My Top 100 Directors of All Time
by BekaSukhitashvili | created - 22 Jan 2012 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicFind me: https://ka.gravatar.com/rodrigosantoro
1. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Director | Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok) grew up in Khon Kaen, a city in the north east of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the ...
Thai
My Top:
Movie:
1. Tropical Malady 10/10
2. Cemetery of Splendor 10/10
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 10/10
4. Memoria 10/10
5. Blissfully Yours 8/10
6. Syndromes and a Century 8/10
7. Mekong Hotel 8/10
8. Haunted Houses
Short Films and Installations:
1. Phantoms of Nabua 8/10
2. Ashes 7/10
3. A Letter to Uncle Boonmee 7/10
4. Worldly Desires 7/10
5. Empire 7/10
6. Cactus River 7/10
7. The Anthem 6/10
8. Thirdworld 5/10
9. Sakda 5/10
10. Haiku 4/10
Anthology:
1. State of the World 8/10
2. Stories on Human Rights 7/10
3. Ten Years Thailand 7/10
4. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
5. The Adventures of Iron Pussy 5/10
Documentary:
1. Mysterious Object at Noon 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 57: 1 Documentary; 10 Anthology; 36 Short; 8 Movie.
2. Michael Haneke
Writer | Caché
A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...
Austrian
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Piano Teacher 10/10
2. Funny Games 1997 10/10
3. The Seventh Continent 10/10
4. The White Ribbon 10/10
5. Caché 10/10
6. Amour 9/10
7. Happy End 9/10
8. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance 9/10
9. Benny's Video 8/10
10. Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys 7/10
11. Time of the Wolf 7/10
12. Funny Games 2007 7/10
TV Movie:
1. The Castle 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 24: 1 Anthology; 1 TV Mini-Series; 10 TV Movie; 12 Movie.
3. Béla Tarr
Producer | Werckmeister harmóniák
Béla Tarr was born on July 21, 1955 in Pécs, Hungary. He is a producer and director, known for Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), The Turin Horse (2011) and Satantango (1994). He is married to Ágnes Hranitzky.
Hungarian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Satantango 10/10
2. The Turin Horse 10/10
3. Damnation 10/10
4. Werckmeister Harmonies 10/10
5. Family Nest 10/10
6. The Man from London 8/10
7. Almanac of Fall 8/10
8. The Prefab People 7/10
9. The Outsider
Short:
1. Hotel Magnezit 7/10
2. Journey on the Plain 7/10
Anthology:
1. Visions of Europe 6/10
TV Movie:
1. Macbeth 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 15: 1 Documentary; 1 Anthology; 1 TV Movie; 3 Short; 9 Movie.
4. Tsai Ming-liang
Director | Qingshaonian Nuozha
Born in Kuching, Malaysia, he graduated from the Drama and Cinema Department of the Chinese Cultural University of Taiwan and worked as a theatrical producer and TV director. His second feature film, Vive L'Amour (1994), won the Golden Lion (best picture) at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. His ...
Taiwanese
My Top:
Movie:
1. Vive L'Amour 10/10
2. The Hole 10/10
3. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 10/10
4. The Wayward Cloud 10/10
5. Rebels of the Neon God 8/10
6. The River 8/10
7. What Time Is It There? 8/10
8. Stray Dogs 8/10
9. Journey to the West 8/10
10. Good Bye, Dragon Inn 7/10
11. Face 6/10
12. The Deserted: VR (2017)
13. Boys
Short:
1. No No Sleep 7/10
2. The Skywalk Is Gone 7/10
3. A Conversation with God 7/10
4. Walker 6/10
5. Xiao Kang 5/10
Anthology:
1. To Each His Own Cinema 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 32: 2 TV Movie; 3 Documentary; 3 Anthology; 11 Short; 13 Movie.
5. Lars von Trier
Writer | Dancer in the Dark
Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, The Element of Crime (1984). A highly ...
Danish
My Top:
Movie:
1. Breaking the Waves 10/10
2. Dancer in the Dark 10/10
3. Dogville 10/10
4. Melancholia 10/10
5. Antichrist 10/10
6. The House That Jack Built 10/10
7. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I 10/10
8. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 10/10
9. Europa 9/10
10. Manderlay 8/10
11. The Element of Crime 6/10
12. The Idiots 6/10
13. The Boss of It All 6/10
14. Epidemic 6/10
15. Befrielsesbilleder 5/10
Short:
1. A Flower 7/10
2. Dogville: The Pilot 7/10
3. Nocturne 6/10
4. The Trip to Squash Land 6/10
5. Why Try to Escape from Which You Know You Can't Escape from? Because You Are a Coward 5/10
6. Good Night, Dea 4/10
7. The Orchid Gardener 4/10
TV Movie:
1. Medea 10/10
2. D-dag 4/10
3. D-dag - Den færdige film 3/10
4. D-dag - Lise 3/10
Anthology:
1. The Five Obstructions 8/10
2. To Each His Own Cinema 7/10
TV Mini-Series:
1. The Kingdom 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 35: 1 TV Mini-Series; 1 TV Series; 2 Anthology; 4 TV Movie; 12 Short; 15 Movie.
6. Carlos Reygadas
Producer | Stellet Licht
Carlos Reygadas was born on October 10, 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a producer and director, known for Silent Light (2007), Japan (2002) and Post Tenebras Lux (2012). He is married to Natalia López.
Mexican
My Top:
Movie:
1. Silent Light 10/10
2. Post Tenebras Lux 10/10
3. Japón 9/10
4. Battle in Heaven 8/10
5. Our Time 5/10
6. Serenghetti (No Info)
Short:
1. Maxhumain 6/10
Anthology:
1. Revolución 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 13: 1 Documentary; 2 Anthology; 4 Short; 6 Movie.
7. Naomi Kawase
Director | An
Naomi Kawase was born on May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan. She is a director and writer, known for Sweet Bean (2015), Still the Water (2014) and Suzaku (1997). She was previously married to Takenori Sentô.
Japanese
My Top:
Movie:
1. Suzaku 10/10
2. Hanezu 10/10
3. Sweet Bean 10/10
4. The Mourning Forest 9/10
5. Radiance 9/10
6. Shara 8/10
7. Nanayo 8/10
8. Still the Water 8/10
9. Firefly
Documentary:
1. Embracing 10/10
2. Katatsumori 10/10
3. Sun on the Horizon 8/10
4. Sky, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth 8/10
5. Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom 8/10
6. The Weald 8/10
7. Mangekyô 7/10
8. See Heaven 7/10
Short:
1. The Vampire Lives in Our Next Door 6/10
Anthology:
1. Visitors 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 29: 3 Short; 2 Anthology; 14 Documentary; 10 Movie.
8. Lee Chang-dong
Writer | Beoning
Lee Chang-Dong was born in 1954 in Daegu, which some consider the most right-wing city in South Korea. Lee is a former high-school teacher and an acclaimed novelist. He turned to cinema when he was over 40 years old. His debut film "Green Fish" (1997) brought immediate success and critical acclaim....
South Korean
My Top:
Movie:
1. Poetry 10/10
2. Oasis 10/10
3. Burning 9/10
4. Secret Sunshine 8/10
5. Peppermint Candy 6/10
6. Green Fish 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 6: 6 Movie.
9. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
Spanish
My Top:
Movie:
1. All About My Mother 10/10
2. Volver 10/10
3. Talk to Her 10/10
4. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 10/10
5. Pain and Glory 10/10
6. The Skin I Live In 10/10
7. What Have I Done to Deserve This? 10/10
8. The Flower of My Secret 10/10
9. Julieta 9/10
10. High Heels 9/10
11. Matador 9/10
12. Dark Habits 9/10
13. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 9/10
14. Broken Embraces 8/10
15. Bad Education 8/10
16. Live Flesh 8/10
17. Kika 7/10
18. Law of Desire 7/10
19. Labyrinth of Passion 6/10
20. Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom 6/10
21. I'm So Excited! 5/10
22. Folle... folle... fólleme Tim! (Unpublished)
Short:
1. Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido 8/10
2. The Cannibalistic Councillor 8/10
3. Salomé 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 36: 14 Short; 22 Movie.
10. Hong Sang-soo
Director | Ji-geum-eun-mat-go-geu-ddae-neun-teul-li-da
Hong Sang-soo was born on October 25, 1960 in Seoul, Korea. He is a director and writer, known for Right Now, Wrong Then (2015), Night and Day (2008) and The Woman Who Ran (2020).
South Korean
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Power of Kangwon Province 10/10
2. Hahaha 10/10
3. In Front of Your Face 10/10
4. The Woman Who Ran 10/10
5. On the Beach at Night Alone 9/10
6. The Novelist's Film 9/10
7. The Day After 8/10
8. Woman on the Beach 8/10
9. Like You Know It All 8/10
10. Claire's Camera 8/10
11. In Another Country 8/10
12. Nobody's Daughter Haewon 8/10
13. Turning Gate 8/10
14. Right Now, Wrong Then 7/10
15. Night and Day 7/10
16. Our Sunhi 7/10
17. Hill of Freedom 7/10
18. Hotel by the River 7/10
19. Grass 6/10
20. Yourself and Yours 6/10
21. Oki's Movie 6/10
22. Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors 5/10
23. The Day He Arrives 5/10
24. Tale of Cinema 5/10
25. The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well 5/10
26. Woman Is the Future of Man 5/10
27. Introduction 2021
28. Walk Up 2022
29. In Our Day 2023
30. In Water 2023
Documentary:
1. 1. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Anthology:
1. Visitors 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 36: 1 Anthology; 1 Documentary; 4 Short; 30 Movie.
11. Alejandro Amenábar
Writer | The Others
Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...
Spanish
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Others 10/10
2. The Sea Inside 10/10
3. Agora 10/10
4. Tesis 8/10
5. Open Your Eyes 8/10
6. Regression 5/10
7. While at War 4/10
Short:
1. Nancys Rubias: Me encanta (I Love It) 6/10
2. Vale 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 13: 1 TV Series; 5 Short; 7 Movie.
12. Park Chan-wook
Director | Oldeuboi
Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Oldboy (2003), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.
South Korean
My Top:
Movie:
1. Lady Vengeance 10/10
2. The Handmaiden 10/10
3. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK 9/10
4. Stoker 9/10
5. Oldboy 8/10
6. Decision To Leave 8/10
7. J.S.A.: Joint Security Area 8/10
8. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 7/10
9. Thirst 5/10
10. Moon Is the Sun's Dream
11. Saminjo
Short:
1. Judgement 10/10
2. Night Fishing 7/10
3. A Rose Reborn 5/10
Anthology:
1. Three... Extremes 9/10
2. If You Were Me 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 22: 1 Documentary; 2 TV Series; 3 Anthology; 5 Short; 11 Movie.
13. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Nuri Bilge Ceylan was born in Istanbul on January 26th, 1959. In 1976, he began studying chemical engineering at Istanbul Technical University, in a context of strong student unrest, boycotts and political polarization. In 1978, he switched courses to Electrical Engineering at Bogazici University. ...
Turkish
My Top:
Movie:
1. Winter Sleep 10/10
2. The Town 10/10
3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 9/10
4. The Wild Pear Tree 9/10
5. Distant 8/10
6. Three Monkeys 8/10
7. Clouds of May 8/10
8. Climates 7/10
Short:
1. Cocoon 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 10: 1 Short; 1 Documentary; 8 Movie.
14. Lisandro Alonso
Director | La libertad
Lisandro Alonso was born on June 2, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and writer, known for La libertad (2001), Los Muertos (2004) and Jauja (2014).
Argentinian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Fantasma 10/10
2. Liverpool 10/10
3. The Dead 9/10
4. Freedom 8/10
5. Jauja 7/10
Short:
1. Dos en la vereda 5/10
2. Lechuza 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 8: 3 Short; 5 Movie.
15. Mike Leigh
Director | Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique. He began his career as a theatre ...
English
My Top:
Movie:
1. Naked 10/10
2. Secrets & Lies 10/10
3. Career Girls 10/10
4. Another Year 10/10
5. All or Nothing 9/10
6. High Hopes 9/10
7. Peterloo 9/10
8. Vera Drake 8/10
9. Happy-Go-Lucky 8/10
10. Life Is Sweet 7/10
11. Mr. Turner 7/10
12. Topsy-Turvy 6/10
13. Bleak Moments 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 24: 3 Short; 3 TV Movie; 5 TV Series; 13 Movie.
16. Werner Herzog
Director | Fitzcarraldo
Director. Writer. Producer. Actor. Poet. He studied history, literature and theatre for some time, but didn't finish it and founded instead his own film production company in 1963. Later in his life, Herzog also staged several operas in Bayreuth, Germany, and at the Milan Scala in Italy. Herzog has...
German
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 10/10
2. Fitzcarraldo 9/10
3. Stroszek 9/10
4. Nosferatu the Vampyre 8/10
5. Woyzeck 8/10
6. Where the Green Ants Dream 7/10
7. Cobra Verde 7/10
8. Heart of Glass 7/10
9. Queen of the Desert 7/10
10. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 6/10
11. Theatre of Thought (2022)
12. Rescue Dawn (2006)
13. Signs of Life (1968)
14. Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
15. Family Romance, LLC (2019)
16. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
17. Invincible (2001)
18. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
19. Scream of Stone (1991)
20. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
21. Salt and Fire (2016)
Documentary:
1. Land of Silence and Darkness 10/10
2. The White Diamond 10/10
3. Little Dieter Needs to Fly 8/10
4. Encounters at the End of the World 8/10
5. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner 8/10
6. Cave of Forgotten Dreams 8/10
7. Bells from the Deep 8/10
8. Into the Inferno 8/10
9. Grizzly Man 7/10
10. My Best Fiend 7/10
11. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga 7/10
12. Meeting Gorbachev 7/10
13. Fata Morgana 7/10
14. The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft (2022)
15. Into the Abyss (2011)
16. Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990)
17. Wheel of Time (2003)
18. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
19. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds (2020)
20. Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019)
Cinema Ribbon 74: 13 Short or Video; 19 TV Series, Mini Series or TV Movie; 1 Anthology; 20 Documentary; 21 Movie.
17. Darren Aronofsky
Writer | Pi
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Black Swan 10/10
2. Requiem for a Dream 10/10
3. Mother! 10/10
4. The Fountain 9/10
5. Pi 9/10
6. The Wrestler 8/10
7. The Whale 7/10
8. Noah 5/10
Short:
1. Lou Reed & Metallica: The View 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 16: 1 Video Game; 1 TV Series; 6 Short; 8 Movie.
18. Yorgos Lanthimos
Director | The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta,...
Greek
My Top:
Movie:
1. Dogtooth 10/10
2. The Favourite 10/10
3. The Lobster 10/10
4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 8/10
5. Alps 6/10
6. Kinetta 5/10
Short:
1. Necktie 6/10
2. Despina Vandi: Deka Entoles 1/10
Documentary:
1. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 13: 1 Anthology; 1 Documentary; 5 Short; 6 Movie.
19. Marco Berger
Director | Ausente
Marco Berger was born on December 8, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and writer, known for Absent (2011), The Blonde One (2019) and Taekwondo (2016).
Argentinian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Plan B 10/10
2. Hawaii 10/10
3. The Blonde One 8/10
4. Taekwondo 7/10
5. Ausente 6/10
Young Hunter
6. Mariposa
Short:
1. The Clock 7/10
2. Una última voluntad 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 14: 1 Documentary; 3 Short; 3 Anthology; 7 Movie.
20. Ulrich Seidl
Producer | Rimini
Ulrich Seidl was born on November 24, 1952 in Vienna, Austria. He is a producer and director, known for Rimini (2022), Paradise: Love (2012) and Goodnight Mommy (2014). He is married to Veronika Franz. They have two children.
Austrian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Dog Days 10/10
2. Import Export 9/10
3. Paradise: Faith 8/10
4. Paradise: Love 7/10
5. Models 7/10
6. Paradise: Hope 6/10
7. The Prom
Documentary:
1. Animal Love 8/10
2. In the Basement 8/10
3. Safari 7/10
4. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Documentary Short:
1. One Fourty 5/10
TV Movie Documentary:
1. Pictures at an Exhibition 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 23: 1 Anthology; 2 TV Movie Documentary; 3 Documentary Short; 10 Documentary; 7 Movie.
21. João Pedro Rodrigues
Director | Fogo-Fátuo
João Pedro Rodrigues was born in 1966 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a director and writer, known for Will-o'-the-Wisp (2022), Morrer Como Um Homem (2009) and The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012).
Portuguese
My Top:
Movie:
1. O Fantasma 10/10
2. To Die Like a Man 9/10
3. The Last Time I Saw Macao 8/10
4. The Ornithologist 8/10
5. Two Drifters 6/10
Short:
1. China China 8/10
2. O Pastor 7/10
3. Happy Birthday! 5/10
Documentary:
1. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 16: 3 Documentary; 8 Short; 5 Movie.
22. Philippe Grandrieux
Director | Un lac
Philippe Grandrieux born 1954 is a French film director and screenwriter. Grandrieux was born in Saint-Étienne. He studied film at the Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle in Belgium. He exhibited his first video work at Galerie Albert Baronian, Bruxelles. In the 1980s, he worked in ...
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. A New Life 10/10
2. Un lac 8/10
3. Sombre 7/10
4. Meurtrière
5. Malgré la nuit
6. Unrest
Documentary:
1. It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi 8/10
2. White Epilepsy 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 14: 3 Short; 5 Documentary; 6 Movie.
23. Ciro Guerra
Director | El abrazo de la serpiente
Ciro Guerra was born on February 6, 1981 in Río de Oro, Cesar, Colombia. He is a director and writer, known for Embrace of the Serpent (2015), Birds of Passage (2018) and Los viajes del viento (2009). He is married to Cristina Gallego.
Colombian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Embrace of the Serpent 10/10
2. Birds of Passage 9/10
3. Waiting for the Barbarians 9/10
4. The Wind Journeys 8/10
5. Wandering Shadows 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 6: 1 TV Series; 5 Movie.
24. César Augusto Acevedo
Writer | La tierra y la sombra
César Augusto Acevedo was born in 1984 in Cali, Colombia. César Augusto is a writer and director, known for Land and Shade (2015), Los pasos del agua (2016) and Horizonte.
Colombian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Land and Shade 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 2: 1 Short, 1 Movie.
25. Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
Writer | Sexy Durga
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan is an Indian film director known for his distinctive and thought-provoking work in the Malayalam film industry. Born in Perumkadavila, Kerala, he initially pursued a career in law before transitioning to filmmaking.
Sasidharan gained widespread recognition for his debut ...
Indian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Sexy Durga 10/10
2. Parole
3. Six Feet High
4. An Off-Day Game
Cinema Ribbon 6: 2 Short; 4 Movie.
26. Roy Andersson
Director | En kärlekshistoria
Roy Arne Lennart Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his distinctive style of absurdist humor and melancholic depictions of human life. His personal style is characterized by long takes, and stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and grotesque. Over his career Andersson earned ...
Swedish
My Top:
Movie:
1. Songs from the Second Floor 10/10
2. You, the Living 10/10
3. A Swedish Love Story 8/10
4. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 7/10
5. About Endlessness 7/10
6. "Giliap" 6/10
7. Saturday October 5th
Cinema Ribbon 22: 1 Anthology; 12 Short; 2 Documentary; 7 Movie.
27. Jeff Nichols
Writer | Take Shelter
Jeff Nichols was born on December 7, 1978 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012) and Midnight Special (2016).
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Take Shelter 10/10
2. Shotgun Stories 9/10
3. Mud 9/10
4. Midnight Special 8/10
5. Loving 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 6: 1 Short; 5 Movie.
28. Lucrecia Martel
Director | La mujer sin cabeza
Born in 1966 in Salta in the North of Argentina,Lucrecia Martel settled down in Buenos Aires where she attended the ENERC (National Film School). She started by directing a few shorts among which Historias Breves I: Rey muerto (1995), which garnered several awards in the international film festival...
Argentinian
My Top:
Movie:
1. La Ciénaga 10/10
2. The Headless Woman 8/10
3. The Holy Girl 7/10
4. Zama 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 23: 1 Anthology; 2 TV Series; 4 Documentary; 12 Short; 4 Movie.
29. Claire Denis
Director | High Life
The films of Claire Denis frequently explore the fragile connections between people and the ways in which the most seemingly inconsequential relationship can have life-changing effects. At the heart of Denis' cinema is a fascination with the delights and difficulties of belonging and otherness, the...
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. Beau travail 10/10
2. Trouble Every Day 10/10
3. 35 Shots of Rum 8/10
4. Friday Night 7/10
5. Chocolat 7/10
6. I Can't Sleep 7/10
7. Nenette and Boni 7/10
8. Bastards 7/10
9. High Life 7/10
10. The Intruder 6/10
11. White Material 5/10
12. Let the Sun Shine In 5/10
13. No Fear, No Die 4/10
14. The Stars at Noon
Documentary:
1. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 32: 4 TV Series; 4 Anthology; 5 Documentary; 5 Short; 14 Movie.
30. Marina de Van
Writer | Dans ma peau
Marina de Van was born in France in 1971, her father being a musicologist. She studied at the Lycée Henri IV and at the Sorbonne University where she earned a degree in philosophy. Then, in 1993 she became a student at the FEMIS, the French school for cinematic studies, where she graduated in 1996....
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. In My Skin 10/10
2. Dark Touch 8/10
3. Don't Look Back 7/10
4. Luce Turnier
5. Hop-o'-My-Thumb
Cinema Ribbon 14: 9 Short; 5 Movie.
31. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Director | Manbiki kazoku
Born in Tokyo in 1962. Originally intended to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University in 1987 went on to become an assistant director at T.V. Man Union. Snuck off set to film Mou hitotsu no kyouiku - Ina shogakkou haru gumi no kiroku (1991). His first feature, Maborosi (1995), ...
Japanese
My Top:
Movie:
1. Still Walking 10/10
2. Our Little Sister 9/10
3. Nobody Knows 9/10
4. Shoplifters 9/10
5. Maborosi 8/10
6. Like Father, Like Son 8/10
7. Distance 8/10
8. After Life 7/10
9. I Wish 7/10
10. Air Doll 7/10
11. After the Storm 7/10
12. The Truth 6/10
13. Hana 4/10
14. The Third Murder 4/10
Cinema Ribbon 24: 1 Short; 2 TV Movie Documentary; 3 TV Series; 4 Documentary; 14 Movie.
32. Brillante Mendoza
Director | Alpha: The Right to Kill
Brillante Mendoza is a Philippine director and producer. He is the first Filipino to receive the Best Director award at Cannes for his film Kinatay in 2009. He is also the only Filipino to receive France's "Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres" (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) in ...
Filipino
My Top:
Movie:
1. Foster Child 10/10
2. Lola 9/10
3. Serbis 8/10
4. Kinatay 6/10
5. The Masseur 6/10
6. Pantasya 4/10
7. Thy Womb
8. Captive
9. Tirador
10. Kaleldo
11. Ma' Rosa
12. Taklub
13. Sapi
Documentary:
1. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 23: 2 TV Series; 2 Documentary; 3 Anthology; 3 Short; 13 Movie.
33. Bi Gan
Director | Diqiu zuihou de yewan
Bi Gan is known for Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018), Kaili Blues (2015) and A Short Story (2022).
Chinese
My Top:
Movie:
1. Kaili Blues 10/10
2. Long Day's Journey into Night 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 4: 2 Short; 2 Movie.
34. Jonathan Glazer
Director | Under the Skin
Jonathan first found fame for his revolutionary work on Radiohead's 'Street Spirit' and Jamiroquai's multi-MTV award winning 'Virtual Insanity' video.
In 1999 he directed the ground-breaking Guinness 'Surfer', which picked up 2 D&AD Black Pencils and the top spot at most of the other awards ...
English
My Top:
Movie:
1. Under the Skin 10/10
2. Birth 8/10
3. Sexy Beast 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 20: 16 Video short; 4 Movie.
35. Ari Aster
Director | Hereditary
Ari Aster is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for writing and directing the A24 horror films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019). Aster was born into a Jewish family in New York City on July 15, 1986, the son of a poet mother and musician father. He has a ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Hereditary 10/10
2. Midsommar 10/10
3. Beau Is Afraid 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 11: 8 Short; 3 Movie.
36. Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Producer | Cike Nie Yin Niang
Of the ten films that Hsiao-Hsien Hou directed between 1980 and 1989, seven received best film or best director awards from prestigious international films festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hawaii, and the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes. In a 1988 worldwide critics' poll, Hou was championed ...
Taiwanese
My Top:
Movie:
1. A Time to Live, A Time to Die 10/10
2. A Summer at Grandpa's 10/10
3. IThe Boys from Fengkuei 8/10
4. Dust in the Wind 8/10
5. Flight of the Red Balloon 7/10
6. The Assassin 7/10
7. WA City of Sadness 6/10
8. Good Men, Good Women 5/10
9. Millennium Mambo 5/10
10. Three Times 5/10
11. Café Lumière 5/10
12. The Green, Green Grass of Home 5/10
Anthology:
1. To Each His Own Cinema 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 22: 2 Anthology; 20 Movie.
37. Alex Garland
Writer | Ex Machina
Alex Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for the films Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).
Garland's others works as a writer includes The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2011) and Dredd (2012).
He is ...
English
My Top:
Movie:
1. Annihilation 10/10
2. Men 9/10
3. Ex Machina 8/10
TV Mini-Series:
1. Devs 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 4: 1 TV Mini-Series; 3 Movie.
38. Pascal Laugier
Director | Ghostland
Pascal Laugier was born on October 16, 1971 in France. He is a director and writer, known for Incident in a Ghostland (2018), Martyrs (2008) and The Tall Man (2012).
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. Martyrs 10/10
2. House of Voices 9/10
3. The Tall Man 8/10
4. Ghostland 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 12: 2 TV Movie; 2 Video; 2 TV Series; 2 Short; 4 Movie.
39. Scott Barley
Director | Sleep Has Her House
Scott Barley is an artist-filmmaker based between Scotland and Wales, UK. His work has been screened in Europe, Asia, and The Americas, including The Institute of Contemporary Arts London, BFI Southbank, Sheffield Doc Fest, Centre of Contemporary Culture Barcelona, Doclisboa, Karlovy Vary ...
English
My Top:
Movie:
1. Sleep Has Her House 10/10
2. Painting
Short:
1. The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold 10/10
2. The Green Ray 10/10
3. Hunter 10/10
4. Womb 10/10
5. Nightwalk 10/10
6. Polytechnique 10/10
7. Evenfall 9/10
8. Ille Lacrimas 9/10
9. Closer 8/10
10. Retirement 8/10
11. Hours 8/10
12. The Sadness of the Trees 8/10
13. Shadows 8/10
14. Hinterlands 8/10
15. Irresolute 7/10
16. Passing 7/10
17. Blue Permanence/Swan Blood 7/10
18. Glass/Truth 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 20: 18 Short; 2 Movie.
40. Céline Sciamma
Writer | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
Céline Sciamma was born on November 12, 1978 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France. She is a writer and director, known for Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Petite Maman (2021) and Tomboy (2011).
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 10/10
2. Water Lilies 8/10
3. Tomboy 8/10
4. Petite Maman 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 7: 2 Short; 5 Movie.
41. Nadine Labaki
Actress | Et maintenant on va où?
Nadine Labaki was born on February 18, 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon. She is an actress and director, known for Where Do We Go Now? (2011), Capernaum (2018) and Caramel (2007). She has been married to Khaled Mouzanar since October 2007.
Lebanese
My Top:
Movie:
1. Where Do We Go Now? 10/10
2. Capernaum 9/10
3. Caramel 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 13: 1 TV Series; 1 Anthology; 8 Music Video; 3 Movie.
42. Julia Ducournau
Director | Titane
Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She attended film school at La Fémis in Paris, where she studied screenwriting. In 2011, her short film JUNIOR won the Petit Rail d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature, the horror movie Raw (2016), won the coveted ...
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. Raw 10/10
2. Titane 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 5: 1 Short; 2 TV Series or TV Movie; 2 Movie.
43. Chloé Zhao
Director | Nomadland
Chloé Zhao or Zhao Ting (born March 31, 1982) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her debut feature film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature film, The Rider (2017), was critically acclaimed and received several accolades ...
Chinese
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Rider 10/10
2. Nomadland 9/10
3. Eternals 3/10
4. Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Cinema Ribbon 9: 5 Short; 4 Movie.
44. Albert Serra
Director | Pacifiction
Albert Serra was born in 1975 in Banyoles, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Pacifiction (2022), The Death of Louis XIV (2016) and Quixotic/Honor de Cavelleria (2006).
Spanish
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Death of Louis XIV 10/10
2. Honour of the Knights 8/10
3. Story of My Death 7/10
4. Birdsong 6/10
5. Crespià
6. Els noms de Crist
7. Els tres porquets
8. The Lord Worked Wonders in Me
9. Roi Soleil 2018
10. Liberté 2019
11. Pacifiction 2022
Cinema Ribbon 18: 1 Anthology; 6 Short; 11 Movie.
45. David Lynch
Writer | Twin Peaks
Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Mulholland Dr. 10/10
2. Wild at Heart 10/10
3. The Elephant Man 8/10
4. The Straight Story 8/10
5. Eraserhead 8/19
6. Blue Velvet 7/10
7. Lost Highway 7/10
8. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 7/10
9. Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces 6/10
10. Inland Empire 5/10
11. Dune 1/10
Cinema Ribbon 98: 14 TV Series, Mini Series, TV Short or TV Movie; 70 Video; Music Video or Short; 3 Anthology; 11 Movie.
46. David Cronenberg
Actor | The Fly
David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father, Milton Cronenberg, was a journalist and editor, and his mother, Esther (Sumberg), was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Naked Lunch 10/10
2. Crash 10/10
3. Spider 9/10
4. Videodrome 9/10
5. Maps to the Stars 9/10
6. The Fly 8/10
7. Dead Ringers 7/10
8. The Dead Zone 7/10
9. eXistenZ 7/10
10. A History of Violence 7/10
11. A Dangerous Method 7/10
12. Shivers 6/10
13. Scanners 6/10
14. Eastern Promises 6/10
15. M. Butterfly 5/10
16. The Brood 5/10
17. Rabid 5/10
18. Crimes of the Future 5/10
19. Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) 4/10
20. Cosmopolis 4/10
21. Fast Company 2/10
Anthology:
1. To Each His Own Cinema 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 42: 2 Anthology; 5 TV Series; 14 short; 21 Movie.
47. Cristi Puiu
Director | Aurora
Cristi Puiu was born on April 3, 1967 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a director and writer, known for Aurora (2010), Sieranevada (2016) and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005). He has been married to Anca Puiu since April 21, 1998. They have three children.
Romanian
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Death of Mister Lazarescu 10/10
2. Sieranevada 7/10
3. Aurora 6/10
4. Malmkrog 6/10
5. Stuff and Dough 6/10
6. Three Exercises of Interpretation 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 8: 1 Anthology; 1 Short; 6 Movie.
48. François Ozon
Director | Dans la maison
François Ozon was born on November 15, 1967 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for In the House (2012), 8 Women (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003).
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. Time to Leave 10/10
2. 8 Women 10/10
3. Swimming Pool 10/10
4. Under the Sand 10/10
5. Hideaway (Le refuge) 10/10
6. In the House 10/10
7. Frantz 10/10
8. Young & Beautiful 9/10
9. Sitcom 8/10
10. The New Girlfriend 8/10
11. The Double Lover 8/10
12. Water Drops on Burning Rocks 8/10
13. Ricky 8/10
14. Criminal Lovers 8/10
15. See the Sea 7/10
16. Potiche 6/10
17. 5x2 6/10
18. Angel 6/10
Short:
1. A Curtain Raiser 8/10
2. X2000 8/10
3. Scènes de lit 8/10
4. Truth or Dare 8/10
5. Les doigts dans le ventre 8/10
6. Little Death 7/10
7. Photo de famille 6/10
8. A Summer Dress 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 39: 1 Documentary; 1 Anthology; 19 Short; 18 Movie.
49. Walter Salles
Director | Central do Brasil
Walter Salles was born on April 12, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and producer, known for Central Station (1998), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Terra Estrangeira (1995). He is married to Maria Klabin. They have one child.
Brazilian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Central Station 10/10
2. Shredded April 10/10
3. The Motorcycle Diaries 8/10
4. Dark Water 7/10
5. On the Road 5/10
6. High Art 4/10
Anthology:
1. Terra Estrangeira 8/10
2. Chacun son cinéma 7/10
3. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
4. Stories on Human Rights 7/10
5. Linha de Passe 6/10
6. Paris, je t'aime 4/10
7. O Primeiro Dia (1998)
8. Where Has the Time Gone? (2017)
Cinema Ribbon 30: 7 TV Series, Mini Series; TV Special or TV Movie; 2 Documentary; 7 Short or Video; 8 Anthology; 6 Movie.
50. Gus Van Sant
Director | Elephant
Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Elephant 10/10
2. My Own Private Idaho 10/10
3. To Die For 10/10
4. Gerry 10/10
5. Restless 9/10
6. Milk 8/10
7. Drugstore Cowboy 7/10
8. Mala Noche 6/10
9. Finding Forrester 6/10
10. Good Will Hunting 5/10
11. Last Days 4/10
12. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot 4/10
13. Promised Land 4/10
14. Paranoid Park 2/10
15. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 2/10
16. The Sea of Trees 2/10
17. Psycho 1/10
Cinema Ribbon 53: 6 TV series, Mini series; TV Short or TV Movie; 1 Documentary; 3 Anthology; 27 Video, Music Video or Short; 17 Movie.
51. Asghar Farhadi
Writer | Forooshande
Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...
Iranian
My Top:
Movie:
1. A Separation 10/10
2. About Elly 8/10
3. Fireworks Wednesday 8/10
4. Beautiful City 7/10
5. The Salesman 7/10
6. Everybody Knows 5/10
7. The Past 5/10
8. A Hero 5/10
9. Dancing in the Dust
Cinema Ribbon 11: 2 TV Series; 9 Movie.
52. Lav Diaz
Writer | Ang babaeng humayo
Lav Diaz was born on December 30, 1958 in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. He is a writer and director, known for The Woman Who Left (2016), Season of the Devil (2018) and From What Is Before (2014).
Filipino
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Woman Who Left (2016) 10/10
2. Norte, the End of History (2013) 10/10
3. Death in the Land of Encantos (2007)10/10
4. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) 8/10
5. Melancholia (2008) 7/10
6. Century of Birthing (2011) 7/10
7. Naked Under the Moon (1999) 7/10
8. Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012) 6/10
9. Genus Pan (2020) 6/10
10. When the Waves Are Gone (2022) 5/10
Anthology:
1. Visitors (2009) 7/10
Documentary:
1. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 39: 3 Documentary; 7 Anthology; 7 Short; 22 Movie.
53. Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi
Director | Plemya
Born in Kyiv (Ukraine) in 1974, Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi graduated from the filmmaking department of the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, majoring in feature film directing. He has worked at various Ukrainian film studios in Kyiv (such as the Dovzhenko ...
Ukrainian
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Tribe 10/10
Short:
1. Diagnosis 7/10
2. Deafness 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 5: 4 Short; 1 Movie.
54. Cristian Mungiu
Producer | 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile
Cristian Mungiu was born on April 27, 1968 in Iasi, Romania. He is a producer and writer, known for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Graduation (2016) and Beyond the Hills (2012).
Romanian
My Top:
Movie:
1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 10/10
2. Beyond the Hills 8/10
3. Graduation 8/10
4. Occident 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 12: 2 Anthology; 6 Short; 4 Movie.
55. Gaspar Noé
Director | Enter the Void
Gaspar Noé is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in France. He is the son of Luis Felipe Noé, an Argentinian artist. He directed I Stand Alone, Irréversible, Enter the Void, Love, Climax, Carne, Lux Æterna, Sodomites and Vortex. His films are known for having a sensory overload ...
Argentinian
My Top:
Movie:
1. I Stand Alone 10/10
2. Irreversible 10/10
3. Climax 10/10
4. Enter the Void 7/10
5. Love 5/10
6. Lux Æterna
Short:
1. Carne 9/10
2. Sodomites 5/10
Anthology:
1. Destricted 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 29: 1 TV Series; 4 Anthology; 17 Short; 6 Movie.
56. Stephen Daldry
Director | The Reader
In 1989, Stephen Daldry worked as a freelance reader of unsolicited manuscripts for Literary Manager Nicholas Wright in the Scripts Department at the Royal National Theatre. In July of that year, he directed a Dadaist/expressionist production of "Judgement Day," a play by Odon von Horvath, at the ...
English
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Hours 10/10
2. Billy Elliot 10/10
3. The Reader 10/10
4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 10/10
5. National Theatre Live: The Audience
6. Billy Elliot the Musical Live
7. Trash
8. Wicked
Cinema Ribbon 13: 1 TV Series; 2 Anthology; 2 Short; 8 Movie.
57. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Jurassic Park 10/10
2. Schindler List 10/10
3. TRaiders of the Lost Ark 9/10
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 9/10
5. West Side Story 9/10
6. Lincoln 8/10
7. War Horse 8/10
8. Saving Private Ryan 7/10
9. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 7/10
10. The Fabelmans 7/10
11. The Color Purple 7/10
12. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 7/10
13. Bridge of Spies 7/10
14. Ready Player One 7/10
15. The Post 7/10
16. Hook 7/10
17. War of the Worlds 7/10
18. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 7/10
19. Catch Me If You Can 6/10
20. Jaws 6/10
21. Empire of the Sun 6/10
22. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 6/10
23. Minority Report 5/10
24. Munich 5/10
25. The Terminal 5/10
26. Amistad 5/10
27. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 5/10
28. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 5/10
29. The Adventures of Tintin 4/10
30. The Sugarland Express 4/10
31. Always 4/10
32. The BFG 4/10
33. Firelight 4/10
34. 1941 3/10
Cinema Ribbon 58: 11 TV Series, Mini Series or TV Movie; 11 Short, Video or Music Video; 2 Anthology; 34 Movie.
58. Ridley Scott
Producer | The Martian
Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...
English
My Top:
Movie:
1. Alien 10/10
2. Thelma & Louise 9/10
3. The Martian 8/10
4. Prometheus 8/10
5. The Last Duel 7/10
6. American Gangster 6/10
7. Black Hawk Down 6/10
8. The Duellists 6/10
9. Kingdom of Heaven 6/10
10. Hannibal 6/10
11. All the Money in the World 6/10
12. The Counselor 6/10
13. Gladiator 5/10
14. Blade Runner 5/10
15. Matchstick Men 5/10
16. A Good Year 5/10
17. Black Rain 5/10
18. Alien: Covenant 5/10
19. Exodus: Gods and Kings 5/10
20. Body of Lies 4/10
21. White Squall 4/10
22. Someone to Watch Over Me 4/10
23. G.I. Jane 3/10
24. House of Gucci 2/10
25. Robin Hood 2/10
26. 1492: Conquest of Paradise 2/10
27. Legend 1/10
Cinema Ribbon 52: 9 TV Series, Mini Series or TV Movie; 13 Short, Video or Music Video; 3 Anthology; 27 Movie.
59. Robert Zemeckis
Writer | Back to the Future
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Death Becomes Her 10/10
2. Contact 8/10
3. Back to the Future 8/10
4. Forrest Gump 8/10
5. Cast Away 7/10
6. Flight 7/10
7. The Walk 7/10
8. Romancing the Stone 7/10
9. What Lies Beneath 7/10
10. Back to the Future Part II 6/10
11. I Wanna Hold Your Hand 6/10
12. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 5/10
13. Back to the Future Part III 5/10
14. Amazing Stories 5/10
15. Used Cars 5/10
16. Allied 4/10
17. Pinocchio 4/10
18. A Christmas Carol 3/10
19. The Polar Express 3/10
20. Welcome to Marwen 3/10
21. The Witches 3/10
22. Beowulf 1/10
Cinema Ribbon 31: 5 TV Series or TV Movie; 2 Video; 2 Short; 22 Movie.
60. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
Canadian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Avatar 10/10
2. Aliens 8/10
3. The Terminator 8/10
4. Titanic 8/10
5. Avatar: The Way of Water 8/10
6. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 7/10
7. The Abyss 7/10
8. True Lies 6/10
9. Piranha Part Two: The Spawning 1/10
Cinema Ribbon 25:1 Short; 1 TV Series; 3 TV Movie; 5 Video; 15 Movie.
61. Tarsem Singh
Director | The Fall
Indian director Tarsem Singh is the son of an aircraft engineer. He was educated at Bishop Cotton Boy's School in Shimla and relocated to the USA to study business at Harvard and, significantly, film studies at the Art Center College of Design in California. Upon graduating he embarked on a career ...
Indian
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Cell 10/10
2. The Fall 10/10
3. Immortals 8/10
4. Self/less 7/10
5. Mirror Mirror 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 16: 1 TV Series; 1 Documentary; 9 Short, Video or Music Video; 5 Movie.
62. Jessica Hausner
Director | Little Joe
Jessica Hausner was born on October 6, 1972 in Vienna, Austria. She is a director and writer, known for Little Joe (2019), Lourdes (2009) and Amour Fou (2014).
Austrian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Hotel 10/10
2. Little Joe 8/10
3. Amour fou 7/10
4. Lourdes 6/10
5. Lovely Rita 4/10
6. Toast
7. Inter-View
Cinema Ribbon 10: 3 Short; 7 Movie.
63. George Ovashvili
Producer | Gagma napiri
George Ovashvili was born on November 14, 1963 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]. He is a producer and director, known for Gagma napiri (2009), Corn Island (2014) and Zgvis donidan... (2005).
Georgian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Corn Island 10/10
2. The Other Bank 9/10
3. Khibula 3/10
4. Wagonette 1997
5. Beautiful Helen 2022
Cinema Ribbon 6: 1 Short; 5 Movie.
64. Benedek Fliegauf
Director | Csak a szél
Benedek Fliegauf was born on August 15, 1974 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a director and writer, known for Just the Wind (2012), Womb (2010) and Dealer (2004).
Hungarian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Milky Way 10/10
2. Womb 7/10
3. Just the Wind 6/10
4. Dealer 3/10
5. Rengeteg
6. Liliom ösvény
7. Rengeteg - Mindenhol látlak
Cinema Ribbon 15: 2 Documentary; 1 Anthology; 5 Short; 7 Movie.
65. Daniel Kwan
Director | Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan with Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as Daniels, are a duo of film directors and writers. They began their career as directors of music videos, including the popular DJ Snake promotional for the single "Turn Down for What" (2013). They have since ventured into film, having written ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once 10/10
2. Swiss Army Man 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 30: 23 Short, Video or Music Video; 4 TV Series; 1 Anthology; 2 Movie.
66. Luca Guadagnino
Director | Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino was born on August 10, 1971 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and producer, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), Suspiria (2018) and Bones and All (2022).
Italian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Suspiria 10/10
2. Call Me by Your Name 7/10
3. Bones and All 6/10
4. A Bigger Splash 6/10
5. I Am Love 5/10
6. The Protagonists (1999)
7. Melissa P. (2005)
Cinema Ribbon 33: 2 Music Video; 16 Shorts, 1 Video, 1 TV Series; 5 Documentary; 7 Movie.
67. Eldar Shengelaia
Director | Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi
Eldar Shengelaia was born on January 26, 1933 in Tiflis, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He is a director and writer, known for Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story (1983), The Chair (2017) and Tetri karavani (1964). He was previously married to Ariadna Shengelaia.
Georgian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story 10/10
2. The Eccentrics 10/10
3. An Unusual Exhibition 7/10
4. The Chair 6/10
5. Miqela 6/10
6. Stepmother Samanishvili 5/10
7. Expres-Inpormatsia
8. Dog Rose
Anthology:
1. The White Caravan 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 13: 1 Short; 4 Anthology; 8 Movie.
68. M. Night Shyamalan
Producer | Lady in the Water
Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...
Indian-American
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Happening 10/10
2. The Village 10/10
3. Unbreakable 8/10
4. Signs 8/10
5. Old 8/10
6. After Earth 8/10
7. Knock at the Cabin 8/10
8. Split 7/10
9. Glass 6/10
10. Wide Awake 6/10
11. Sixth Sence 5/10
12. Lady in the Water 5/10
13. The Last Airbender 5/10
14. The Visit 3/10
15. Praying with Anger (1992)
Cinema Ribbon 18: 1 Video; 2 TV Series; 15 Movie.
69. Lana Wachowski
Writer | The Matrix
Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Matrix 10/10
2. The Matrix Reloaded 10/10
3. The Matrix Revolutions 10/10
4. Bound 10/10
5. Cloud Atlas 10/10
6. Jupiter Ascending 9/10
7. Speed Racer 6/10
8. The Matrix Resurrections 3/10
TV Series:
1. Sense8 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 14: 1 TV Series; 1 TV Movie; 4 Video Game; 8 Movie.
70. Guillermo del Toro
Writer | El laberinto del fauno
Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...
Mexican
My Top:
Movie:
1. Pan's Labyrinth 10/10
2. The Devil's Backbone 9/10
3. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 9/10
4. The Shape of Water 8/10
5. Crimson Peak 8/10
6. Pacific Rim 7/10
7. Cronos 6/10
8. Nightmare Alley 6/10
9. Blade II 5/10
10. Hellboy 5/10
11. Hellboy II: The Golden Army 5/10
12. Mimic 5/10
TV Series:
1. The Strain 9/10
Cinema Ribbon 22: 1 Documentary; 2 Video game; 2 Short; 5 TV Series; 12 Movie.
71. Alfred Hitchcock
Director | Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...
English
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Birds 10/10
2. Psycho 10/10
3. Rebecca 10/10
4. Marnie 9/10
5. Rear Window 8/10
6. North by Northwest 8/10
7. Dial M for Murder 8/10
8. Notorious 8/10
9. The Lady Vanishes 8/10
10. The 39 Steps 8/10
11. Lifeboat 8/10
12. Spellbound 8/10
13. Foreign Correspondent 8/10
14. The Man Who Knew Too Much 8/10
15. Suspicion 8/10
16. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog 8/10
17. The Trouble with Harry 8/10
18. Vertigo 7/10
19. Strangers on a Train 7/10
20. Shadow of a Doubt 7/10
21. To Catch a Thief 7/10
22. The Wrong Man 7/10
23. Frenzy 7/10
24. Stage Fright 7/10
25. Sabotage 7/10
26. Blackmail 7/10
27. The Paradine Case 7/10
28. Jamaica Inn 7/10
29. Rope 6/10
30. I Confess 6/10
31. Saboteur 6/10
32, Family Plot 6/10
33. Young and Innocent 6/10
34. Torn Curtain 6/10
35. Murder! 6/10
36. Topaz 6/10
37. The Pleasure Garden 6/10
38. Secret Agent 5/10
39. Mr. & Mrs. Smith 5/10
40. The Manxman 5/10
41. The Ring 5/10
42. Downhill 5/10
43. The Farmer's Wife 5/10
44. Waltzes from Vienna 5/10
45. The Skin Game 5/10
46. Number Seventeen 5/10
47. Mary 5/10
48. Easy Virtue 5/10
49. Champagne 5/10
50. The Man Who Knew Too Much 4/10
51. Under Capricorn 4/10
52. Rich and Strange 4/10
53. Juno and the Paycock 4/10
54. Kaleidoscope (1967) (Abandoned)
55. Number 13 (1922) (Never completed or shown)
56. The Mountain Eagle (1926) (Damaged)
Anthology:
1. Elstree Calling 4/10
Cinema Ribbon 69: 1 TV Movie; 4 TV Series; 7 Short; 1 Anthology; 56 Movie.
72. Billy Wilder
Writer | The Apartment
Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid. He broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929 and wrote scripts for many ...
Austrian-American
My Top:
Movie:
1. Sunset Blvd. 10/10
2. Witness for the Prosecution 10/10
3. Some Like It Hot 10/10
4. Double Indemnity 9/10
5. Ace in the Hole 9/10
6. The Lost Weekend 8/10
7. One, Two, Three 8/10
8. A Foreign Affair 8/10
9. Love in the Afternoon 8/10
10. Kiss Me, Stupid 8/10
11. The Apartment 7/10
12. The Front Page 7/10
13. Avanti! 7/10
14. Stalag 17 6/10
15. Sabrina 6/10
16. The Major and the Minor 6/10
17. Irma la Douce 6/10
18. Five Graves to Cairo 6/10
19. The Fortune Cookie 6/10
20. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 6/10
21. Fedora 6/10
22. Buddy Buddy 6/10
23. Mauvaise graine 6/10
24. The Emperor Waltz 6/10
25. The Seven Year Itch 5/10
26. The Spirit of St. Louis 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 27: 1 Short; 26 Movie.
73. John Cassavetes
Actor | Rosemary's Baby
John Cassavetes was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is considered a pioneer of American independent film, as he often financed his own films.
Cassavetes was born in New York City in 1929 to Nicholas John Cassavetes (1893-1979) and his wife, Katherine Demetre (1906-1983). ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. A Woman Under the Influence 10/10
2. Opening Night 8/10
3. Faces 8/10
4. A Child Is Waiting 8/10
5. Love Streams 7/10
6. Minnie and Moskowitz 7/10
7. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 6/10
8. Gloria 6/10
9. Shadows 5/10
10. Husbands 5/10
11. Too Late Blues 5/10
12. Big Trouble 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 16: 4 TV Series; 12 Movie.
74. Abbas Kiarostami
Writer | Copie conforme
Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career ...
Iranian
My top:
Movie:
1. And Life Goes on... 10/10
2. Taste of Cherry 10/10
3. Through the Olive Trees 8/10
4. The Wind Will Carry Us 8/10
5. Close-up 8/10
6. Ten 8/10
7. Where Is My Friend's House? 7/10
8. The Traveler 7/10
9. Certified Copy 6/10
10. The Experience 6/10
11. Shirin 6/10
12. A Wedding Suit 5/10
13. 24 Frames 5/10
14. Gozaresh
Anthology:
1. Like Someone in Love 7/10
2. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
3. To Each His Own Cinema 7/10
4. Tickets 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 48: 11 Documentary; 19 Short; 4 Anthology; 14 Movie.
75. Ken Russell
Director | The Devils
Ken Russell tried several professions before choosing to become a film director; he was a still photographer and a dancer and he even served in the Army, but film was his destiny. He began by making several short films which paved the way for his brilliant television films of the 1960s that are ...
British
My Top:
Movie:
1. Women in Love 10/10
2. The Music Lovers 8/10
3. Savage Messiah 8/10
4. Altered States 8/10
5. The Devils 7/10
6. Mahler 7/10
7. The Rainbow 7/10
8. Lisztomania 7/10
9. The Boy Friend 6/10
10. Tommy 6/10
11. Salome's Last Dance 6/10
12. Valentino 6/10
13. French Dressing 6/10
14. Gothic 6/10
15. Crimes of Passion 5/10
16. Billion Dollar Brain 5/10
17. Whore 5/10
18. he Lair of the White Worm 4/10
19. The Fall of the Louse of Usher 3/10
Anthology:
1. Aria 4/10
Cinema Ribbon 75: 1 Documentary; 27 Short, TV Short or Music Video; 8 TV Series or Mini Series; 3 Anthology; 17 TV Movie; 19 Movie.
76. Agnès Varda
Director | Cléo de 5 à 7
Agnès Varda was born on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Vagabond (1985) and Faces Places (2017). She was married to Jacques Demy. She died on March 29, 2019 in Paris, France.
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. Vagabond 10/10
2. Le bonheur 9/10
3. Cléo from 5 to 7 9/10
4. One Sings, the Other Doesn't 8/10
5. La Pointe-Courte 8/10
6. One Hundred and One Nights 7/10
7. Kung-fu master! 5/10
8. The Creatures 5/10
9. Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
10. Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
11. Documenteur (1981)
12. Lions Love (1969)
Documentary:
1. The Beaches of Agnès 8/10
2. Daguerreotypes 8/10
Short:
1. Ulysse 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 61: 1 TV Movie; 5 TV Series; 25 Short; 6 Video; 12 Documentary; 12 Movie.
77. Kote Marjanishvili
Director | Krazana
Kote Marjanishvili was born on June 9, 1872 in Kvareli, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kakheti, Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for The Gadfly (1928), Komunaris chibukhi (1929) and Amoki (1927). He died on April 17, 1933 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
Georgian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Gogi Ratiani 10/10
2. Amok 10/10
3. Pipe of Communard 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 6: 2 Short; 4 Movie.
78. Zaza Khalvashi
Director | Solomon
Zaza Khalvashi was born on May 17, 1957 in Batumi, Adjar ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Republic of Georgia]. He was a director and writer, known for Solomon (2015), Namme (2017) and Lotto (2023). He died on February 4, 2020 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Georgian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Namme 10/10
2. Ik-Chemtan
3. Mizerere
4. Solomon
5. Lotto
Cinema Ribbon 5: 5 Movie.
79. Chantal Akerman
Director | Les rendez-vous d'Anna
Chantal Akerman was born on June 6, 1950 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for The Meetings of Anna (1978), I, You, He, She (1974) and A Couch in New York (1996). She was married to Sonia Wieder-Atherton. She died on October 5, 2015 in Paris, France.
Belgian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 10/10
2. Anna's Meetings 8/10
3. Almayer's Folly 8/10
4. Night and Day 6/10
5. A Couch in New York 6/10
6. All Night Long 5/10
7. I, You, He, She 5/10
8. The Captive 5/10
9. Golden Eighties
10. Letters Home
11. American Stories, Food, Family and Philosophy
12. Tomorrow We Move
Documentary:
1. From the East 10/10
Anthology:
1. State of the World 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 48: 3 TV Series; 4 Anthology; 13 Documentary; 14 Short; 12 Movie.
80. Shôhei Imamura
Director | Kuroi ame
Shohei Imamura's films dig beneath the surface of Japanese society to reveal a wellspring of sensual, often irrational, energy that lies beneath. Along with his colleagues Nagisa Ôshima and Masahiro Shinoda, Imamura began his serious directorial career as a member of the New Wave movement in Japan....
Japanese
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Ballad of Narayama 10/10
2. Intentions of Murder 10/10
3. Black Rain 10/10
4. Pigs and Battleships 9/10
5. Profound Desires of the Gods 8/10
6. The Eel 8/10
7. Dr. Akagi 7/10
8. The Insect Woman 6/10
9. The Pornographers 6/10
10. Vengeance Is Mine 6/10
11. Stolen Desire
12. Endless Desire
13. Nishi Ginza Station
14. My Second Brother
15. Why Not?
16. Zegen
17. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Cinema Ribbon 25: 1 Anthology; 7 Documentary; 17 Movie.
81. Louis Malle
Director | Au revoir les enfants
Louis Malle, the descendant of a French nobleman who made a fortune in beet sugar during the Napoleonic Wars, created films that explored life and its meaning. Malle's family discouraged his early interest in film but, in 1950, allowed him to enter the Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies ...
French
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Fire Within 10/10
2. The Lovers 9/10
3. Goodbye, Children 9/10
4. Viva Maria! 9/10
5. Elevator to the Gallows 8/10
6. Murmur of the Heart 8/10
7. Zazie in the Subway 8/10
8. Lacombe, Lucien 8/10
9. May Fools 7/10
10. Damage 7/10
11. My Dinner with Andre 7/10
12. Atlantic City, USA 7/10
13. Black Moon 6/10
14. The Thief of Paris 6/10
15. Alamo Bay 5/10
16. A Very Private Affair 4/10
17. Pretty Baby 4/10
18. Crackers 4/10
19. Vanya on 42nd Street 3/10
Short:
1. Crazeologie 5/10
Anthology:
1. Histoires extraordinaires 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 33: 1 Anthology; 6 Short; 7 Documentary; 19 Movie.
82. Werner Schroeter
Director | Nel regno di Napoli
The key person of the New German Cinema of the '70s. His works, mostly shot in 16mm, combine an intense interest and knowledge of German history and personal dramatic and emotional investigations. Malina (1991) which stars Isabelle Huppert is one of the great classics of modern cinema and deals ...
German
My Top:
Movie:
1. Malina 10/10
2. Two 10/10
3. Day of the Idiots 10/10
4. Willow Springs 8/10
5. Eika Katappa 8/10
6. Der Tod der Maria Malibran 7/10
7. The Rose King 7/10
8. Palermo or Wolfsburg 7/10
9. The Reign of Naples 6/10
10. This Night 6/10
11. Nicaragua
12. Anglia
13. Der schwarze Engel
14. Goldflocken
15. Weiße Reise
16. Liebeskonzil
Short:
1. Maria Callas Porträt 6/10
2. Argila 6/10
3. Aggressionen 5/10
TV Movie:
1. Der Bomberpilot 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 41: 1 TV Movie Documentary; 3 TV Movie; 5 Documentary; 16 Short; 16 Movie.
83. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer | Gertrud
The illegitimate son of a Danish farmer and his Swedish housekeeper, Carl Theodor Dreyer was born in Copenhagen on the 3th of February, 1889. He spent his early years in various foster homes before being adopted by the Dreyers at the age of two. Contrary to popular belief (perhaps nourished by the ...
Danish
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Passion of Joan of Arc 10/10
2. Day of Wrath 10/10
3. Ordet 10/10
4. Vampyr 8/10
5. The Parson's Widow 7/10
6. Michael 7/10
7. Master of the House 7/10
8. The Bride of Glomdal 7/10
9. Leaves From Satan's Book 7/10
10. Die Gezeichneten 6/10
11. Der var engang 6/10
12. Två människor 6/10
13. Gertrud 5/10
14. The President 4/10
Documentary short:
1. Vandet på landet 7/10
2. Storstrømsbroen 7/10
3. Thorvaldsen 6/10
4. Landsbykirken 6/10
5. Mødrehjælpen 6/10
6. Et slot i et slot: Krogen og Kronborg 6/10
7. Kampen mod kræften 5/10
Short:
1. They Caught the Ferry 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 22: 1 Short; 7 Documentary short; 14 Movie.
84. Andrei Tarkovsky
Writer | Offret
The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school VGIK. He shot to international attention with his first feature, Ivan's Childhood (1962), which won the...
Russian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Stalker 10/10
2. The Sacrifice 10/10
3. Andrei Rublev 10/10
4. Nostalgia 10/10
5. Ivan's Childhood 9/10
6. Solaris 8/10
7. The Steamroller and the Violin 8/10
8. The Mirror 7/10
9. The First Day (Lost Film)
Short:
1. The Killers 7/10
TV Movie documentary:
1. Voyage in Time 7/10
Anthology:
1. There Will Be No Leave Today 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 12: 1 Anthology; 1 TV Movie documentary; 1 Short; 9 Movie.
85. Stanley Kubrick
Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...
American
My Top:
Movie:
1. The Shining 10/10
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 10/10
3. A Clockwork Orange 10/10
4. Paths of Glory 10/10
5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 10/10
6. Eyes Wide Shut 9/10
7. Full Metal Jacket 8/10
8. The Killer's Kiss 7/10
9. The Killing 7/10
10. Spartacus 7/10
11. Fear and Desire 6/10
12. Lolita 5/10
13. Barry Lyndon 4/10
Cinema Ribbon 16: 3 Documentary short; 13 Movie
86. Ingmar Bergman
Writer | Smultronstället
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born July 14, 1918, the son of a priest. The film and T.V. series, The Best Intentions (1992) is biographical and shows the early marriage of his parents. The film Sunday's Children (1992) depicts a bicycle journey with his father. In the miniseries Private Confessions (...
Swedish
My Top:
Movie:
1. Persona 10/10
2. Autumn Sonata 10/10
3. Fanny and Alexander 10/10
4. Cries & Whispers 10/10
5. Winter Light 10/10
6. Shame 10/10
7. The Magician 10/10
8. Face to Face 10/10
9. Dreams 10/10
10. The Seventh Seal 9/10
11. The Virgin Spring 9/10
12. Hour of the Wolf 9/10
13. Brink of Life 9/10
14. Through a Glass Darkly 8/10
15. The Silence 8/10
16. Smiles of a Summer Night 8/10
17. The Passion of Anna 8/10
18. Sawdust and Tinsel 8/10
19. Summer with Monika 8/10
20. Summer Interlude 8/10
21. A Lesson in Love 8/10
22. The Devil's Eye 7/10
23. It Rains on Our Love 7/10
24. Das Schlangenei 7/10
25. Music in Darkness 7/10
26. Wild Strawberries 6/10
27. To Joy 6/10
28. Prison 6/10
29. Port of Call 6/10
30. A Ship Bound for India 6/10
31. Crisis 6/10
32. Waiting Women 5/10
33. Thirst 5/10
34. The Touch 5/10
35. All These Women 5/10
36. This Can't Happen Here 5/10
TV Movie:
1. The Rite 6/10
2. After the Rehearsal 6/10
TV Mini-Series:
1. Scenes from a Marriage 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 67: 1 Anthology; 1 TV Mini-Series; 3 Documentary; 4 Short; 22 TV Movie; 36 Movie.
87. Andrzej Zulawski
Writer | Possession
Born in Lvov, Ukraine; then he moved with his father Miroslaw Zulawski to Czechoslovakia and later to Poland. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. In the 1960s, he was an assistant of the famous Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. His feature debut The Third Part of the Night (1971) was ...
Polish
My Top:
Movie:
1. Possession 10/10
2. The Devil 10/10
3. La note bleue 10/10
4. On the Silver Globe 10/10
5. Boris Godounov 10/10
6. My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days 9/10
7. That Most Important Thing: Love 8/10
8. Szamanka 8/10
9. Cosmos 8/10
10. The Third Part of the Night 7/10
11. L'amour braque 7/10
12. Fidelity 7/10
13. The Public Woman 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 15: 2 TV Short; 13 Movie.
88. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer | Il Decameron
Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His first film Accattone (1961) was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life ...
Italian
My Top:
Movie:
1. Mamma Roma 10/10
2. Medea 10/10
3. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom 10/10
4. Acaattone 8/10
5. Oedipus Rex 8/10
6. Teorema 8/10
7. Arabian Nights 8/10
8. The Decameron 8/10
9. The Canterbury Tales 7/10
10. Porcile 7/10
11. The Hawks and the Sparrows 6/10
12. The Gospel According to St. Matthew 5/10
Anthology:
1. The Witches 6/10
Cinema Ribbon 26: 3 Short; 4 Documentary; 7 Anthology; 12 Movie.
89. Kim Ki-duk
Writer | Bin-jip
He studied fine arts in Paris in 1990-1992. In 1993 he won the award for Best Screenplay from the Educational Institute of Screenwriting with "A Painter and A Criminal Condemned to Death". After two more screenplay awards, he made his directorial debut with Crocodile (1996) ("Crocodile"). Then he ...
South Korean
My Top:
Movie:
1. 3-Iron 10/10
2. Pieta 10/10
3. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 10/10
4. Breath 9/10
5. Birdcage Inn 8/10
6. Address Unknown 8/10
7. Crocodile 8/10
8. Samaritan Girl 7/10
9. The Bow 7/10
10. The Isle 7/10
11. Moebius 7/10
12. Amen 7/10
13. One on One 7/10
14. Wild Animals 6/10
15. The Net 6/10
16. Dream 6/10
17. Time 6/10
18. The Coast Guard 5/10
19. Bad Guy 5/10
20. Real Fiction 5/10
21. The Time of Humans 5/10
22. Stop 2015
23. Dissolve 2019
24. Who Is God? 2022
Documentary:
1. Arirang 10/10
2. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 26: 2 Documentary; 24 Movie.
90. Hayao Miyazaki
Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.
Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...
Japanese
My Top:
Anime:
1. Spirited Away 10/10
2. Howl's Moving Castle 10/10
3. Princess Mononoke 10/10
4. My Neighbor Totoro 10/10
5. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 10/10
6. Ponyo 10/10
7. Kiki's Delivery Service 10/10
8. Castle in the Sky 10/10
9. The Wind Rises 10/10
10. The Castle of Cagliostro 9/10
11. Conan the Future Boy: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection 9/10
12. Porco Rosso 8/10
13. The Boy and the Heron
TV Series:
1. Future Boy Conan 10/10
Short:
1. On Your Mark 8/10
2. Yuki no Taiyou 7/10
Cinema Ribbon 29: 4 TV Series; 11 Short; 13 Anime.
91. Wang Bing
Director | Jiabiangou
Wang Bing was born on November 17, 1967 in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. He is a director and cinematographer, known for The Ditch (2010), Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002) and Three Sisters (2012).
Chinese
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 10/10
2. 'Til Madness Do Us Part 10/10
3. Mrs. Fang 10/10
4. Fengming: A Chinese Memoir 9/10
5. Bitter Money 8/10
6. Crude Oil 8/10
7. Three Sisters 8/10
8. Alone 8/10
9. Man with No Name 7/10
10. Coal Money 7/10
11. Father and Sons
12. Ta'ang
13. 15 Hours
14. Dead Souls
15. Beauty Lives in Freedom
16. Shanghai Qingnian
Anthology:
1. State of the World 8/10
2. Venice 70: Future Reloaded 7/10
Movie:
1. The Ditch 5/10
Cinema Ribbon 22: 1 Movie; 2 Short; 3 Anthology; 16 Documentary.
92. Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Producer | Erde
Nikolaus Geyrhalter was born in 1972 in Vienna, Austria. He is a producer and director, known for Earth (2019), Over the Years (2015) and Our Daily Bread (2005).
Austrian
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Our Daily Bread 10/10
2. Pripyat 10/10
3. Homo Sapiens 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 17: 17 Documentary.
93. Michael Glawogger
Writer | Workingman's Death
Michael Glawogger was born on December 3, 1959 in Graz, Austria. He was a writer and director, known for Workingman's Death (2005), Untitled (2017) and Whores' Glory (2011). He died on April 23, 2014 in Liberia.
Austrian
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Whores' Glory 10/10
2. Megacities 10/10
3. Workingman's Death 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 21: 2 TV Series; 4 Short; 15 Documentary.
94. Joshua Oppenheimer
Director | The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer was born on September 23, 1974 in Texas, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Act of Killing (2012), The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998) and The Look of Silence (2014).
American
My Top:
Documentary:
1. The Act of Killing 10/10
2. The Look of Silence 10/10
3. The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase
Cinema Ribbon 15: 1 Video documentary; 1 TV Series documentary; 10 Short; 3 Documentary.
95. Salomé Jashi
Director | Taming the Garden
Salomé Jashi was born in 1981 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR [now Georgia]. She is a director and writer, known for Taming the Garden (2021), The Dazzling Light of Sunset (2016) and Bakhmaro heißt Paradies (2011).
Georgian
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Taming the Garden 10/10
2. The Dazzling Light of Sunset 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 4: 1 Short; 1 TV Movie documentary; 2 Documentary.
96. Ron Fricke
Cinematographer | Samsara
Ron Fricke is known for Samsara (2011), Baraka (1992) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
American
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Baraka 10/10
2. Samsara 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 4: 2 Short; 2 Documentary.
97. Gregory Colbert
Director | Ashes and Snow
Gregory Colbert is known for Ashes and Snow (2005), On the Brink: An AIDS Chronicle (1988) and Unity (2015).
Canadian
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Ashes and Snow 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 2: 1 TV Movie; 1 Documentary.
98. Beniamino Barrese
Cinematographer | Storia di B. - La scomparsa di mia madre
Beniamino Barrese is known for The Disappearance of My Mother (2019), Departure (2015) and Sodom (2017).
Italian
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Storia di B. - La scomparsa di mia madre 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 1: 1 Documentary.
99. Tamara Kotevska
Director | Medena zemja
Tamara Kotevska was born on August 9, 1993 in Prilep, Macedonia. She is a director and writer, known for Honeyland (2019), Games (2014) and The Walk (2023).
Macedonian
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Honeyland 10/10
Cinema Ribbon 7: 6 Short; 1 Documentary.
100. Godfrey Reggio
Director | Koyaanisqatsi
Godfrey Reggio is a pioneer of a film style that creates poetic images of extraordinary emotional impact for audiences worldwide. Reggio is prominent in the film world for his QATSI trilogy, essays of visual images and sound that chronicle the destructive impact of the modern world on the ...
American
My Top:
Documentary:
1. Koyaanisqatsi 10/10
2. Powaqqatsi 9/10
3. Naqoyqatsi 8/10
4. Visitors 8/10
Short:
1. Evidence 8/10
2. Anima Mundi 8/10
Cinema Ribbon 7: 1 Video; 2 Short; 4 Documentary.
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