' * Peter Sohn – ''The Good Dinosaur'' * Austin Stark† – ''The Runner (2015 film), The Runner'' * Alec Su – ''The Left Ear'' * Paul Tibbitt♦ – ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' * James Vanderbilt – ''Truth (2015 film), Truth'' * Ally Walker† – ''Sex, Death and Bowling'' * S. Craig Zahler – ''Bone Tomahawk'' * Chloé Zhao† – ''Songs My Brothers Taught Me''


2016

* Wang Baoqiang – ''Buddies in India'' * Alessandro Carloni – ''Kung Fu Panda 3'' * Robert Carlyle♦ – ''The Legend of Barney Thomson'' * Eleanor Coppola† – ''Paris Can Wait'' * Kelly Fremon Craig† – ''The Edge of Seventeen'' * Garth Davis† – ''Lion (2016 film), Lion'' * Drew Fortier† – ''Attack of Life: The Bang Tango Movie'' * Katie Holmes – ''All We Had'' * Michelle Johnston – ''A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits'' * Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly – ''The Angry Birds Movie'' * Travis Knight (animator), Travis Knight – ''Kubo and the Two Strings'' * Gee Malik Linton†Credited as Declan Dale – ''Exposed (2016 film), Exposed'' * Avid Liongoren† – ''Saving Sally'' * Alice Lowe† – ''Prevenge'' * Ashley McKenzie (director), Ashley McKenzie† – ''Werewolf (2016 film), Werewolf'' * Tim Miller (director), Tim Miller – ''Deadpool (film), Deadpool'' * Bob Nelson (screenwriter), Bob Nelson – ''The Confirmation'' * Cedric Nicolas-Troyan† – ''The Huntsman: Winter's War'' * Tony Olmos† – ''South of 8'' * Asim Raza♦ – ''Ho Mann Jahaan'' * Matthew Ross (filmmaker), Matthew Ross† – ''Frank & Lola'' * David F. Sandberg♦† – ''Lights Out (2016 film), Lights Out'' * Luke Scott (director), Luke Scott♦† – ''Morgan (2016 film), Morgan'' * Jamal Shah – ''Revenge of the Worthless'' * Veena Sud♦† – ''The Salton Sea (2016 film), The Salton Sea'' * Doug Sweetland† – ''Storks (film), Storks''Co-directed with Nicholas Stoller * Amber Tamblyn – ''Paint It Black (2016 film), Paint It Black'' * Richard Tanne – ''Southside with You'' * Greg Tiernan♦† – ''Sausage Party''Co-directed with Conrad Vernon * Dan Trachtenberg♦† – ''10 Cloverfield Lane''


2017

* Ana Asensio – ''Most Beautiful Island'' * Jay Baruchel – ''Goon: Last of the Enforcers'' * Charlie Bean (animator), Charlie Bean and Paul Fisher & Bob Logan – ''The Lego Ninjago Movie'' * Antoine Bourges† – ''Fail to Appear'' * Dean Devlin♦ – ''Geostorm'' * Denise Di Novi♦ – ''Unforgettable (2017 film), Unforgettable'' * Brian Fee – ''Cars 3'' * Cory Finley – ''Thoroughbreds (2017 film), Thoroughbreds'' * Anna Foerster – ''Underworld: Blood Wars'' * Greta Gerwig† – ''Lady Bird (film), Lady Bird'' * Michael Gracey – ''The Greatest Showman'' * Jason Hall (screenwriter), Jason Hall – ''Thank You for Your Service (2017 film), Thank You for Your Service'' * Kathleen Hepburn – ''Never Steady, Never Still'' * Taran Killam – ''Killing Gunther'' * Brie Larson† – ''Unicorn Store'' * David Leitch#† – ''Atomic Blonde'' * Taron Lexton† – ''In Search of Fellini'' * Dave McCary♦† – ''Brigsby Bear'' * Chris McKay – ''The Lego Batman Movie'' * Hallie Meyers-Shyer – ''Home Again (2017 film), Home Again'' * Adrian Molina – ''Coco (2017 film), Coco'' Co-directed with Lee Unkrich * Usama Mukwaya – ''Love Faces (film), Love Faces'' * Anthony Onah – ''The Price (2017 film), The Price'' * Jordan Peele – ''Get Out'' * Timothy Reckart – ''The Star (2017 film), The Star'' * Terry Ross† – ''Carving a Life'' * Andy Serkis – ''Breathe (2017 film), Breathe'' * Quinn Shephard† – ''Blame (2017 film), Blame'' * Aaron Sorkin – ''Molly's Game'' * Eric Stoltz♦† – ''Class Rank (film), Class Rank'' * Jessica M. Thompson – ''The Light of the Moon'' * Lea Thompson♦ – ''The Year of Spectacular Men''


2018

* Ari Aster† – ''Hereditary (film), Hereditary'' * Johan Bodell† – ''The Cabin'' * Bo Burnham† – ''Eighth Grade (film), Eighth Grade'' * Aneesh Chaganty† – ''Searching (film), Searching'' * Kay Cannon – ''Blockers (film), Blockers'' * Bradley Cooper – ''A Star Is Born (2018 film), A Star Is Born'' * Paul Dano – ''Wildlife (film), Wildlife'' * Steven S. DeKnight♦ – ''Pacific Rim Uprising'' * Carlos López Estrada – ''Blindspotting'' * Daniel Florenzano† – ''The Evil Rises'' * Nicolai Fuglsig – ''12 Strong'' * Karen Gillan† – ''The Party's Just Beginning'' * Heather Graham – ''Half Magic (film), Half Magic'' * Christian Gudegast – ''Den of Thieves (film), Den of Thieves'' * Jonah Hill† – ''Mid90s'' * Aaron Horvath – ''Teen Titans Go! to the Movies'' * Arunraja Kamaraj – ''Kanaa (film), Kanaa'' * Anthony Mandler† – ''Monster (2018 film), Monster'' * Scott Mosier – ''The Grinch (film), The Grinch'' * Mari Okada† – ''Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms'' * Alex Pettyfer† – ''Back Roads (2018 film), Back Roads'' * Boots Riley† – ''Sorry to Bother You (film), Sorry to Bother You'' * Christian Rivers – ''Mortal Engines (film), Mortal Engines'' * Jared Stern†♦ – ''Happy Anniversary (2018 film), Happy Anniversary'' * Jayson Thiessen♦ - ''My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film), My Little Pony; The Movie'' * Jeff Tomsic†♦ – ''Tag (2018 film), Tag'' * Jonathan Watson (director), Jonathan Watson – '' Arizona (2018 film), Arizona''


2019

* Annabelle Attanasio – ''Mickey and the Bear'' * Andrea Berloff – ''The Kitchen (2019 film), The Kitchen'' * Robin Bissell – ''The Best of Enemies (2019 film), The Best of Enemies'' * Nick Bruno (film director), Nick Bruno and Troy Quane – ''Spies in Disguise'' * Matthew Michael Carnahan - Mosul (2019 action film), Mosul * Michael Chaves♦† – ''The Curse of La Llorona'' * Monia Chokri – ''A Brother's Love'' * Josh Cooley† – ''Toy Story 4'' * Michael Angelo Covino† – ''The Climb (2019 film), The Climb'' * Gary Dauberman – ''Annabelle Comes Home'' * Roxann Dawson♦ – ''Breakthrough (2019 film), Breakthrough'' * Mati Diop – ''Atlantics'' * Lino DiSalvo – ''Playmobil: The Movie'' * Nora Fingscheidt – ''System Crasher'' * Micah Gallo† – ''Itsy Bitsy'' * Mike Gan†♦ – ''Burn (2019 film), Burn'' * Ravin Gandhi – ''100 Days to Live'' * Rachel Griffiths†♦ – ''Ride Like a Girl'' * Bryce Dallas Howard†♦ – ''Dads (film), Dads'' * Simon Kinberg – ''Dark Phoenix (film), Dark Phoenix'' * Sarah Lancaster – ''Josie & Jack'' * Van Ling – ''Cliffs of Freedom'' * Ladj Ly† – ''Les Misérables (2019 film), Les Misérables'' * Gail Mancuso♦ – ''A Dog's Journey (film), A Dog's Journey'' * Melina Matsoukas†♦ – ''Queen & Slim'' * William McGregor (director), William McGregor♦† – ''Gwen (film), Gwen'' * Carlo Mirabella Davis – ''Swallow (2019 film), Swallow'' * Adam Egypt Mortimer♦† – ''Daniel Isn't Real'' * Wagner Moura – ''Marighella (2019 film), Marighella'' * Shannon Murphy – ''Babyteeth (film), Babyteeth'' * Tyler Nilson† and Michael Schwartz (director), Michael Schwartz† – ''The Peanut Butter Falcon'' * Katharine O'Brien† – ''Lost Transmissions'' * Sergio Pablos  – ''Klaus (film), Klaus'' * Andrew Patterson (film director), Andrew Patterson† – ''The Vast of Night'' * Joe Penna♦† – ''Arctic (film), Arctic'' * Annie Silverstein – ''Bull (2019 film), Bull'' * Grant Sputore† – ''I Am Mother'' * Gene Stupnitsky† – ''Good Boys (film), Good Boys'' * Joe Talbot† - ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' * Emma Tammi – ''The Wind (2018 film), The Wind'' * Michael Tyburski† – ''The Sound of Silence (2019 film), The Sound of Silence'' * Viktor van der Valk – ''Nocturne (2019 film), Nocturne'' * Olivia Wilde† – ''Booksmart (film), Booksmart'' * Phillip Youmans – ''Burning Cane''


2020s


2020

* Max Barbakow – ''Palm Springs (2020 film), Palm Springs'' * Halle Berry – ''Bruised (film), Bruised'' * Harry Bradbeer♦ – ''Enola Holmes (film), Enola Holmes'' * Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz† – ''Antebellum (film), Antebellum'' * Brian Patrick Butler† – ''Friend of the World'' * Eric D. Cabello Diaz – ''El Camino de Xico'' * Dean Craig† – ''Love Wedding Repeat'' * Joel Crawford (film director), Joel Crawford† – ''The Croods: A New Age'' * Jack Danini† – ''Ode to Passion'' * Emerald Fennell† – ''Promising Young Woman'' * Michael Fimognari† – ''To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You'' * Will Forbes (director), Will Forbes – ''John Henry (2020 film), John Henry'' * Jeff Fowler† – ''Sonic the Hedgehog (film), Sonic the Hedgehog'' * Edward Hall (director), Edward Hall♦† – ''Blithe Spirit (2020 film), Blithe Spirit'' * Sam Hargrave† – ''Extraction (2020 film), Extraction'' * Chris Henchy† – ''Impractical Jokers: The Movie'' * David Henrie† – ''This Is the Year'' * Natalie Erika James† – ''Relic (2020 film), Relic'' * Anthony Jerjen† – ''Inherit the Viper'' * Aneil Karia♦† – ''Surge (2020 British film), Surge'' * Glen Keane and John Kahrs – ''Over the Moon (2020 film), Over the Moon'' * Regina King♦† – ''One Night in Miami...'' * Natalie Krinsky – ''The Broken Hearts Gallery'' * Patrice Laliberté♦† – ''The Decline (film), The Decline'' * Andrew Lawrence (actor), Andrew Lawrence – ''The Office Mix-Up'' * Anthony Leone (filmmaker), Anthony Leone† – ''Hacksaw (film), Hacksaw'' * Rob Lodermeier – ''The Willoughbys'' * Viggo Mortensen – ''Falling (2020 film), Falling'' * Jekaterina Oertel – ''DAU. Natasha'' * Prentice Penny♦† – ''Uncorked (2020 film), Uncorcked'' * David Prior (director), David Prior† – ''The Empty Man (film), The Empty Man'' * Emma Seligman† – ''Shiva Baby'' * Remi Weekes♦ – ''His House'' * Autumn de Wilde† – ''Emma (2020 film), Emma'' * David S. F. Wilson† – ''Bloodshot (film), Bloodshot'' * Florian Zeller♦ – ''The Father (2020 film), The Father''


2021

* Justine Bateman† – ''Violet (2021 film), Violet'' * Ryan Bliss† – ''Alice Fades Away'' * Mika Boorem† – ''Hollywood.Con'' * Jonathan Butterell – ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie (film), Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' * Enrico Casarosa – ''Luca (2021 film), Luca'' * Ryan Crego♦ – ''Arlo the Alligator Boy'' * Bakhtyar Fatah♦ – ''09 (film), 09'' * Dean Fleischer-Camp† – ''Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021 film), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'' * Hamish Grieve† – ''Rumble (2021 film), Rumble'' * Maggie Gyllenhaal♦ – ''The Lost Daughter (film), The Lost Daughter'' * Rebecca Hall – ''Passing (film), Passing'' * Lisa Joy♦ – ''Reminiscence (2021 film), Reminiscence'' * Fran Kranz  – ''Mass (2021 film), Mass'' * Simon McQuoid – ''Mortal Kombat (2021 film), Mortal Kombat'' * Brian Andrew Mendoza† – ''Sweet Girl (film), Sweet Girl'' * Marcos Mereles† – ''All Is Vanity (film), All Is Vanity'' * Lin-Manuel Miranda – ''Tick, Tick... Boom! (film), tick, tick... BOOM!'' * Dasha Nekrasova – ''The Scary of Sixty-First'' * Edson Oda – ''Nine Days (film), Nine Days'' * Megan Park† – ''The Fallout (film), The Fallout'' * Questlove† – ''Summer of Soul'' * Diana Ringo – ''Quarantine (2021 film), Quarantine'' * Alessandra de Rossi – ''My Amanda'' * Rodo Sayagues – ''Don't Breathe 2'' * Evan Spiliotopoulos – ''The Unholy (2021 film), The Unholy'' * Liesl Tommy♦ – ''Respect (2020 film), Respect'' * Mattson Tomlin – ''Mother/Android'' * Jude Weng – ''Finding 'Ohana'' * Robin Wright†♦ – ''Land (2021 film), Land'' * Carlson Young† – ''The Blazing World (film), The Blazing World''


2022

* Mayim Bialik† – ''As They Made Us'' * Loren Bouchard♦ and Bernard Derriman†♦ – ''The Bob's Burgers Movie'' * Reid Carolin and Channing Tatum – ''Dog (2022 film), Dog'' * Janeen Damian – ''Falling for Christmas'' * John C. Donkin – ''The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild'' * Jesse Eisenberg† – ''When You Finish Saving the World (film), When You Finish Saving the World'' * Tim Federle♦ – ''Better Nate Than Ever (film), Better Nate Than Ever'' * Tom George (director), Tom George♦ – ''See How They Run (2022 film), See How They Run'' * Michael Giacchino♦ – ''Werewolf by Night (TV special), Werewolf by Night'' * Mark Gustafson – ''Pinocchio (2022 animated film), Pinocchio'' * Alex Hardcastle♦ – ''Senior Year (2022 film), Senior Year'' * Lee Jung-jae – ''Hunt (film), Hunt'' * Charlotte Le Bon† – ''Falcon Lake (film), Falcon Lake'' * Gail Lerner†♦ – ''Cheaper by the Dozen (2022 film), Cheaper by the Dozen'' * Jennifer N. Linch† – ''Kung Fu Ghost'' * Pierre Perifel – ''The Bad Guys (film), The Bad Guys'' * J. J. Perry – ''Day Shift (film), Day Shift'' * Kyra Sedgwick♦ – ''Space Oddity (film), Space Oddity'' * Domee Shi† – ''Turning Red'' * Goran Stolevski† – ''You Won't Be Alone'' * Ian Tripp† and Ryan Schafer† – ''Everybody Dies by the End''


2023

* Kenya Barris♦ – ''You People'' * Nicholas Maggio† – ''American Metal'' * Michael B. Jordan – ''Creed III'' * Chris Stuckmann† – ''Shelby Oaks'' * Patrick Wilson (American actor), Patrick Wilson – ''Insidious: Fear the Dark''


2024

* S. J. Clarkson♦ – ''Madame Web (film), Madame Web''


Unknown

* Anna Kendrick – ''The Dating Game (film), The Dating Game * Jonathan Krisel – Untitled ''Sesame Street'' film * Minkyu Lee† – ''The Witch Boy'' * Kelly Marcel – ''Venom 3'' * Chris Pine – ''Poolman (film), Poolman'' * Taylor Swift† – TBA * Zelda Williams† – ''Lisa Frankenstein''


See also

* List of cinematic firsts


Notes


References

{{Reflist, 30em Directorial debut films, Lists of film directors, Debut